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The PCOMM toolbar file has hard coded path

The toolbar buttons are bitmap files .bmp file which are store as .bar files on the users directory. These files contain a hard-coded path which designates the authors directory. The .bar files cannot be edited to change the path because it corrup...
over 6 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Delivered

PCOMM Assign common location for macros scripts images

During the installation process, need to be able to install session files, macros, scripts and button images to a common location on a share drive.
over 6 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Delivered

Need the ability to not have a space added to the end of a copy when you Double click on a word in Personal Communications

Currently when you double click on a word Personal Communications selects the word and one blank at the end. This causes issues in certain paste situations where the receiving field is not large enough for the blank.
almost 7 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Delivered

Provide non-display data entry from VB script in PCOMM

Provide the ability for non-display input (password) to a VB script under PCOMM
over 7 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Delivered

Add right-click function window to PCOMM similar to HOD

Add a similar right-click menu in PCOMM to what is provided in HOD to allow copy and paste and other functions.
over 7 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Delivered

Store PCOM Color Scheme in a separate file

When storing emulator session color customization, store the settings in a separate file instead of the *.ws file.
over 7 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Delivered

PCOMM to support for DBCS in a Translation Table for Display, Print and File Transfer

Need to support for DBCS in PCOMM's Translation Table for the functions of for Display, Print and File Transfer. Especially for DBCS UDC area, it will extremely help for mapping the user define character to the right code point either from/to CCSI...
over 7 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Delivered

PCOM v12 support for simultaneous light pen and copy/paste operations

The ability to define the left mouse button to be used as a light pen and at the same time be able to use the left mouse button for copy/paste operations.
about 8 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Delivered

Support for Microsoft's .NET Framework versions 4, 4.5, 4.5.1 Ending January 12, 2016

We were recently notified(title) of this. The current version of PCOMM's .NET interop assemblies were created using framework 1.0 Question: Will the above have any impact on the interops? Also, is there any plan by IBM to compile those using more ...
over 8 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Delivered

PCOMM to provide support for EBCDIC MBCS CCSID 1371 extension

Mainframe customers in Taiwan require Host Code Page / CCSID 1371 extension to support more Traditional Chinese characters in a single host code page. This is crucial for the mainframe customer to solve the pain of the insufficient Traditional Chi...
over 8 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Delivered