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Workspace IBM i
Categories IBM i Access Family
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 11, 2018

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ACS - Toggle On/Off Column Separators on Print Screens

Please add a check box in Print Screen Setup that allows us to turn off the column separators when doing a print screen. We need to have them visible on the screen, but when we do a screen print, they make the printout very hard to read. This check box should save when the .hod file is saved so that the setting is persistent.


Use Case:

We have multiple screens in our software that have a lot of numeric fields, and when a user does a print screen, the column separators muddy up the report. They are necessary on the screen however, for data entry purposes.


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Apr 20, 2020

    This support is now available in version 1.1.8.4 dated April 2020.

  • Guest
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    |     Feb 5, 2020

    Print Screen Setup will provide an option to set the Column Separator independent of the Display.

    This is planned for our April 2020 update.

  • Guest
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    |     Jan 31, 2020

    Thanks for the screens shots. We like to know what font is being used for the 5250 display. Please provide a screen shot of:
    Edit > Preferences > Appearance > Font...

  • Guest
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    |     Jan 31, 2020

    Requested screen shots have been attached.

  • Guest
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    |     Jan 31, 2020

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    |     Jan 31, 2020

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    |     Jan 31, 2020

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  • Guest
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    |     Jan 30, 2020

    From a 5250 display session where you see the problem, please provide the following 3 items:
    1. A screen shot of the display before printing.
    2. The printed screen. This can be the same format you sent before.
    3. From the same 5250 session, the contents of Help->About

  • Guest
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    |     Jan 13, 2020

    I still see the issue with the latest version. I attached a screen snip of what it looks like when I print to PDF, but it's the same when printing to a printer.

  • Guest
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    |     Jan 13, 2020

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  • Guest
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    |     Jan 10, 2020

    A change was made in a previous update which changed the way column separators are printed. Using our latest update (version 1.1.8.3), are the printed column separators still causing an issue for the readability of the printed output? If they are, please provide an image identifying the issue.

  • Guest
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    |     Jan 7, 2019

    IBM has received this requirement and is evaluating it. A response will be provided when evaluation is complete.

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