Re: Calling "Format" command from Remote Systems view or i Project

Hi Thomas,

I thought you were using the RPG Toolbox indent functions, not the conversion functionality.

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Hi Steve,

My very personal opinion is that it is too much effort to include formatting in the "RPG-Toolbox". I think that it is way better to have formatting at my fingertips in RDi. The RPG-Toolbox is a one-shot utility for converting RPG code. But formatting is something I need "every day".

Regards,

Thomas.

Am Di., 12. Mai 2026 um 15:33 Uhr schrieb Steve Ferrell via WDSCI-L <
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> Hi Thomas,
>
> You can also let me know how you'd prefer the RPG-Toolbox to format them.
> I could have my team make an update for that as well.
>
> Send me a direct email with your preferred format. We don't really do
> much alignment today. Or include it in the idea.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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> Hi Steve,
>
> Thank you for your email. I greatly appreciate that you will bring
> back the i Projects Navigator. I already noticed that in the last
> update. In fact I still use 9.8 because of the missing view.
>
> I think I will add an Idea, tomorrow. The reason for my question is
> that I develop a formatter plug-in for dcl-* Statements, because I am
> not happy with the output of Linoma's RPG-Toolbox utility. The plug-in
> already executes the IBM formatter before running its own formatter,
> if started from the Lpex view. It would be great if I could include
> the IBM formatter outside the view as well.
>
> Regards,
>
> Thomas.
>
> Send from my Android desk.
> Am 11. Mai 2026 16:35:17 schrieb Steve Ferrell via WDSCI-L
> <[email protected]>:
>
> > Hi Thomas,
> >
> > Since 9.6, the ISeriesEditorRPGILEParser is required to run the
> > format action. For now you'll need to open the member, use the
> > Source menu and press format. (Using Project explorer to open.)
> >
> > I'd suggest opening an idea.
> >
> > We are bringing back the iProjects navigator, but I don't think it
> > was a menu option on that in the past either.
> >
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> >
> >   Hi,
> >
> >   does somebody know whether it is possible to call the "Format" (RPGLE
> >   Source) command from a filter in the Remote Systems view or for
> > files
> or
> >   members of an i Project?
> >
> >   What I could figure out so far is that the source formatter requires a
> >   Lpex view. But I did not yet stop hoping it can be called for a .rpgle
> >   file without the Lpex view.
> >
> >   Regards,
> >
> >   Thomas.
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