IBM Eserver iSeries Access products 719
Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004 5486LPAccess.fm
Solutions and benefits
iSeries Access for Windows offers a variety of PC-to-iSeries server functions,
applications, and enablers. Some of the solutions and benefits include:
Uses industry standard TCP/IP and provides network security through SSL
Leverages the World Wide Web (WWW) through local area networks (LANs),
wide area networks (WANs), and the Internet. The entire client uses SSL for
server authentication.
PC5250 emulation provides client authentication. iSeries Access for Windows
is tightly integrated with iSeries Key Management to simplify the
administration of SSL connections.
5250 emulation
– Version 5.5 of the PC5250 emulator is now included.
– Bypass signon can now be used in conjunction with Kerberos tickets to
avoid a signon display.
– Allows copy and paste of text across fields and lines without breaking a
word or ending a line with an invalid word.
– Allows moving the plus (+) or minus (-) sign before the number when
copying and pasting (consistent with other Windows applications).
– Offers improved error messages.
– Customized keyboard, toolbar, and printer workstation profiles are
available for each end user.
Data transfer
– Upload or download data from an Excel spreadsheet in one step.
– Use wizards to create transfer requests. Data conversion is performed
automatically.
– Use application programming interface (API) ActiveX controls to perform
data transfer requests in your own application.
– Support is provided for uploading more than 256 columns of data to a
database file.
– Support of the Lotus 123 Version 9 file format is provided.
Includes middleware for PC-to-iSeries applications
– Best performing iSeries ODBC driver: Use any Windows application
written to Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) to access iSeries
database information
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