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IBM i Access Family

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ACS - provide option when defining .hod to allow optional loading into common screen or its own detached group tabs

For those of us who need to work with multiple systems/LPARs, starting 5250 sessions either loads into 1 screen or all are loaded into separate screens grouped by the system being logged in to? Use Case: I have defined multiple batch sessions. Eac...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Create shortcut to 5250 display and printer sessions

Provide an easy (user friendly) method of creating a shortcut to a 5250 display or printer session from IBM i Access Client Solutions. Use Case: Currently, when I open the 5250 session manager and right click on a session, I have the option to cop...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

ACS Session Mgr - Behavior Change RFE

The default for 5250 sessions is Save on Exit... Always. Per session in the session Edit... Preferences... Exit...Therefore, when I close a session, it forces the refresh of the Session Manager list automatically. This 'feature' makes it terribly ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Connections - Ability to define database to connect to by default

I would like to see a Connections configuration option that allows us to define a default database to connect to on a conneciton.There isn't one today and defaults to the sysbas asp. Which for those of us with iASP infrastructures, is a pain for R...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 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 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Add full statement pop up when hovering over Show Statements plan cache list of statements like iNav

When using Show Statements window and I have a list of SQL statements from the plan cache, I used to have a pop up window showing the full statement of the one I am hovering over in iNav.That does NOT happen when doing the same in ACS, SQL perform...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

Drag and drop from PC to IFS

Please allow drag and drop of files from PC to IFS. Use Case: Drag a file from a PC to the IFS instead of using the current upload option.
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Delivered

iACS Printer output-Choose text or PDF

IBM iAccess Client Solutions (iACS) has a "Printer Output" feature that allows you to access spooled files. You can configure in your preferences whether to get them as text or as PDF, but there's no easy way to choose on-the-fly. Use Case: I almo...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Delivered

ACS Java Process Kill Daemon on Citrix Servers

Hello everybody I would like to mention a problem I am facing and discover right now , in the middle of a migration project , here in Piraeus Bank Greece. We have a variety of Power i Host Systems such as E880 P8 V7R3 – S824 etc. We are using ACS ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

EUDC support on ACS PDF/PDT Printing

We need EUDC(GAIJI) support on ACS PDF/PDT Printing.On PC5250 on iAW, we can print EUDC chars on PDF/PDT Printing. But ACS does not support it. We need this function to move Windows 10. Use Case: In Japan, EUDC(GAIJI) is usually used and should be...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered