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HOD compatibility for HTML 5

Need HTML 5 capable terminal emulator to keep up with current browser technology. This capability has a deadline within Ford Motor. After which we would have to abandon the HOD product for a competitor. Ford will not be liable for ANY cost incurre...
over 8 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 5 Delivered

64-BIT JRE SUPPORT

Our z/OS HOD 11.0.13 does not work on workstations with 64 bit JRE 1.8.0_45. Customer is migrating his worstations to Windows 10 which he claims requires 64 bit applications. Can we obtain a port of z/OS HOD that will deliver 64-bit JAVA compliant...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 3 Delivered

JAWS reading HOD

JAWS won't read HOD screens
about 9 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 3 Delivered

HACPEE - Allow control of Auto Update (Refresh) default values during installation by HOD Admin.

By default in HACPEE 1.7, the Auto Update (Refresh) functionality is set to DISABLED and this RFE request is to allow the HOD Administrator to specify what will be the new default value (Disabled or Enabled) during Installation. AUTO Update DISABL...
over 4 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 1 Delivered

HACPEE 1.5 - controlling the status bar connection

HACPEE 1.5 -Ability to control the status bar connection info from HOD DW instead of having to enable the status from HACP EE. Customer is willing to provide more input or detail if necessary.
about 5 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Protocol enhancement 1 Delivered

Enhance Licence Manager date configuration

For LMS, both on-screen and via download, the date/timestamp field comes across asDD/MM/YYYY hh:mm:ss (in GMT for downloads) This format (day-month-year) makes it impossible to filter or sort by any type of date without doing manipulation for all ...
over 5 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Delivered

Need access to windows keystore (MSCAPI) in webstart to allow express logon for configuration server to access PIV certs

We are attempting to use Express Logon to sign in to the HOD configuration server using PIV certificates. This works fine using a browser but fails when using java Web Start.
about 6 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Delivered

Default install of HOD 12.0x via imcl fails

Command line based installation of HOD 12.0.x with default settings should produce a usable installation and put all files in the correct standard directories. /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/tools/imcl install com.ibm.hod_12.0.0.HODO120-I201...
over 6 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 1 Delivered

64bit redirector's thread limitation change

Change the limitation of thread / connection per 1 redirector (64bit) Thread : 4000 / Connection 2000 In addition, we would like to know the relation the parameter and the limit of connections (DTMThreadCount/Java HEAP and so on)
over 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Dependency software 3 Delivered

Provide ability to resize the Scratch Pad

The Scratch Pad is a fixed size relative to the whole window size. Need the ability to change the width of the scratch pad relative to the terminal window.
over 7 years ago in IBM Host On-Demand  / Front End 2 Delivered