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Speed up HoD connections to hosts not in DNS

For some reason, HoD emulation does a reverse lookup even though an IP address has been supplied. If the host is not in DNS, then connectivity is delayed up to 30 seconds before the reverse is bypassed. Have an option to bypass reverse lookup upon...
about 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Not under consideration

HOD DPW - Allow Parameter Updates Without an Active Host Session

Provide the ability in the HOD Deployment Wizard to change session parameters such as "Edit preferences" without needing to successfully activate the host session being modified.
about 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Planned for future release

Open sessions in new window instead of new tab

With PCOMM, I am able to bring up multiple sessions, each in it's own window. This allows me to view multiple PCOMM sessions at the same time. If this is not possible yet, I would say that it is a very desirable feature.
about 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Not under consideration

Obtain locally the compute name and fullfill automatically User and Password values in JWS Jnlp Env.

We want to adopt the traditional user/password mode to let the customers logon HOD server, but we want programmatically fill the user and password values with the PC "computer name" value.
about 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Not under consideration

Create option by parameter to put delay on "Enter" in HOD macros

HOD macros can cause very rapid entry of transactions in our CICS regions. We need the ability to slow down the submission of the <Enter> key in the macros. Perhaps a parameter in the HOD terminal configuration that we can adjust as an admin...
over 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Not under consideration

HOD 12 removed the 'go hod' menu where HOD server is configued, started, stopped, monitored and other functions

When HOD 12 was installed on AS/400 system, it was noticed that the 'go hod' menu was not longer available. This is a major function for the iSeries admins that was removed and no announce that it would be removed. This menu was in previous versio...
over 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Planned for future release

Integration with Windows spell-check and dictionary function

Provide integration with Windows spell check and local dictionary function. Highlight words incorrectly spelled and provide suggested dictionary entries.
over 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Not under consideration

IBM Stand-alone Host On-Demand

Add the "Administration" option to IBM Stand-alone Host On-Demand.The "Administration" option should include the Certificate Management utility and the Printer Definition Table Compiler. These options were present in the HOD Local Client which is ...
almost 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Not under consideration

Hotspots options for point-and-select (double click)

Customer want to use mouse to double-click on the screen.HOD does not have this options for point-and-select whencompare with PCOMM.
over 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Not under consideration

Add support for Host Code Page /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 Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Not under consideration

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