Re: ACS 1.1.8.4 -- MIDRANGE-L

I think it will also be an issue for that company because JAVA really is everywhere. Sometimes it's more hidden than others.

For example you can't run Navigator for i without it and that's just one.

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On 4/17/2020 1:20 PM, Miguel Peralta wrote:

An observation, I know a company that completely excluded JAVA for being insecure, it cannot use ACS on any PC.
And I think that in the future it will be an issue for IBM

On 17/abr./2020 08:44 a. m., Bryan Dietz wrote:

ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/as400/products/clientaccess/solutions/readmespacs.txt

Version = 1.1.8.4
Build date = April 2020
ESS Level = LCD8-2010-24

Here are a couple options for obtaining a no-cost version of Java:
    https://adoptopenjdk.net/
    https://aws.amazon.com/corretto/

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1. Enhancements to Run SQL Scripts:
   - SQL language and performance improvements to Content Assist.
   - Content Assist preferences support, including description text and data type.
   - Display timestamp of query in results window.   (RFE 134636)
   - Details... action added on query result.        (RFE 134635)
   - Option to Suppress Inquiry Messages.            (RFE 140075)
   - New entries in Insert from Examples for all new IBM i Services.
2. Enhancements to Database Schemas:
   - SQL Weak Type support.
   - SQL table comparison support.
3. Data Transfer Enhancements:
   - Column heading and label options added to CLDOWNLOAD. (RFEs 138673, 138915)
4. Enhancements to 5250 Display and Print emulation:
   - Compatible pasting of special characters from other Windows documents.
     See GettingStarted section 9.6.6 5250 Compatibility.   (RFE 126146)
   - Utility to generate the font-image file for User Defined Characters with
     PDT printing on a Windows workstation.                 (RFE 130267)
   - Easier way to create a shortcut to a 5250 session.     (RFE 132157)
     Session Manager, File->Open Directory will open the location of the configuration files.
     From there, a shortcut or alias can be manually created.
   - Option on Print Screen Setup to set column separators. (RFE 128192)
   - Capability to reorder a print screen collection.       (RFE 114927)
   - Option to "Disable the popup keypad menu".             (RFE 140004)
     Available at 5250 Session Manager-->Tools-->Customize Menu Bar...
   - Allow "Yen" and "Backslash" at the same time.          (RFE 132374)
   - Maintain selection in 5250 Session Manager when a 5250 session exits. (RFE 131959)
   - Option to save screen images from a Screen History Archive. (RFE 123233)
5. Open Source Package Management (OSPM) Enhancements
   - Install RPM-based open source packages on an IBM i partition not connected to the internet.
     An SSH tunneling option allows internet access to the RPM repository through the connected workstation.
   - Maintain a list of recently used locations.            (RFE 138815)
   - Clear Metadata... action added to Utilities.
6. Enhancements to System Configurations:
   - Features that leverage SSH connections (eg OSPM, SSH Terminal) can
     configure a different port at System Configurations->Connection. (RFE 140483)
   - Button on System Configurations Console tab to verify connections (RFE 128193)
7. Other General Enhancements:
   - Splash screen displays until first panel appears.      (RFE 139134)
   - Several most-recently-used lists have been added       (RFE 89715)
   - Access the internet from an SSH Terminal on an IBM i partition not connected to the internet.
     See the HttpProxyUI plugin in GettingStarted.

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Bryan