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Is there any way to add 43x132 Screen Size feature into HOD?

Currently, the following Screen Size-s available: 24x80, 32x80, 43x80, 27x132, 62x160 We usually use 43x80 to see more lines. But sometimes the 27x132 would be better to see all the messages in eg. system log or log of the subsystems to see every ...
over 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 3 Not under consideration

Allow for SFTP and Tectia server

Tectia Server in IBM Z/OS use file transfer to MVS dataset (FTADV – File Transfer Advice String) using SFTP protocol in the Mainframe. HOD Dev team investigated the code including on the mainframe end. After discussion with the Development manager...
over 1 year ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 1 Planned for future release

HACPEE Print Session enabled by default

HACPEE 2.0 provides Printing Support feature. In order to enable it, each user needs to manually enable the checkbox in properties : Properties -> Associated Printer -> Enable Printer Session We have thousand of users and for us it is not fe...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Planned for future release

HACPEE to permit override Printer LUname

HACPEE v2.0 permits to override the 'Display LUname' (i.e. the 'Terminal LUname') via URL, however, we also need to be able to override the 'Printer LUname' (type LU3) via URL, which currently is not supported. The current print support in HACPEE ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Planned for future release

Enhance HOD/HACP EE to provide hooks into custom JavaScript functions

Enhance the 3270 emulator capability of HOD/HACP EE to provide an optional client side "hook" that can trigger a customer written JavaScript function when the emulator's end-user presses a function key (e.g. F8/PF8). The custom Javascript function...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Planned for future release

HOD deployable in a Virtualized (VM) environment

HOD deploy able in a VM environment (IaaS - Infrastructure as a Service ; ie cloud computing that provides virtualized computing resources over the internet
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Planned for future release

Managed HOD Auto-Launch after Install

Skill Case # TS005393611 Customer has a need to make the Managed HOD application NOT to auto-launch after install.This is because Customer has more people who do NOT use the mainframe than they have users who do use the mainframe, so this applicat...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Not under consideration

Allow HOD variables to be used by macros.

Allow macros access to HOD variables such as SOEID(User Name), LU, IP Address, etc., so that macros could be written for group use rather than for an individual. HOD is aware of these values as they are forwarded up to License Manager.
about 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 3 Not under consideration

HACP EE to put SPL documents on a shared and customizable directory.

As per RFE 149183 , http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rfe/execute?use_case=viewRfe&CR_ID=149183 , if that RFE is implemented in HACPEE, we would then need HACPEE to be able to copy or put the SPL file in a shared folder where our 3rd party SW ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Planned for future release

HACP EE to support PDT files.

HACPEE currently provides printing support in a way that it gathers the text string from the 3270 screen, then converts it to PDF and puts it temporarily on a directory on the HACPEE server, then the user can grab that document to the workstation ...
over 3 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Planned for future release