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IBM i Access Family

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Prevent the action of copying in ACS products when nothing is selected

If you press CTRL+C in any of the ACS products without a selection being active you get difference values from the difference features but you always end up copying something. I don't know who's bright idea this was but please stop it and remove t...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Please enable results view cell value selection key F2 to allow copying value

iNavigator Run SQL Scripts results view has the ability to open up the cell for copy by using F2, which highlights the text value and makes it available for copying by using Ctrl+C. The version of ACS Run SQL Scripts this feature is not functionin...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Change select next statement feature to end at next semi-colon

The older iNavigator version of the Run SQL Scripts tool used to stop the highlight next statement feature at the next found semi-colon. Now FOR SOME REASON some one got the idea this was not reasonable and now the ACS Run SQL Scripts only stops w...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

ACS Run SQL Scripts - Add headings to text type output

There is an option to save column headings when saving the results to a file of type .TXT or .CSV but no headings are ever saved. Use Case: Open product, go to menu Options and select Enable Save Results.Save results as CSV or TXT and select the o...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Access Client Solutions Printer Output Security

Access Client SolutionsThe option to view the printer output was added (which is a great addition) but the user has the ability to filter and view other users output. This may have information that shouldn't be seen by others. Use Case: I would li...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

ACS Data Transfer; DOS Random

When using IBM i Access Client Solutions data transfer need file type or translation for DOS Random. Use Case: ACH origination, wire transfers, and other data transfers.
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

Access Client Solution Run SQL Scripts close dialog box

Within Access Client Solutions Run SQL Scripts function, exiting from the function without saving causes the "Inquiry Message" dialog to be displayed with Yes, No, and Cancel buttons available. Enhancement request is to have keyboard short cut for...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 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...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Typing Y or N to answer Yes or No in Access Client Solutions dialog boxes

Windows dialog boxes typically allow typing Y or N instead of clicking the Yes or No buttons, and typically allow hitting Enter instead of clicking the OK button (or the Cancel button, depending on the default selection). I'd like the same ability...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Delivered

Access Client Solutions open/save dialog boxes

In ACS on Windows, the left side of the open/save dialog boxes only offers a few predetermined shortcuts (such as the desktop), making it necessary to either navigate manually or type a file path. I'd like the left side to offer the typical folder...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered