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Add Object Info Status to QUSROBJD 0100 Format

Today when QUSROBJD is used and the Object is "damaged" an exception/error is issued, CPF2115 in the QUSEC error structure. Add Object Status (including Damaged Object status) similar that which is returned by QGYOLOBJ Information Status token. Us...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 7 Not under consideration

Add/Enhance keystore management

We currently have the ability to work with the Java Keystore from within ACS, under Key Management. I would like to see some function added to work with the IBMi *System keystores. I understand there is the 'Key Management' tool that comes with th...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Not under consideration

Display variable length for CLP variable in RDI (mouse hover)

It will be usefull to have the field length (mouse hover) for CLP variable in RDI Use Case: you have to change a CLP program, you open it in RDI. You want to use a variable but you don't know the length. At this moment you have to go up to see the...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

Create a parameter that would force a prompt for a pass code to allow a specific spooled file to print.

We want to send a Secure Print passcode to a Xerox D110 printer that would allow a specific job to print (in this case, a spooled file containing checks). To achieve that, we modified a WSCST using instructions we got from our Xerox vendor. We can...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Print 3 Not under consideration

Redirect some outputs to STDOUT when called from PASE with system

To help integrate PASE with QSYS programs it would be great to include *STDOUT as an OUTPUT() parameter. As an additional feature/parameter for Spool and SAV* commands could output to Standard Output when call from PASE. Use Case: We could create ...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 4 Future consideration

Update XH2 to adapt to different screen sizes

Currently, Access for Web has 2 instance types. mobile and normal. Mobile is tailored for mobile devices (phones, tablets. etc), while the normal one is supposed to be used by normal browsers running a PCs.The problem lies in that the HTML/CSS com...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

ACS should allow SQL Examples to support Folders in Custom view

We are running ACS 1.1.8.3 and like the feature of SQLCustomExamples. I would like to suggest that it support a directory listing showing files and folders. Should you have a large number of examples ACS tries to parse them all and put them into a...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Future consideration

New IMPORT parameter on DCLF command

Add new IMPORT parameter to the DCLF (Declare File) CL command so the fields would be initialized with an exported Data Structure from a Service Program or another Module Rules and Validations:-The new IMPORT parm would require a name up to 14 cha...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 3 Not under consideration

ACS Printer Output add an option to specify a different encoding when downloading as text (.txt).

Access for Windows downloads spool files in different encoding than ACS. ACS only produces UTF-8 Use Case: Download spool file reports for relay to vendor. Vendor does not support UTF-8 with current interface.
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Future consideration

CBU expiration warning

Automated CBU keys expiration warning process. Use Case: In certain DR enviroments, the CBU system is "cold", not running. To keep track of expire dates of CBU license keys is impossible when an LPAR is not running and is a manual process. In toda...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 6 Not under consideration

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