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IBM i Access Family

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Provide ACS Session Icons, making session switching clearer

Allow Icons to be set for each 5250 session, as Client Access had.I currently have:Version: 1.1.6.2Build id: 7031 Use Case: For users that have connections to multiple systems, having unique icons per session makes switching between sessions/syste...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Make "Check for updates" and API

The current method of checking for a i Access Client update can only be executed from the Main "Menu" in an "interactive" mode. It would be great to have an "API" that could be executed in "batch" on the iSeries so that we could send the appropria...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Access Client Solutions - [jump next active]

In Client Access there was the possibility to map a key to the function [jump next active]. Then when hitting the key the next active iseries session window is shown. Much easyer than switching with Windows Alt-Tab function when I want to focus on...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Delivered

ACS run SQL scripts - integration of 'Generate SQL'

'generate SQL' is now part of iSeries Navigator. It would be fine if 'generate SQL' could be integrated in 'ACS-Run SQL' directly.The benefit is that you can generate sql scripts without logged on in iNav. Use Case: 'generate SQL' is now part of i...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

ACS splash screen disappears too soon!

a RFE was delivered to display a splash screen for startup of a ACS product, but it disappears many seconds before emulation window appears... users are clicking the icon again, thinking their application did not load. Use Case: Users are complain...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Delivered

In ACS OSS setup, keep list of last 10(or more) used chroot containers

while using the OSS package management setup. It would be nice to keep the last 10(or more) chroot setup locations. Use Case: while managing OSS software packages i have to keep entering the path of the chroot locations. polease provide a method t...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 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 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Access Client Solution SQL enhancement

In the old Access Client for Windows SQL you could code: select * from library.table for update after running the query, you could update a field in a record. The "for update" is what is missing in ACS. Access Client Solutions dropped that ability...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Add number of upload/download threads for "Work with IFS" action.

when uploading or downloading files using the IFS "action". When I choose any number of files the program will try and upload/download all the files at one time. this can/has caused issues on the PC. Please add an option, to limit the number of co...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

External character printing

I can not print barcodes of external characters registered on PC with IBM i Access Client Solutions. Use Case: IBM System i Access for Windows prints barcodes with external characters, but with IBM i Access Client SolutionsOnly barcodes with exter...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

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