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My votes: IBM i Access Family

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    ACS 5250 Screen History enhancement: Include timestamp above/below image

    Currently on version 1.1.8.8 Please enhance to include Windows timestamp data with each screen shot. When using "Save screens as images" function, allow user to select either or both of the following options:1) prefix the image file name with time...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

    Allow the Delete Key to function in iACS Printer Output Listing

    In ACS when you select a group of spool files to delete you must right mouse click and then select delete. It would be great to have the Delete Key trigger the delete. Use Case: Many of the applications we work with every day enable the delete key...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

    Have CTRL-S remember last selections like CTRL-O does

    Have CTRL-S remember last selections like CTRL-O does. If I want a different save destination, I can pick it from the menu or toolbar. Use Case: Open ACS - Run SQL Scripts, edit something, CTRL+S. You are asked what type of storage source (PC, IFS...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

    ACS IFS Send function to include System ASP free space check

    The ACS Ingrated File System - Send function creates a temporary QIFS* library in ASP1 under the covers as part of the send process. This is fine as long as the the IFS object(s) being sent are not larger than the spare space in ASP1. The size of ...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

    when using the /PLUGIN=checkupdates show the current and target version, ie 1.1.9.8, of ACS

    please show the system name or directory location from where the update is originating. this will be helpful to make sure of the target version that is being updated.
    8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

    IBM i ACS Datatransfer from IBM, EXCEL TabName

    The naming of the tabname in EXCEL should also be possible like the behavior in IBM Client Access.CA: FilenameACS: Library/Filename>Sheet1 orACS: Myame>Sheet1 Use Case: With this option the import description in Microsoft ACCESS have not be ...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

    ACS Run SQL Scripts insert field names into statement from the results Columns screen

    Create and easier way to add fields into SQL statement by selecting check boxes after the results have been returned. I believe this would be a nice efficiency gain. Use Case: Often times I find that when we don't know the data within a database f...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

    QSH and QCMD shell directly in ACS

    Provide ssh : sshfs, sftp, qsh and qcmd shell directly in ACS for fast administrative access. Use Case: Avoid to configure and work throuth a 5250 terminal and menu session first. Improve to access support of SSH setup. Efficent work from any java...
    over 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

    Access Client Solutions (ACS) - missing IFS "Open with" (Microsoft Windows)

    Within ACS we can open the "Integrated File System" support application. This tool is very fast and handy for navigating through the IFS and performing file operations (copy, delete, etc...). While navigating through directories small icons in fro...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

    ACS IFS component-Need Initial Load Filter to reduce files loaded per directory. Not InterActive Filter of loaded files list.

    We have IFS directories with 20,000-30,000 files in them. It takes forever to download the whole list of files in the directory, which must be loaded before we can use the interactive filter to narrow down what we are looking for.At times, my netw...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

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