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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.
almost 9 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.
almost 9 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...
almost 9 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...
about 9 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Not under consideration

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.
about 9 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 ...
over 9 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.
almost 10 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...
about 10 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Not under consideration

Present warning or prevent pages in the Deploy Wizard from being named those IBM ships

When a client is using the Deployment Wizard and they attempt to name a page one of the shipped names, either prevent them from using the name or present a warning that this is the name of a shipped file and do not recommend using this name for a ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Not under consideration

Discrepancy for column timestamp in table DS_ACTIVITY_%

Recently we started to use the Data Set Component. Something seems strange with the column timestamp used in tables DS_ACTIVITY_%. The only timestamp collected is the one of job start time, that is from fields SMF14RSD,SMF14RST. But for a long run...
about 11 years ago in IBM Z Decision Support 1 Future consideration