Re: How to remove Fixpack 9.6.0.4 - Is it possible?

Okay, here is what I was told on my PMR:

After some research and discussion with the developers it seems that the preference option "Display types in hover" is not supported by RDi. The IBM i debug engine does not return type information to the client. The preference only works for the IBM z and AIX debug engines. The developers tell me that they will look into disabling or hiding the option in the RDI case

Oh well, now that I know, I have NO Excuse to complain.

I guess we have to look up the Variable type in outline view. I guess I thought it should work. Because when NOT debugging, I get the pop-up with the variable type. But, in debug, I only get the variable value. Hence my confusion, thinking it would work.

RDI is a pretty good darn product, but we have to learn it's limitations.

Knowledge is Power!

PS. Too bad my employer won’t switch us over to AIX. <Goofy Grin> Just so I could see the type in hover! <LOL>


-Ken Killian-

From: Ken Killian
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2018 11:25 PM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: How to remove Fixpack 9.6.0.4 - Is it possible?

 
So, I open an PMR# 54237,442,000 (RDi 9.6.0.4 not showing “Hover types”)