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IBM i Access Family

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    IBM i ACS data upload type casting

    Hi, IBM i ACS is the replacment product for IBM i Access for windows. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/633847 In Client Access for windows, it is possible to perform data download and data upload of a CCSID37 file that contains non CCSID 37 ...
    8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Auto login with saved encrypted userid and password

    I would like the ability to store a user id and encrypted password in IBM i Access Client Solutions. I would integrate it with the change password screen so it saves the password when you change it. This should work with standard ACA features and ...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Not under consideration

    View Dependency Explorer in Access Client Solutions

    I would like to see a feature in IBM i Access Client Solutions that shows a View Dependency Tree. By entering the name of a view, you would see a tree structure showing the tables and views that the views was dependent on as well as other views th...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

    Park ACS Session Manager on Mac Menu Bar

    This request is a usability enhancement linked to RFE 145698 and pertains to ease of use when connecting ACS to a large number of LPARS's or IBM i servers, Please provide an option to park the ACS session manager icon on the Mac menu bar so it can...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Mobile Client for ACS

    The new ACS is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. But today we use mobile devices with Android/iOS or Windows Mobile. It would be a really good thing for IBM i when there would be a usable client for mobile devices. key features would be:- cust...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

    Add SSH Tunneling to iACS

    Today there's an option to open an SSH Window from iACS, even using certificates, but no SSH tunneling. It would be great to connect to the system using an SSH tunnel, like most commercial products. Use Case: It we are on the road we can connect t...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

    ACS - a security breach -- no way to log off requiring new credentials to be entered

    One of my colleagues recently discovered a security breach i ACS. He was giving a user support in ACS and was the first to log on. The setting regarding passwords in ACS was "use shared credentials" ( roughly translated from our native language )....
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

    In ACS on the command line when you run a transfer from IBM i to excel without a dtfx you can not specify the locale values such as date format or decimal point

    Anybody using ACS and doing batch transfer of data. This is a basic setting in countries outside US and it is blocking larger adoption of this functionality.
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 8 Not under consideration

    ACS-system operator messages

    While doing a nightly backup, unless HTTP & Admin servers are running, there is no easy way to view system operator messages. A plug in would be helpful to view in Access Client Solutions(Windows). Use Case: If there is an issue in a nightly b...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

    Proper Support for High DPI Monitors

    High DPI monitors almost always require running Windows 10 Scaling at 125% or higher. Nearly all native applications properly support this scaling. ACS does not. All icons and text become blurry as compared to other applications (because High DPI ...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

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