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IBM i Access Family

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ACS Change or add New Nav for i

I use ACS a lot. and I have connections to lots of partitions. It would be nice if the 'Navigator for i' could be changed to New Nav for i or Nav4i. If not can it be added to the 'Hardware Management Interface' (which could also be renamed). If so...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

IBM i ACS Run SQL Scripts Open file sort order settings choice

As part of this request the default view when opening the folder for SQL scripts within ACS was changed from List to Detail requiring the users that prefer List view to select it upon entry each time they access the open file window. Requesting an...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 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.
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

SSH key passphrases/agent support in ACS

ACS only supports passwords and keys without a passphrase. It would be ideal to have SSH keys that are protected by a passphrase, but ACS doesn't support that. Furthermore, even if passphrases are supported, supporting an agent would be even bette...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

ACS 5250 Screen History Archive enhancement: include /PLUGIN to convert images to folder

Screenshots are an important part of audit evidence and defense for internal and compliance audits, as well as step by step procedural trainingThe ability to export images from screen history archive is already a very useful tool for supporting th...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

IBM i ACS - IFS unzip function

In IBM i ACS the Integrated File System is missing the option to zip/unzip. Use Case: When upgrading iso images are in the zip format. With ACS and the IFS functionality we can upload them but we either have to unzip them beforehand or do it from ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

Upload Multiple Files to Integrated File System in ACS

Currently, to upload or download a file to/from the IFS using Access Client Solutions, you have to go through a host of dialog boxes to accomplish the task. It would be nice to be able to select a file or multiple files and drag and drop them to a...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 10 Delivered

Access Client Solutions IFS timestamp format and timezone

Currently the Access Client Solutions IFS component shows file timestamps in a textual format, eg. "9 February 2022 at 16:30:29 GMT". There is no alignment and a varying width font is used. The timestamp is shown in local (PC client) timezone. 1. ...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 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...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Delivered

Choose connection for ACS Printer Output

ACS Integrated File System and Run SQL Scripts already allow you to change your connection from within the tool. Printer Output lacks that capability. If there was a drop-down or menu option, I could change the connection without having to start t...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

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