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IBM i Access Family

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In ACS OSS setup, keep list of last 10(or more) used chroot containers

while using the OSS package management setup. It would be nice to keep the last 10(or more) chroot setup locations. Use Case: while managing OSS software packages i have to keep entering the path of the chroot locations. polease provide a method t...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

External character printing

I can not print barcodes of external characters registered on PC with IBM i Access Client Solutions. Use Case: IBM System i Access for Windows prints barcodes with external characters, but with IBM i Access Client SolutionsOnly barcodes with exter...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Add button on 5250 session toolbar

I have seen that in the new ACS Version 1.1.7 you can directly call the IFS Interface in the 5250 Emulation on the toolbar via a button.Is it possible to add the Link for "Database Schemas" and "SQL Performance Center" in the Navigation as icons? ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Request for ACS to not append phonetic data when uploading xlsx file.

We upload Excel file from PC to IBM i using IBM i Access Client Solutions(ACS). When transfering a file of "xlsx" format to IBM i, characters that are not in the data may be uploaded (against my will)automatically added. - Characters not included ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Include additional second level text for ACS

The current implementation of first level error message logging for ACS does not include all details for Kerberos type errors. Use Case: Use first level error's for quicker problem determination.
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Add "Reset" Button to filter screen in Printer Output

Please add a "Reset" or "Clear" button to the printer output filter screen that will reset the filters to the current user, all output queues, blank job information, and all user specified data. Use Case: After I'm done filtering to a specific job...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

ACS Client Auto-Update

Would like the ability to have ACS automatically check for updates from a centralized location when launching similar to how the original Client Access would auto-update from the IBM i server install. Use Case: User launches ACS from shortcut on t...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Delivered

IBM iSeries Client Access - Needs Workstation ID option in string

IBM iSeries Client Access Software. Launching application using C:\Users\Public\IBM\ClientSolutions\Start_Programs\Windows_i386-32\ACSLAUNCH_WIN-32.EXE -xMX1024M /Plugin=5250 /System=COR400 /name=%clientname% There is no option to add/adjust WORKS...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

ACS - IFS upload option to specify Unicode (UTF8)

I noticed when using ACS Integrated File System, text files always get uploaded with CCSID 437, even when Unicode BOM is present. it would be useful if the file was created with 1208 in the IFS, either by automatically or selecting the CCSID.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Hotspot Funktion

In the Option "HotSpots" you can define, that function Keys and URL are shown as 3D-buttons.Is it possible to make it look better and not ugly like now?Or Make it possible to configure the border/text-color/background-color. It would be better if ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered