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IBM i Access Family

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Extend RunSqlScript functionality

With ACS, when running SQL scripts and extracting a file in XLSX format, it would be very useful if the system could save the SQL statement used (in a different sheet).
about 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

I want to widen the printing width of ACS

English translation of original text:The print results of ACS's Java print service appear to be clogged with lines compared to the print results of iAW.According to our survey, we received similar inquiries from multiple customers, but no correcti...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Not under consideration

add support for windows server core to IBM i Access Client Solutions windows package (driver)

current situtation (working): windows server 2016 core with SQL Server and IBM i Access Client Solutions Windows drivernew situation (not working): windows server 2022 core with SQL Server but IBM i Access Client Solutions Windows driver can not b...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Future consideration

SSL/TLS Secure connection indicator for other apps in ACS

The 5250 Emulator shows the SSL/TLS Connection and cert information, it would be nice to have the same type of indicator for the other ACS apps. Run SQL Scripts, Printer Output, etc.. Just an added warm and fuzzy to see and ensure the connection i...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Different Systems grouped in Taskbar ACS

Hi, we want to seperate our different Machines in different symbols in the Taskbar in Windows 10. We have 3 symbols, one for the Austrian System, a second one for the Hungarian System and the third for our testing machine. When i click the first s...
about 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Solution to input Chinese character in Win 10 to Power System I

Due to the limitation of IBM emulator as Client Access (PC, i Access for Web, ACS) running in Win 10 (which provide only Unicode Chinese Input Method), we cannot input those chinese character that contains more than 2 bytes through those Client Ac...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

[Bug Fix] RSS stops responding to File operations such as Ctrl+O (Open PC File), Ctrl+S, Save As etc.

The file is placed on cloud and here's how the file path looks C:\Users\JxxxDxxx\OneDrive - User000001\Documents\IBM\iAccessClient\Emulator As checked, the ' ' and ' - ' in the path are not the problem as the file opens well using drag-n-drop.
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

ACS includes the "No Conversion" option

ACS currently no longer has the "No Conversion" option, there are many users who use this type of data to upload information to third-party software
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

5250 Emulator has so poor visibility for fonts

5250 Emulator of Access Client Solutions(ACS) has so poor visibility for fonts.Comparing with 5250 emulator of Access for Windows, ACS's emulator display jagged character (although selected same font settings) and its so hard to distinguish compli...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 14 Not under consideration

Access Client Solutions window focus

Please prevent ACS from stealing window focus. Use Case: Sometimes, after I've started a data transfer or opened any ACS file type (.hod, .bchx, .dtfx, .dttx), it takes a minute and I try to work on something else while I wait. However, when the f...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Not under consideration