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IBM i Access Family

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    Support autECL in IBM i ACS (macro's)

    A customer has written several hundreds of macro's for IBM i Access for Windows based on Automation Objects (autECL) which isn't supported by IBM i ACS. Based on the IBM case which states "Now, internally IBM i ACS does leverage HACL, but it doesn...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Add "Map your database" to IBM i Access Client Solutions and/or IBM Navigator for i

    In the deprecated System i Navigator you had this function "Map your database". It would print a graphical representation of your database. For example, if you had foreign key constraints between tables,like those common for:- Item Master to Item ...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

    Provide for passing of variables to CL commands.

    There is a huge need to be able to pass variables to CL commands in a SQL script in RSS. This is the statements in error: CL:DPOBJLIB/FLT855KTST ORDER(oprutllib.MacPac_SO); CL:DPOBJLIB/FLT855KTST ORDER( 659239 ); -- generate a spreadsheeet I am un...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Provide support for 27x132 5250 system console on HMC managed partitions

    Provide support for 27x132 5250 system console on HMC managed partitions. Use Case: End users are unable to sign on to our system console because their default application requires that the 5250 device support a 27x132 display. We are forced to us...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    iACS Printer Output-Option to not respect page range

    IBM i Access Client Solutions (iACS) Printer Output currently enforces the page range set on the spooled file on the server when viewing/downloading spooled files. We use the page range specifically for printing, often saving the spooled file for ...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Not under consideration

    Copy settings from an existing database monitor

    Creating database monitors through the iACS SQL Performance Center is really nice. It would be very convenient if we could create a new database monitor based on an existing monitor, so we didn't have to do all of the "setup" each time. Use Case: ...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

    Default 5250 Session Font

    Hello, Please make the ACS - PCOMM SESSION font the default font for 5250 screens. I was frustrated with the ACS 5250 screens not using all the windows space of my sessions, but I change my font the PCOMM SESSION and now it perfect. Using all of w...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

    ACS - add LOCATE function to scan existing *.SQL files for text entry

    Within ACS, you have Content Assist and Examples. Please consider adding a way to search your folder(s) of saved *.SQL files for a specific text value, such as MERGE, LIBRARYNAME, or FILENAME. This would enable developers to quickly open a saved s...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Bookmarks in SQL script runner

    Add a bookmark management (folders, sub-folders and SQL scripts) in the ACS SQL windows Use Case: To be able to memorize bookmarks to SQL scripts
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

    ACS - Print Output - Send per Mail

    A nice to have function would be to right click on an spool file and select send per mail. This would open the standard mail client with the spool file as pdf as an attachment. Use Case: see description.
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

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