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HATS Adopt OpenJDK

We are on HATS 9.6.0.1 and want to be able to use Adopt OpenJDK for the product.
over 5 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 1 Not under consideration

Request to add 5250 Protocol support in RPT to be able to test 5250 applications using RPT

RPT currently supports the TN3270 protocol, it will also be very good to have support for 5250 protocol too.
about 12 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 3 Not under consideration

HATS to allow extracted data to be designated a data type other than String

Give the HATS macro editor the ability to designate that a field being extracted contains numeric, integer, binary, string, etc. data. And then extend the generation of the Integration Objects and SOAP and RESTful service generation to reflect the...
over 6 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Not under consideration

MOUBTN in DSPF

When i use MOUBTN (Mousebutton) in a Displayfile it is not possible to use it in the Web-Screen.Is it possible to add the ability to use Mousebutton?
almost 8 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Not under consideration

using STRPCCMD

We are using STRPCCMD (PC Command) to open a excel file in the Client.When i am in the Web-Screen and i execute a PC Command the Server is not able to process the incoming data.I get a screen with a long field filled with asterisk (*).Is it possib...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Not under consideration

one component per field

When i have a Window (Dialog) and i put the function key to the Window-footer it is not able to get the function keys as a button or something like this.Is it possible to change the logic that on one field there could be more than one component?
almost 8 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 3 Not under consideration

Add authorized user and concurrent user license counting to HATS

HATS currently keeps track of telnet connections, over time. This may or may not equate to concurrent usage. It certainly doesn't equate to authorized usage. The request is to add to HATS, the ability to track usage on both a concurrent user and a...
about 8 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 2 Not under consideration

The request for design Change in HATS to synchronize macro actions with the corresponding screens (threads synchronization)

Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) is used as an interface to the client's mission-critical core banking systems (SMILE) running globally on System i. HATS start some macros before the corresponding screens settle, which causes the wrong v...
about 9 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 3 Not under consideration

Support of edit function for character code in PCOMM product

IBM Personal communication (PCOMM) is the product to translate the character code between Windows and Mainframe.We would like to use an external character except on Mainframe (z/OS), but PCOMM are required for some IBM CCSID code and can NOT trans...
about 10 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 3 Not under consideration

creating Web Service support file existing classes having feature to choose default setting to persist further

When we are creating Web Service support file existing macros, Our Application consumer is not willing to change as it is required huge effort. We would like to keep properties the way it created in HATS 6.0 for this current HATS 8.0 version is al...
over 10 years ago in IBM Host Access Transformation Services / Other 5 Not under consideration