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IBM i Access Family

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    Add option to open spooled files in AFP Viewer in IBM i Access Client Solutions Printer Output

    It is difficult, if not impossible, to view *IPDS type spooled files in AFP Viewer using Navigator for i with the latest browsers. IBM used to provide a version of the AFP Viewer with IBM i Access for Windows and this is the Viewer that was used t...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    ODBC Driver for Alpine Linux

    For creating docker containers, Alpine Linux is lightweight and secure. As we continue to modernize and containerize Node JS integration to the IBM i, this would be a great add to reduce container bloat.
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    Allow use of other ACS Tabbed 5250 sessions whilst another is Authenticating

    Allow use of other ACS Tabbed 5250 sessions whilst another is Authenticating. See attached screenshot for example. At the moment, if in tabbed mode, ALL tabbed sessions are locked and can not be used whilst the "Signon in Progress" dialogue displa...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Not under consideration

    ACS RSS make CL prompting act more like CL prompting in SEU/RDi

    CL prompting in SEU or RDi allows me to apply the default value and keep it in the code so that I can know what value is being used. When prompting in ACS RSS and keying in the default value, the tool removes the keywords that have the same value ...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    ACS should reestablish connection to session when comminication is lost.

    ACS is extremely sensitive when the communication is lost. Every time this happens a new session is started. Instead of this behaviour I would like that the connection is established to the original session. The problem happens for example when th...
    8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Provide a Tile Session Window option in IBM ACS for IBM i

    Provide a way to do a so called Tile arrangement of the 5250 session windows in ACS. Use Case: I support over a dozen remote Power systems with IBM i installed. Using ACS I open green-screens to those session and have an app open and running. I wa...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    Allow means to display multi-line clickable hot spot links in ACS 5250 emulation.

    Despite the intent for many to move to web based UIs, many products still have 5250 interfaces and many customers continue to want to use them. It is useful for 5250 outputs to display a hyperlink to get to web help, do searches, etc. (e.g. starti...
    4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    IBM i ACS Client - Lock down connection settings for Single Sign On

    We recently configured SSO for deployment and will be using Kerberos for authentication. We currently are using AD for authentication to the AS/400. A user could circumvent the client configuration for IBM i signon information and change "Use Kerb...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

    IBM Access Client Solution as an .apk

    It would be nice, to have the possibility to access the system from a portable device f.e. in the warehouse or while in front of the rack for quick maintenance or just to check something.
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    ACS /PLUGIN=cfg - fast path for HMC ?

    Hello, would it be possible to add in ACS /PLUGIN=cfg /system a parameter to configure fast path for HMCConsole ? (eqquiv of Advanced in ACS) - at least to 'managed system' level. That would be a great help ;) Thanks for consideration.
    8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

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