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IBM i Access Family

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    Extend ACS and eliminate java web start

    Extend ACS to include download functions that need java web start. Use Case: One can run ACS using OpenJ9. But once you start using download director or want to install software keys directly from the ESS site you need java web start (and thus ano...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Not under consideration

    data Transfer Component for EXCEL ( excel Add-in )

    I am asking You the implementation of IBMi Access data Transfer Component for EXCEL ( excel Add-in ) provided with the IBM I Access for Windows product ( CWBTFCAI.DLL ) and not present in the new IBMi Access Client Solution product.Almost all of o...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 10 Not under consideration

    Visual explain in tree-grid form

    It is great to have visual explain back in ACS. However, my customers complains that is is not easy to pin-point where the bottlenecks are in the graph. An alternative view would be appreciated where a tree-grid show the percentage of time in each...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Not under consideration

    Access Client Solutions splash screen disappeared

    I have installed Access Client Solutions version 1.1.8.7 in order to test it before it is rolled out in production. It looks like the splash screen has disapeared and I know for sure that this will cause our users toclick multiple times on the ico...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

    IBM ACS Spool File Download hangs ay 99% if download started whilst the Spool File was Open

    If you use ACS Spool File Download function on a Spool File that is at Status Open, and allow the download to get to 99%, the download hangs and will never completes, even if the spool file is later closed the spool file status changes to Ready
    6 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Access Client Solutions -> XLSX autofit

    When i use ACS with *CLDOWNLOAD on IBM I to generate a XLSX stream file on IFS . I have to do the autofit of XLSX columns manually . Can you add this propertie to AcsConfig.properties to do get a XLSX stream file autofitted . Use Case: java -jar /...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    ACS Schema Browser - Support viewing journal entries and managing journals on files

    Bring back Journal viewing and editing functionality previously found in IBM i Navigator to the ACS Schemas Browser that was ported from IBM i Navigator to ACS. Additionally, add the ability to script the human readable data to excel or CSV, or as...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

    Request additional setup options in ACS

    We need additional option to the setup of workstations in ACS. The options available to a savvy but maybe wreckless user, are frightening. In terms of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), we need to lock down what a user can do or give themselves access to, exam...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

    Allow use of full screen width by ,Dynamic scaling HTML5 enhancement to the Access for Web and Mobile Access for the 5250

    It would be more user friendly if the iamobile 5250 emulator app dynamically used the full screen width on newer IPADS. Currently it only uses about 2/3 of the screen. Use Case: Our executives need to able to access our iseries quickly , without h...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

    ACS - allow to select viewer program for spooled/IFS files

    When in the spooled or IFS file window. selecting CTRL-W or "view only" uses (windows in my case) the default file association program for viewing files. Use Case: please add to preferences menu ability to choose the default viewing program.being ...
    over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

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