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IBM i Access Family

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ACS Update button to update the software

The check for updates feature is great. What would be great is if you had a button that would automatically update ACS. Having to go to the download site, log in, accept the license agreement, then download, then unzip, then overwrite the director...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Delivered

Increase ACS display size

The ACS emulator screen is so much smaller than the equivalent screen in Client Access on the same monitor and has a large blank area around it for no apparent reason. This makes the screen harder to see and the font used appears distorted (squash...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

Access Client Solutions (ACS) - missing IFS "Open with" (Microsoft Windows)

Within ACS we can open the "Integrated File System" support application. This tool is very fast and handy for navigating through the IFS and performing file operations (copy, delete, etc...). While navigating through directories small icons in fro...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

ACS File Transfer with No Line Ending Characters

Please add an option in the advanced File Details under format options to exclude line endings from the file being downloaded. Use Case: There are files created by our core software system that we need to download as text files that already have t...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

ACS - Run SQL Scripts - Remove unnecessary UI prompts

Do a select * from a table. Results will display. Right click in result window and hit "Upload Results" Dialog should appear for table name. Press "cancel". Then you get:MSGGEN007 - The user has canceled the request. Is that message really necessa...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

ACS Schema Browser - Allow for re-arranging columns

One issue we have run into many times is re-arranging columns in a table (due to table refactorings over time only allowing adding columns to end of table). Other database platforms allow for simple, 15 second changes that allow you to re-order co...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

IBM i Access Client Solutions Hotspots

Using Hotspot Function 'nn'!It is not possible to activate a Function-Key!In the old version of IBM i Access for Windows you can specify eachFunction-Key from 01 to 24! Use Case: We use Hotspot-'nn' in many Menus! We have no space to use Fnn or PFnn!
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

ACS Printoutput localization

Please make the value of the field create date display how it's displayed in the local nation.02.08.17 3:46:27 nachm. -> 02.08.2017 15:46:27 Use Case: see description.
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Upload Multiple Files to Integrated File System in ACS

Currently, to upload or download a file to/from the IFS using Access Client Solutions, you have to go through a host of dialog boxes to accomplish the task. It would be nice to be able to select a file or multiple files and drag and drop them to a...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 10 Delivered

ACS refresh query from results window

Add a button and/or menu item w/ hotkey to the SQL results window to rerun the query and refresh the results in the existing results window instead of spawning a new window. Use Case: When "Display Results in Separate Window" is selected, running ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

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