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IBM i Access Family

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Content Assist to slow in resolving fields

Simply put the resolution of potential field makes content assist almost unusable. I can usually find the field information faster by switching to an emulator session and looking up the fields faster than it comes back. This is mentioned in 146722...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

EUDC support on ACS PDF/PDT Printing

We need EUDC(GAIJI) support on ACS PDF/PDT Printing.On PC5250 on iAW, we can print EUDC chars on PDF/PDT Printing. But ACS does not support it. We need this function to move Windows 10. Use Case: In Japan, EUDC(GAIJI) is usually used and should be...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

IBM i ACS Datatransfer from IBM, EXCEL TabName

The naming of the tabname in EXCEL should also be possible like the behavior in IBM Client Access.CA: FilenameACS: Library/Filename>Sheet1 orACS: Myame>Sheet1 Use Case: With this option the import description in Microsoft ACCESS have not be ...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Access Client Solutions (ACS) - missing IFS "Open with" (Microsoft Windows)

Within ACS we can open the "Integrated File System" support application. This tool is very fast and handy for navigating through the IFS and performing file operations (copy, delete, etc...). While navigating through directories small icons in fro...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Template sessions in iACS session manager

Provide the ability to establish a template session in the iACS session manager. New display & printer sessions would be based on this template session so that a standardized (user or enterprise) set of parameters would be used. All session pa...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

ACS Copy Formatted SQL to Clipboard

SQL statements that are copied into the clipboard by Ctrl+C should preserve their formatting (color and font). The feature could be optional. Use Case: Write SQL code that you want to share with others or that is to be included in a document.
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Additional CLI options for acsbundle.jar /PLUGIN=cfg /SYSTEM=<system>

Request for enhancement to acsbundle.jar /PLUGIN=cfg /SYSTEM=<system> Please add cli options for additional settings, so that all system configurations can be set via the CLI for scripting. In short if there is an option in the GUI it should...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

ACS Toggle column name / label in "SQL run script"

The output from a SQL query gives a nice grid, however some times you need the column names from the query and other times you need the column label. Today only the column name are shown. Use Case: In the grid popupmenu or in the menu it would be ...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Delivered

Run SQL statements using IBM I Source physical Files

This is lost functionality2) More than colleague runs these scripts3) Using a source physical file on the IBM i allows you to keep the scripts in the schema that they belong to4) Backups are automatically handled5) No concerns/lost scripts when so...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

iSeries ACS Run SQL Scripts - SQL SELECT - locking file

Running SQL SELECTs in ACS "Run SQL Scripts" on the iSeries leaves locks on physical files which prevent the CL command CLRPFM from running over the file. Old fashioned RPG programs never lock files when reading from them or writing to them and on...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Delivered