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IBM i

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Allow selection of multiple items in screen designer

In CODE/Designer you can lasso many items on the panel you are designing and do things with them, like move, duplicate, DELETE or change a COLOR ATTRIBUTE. Use Case: Use CODE/Designer and attempt to lasso many items and then delete or change the c...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

CRTSRCPF: Varchar SRCDTA, real date SRCDAT

CRTSRCPF needs an update. Please add an option for creating source data fields in varchar & use real dates for last mod date. For bonus points, last mod date should be auto-generated. Extra bonus points if whitespace changes don't modify the d...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Proxy service for iACS operations via IBM i system

Provide a proxy service for all IBM iACS functionality like 5250, ssh, database access and management, IFS access and spool file management, so a remote user can connect to a secured IBM i system and from this connect to the target system - direct...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Refinements required to ACS print file downloads

When using Printer Output in ACS, depending on what we do, some users download print files as PDF and others as a .txt file. The problem we have is that the selection is not stored for the next time. Use Case: When downloading print files to a PC ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Not under consideration

Bring qualified data structure name to top of Content Assist prompt list

I use Content Assist to autocomplete code all the time. For data structures, however, it hasn't been as nice. The reason is because I can't easily simply select a qualified data structure to complete, it brings up all the subfields as well for me ...
about 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

System i native support for MS-SQL Server Connection

Native Support for System i to connect to MS-SQL Server using the remote Database entry (ADDRDBDIRE).Connection should support SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT to provide a possibility for data exchange.There are exists a lot of open souce tools which works...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Not under consideration

create ability to specify IFS path for IFS plugin to allow creating of short cuts

Other ACS plugins allow for additional properties so that you can create links/short cuts to narrow down the user's choices. Please expand this capability to the IFS so that I can pass an IFS path. I want to create short cuts to several IFS folder...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Need to be able to move owned object of a user that is removed from Web Query to another user.

When a licensed user is removed from Web Query, his owned objects are removed after a notification, but without any control.If reports or schedules, that would be necessary for business, are removed, , there could be unexpected failures like sched...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 3 Not under consideration

Confirmation message when performing a restore to original location

This enhancement request is to add a confirmation screen or message when performing a restore back to the original location within BRMS. Use Case: Ideally this would be either when using the RSTLIBBRM/RSTOBJBRM commands when the RSTLIB parameter i...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 3 Not under consideration

5250 session blurry in Windows 10 1920x1080 screen with 125% zoom

5250 session screen very blurry after new installed laptops with 1920x1080 screen and 125% zoom.With 100% zoom, the letters on the screen are to little.Default font IBM3270. I've tried to change the properties from Access Client Solutions on my de...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

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