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IBM i Access Family

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ACS should have an option NOT to auto-populate the user id field

ACS should have an option NOT to auto-populate the user id field. In a shared environment like a terminal server, we don't want each user to see the previous user's "user profile" auto-populated in the user id field. It should be possible to leave...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Allow keyboard shortcuts on the password about to expire message in the 5250 emulator

When the ACS 5250 emulator displays the "password about to expire, do you want to change it" message, you have to use the mouse to click Yes or No. Please provide keyboard shortcuts so that you can just press Y or N to answer the question. The Win...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Delivered

ACS General Font Size

The opening screen of ACS when opening acsbundle.jar has a fixed font size. At times that is very small and I can barely read the screen. We need to be able to change the font size via the view menu for this and any of the ACS screens. Today only ...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

Prompt for DBMonitor running when selected to delete.

ACS Database Monitors component.If a DBMonitor is running and I chose to delete it, it just smokes it.I'd like to to prompt me with a message, "Monitor is running, do you still want to delete it?" or something to that affect. Odds are, I don't wan...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Visual Explain Buttons for Actuals and Estimates

In ACS Visual Explain:It would be much easier/quicker if there were buttons up in the icon bar for all the View... menu options. ( or a way to pick and choose which ones I want in the icon bar besides the zoom in, out, or fit window).In my case, I...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 8 Delivered

Direct Link for Navigator for i

I have seen that in the new Version 1.1.6.2 you can directly call the IFS Interface in the 5250 Emulation in the Menu.Is it possible to add the Link for "Navigator for i" in the Navigation? Use Case: You have to call the IBM i Access Client Soluti...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

SSL Enabled by Default in IBM i Access Client Solutions

Being able to set the 'Default communications to SSL' option to ON from the get-go would allow new users to configure their new 5250 sessions to use SSL without having to check any boxes. We are looking to turn off unsecure telnet to our IBM i ser...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Change the Configuration of LPI in Java Print (jpsDBCSUseSplfLPI)

Need change LPI of Spool file, set the "jpsDBCSUseSplfLPI" on acssm.ini. But only some printer session need this setting. Others doesn't need this setting because output is broken. So want the setting "jpsDBCSUseSplfLPI" in each hod files.
12 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

ACS Console shortcut

The new Access client solutions does not allow a console shortcut to be created to the desktop. Can one be created. As we start installing the console software, this has been their one complaint. Thanks. Use Case: some users require convenience an...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

ACS opens empty terminal window

When I open IBM i Access Client Solutions or 5250 emulator, this opens an empty Terminal app. This happens since Windows 11 replaced the command interpreter (cmd.exe) by Terminal app.
about 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

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