CDT plugin for IBM Rational Developer for i ?

[NorskieRider]

How can I get RDi 9.8 to recognize c++ source files?

I've been using CDT on 9.6 no problems but things appear to have changed with 9.8

Despite having CDT installed on 9.8, the C++ perspective isn't available nor can I select c++ as a source editor.

I noticed that it reinstalls CDT 10.6 rather than the current build, to be compatible for 9.8

What's the "magic sauce" needed to make this happen?

[jonahgraham]

Hi @NorskieRider - thanks for the question. As the CDT project lead it is great to hear how people are using (or hoping to use) Eclipse CDT.

Since RDi is not open source software I can't really see what RDi is doing to understand what is causing problems for CDT. Since you are presumably a paying user of RDi my hope is you can get some support from them to figure it out.

Here are some questions I have:

• Which version of Eclipse is RDi based on?
• Does RDi advertise itself as compatible with any particular version of CDT? Downloads for all the versions of CDT that have been released are still available (entry point in the readme link).
• Are there any error messages in the workspace log (workspace/.metadata/.log) that could indicate a problem?

[NorskieRider]

Hi Jonah,

RDi 9.8 is based on Eclipse 4.22.
IBM does not support or claim compatibility with 3rd party plugins.
But they did give me some time and I think we figured it out.

I removed both CDT's from the available update sites in preferences and then removed CDT itself from "Install software". Restarted, back to marketplace, installed it again (10.6), and then it worked.

Then I went back to 'Install software' and did an update of CDT and a restart and it was broken again. So something about the update breaks it.

Then I redid the above (uninstall, reinstall etc) and unchecked the "CDT" latest update site (kept the 10.6 site) and now updates aren't breaking it.

Thanks for your help, hopefully this will 'stick'.

[jonahgraham]

Thanks @NorskieRider for reporting back your findings. If you come across error messages, for example in the workspace log, you can file an issue and perhaps allow you to update to newer versions. I have marked your response as the answer in the hope it helps anyone else searching for CDT + RDi