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My votes: IBM i Access Family

.NET Provider connect string should have property to trim spaces from CHAR fields

We are having issues because of iOS upgrade from 7.4. to 7.5 and our original data access driver (HitSoftware Ritmo) is not working after the upgrade. We were looking at using IBM.Data.DB2.iSeries driver as a replacement. It seems to work but does...
33 minutes ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Submitted

search on 5250 display - edit, i found this functionality. Idea can be closed.

sometimes you have (old style) screens full of information and you're looking for a short String or Number. A search function for the currently displayed 5250 screen can be helpful. For example a display of order position list, where you need to f...
3 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Functionality already exists

IBMi ACS does not show NFS mounts. System I navigator show mounted folder as special icon as mounted.

Identify mounted folders and contents and able to mount and unmount
7 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Submitted

Allow user to control new prompt for STRPCCMD

IBM customers should be able to control if they want the additional prompt or not. Having it eliminates the ability to have automated scripts without user intervention. I suppose IBM can use the ACS properties file or some other mechanism to turn ...
9 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Submitted

Supported OS for IBM i ODBC

Regarding the operating systems supported for IBM i ODBC connections, I understand that Ubuntu is categorized as "Debian-based" because it is built upon Debian. May I interpret this "Debian-based" designation to mean that Debian itself is also a s...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Submitted

Edit option in ACS not available

Hello,As you can see in the attached image (as an example), it's not possible to edit files through ACS. Being able to edit files directly would be very helpful.Currently, to edit a file, you have to download it, use a text editor, and then upload...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Submitted

Add Job Search in ACS - SQL Performance Center - Plan Cache Snap shot

The SQL Performance Center along with the PlanCache Snapshot option is a powerful tool to search for SQL statements and their behavior. I am still missing a Filter to search for Jobs. We now have the option to search for QRO's but mostly we know a...
2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Submitted

ACS 5250 Font is too Small! Mocha much better.

acs tool for System I has way too small Fonts for larger monitors. Its 2026 and we are still using small fonts. I really have to use Mocha, because they do such a great job. Its a beautiful Emmulator. With the unlimited money IBM has can't you jus...
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Not under consideration

Need ability to specify what ports the "Verify Connection" button polls

When verifying connections, the process goes through an IBM created list of ports. Some of these ports are not valid for our environment including ports that are not even valid for our OS level. Every time the verification hits a port that does no...
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

Fix .HOD file icon associations on MacOS version of ACS

After installing the latest version of IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS) on the latest version of macOS, I encountered several issues when attempting to associate .hod session files with ACS. Steps to Reproduce Install ACS using the standard mac...
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Submitted