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IBM i

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    Expand a *BNDDIR object to see the entries

    In RSE, the ability to expand a *BNDDIR object to see the entries (*SRVPGM and *MODULE objects) and/or a "Show in table" option Use Case: Without that we have to use the WRKBNDDIRE command on a 5250 screen
    over 14 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

    asking about the possibility of including information on retransmissions and "Connections Reset" by communications line

    Request : Is it possible to add information to CS that shows the number of retransmissions and "Connections Reset" per communication line. Current situation :Banesco try to keep under control the amount of retransmissions and the restart of connec...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Delivered

    Many commands are still missing the option OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) !

    The As400 Is about 40 years old, and till todays day, many important commands do not have yet an OUTPUT(*OUTFILE) option, just OUTPUT(*PRINT). The programmer-user needs to do some patching to get it into a DB File or use it in a program. Here is a...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Delivered

    ACS : Thai keyboard switching

    In Thailand, when we want to switch from English to Thai, we will press button '~', in the old iAW, when we press '~' on Window, keyboard on Window and iAW will both change to Thai. But for ACS, when we press '~' on Window, we have to press Ctrl+N...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

    Hotspot Funktion

    In the Option "HotSpots" you can define, that function Keys and URL are shown as 3D-buttons.Is it possible to make it look better and not ugly like now?Or Make it possible to configure the border/text-color/background-color. It would be better if ...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

    Shortcut keys on ACS Data Transfer dialog

    In the current ACS Data Transfer function, when closing the main window after completing a transfer, the Inquiry Message dialog "Do you want to save this transfer request?" does not provide shortcut keys for the Yes/No buttons. Use Case: 1. Open t...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

    Add parameter to RSTOBJ command

    In the RSTOBJ command parameters it would be great to let you filter by attribute as well (FILEATR), in case you select *FILE would also specify the type (*PF, *LF, *PRTF, *DSPF, etc.) OBJTYPE > *FILE FILEATR > *PF Use Case: We usually have ...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 3 Delivered

    jtopen update delivery via ptf

    When you download the jtopen package from sourceforge https://sourceforge.net/projects/jt400/files/you get a zipfile with the subfolder java6, java8, java9 with extra jt400.jar files compiled with each java version and when i am right, also comapt...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / JAVA 3 Delivered

    ACS splash screen disappears too soon!

    a RFE was delivered to display a splash screen for startup of a ACS product, but it disappears many seconds before emulation window appears... users are clicking the icon again, thinking their application did not load. Use Case: Users are complain...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Delivered

    In ACS OSS setup, keep list of last 10(or more) used chroot containers

    while using the OSS package management setup. It would be nice to keep the last 10(or more) chroot setup locations. Use Case: while managing OSS software packages i have to keep entering the path of the chroot locations. polease provide a method t...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

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