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IBM Personal Communications

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Unable to run FTP script in PComm

Reflection allow users to invoke a script that contains native FTP commands. We have been unable to perform this functionality in PComm.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Not under consideration

Profile Path, Icon Path, Embedded Macro Variable usage

Macro “include” statement under PCOMM Allow the use of the macro “include” statement so we can include the “global.mac” file they built in some of the more complex Macros. This was in version 12 and 13 from macros HCL built but in version 14 it fe...
over 1 year ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Planned for future release

SCRATCHPAD inhibit

For security reasons we have been asked to inhibit the following pcomm menu option: Actions- Launch - Scracht Pad How can this be done?
almost 1 year ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Planned for future release

PCOMM support display EBCDIC code range from CF41 to F786 Chinese Character

in case# TS002613682, PCOMM is not able to render Chinese character which EBCDIC code range from CF41 to F786 due to its implementation using an old method of converting host chars to Chinese GBK before rendering on the screen.
almost 5 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 3 Planned for future release

PCOMM FTP Client support for implict TLS connection and client certificate authentication

Certificate-based authentication can eliminate several initial steps in a traditional Userid/Password authentication process. Digital certificate-based authentication is phishing-resistant, user-friendly and convenient compared to passwords. Elimi...
about 1 year ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 1 Planned for future release

Bug fix for hanging sessions

Design change is needed to fix error (see PMR 69599 for details)
over 8 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Not under consideration

Allow input fields to always be high lighted

Currently PCOMM doesn't provide explicit options to always have user input fields high lighted. When migrating from other TN3270 packages (notably Reflections and Host Explorer) the user base is accustomed to this feature and it is a top request f...
about 1 year ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Planned for future release

Personal Communication iASP enable for file Transfer

Enable to access iASP when using File transfer(Send & Receive) option within Personal Communication. I also open TS006404568
over 3 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 2 Planned for future release

Add more screen size options to the pull-down choices.

Can we add 51x133 and 62x142 screen size options to the pull-down choices? The options available are a bit “odd” when working in certain mainframe applications, like TSO/ISPF, which outside of green-screen CICS. For examples, 27x132 gives poor hei...
over 2 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Front End 1 Planned for future release

Add functionality to COPY command to only copy user data from 3270 screen and not protected field data.

When copying 3270 screen information to paste to another screen the COPY command should have an option to not copy protected fields and only copy user data fields. Ticket TS007753709 opened with support and it was suggested to submit a RFE.
almost 3 years ago in IBM Personal Communications / Protocol enhancement 2 Planned for future release

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