IBM Rational Developer for i V7.5 delivers enhancements
for traditional i, flexible, and integrated business application development
IBM United States
Software Announcement 208-290
October 7, 2008
 ENUS208-290.PDF (92KB)
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IBM® Rational® Developer
for i V7.5 provides an integrated development environment (IDE) for creating IBM i
RPG, COBOL, and CL-based applications. The product is based on the latest
Eclipse 3.4 level.
V7.5 key enhancements
- Integration with IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere® Software
V7.5
- Allow shell sharing with other IBM Rational V7.5 products
- Enable a series of service oriented architecture (SOA) wizards to ease
the creation of SOA wrappers of an IBM i program or service program
- Improved performance at startup and system actions
- System actions, such as expanding Library objects in the Remote System
view, are now faster than the previous release.
- Long running actions are now performed in the background to allow you
to continue editing or navigating the IDE.
- Startup time is reduced when not shell sharing with other larger IBM Rational products.
- IBM i
Remote System Explorer (RSE) tools are now based on the open source Remote
System Explorer included in the Eclipse Target Management project.
- Increased capabilities of the i Project support for centralizing IBM i resources
in a common change management repository
- You can now create a single i Project to contain all the source of your
application, if your workstation's disk space and communication speed with IBM i
allow. In the previous release, only a small subset of files could be contained.
- i Projects can now store an increased number of source files and save
files, if your workstation's disk space and communication speed with IBM i allow.
Effective October 28, 2008, the configurator will provide the following
support:
- New orders for IBM Rational Developer for i can be placed in IBM i 5.4 and
6.1.
- IBM Rational Developer
for i and IBM Rational Developer
for i for SOA Construction can be selected in the same order.
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For part number orders
- November 26, 2008, electronic software delivery
- December 5, 2008, physical software delivery
For feature code orders
- December 12, 2008, electronic and physical software delivery
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IBM currently
plans to deliver the client component of the IBM Rational Team Concert for i in Rational Developer
for i V7.5 in fourth quarter, 2008. The information in this statement of general
direction is based on IBM's current product goals and objectives only, which
are subject to change or withdrawal by IBM without notice.
Accessibility by people with disabilities
A U.S. Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) containing
details on accessibility compliance can be requested at
- http://www.ibm.com/able/product_accessibility/index.html
Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act
IBM Rational Developer
for i V7.5 is capable as of November 26, 2008, when used in accordance with
associated IBM documentation,
of satisfying the applicable requirements of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act, provided that any assistive technology used with the product properly
interoperates with it. A US Section 508 Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
(VPAT) can be requested via IBM web site
- http://www-03.ibm.com/able/product_accessibility/index.html
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5724-T82
5733-RDI
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For details on IBM Rational Developer for i for SOA Construction V7.5,
refer to Software Announcement 208-345, dated October 7, 2008.
Business Partner information
If you are a Direct Reseller - System Reseller acquiring products from IBM,
you may link directly to Business Partner information for this announcement.
A PartnerWorld® ID
and password are required (use IBM ID).
- https://www.ibm.com/partnerworld/mem/sla.jsp?num=208-290
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Hardware requirements
- Intel(R) Pentium(R) III 800 MHz processor minimum (higher is recommended).
- 512 MB RAM; 1 GB RAM recommended.
- Minimum: 800 MB of disk space is required for product package installation.
Additional disk space is required for the resources that you develop.
- Disk space requirements can be reduced or increased depending on the features
that you install.
- Additional disk space is required if you download the product package
to install this product.
- For Windows®: Additional disk space is required if you
use FAT32 instead of NTFS.
- For Windows: An additional 500 MB of disk space is required
in the directory pointed to by your environment variable TEMP.
- 1024 x 768 resolution minimum using 256 colors (or higher for best results).
- Microsoft® mouse
or compatible pointing device.
- CD-ROM drive.
Software requirements
- Support - i5/OS® V5R3,
i 5.4, or 6.1.
