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IBM i Access Family

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Add WebQuery Link to ACS

Add the ability to launch WebQuery Browser session from ACS client Use Case: To allow client to more easily launch web query from within ACS, just as we can Navigater for i, SSH, RUNSQL etc
about 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

ODBC 1371E support

ODBCPlease enable the App Packages for Windows / Linux / Mac / PASE that provides ODBC to support full 1371E with Unicode surrogates.https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-access-client-solutions Use Case: ODBCPlease enable the App Packages for W...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

ACS Run SQL Scripts - change query options

In iNavigator Run SQL Scripts a menu option is provided to alter the query attributes for the job or jobs. This option is not available in ACS Run SQL Scripts. Use Case: DB2 estimates a recursive CTE statement will exceed the time limit or storage...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

ACS - Add system name to title for result windows

Run SQL Scripts provide the option to display results in a separate window. The title for the result window is the SQL string run. The script window title contains the system connected to. However, there is no system name in the result windows. Us...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Remove "Access for Web" topic from 7.5 Docs site to make it clear that it is not supported in 7.5.

To prevent customers' confusion, I would like IBM to remove "Access for Web" section from IBM i 7.5 Docs site. Access for Web is not supported on IBM i 7.5. -> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/planning-upgrade-ibm-i-75-software But "Access fo...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Please change the slash on the ACS Integrated File System to be a forward slash (/)

Currently when you are using ACS and the Integrated File System and it opens the IFS window the slash in the Directory is a backward slash (\). I would like to see this changed to a forward slash (/) because that is where everything is located. Us...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Modify AcsConfig.properties to add field name or field detail

when i transfert a data base file to xlsx with gui i can change heab columns of excel and chose field name or field detail . I want to automate my tranfert with commandline . can you add this propertie to AcsConfig.properties Thanks Use Case: java...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

Increase ACS display size

The ACS emulator screen is so much smaller than the equivalent screen in Client Access on the same monitor and has a large blank area around it for no apparent reason. This makes the screen harder to see and the font used appears distorted (squash...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

Set the OK button as the default action on ACS Window Setup Panel

In the ACS "Windows Setup" screen please make the OK Button the default action when pressing the enter key. And while yer fixin that can you make it so that the "Window Setup" list is actually cleared? They live forever until ACS is restarted. See...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

ACS Schema Browser - Allow for re-arranging columns

One issue we have run into many times is re-arranging columns in a table (due to table refactorings over time only allowing adding columns to end of table). Other database platforms allow for simple, 15 second changes that allow you to re-order co...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered