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IBM i Access Family

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    ACS - Add feature to run scripts from a HLL.

    As part of modernization and as a replacement for RUNQRY, this change would be beneficial. The ACS team has been making some great stuff available. Taking that to the next step... I have a number of applications that would benefit from this featur...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    Persistent cache for Run SQL Scripts

    Presently Run SQL Scripts keeps a cache of tables and columns, but that cache isn't persistent. I does not cache SQL statements at all. A persistent cache would improve usability. Use Case: Content assist for tables and columns is very handy, but ...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Future consideration

    Include Emulator/pdfpdt directory in export and on import/create the directory if it does not exist.

    Customers using PDTs for 5250 printer emulation sessions with a pdt must have the pdt file in Emulator/pdfpdt directory. However this is not included when exporting from a template configuration for deployment and so is missing on target import, c...
    4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Future consideration

    Macro with value='attn' not working - consistantly

    I spoke with Dwayne Bowers about this issue in Anaheim this spring at COMMON's PowerUp conference. In this macro example, I access our attention menu, make a selection, then enter in two values on the program called. There appears to be a race con...
    4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Add Support For Editing Records Natively in Access Client Solutions (ACS) Using the Schema (db2) Function

    When using the new Access Client Solutions (ACS) software, we can view physical file (database) records by using the Schema function and browsing through the respective Libraries and Tables. However, there is currently no support to natively edit ...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

    ACS - Add save to a new tab in Excel when using RSS.

    I use Run SQL Scripts (RSS) daily. Many times, I have to save the results displayed on the screen into a spreadsheet. Problem: Each save from the screen has to go to a new file or an existing file. If specifying an existing file, it overwrites tha...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Not under consideration

    Background color per connection

    Most ACS applications (Ifs, Sql script, Spool) are neutral in color, having the ability to identify them by a background color linked to individual connections would help when there are many open at the same time. Use Case: n/d
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Future consideration

    ACS - Add position-to on column of result set display

    When viewing a result set in ACS Run SQL Scripts, it would be beneficial to be able to select a column, right click and specify a position to value, to advance to subsequent records, rather than scroll to the relevant value. Maybe could only happe...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

    Add command-line options for running Data Transfers in BAT files or add Edit option in context menu of DTFX/DTTX files

    Our users have used Data Transfer for many years. They have used BAT files to run requests that belong together. With IBM i Access for Windows and its predecessors, these have run uninterrupted - the Data Transfer GUI did not appear, and there was...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Not under consideration

    ACS Schema Explorer - Database Diagraming support

    Support database diagraming in Schema browser. Allow for creation, and reverse engineer from existing database. Reverse engineer should read all foreign key relationships and give you proper diagram. When editing a new diagram, or one generated fr...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

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