- Program temporary fixes (PTFs) information - Some components need additional
PTFs that can be viewed online at
- http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/iseries
- More information about any required IBM i server PTFs - Can be found by:
- Opening the Remote System Explorer perspective if it is not already open
by selecting Window > Open Perspective > Other and select Remote System
Explorer. The name of the current perspective is shown in the top left corner
of the title bar for the Window.
- Creating a connection to your IBM i server by double-clicking New Connection > IBM i.
- Expanding your new connection and right click on Objects.
- Selecting Verify Connection from the menu. This displays a dialog that
shows which required PTFs are already installed on the system and which ones
are missing.
- Compiling RPG, COBOL, C, C++, CL, or DDS on IBM i using the Remote System Explorer (RSE),
the compilers must be installed on IBM i.
- Operating systems, supported in 32-bit mode, that support all of the languages
are supported by IBM Rational Developer for i:
- Microsoft Windows XP
Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
- Microsoft Windows Server
2003 Standard Edition with Service Pack 1 or later
- Microsoft Windows Server
2003 Enterprise Edition with Service Pack 1 or later
- Microsoft Windows Server
2008 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server
2008 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Windows Vista
Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, and Windows Vista
Ultimate, with Service Pack 1 or later
- IBM Rational Developer
for i is developed for use with Eclipe IDE V3.4.1. You can only extend an
existing Eclipse IDE of V3.4.1 with latest updates from the open source community.
- Extension of an existing Eclipse IDE. A JRE is required from the following Javatm development
kit:
- IBM 32-bit
SDK for Windows Java 2 Technology Edition, Version 6.0 service
release 1; Sun Java 2 Standard Edition 6.0 Update 4 for Microsoft Windows
- Installation of updates: You might need to update your Eclipse version
in order to install updates. Refer to the update's release documentation for
information on changes to the prerequisite Eclipse version.
- Eligibility requirements: To enable users who do not have administrator
privileges to work with IBM Rational Developer for i on a Windows Vista
system, do not install Eclipse inside the Program Files directory (C:\Program
Files\).
- One of the following Web browsers to view the readme files and the installation
guide, and to support the Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) browser widget:
- Microsoft Internet
Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1, or later
- Mozilla 1.6, or later
- Firefox 1.0.x, 1.5, 2.0, or later
- The launchpad that does not support Mozilla 1.6. If your browser is Mozilla,
you need V1.7, or later, to run the launchpad.
- Viewing multimedia user assistance, such as tours, tutorials, and demonstration
viewlets. You must properly install Adobe® Flash Player, Version 6.0 release
65, or later
Notes
- On the Windows Vista operation system, the Samples Gallery
and Tutorials Gallery do not support the new high-resolution display setting
"Larger scale (120DPI) - make text more readable". The gallery content does
not display if this option is set. If you changed to the new high resolution
display option, you must change in to a lower resolution setting, for example,
the default 90 DPI® setting.
- On the Japanese version of the Windows Vista operating system, the
Samples Gallery and Tutorials Gallery require Mozilla Firefox as the Web browser
preference; the gallery content does not display on other Web browsers. To
run the galleries, install Mozilla Firefox, and then set the Web Browser preference
to Mozilla Firefox (In the main product menu, click Window > Preferences >
General > Web Browser.
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Passport
Advantage®
Part
Program name/Description number
IBM Rational Developer for i V7.5 Windows ML BT05SML
Media Pack
Rational Developer for i Authorized User D03HCLL
LIC+SW MAINT 12 MO
Rational Developer for i Authorized User E04IDLL
ANNUAL SW MAINT RNWL
Rational Developer for i Authorized User D03HELL
SW MAINT REINSTATE 12 MO
Passport
Advantage customer: Media pack entitlement details
Customers with active maintenance or subscription for the products listed
are entitled to receive the corresponding media pack.
Entitled maintenance offerings
description Part number
IBM RDi V7.5 Win ML BT05SML
No-Charge Features
Supply Features
Rational Developer for i V7.5 5733-RDI 5829
Supply Feature withdrawal
Effective December 9, 2008, the supply feature #5819 for IBM Rational Developer
for i V7.1 (5733-RDI), will be withdrawn.
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