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Request for 「No conversion」 Data Transfer Support in ACS Data Transfer

In PCOMM and IBM i Access for Windows data transfers, it was possible to specify "No conversion" as the file type. However, ACS does not support unconverted transfers.Could you please consider adding support for unconverted transfers in ACS as a f...
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Not under consideration

Convert all OS screens to 132 columns

It would be nice to have all the OS screens (including all output) in 132 columns and not 80 columns. In 2025 everyone has monitors that properly support (and with a nice readable font) 132-column screens.
6 months ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

iACS: Rewrite the documentation for IBM i Access Client Solutions

There is much that is missing from this documentation. Including, but not limited to: How to limit users access to some of the functions by using server configuration such as "Function Usage" available in IBM Navigator for i. Sure there are ways o...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

Change of name for ILE/RPG

Time to give ILE/RPG a new name that is better suited to its current form.Call it "RPG for i", matching "Db2 for i". Use Case: By giving the RPG product a new name will help us define the difference between modern free format RPG & the older f...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Not under consideration

ACS live editor

Using many tools that make use of SFTP and related, it is possible to go and edit objects in the ifs in real time. Given the new features it would be interesting to implement this change on ACS as well, so that it would be more complete since now ...
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

Just like the 5250 Emulator, please consider adding the "Tab" feature in the IBM I ACS Schemas tool. Thanks.

Database design and maintenance would oftentimes need to look at database on different partitions. It would be nice to provide DBAs this convenience and not having to open multiple windows.
4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Enable Virtual Serial Number (VSN) for Shared Processor Pool (SPP)

As currently defined, a Virtual Serial Number (VSN) can only be used once for a single LPAR, with cores fully assigned. This approach significantly limits flexibility. For example, consider a scenario with three LPARs, each assigned 0.4 cores. The...
8 months ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 1 Not under consideration

Add a new option on CRTDUPOBJ to replace the object

Create a new option REPLACE(*YES|*NO) on the CRTDUPOBJ command that will replace the TO object if it exists. This will allow you to use Wildcards and just replace the object. The use case for this is so, we need to copy objects from one library to...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

Add more functionality to *VAR and *AUTO arrays

I really love the new *AUTO and *VAR arrays, I use them quite often. I would really like more functionality to be added, like the methods available for JavaScript arrays. Some examples assuming an Array "A20" with dim(*auto:20) : I gather a set of...
4 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

Create a web based full functioning 5250 Emulator

I need the ability to create a web based full functioning 5250 Emulator comparable to the ACs Java 5250 emulator
6 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

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