IBM Eserver iSeries Access products 719Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004 5486LPAccess.fmSolutions and benefitsiSeries 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 SSLLeverages the World Wide Web (WWW) through local area networks (LANs),wide area networks (WANs), and the Internet. The entire client uses SSL forserver authentication.PC5250 emulation provides client authentication. iSeries Access for Windowsis tightly integrated with iSeries Key Management to simplify theadministration 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 toavoid a signon display.– Allows copy and paste of text across fields and lines without breaking aword or ending a line with an invalid word.– Allows moving the plus (+) or minus (-) sign before the number whencopying and pasting (consistent with other Windows applications).– Offers improved error messages.– Customized keyboard, toolbar, and printer workstation profiles areavailable 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 performedautomatically.– Use application programming interface (API) ActiveX controls to performdata transfer requests in your own application.– Support is provided for uploading more than 256 columns of data to adatabase 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 applicationwritten to Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) to access iSeriesdatabase information
