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IBM i Access Family

RUNRMTCMD equivalent command for IBM i Access Client Solutions.

RUNRMTCMD was available in IBM i Access for Windows (iAWin) but not in IBM i Access Client Solutions (i ACS). Up until Service Pack (SP) SI57907, when RUNRMTCMD is issued, the desktop application would launch and user is able to view the applicati...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Not under consideration

ACS Run SQL script and prompting for statement variables. Support predefined and default values.

In ACS version 1.1.9.2 support for prompting statement variables with the use of ? or a variable name starting with : was introduced. Ref: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-75-tr2-enhancements This is great. Prompting for a statement v...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

JOURNAL ENTRY : Ability to open multiple DATA_DETAILS windows, compare the UB and UP journal data, and highlighting the modified data in color

When displaying the logs, I would like to be able to open multiple UB and UP windows in sequence and have the tool highlight the data that has been modified. In the course of my work, I am often required to consult production logs in order to dete...
7 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

ACS - Spool Files Component - Allow defining outque residing in IASP library

We have outque libraries that reside in SYSBAS as well as in the iASP. But using the ACS Spool Files component, we cannot get to our outque libraries in the IASP. Only in the SYSBAS libraries. Even though we created the spool files that are put in...
5 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Not under consideration

Replace LAN Console with vHMC light support in ACS

Is there anybody on this earth that does not absolutely hate LAN Console? Every Power system ships with an HMC port and a service processor behind it. Please use that as the one and only console interface. Use Case: Package the following component...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

Provide plug-in mechanism for iACS

Provide a formal plug-in interface for iACS to allow developers to provide extensions to the existing functionality. Use Case: A plug-in interface to iACS would allow vendors, and open source developers, to provide additional functionality to vari...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Not under consideration

Request for 「No conversion」 Data Transfer Support in ACS Data Transfer

In PCOMM and IBM i Access for Windows data transfers, it was possible to specify "No conversion" as the file type. However, ACS does not support unconverted transfers.Could you please consider adding support for unconverted transfers in ACS as a f...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Not under consideration

Enhance Printer Output filter

When looking for a joblog of a job within 5250 emulation the immediate reflex is to enter the command followed by the job name. If a list is displayed you might not pick the right job if you are not sure about the job number. The way it works now ...
8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

In Run Sql Scripts, visual explain, allow explanation to be refreshed

When using Visual Explain, it would be useful to be able to refresh the explanations and recommendations after creating indexes.
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Needs more information

ACS - HMC 5250 System Console - ability to set a default host code page and also set a default language/country on the "Welcome to Remote 5250 Console" screen.

When using the HMC Probe utility to open a new ACS HMC 5250 system console, the host code page always defaults to 037 even if the default.hod session profile ("<documents>\IBM\iAccessClient\OpCon\Sessions\hmc\<hmc_hostname>\s\default.h...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Not under consideration