Re: i Access for Windows sound

[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have found that somewhere over 60 or 70 concurrent sessions I have had 
it get cranky with me. :-)  Try THAT with DeadNav!


        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 10/16/2019 8:38 PM, Tim Rowe wrote:
>     Greetings
>      
>     Couple of corrections and additional information .....
>      
>     Access for Windows (known to some as 'dead Nav' ) is completely out of
>     service. There is no support for this at all.  It has also never been
>     supported on Windows 10.
>      
>     Access Client Solutions .  Highly stable product.  Been available and used
>     for over 6 years now.  It is also far more configurable then the widows
>     product ever was.  This is especially true for user configuration.  With
>     ACS, you do NOT need to have the product installed on the end user PC. You
>     can have it hosted on a network share for example which means that you as
>     the administrator can easily update ALL your users with a simple update in
>     1 location and all your user are now updated with the latest new
>     features.
>      
>     Sessions - ALL existing .ws session can be opened with ACS.  So talk about
>     easy migration... additionally, if you open the session manager, there is
>     a migration tool that will migrate all your existing .ws files to the new
>     .hod format. Your previous colors, sizes, and keyboard mapping options are
>     moved over.  Macros.  If you have macros that leverage keyboard click,
>     those all convert over with no  issues.  The issue is with user that have
>     highly customized macro that leverage Visual Basic. Those will not
>     convert. But, in many cases there are new ways that should be considered
>     to accomplish these functions.
>      
>     ACS is a far superior solution with many enhancements within the 5250
>     interface as well as many additional tools that help your productivity.
>      
>     Tim
>
>     Tim Rowe, timmr@xxxxxxxxxx
>     Business Architect Application Development & Systems Management for IBM i
>     IBM i ISV Council
>     IBM i Development Lab, Rochester, MN
>     (507) 253-6191 (Tie) 553-6191
>
>     http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/i/are/index.html
>     http://ibm.biz/IBMi_ACS
>      
>      
>
>       message: 1
>       date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 21:57:03 +0000
>       from: Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>       subject: RE: i Access for Windows sound
>
>       iAccess for Windows was frozen at 7.1.  I don't believe it ever
>       supported Windows 10, and IBM dropped all support for that product in
>       April (IIRC).
>
>       We stopped using iAccess when IBM announced it was deprecated.  Other
>       than iACS having inferior keyboard mapping (for those users who want
>       crazy configs like CTRL being ENTER), we're very pleased with it and
>       would never go back.  I can see how macros might be a problem.  I have a
>       vague recollection of there being a conversion tool, but I could be
>       dreaming.
>
>       I'm afraid the only solid advice I can offer would be to roll back the
>       most recent SP.
>
>       Sorry I can't offer more.
>
>       -----Original Message-----
>       From: T. Adair [[1]mailto:tadair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>       Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 2:46 PM
>       To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>       Subject: i Access for Windows sound
>
>       This is an absolute shot in the dark so if no one feels like responding,
>       I understand.  But, here goes...
>
>       I just installed SI68573 (service pack for i Access for Windows) on my
>       Windows 10 laptop.  And before anyone starts down the "why don't you use
>       ACS instead...", I have dozens of sessions, macros, etc. configured just
>       right and have no desire to drop down to a product that is less stable,
>       less configurable, less flexible, and...  let me stop right there.
>
>       Simple question - when I installed SI68573 (V7R1M0, November 2018) I
>       lost all PC5250 sound.  Has anyone heard of this?  I checked IBM support
>       and the only legitimate thing I found was that the issue was fixed in
>       the next SP that was supposed to come out the next month.  Well, there
>       is no next SP.
>
>       I tried opening a ticket with IBM but even though the webpage referred
>       to me by name, it told me I needed to register.  I'm seriously
>       considering calling the 800-number but I expect to be told "We don't
>       support that product anymore".
>
>       Is it time to retire yet?
>
>       ~TA~
>
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