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IBM i Access Family

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...
2 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Functionality already exists

Stack Column Headings in RUNSQL Scripts output ResultSet

Today the 3-component database "Column Headings" are stored a 3, 20-byte text strings for 60 bytes in total. Today IBM ACS uses those column headings as resultSet column headings but treats them as one long 60-byte string. This request is to stack...
4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Functionality already exists

ACS Windows App Pkg English (64bit) Version: 1.1.0.29

Hello IBM ACS users Hello IBM, In the latest IBM ACS Windows App Pkg 1.1.0.29, ODBC SSL encryption is not available for 32-bit applications (typically MS Excel and MS Access). We use a large Citrix farm, where both Citrix and Microsoft recommend u...
6 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Functionality already exists

Save SQL Scripts results with Labels

Access Client Solutions- Run SQL Scripts will allow me to display the field names and the field labels in the results screen. But when I select the 'Save Results' option, the labels will not transfer into the saved document. Only the field names w...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Functionality already exists

On Access Client Actions add new options for Download and Upload a Save File

Currently the easiest way to transfer a save file to or from an IBM i would be to use FTP. You can also do this via the Access Client but it is difficult to do. What I would propose to do is add two options Download Save File and Upload Save File ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Functionality already exists

reconnect buttom in RSS of ACS

Workaround for lost connection issue
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Functionality already exists

Insert scripts from custom examples

Hello, after installing version 1.1.9.7, I can't insert my custom scripts; In the previous version there was a button that did that. Is there a new option to do so? Thanks in advance
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Functionality already exists

Add support for the BOOLEAN SQL data type to IBM i Access ACS Windows Application Package

According to the ServiceLevel\readmesp.txt in the Windows Application Package it has last been updated in May 2024. So i guess the support for the BOOLEAN SQL data type isn´t implemented in the included ODBC Driver. This results in Errors when a B...
11 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Functionality already exists

Provide an option to prevent ACS Run SQL Scripts from advancing to the next statement whenever a statement is executed

When you execute a query in the Run SQL Scripts tool (Ctrl-R or Run Selected) the next query in the window is automatically selected/highlighted after the executed query completes. When working with long complex queries, the automatic advancement/...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Functionality already exists

Remember the last pad the user was on when the popup keypad was last closed

I categorize my macros on the popup keypad by pad. It would be handy to be able to set an option to retain the last used pad. So, the next time I open the popup keypad and the previous time I had it open I ran a macro on pad 2 for instance, it wou...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Functionality already exists

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