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IBM i Access Family

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    Password manager integration in ACS

    It would be great to have an integration where I could store all my passwords in for example 1Password and easily populate user id and password in ACS from there.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Add a Save Results As... option to the File or Tools menu.

    Having to launch the 1980's File Transfer Program to pull down data is embarrassing. When I have a resultset in the lower pane, I should be able to simply save that resultset as XLSX or CSV to my local PC.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    add 3270 emulation to ACS client

    We currently have a need for a java emulator 5250 which works well with the exception that we also need the same java client (ACS) to have the ability to connect 3270 to our mainframe. We would like to have 3270 added to ACS 5733 XJ1 Use Case: War...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    Add information indicating that the session is open with ACS

    Many companies are slowly converting video sessions from Client Access to ACS. In order to monitor the progress of these upgrades it would be useful to have an SQL service that lists the video devices, which also reports a field indicating that th...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    ACS: Option to show description next to System

    When we add a new system most of us use the IP address, not the FQDN or hostname on our DNS or hosts table, and the real system name is on the description. It would be great to have the option to show the description next to the system name to imp...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Functionality already exists

    IBM i ACS Task Pane Should be Customizeable

    In the Java Version of ACS (Currently at v 1.1.7.0) the Task pains on the leftside of the main ACSLaunch window are not configurable nor are they moveable. This means they are laid out the way the last programmer who worked on it felt it was conve...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

    STRPCCMD PAUSE(*NO) needs to work again

    In IBM i Access (Client Access, PC5250) STRPCCMD PAUSE(*NO) used to work properly in that it would not pause and be input inhibited while a program is still running. That's what PAUSE(*YES) is for. Now PAUSE(*NO) works the same as PAUSE(*YES) when...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    Logout option in Sytem i Navigator

    System i Navigator is a graphical user interface designed for windows which is used to access IBM i Lpars. Strange that we do not have any logout option in System i Navigator , which is a security breach. Kindly look into the issue and help fix it...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

    Ability for Access Client Solutions to use Host Operating System Credentials to connect IBM i

    Ability of IBM iClient Access solutions to use the credentials of the operating system of the PC, either Windows, Mac or Linux, to connect IBM i through 5250 emulation, as Client Access for Windows did. Use Case: Users can connect to different ser...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Allow for a user specific version of AcsConfig.properties in the users home directory

    Allow for a user specific version of AcsConfig.properties in the users home directory that will be considered before the versions in the iacs directory and the jar file. This will allow users to have their own properties that will not be overwritt...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

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