Re: Automating ACS Data Transfer

What I’m not understanding is what getting the VRM from the PC has to do with anything that affects IBM i ? If you really want to be able to pull that information programmatically, then write a Java program to dig it out. Again, I have no idea why, but…..

Even if the client is IBM i, I still cannot figure out how/why that information assists the developer or the user in completing tasks. Backwards compatibility is reasonably maintained by IBM, so understanding the VRM of the ACS client is of little or no use. So I hope IBM does not spend a penny of my maintenance dollars on this one.

If someone can come up with a compelling use case, I’ll look at it again but until then, nope.

Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On Jan 29, 2024, at 6:59 AM, Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Bryan,
I've read your idea. It seems to be trying to get the ACS version of the
current 5250 session user from the IBM i command line.

First of all, the OP is using IBM i as his client. So what version of iACS
he's running on his PC is meaningless. Read his original statement. I
didn't catch it at first.

But to your idea,
Would it help if IBM would populate these columns?
select job_name, client_acctng, client_applname, client_programid,
interface_name, interface_type, interface_level
from table(qsys2.active_job_info(JOB_NAME_FILTER => '*',
DETAILED_INFO => 'ALL')) x

https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=services-active-job-info-table-function

On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 2:15 PM Bryan Dietz <bdietz400@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Vern, this brings up and "idea" i have out there.
I would like to be able to get the version number from a commandline
<help><about> option.

https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-2896

Bryan
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