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IBM i Access Family

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    IBM i ACS supports unicode display

    we store unicode characters in AS400 DB2 but AS400 ACS can't display unicode characters, this makes users work inconvenient. Use Case: could you please help to modify ACS to support displaying unicode characters?
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 8 Not under consideration

    IBM Access Client Solutions (ACS) - to restrict/not restrict Filter option in Printer Output

    Anyway IBM can enhanced the filter option in ACS - Printer Output for administrator to restrict or not to restrict for end user. This printer output option very useful to user to view/save spool file in pdf. Sometimes some user will explore the Pr...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Not under consideration

    Support 5250 emulator for mobile device.

    The only IBM 5250 emulator that worked on mobile devices (iPhone and Android) was 5250 applet which was a part of IBM access for Web (5770-XH2). As the IBM access for Web had been discontinued since IBM i 7.5, there are no alternative 5250 emulato...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    Set Wide Screen Mode (27x132) as the Default Option or (preferrably) the only option for ACS 5250 Configuration

    When end-users setup their devices they don't have 20 to 40 years experience with *DS3 and *DS4 mode. They're not sure what 27x132 means. Since is it 2022 and not 1982, it would be better to default to 27x132 for ACS 5250 Display Configurations. I...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    ACS /PLUGIN=cldownload

    I user ACS "acslaunch_win-64.exe /PLUGIN=cldownload /clientfile=XXXX.CSV" CSV format is fixed to UTF8 I want to select something other UTF-8 as in the file details of data transfer . Shift_JIS , windows-31j ..etc Use Case: file transfer FROM IBMi ...
    about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    ACS Local Screen Print Behavior Like PC5250

    Make the local screen print button function in ACS like it did in the 5770-XE1, Access for Window Client. Use Case: When users print the screen the font is too small to read.Details in PMR
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Not under consideration

    Add option to select icon in Edit-Preferences-Appearance-Window Setup as per iAccess for Windows

    In iAccess for Windows you can select the icon that is displayed on the Windows taskbar and in the window itself via Edit-Preferences-Appearance -Window Setup. This function is missing in the equivilent option on ACS. This is a duplicate request a...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 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...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Microsoft Entity Framework 6.x support for IBM i DB2

    Please insert support for Microsoft Entity Framework (EF) 6.x in your latest IBM i OS's. The existing ADO.NET Data Provider shipped with IBM Access Client Solutions doesn't support any EF at all and with this you ignore Millions of .Net Developers...
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    Run CL command on several systems using 5250 sessions

    In large IBMi shared environment it would be good to have possibility to run the same CL command in the same time on MORE than one 5250 session in ACS. Running the same command on several system one by one (for checking purposes or comparing) is r...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

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