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New Users
Technical
Automation
Prerequisites
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The information in this section applies to new installations. If you're
already familiar with the program, you probably won't need to read this.
QWS3270 PLUS and QWS3270 Secure are terminal emulators allowing you to
connect to IBM mainframes. So, how do you do that? There are two
things essential to any connection that you will need:
- the host name or IP address of the mainframe you want to connect to
(you could compare that to the address of an apartment building)
- the port number you want to connect on
(if the host name is the address of the apartment building, the port number
would be the apartment number)
If you don't have this information, you will need to contact your mainframe
administrator or someone from your company before you continue. Sorry
but we do not have this information for you. Mainframe host names are as
unique and diversified as web addresses and we don't have a list of all web
pages either.
If you have the host name, let's create a session. If you would like to know
more about that check out 'Why Sessions?'. Basically we do this
so that we don't have to enter any information more than once.
Start the program by double-clicking the shortcut the installer created for
you on your desktop. When the program starts you will see the 'New Session
Wizard'. You could dismiss this wizard and set up your session manually but
to make it easy, we'll use it for now. If the wizard did not start
automatically you can always display it by clicking on the 'QWS3270/New
Session Wizard' menu item.
Click 'Next' on the information page to get to the good parts. The
first thing we will need is the host name or the IP address of the mainframe
you want to connect to. The host name will be in a format similar to
'jollygiant.dnsalias.com'. If you don't have one yet or just want to play
a bit, feel free to use that one to test the connection.
Alternatively you could enter the IP address of the mainframe. The
problem with that is that the address can change and that it's much harder to
remember than the host name. You should always use the host name if
possible.
After entering the host name click 'Next' and select the port number.
The default port for telnet connections is 23 but it is possible for your
mainframe administrator to select a different one for TN3270 connections, so be sure to check.
Click 'Next' again. Now you can select the display size. The
default is 24x80 which is 24 rows by 80 columns. This size is supported by
all mainframes and it will probably work for you. If you select any of
the other sizes the program will try to use that size but the mainframe is
free to deny that request and use a different size so unless you are sure of
what you're doing you should stick with the default for now.
Click 'Next' and the wizard will ask for one more item: a session name.
This name is used to identify your session later when you want to connect to it,
so it should be something that reflects information about your session. If
you only need one session (in other words, if you only ever connect to one host), the
name probably doesn't matter but imagine having dozens or more and all of a
sudden S1, S2, and S3 don't work so well anymore.
After typing a name for your session, click 'Next'. The session name
must be unique so if you already have a session with the same name or if the
name is invalid for some other reason, the program will display a message and
you can try again.
Otherwise, click 'Finish' to create your session and exit the wizard.
Now that we have a session, how do we use it? Click on the 'Connect'
button on the toolbar (that's the one all the way on the left) or
use the 'QWS3270/Connect' menu item. Either one will display a dialog that
allows you to select a session to connect to. In the dialog, select the
session we just created (you remember the name don't you?), and click on the
'Connect' button. If you didn't make any mistakes when you entered the
host name or the port number the program should now be connected and display
the mainframe's logon screen.
See also:
Getting
Started
Why do I need to create sessions? What are they good for?
I am unable to connect to my mainframe, what could be wrong?
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The program only uses
Monospaced fonts, also called 'fixed pitch', 'fixed width' or 'non
proportional' fonts. What that means is that every character in the font
has the same width.
Not all fonts on your system are fixed width. Fonts that do not fit
this description will not be shown in the font selection dialog, so you will not
be able to pick them.
There are many sites on the Internet where you can download inexpensive or
even free fixed width fonts. You should be able to find them with your
favorite search engine or by using this link:
Google search for free Monospaced fonts
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Choosing a font for your session will not only affect the way the display
looks and feels but also the window size.
Your first choice when it comes to picking a font is between True Type fonts
and Bitmap fonts. True Type fonts can easily be resized while Bitmap fonts come
in a limited number of sizes.
When using a True Type font (any font that is prefixed with TT or an O in the font selection dialog), the program will automatically adjust the
font size to match the window size. In other words, if you make the window
smaller or larger or if you maximize the window, the font will get as large as
possible to still display all lines and columns in the window.
If you choose a bitmap font the program will not adjust the font size. If
you make the window larger than needed for the current font size, the display
will be centered in the window. The program will not allow you to make the
window too small for the current font size.
Here is how you can change the font for your session and how your choices
will affect the window size:
Connect to the session you want to change the font for. Use the
Options/Session menu item to display the 'Options' dialog for your current
session. Select the 'Display' option on the left, then click 'Select Font'.
Choose a font from the list of 'fixed width' fonts installed on your system. This means
that not all fonts you have installed will show up in the list. A 'fixed width'
font means that all characters have the same width. Select a font size and click
OK to return to the Options dialog. Click OK again to save your changes.
The font size in the program can change when the host has switched to or from
an alternate screen size. When the host switches screen sizes (e.g. from
24x80 to 27x132 or vice versa), the program needs to display either more or less
information. In order to do that it needs to either change the font size
or change the window size.
What happens in that case depends on a number of factors but mainly on the
font type being used (a True Type font will behave differently from a Bitmap
font) and on the window size and state (is it maximized already? Will the
new content fit on the screen?).
When going from a small display size to a larger one, the window size must be
increased or the font size decreased. You can control what happens with
the option 'Save window size when host changes screen sizes' in
Options/Session/Display. When this option is checked, the font size will
change but the window size will remain constant. If it is unchecked, the
program will try to adjust the window size to the new display size.
If the window is already using most of the desktop and the display size is
increased, the new window may not fit on the desktop anymore. In that
case, the program will maximize the window and use the largest font size
possible to still display all the information.
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Host names and ports
The most common reasons for a connection to fail are an incorrect host name or
a wrong port number so be sure to verify that information with your mainframe
administrator first. Once you are certain that the information is correct
and you have checked for spelling mistakes, then check for the following:
Firewalls, routers and internet security programs
Most firewalls allow connections to port 23, the default telnet port. If you have a firewall installed (that includes the Windows
default firewall and any Internet Security programs) or if you have a hardware
router, verify that they allow connections on the port that you
specify for your session especially if you are not using the default port.
Check the manuals or help files for your firewall or router to find out how to
allow a new program to connect to the Internet.
Finally, it is possible that the host you are trying to connect to is down.
If you have more than one session, try to connect to one of the others. If
you don't have another session, you can quickly create a new session. Call the new
session 'Test' and use 'jollygiant.dnsalias.com' (without the quotes) for the
host name. Leave the port at 23 and try to connect to that session.
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The most common use for command line options is to modify your desktop
shortcut(s) to connect to a session without having to select the session from a
list. You can place multiple shortcuts to the program on the desktop and
change the command lines for them to point to different sessions.
Let's say you have just installed the program and create a session called 'work'
and another one called 'fun'. Right-click on the shortcut
on your desktop to the program and choose 'Properties' from the menu. On
the 'Shortcut' tab, find the 'Target' box. It will have a path to the
program in it similar to this:
"C:\Program
Files\QWS3270 PLUS\QWS3270p.exe"
Click anywhere in that box and move the cursor all the way to the end.
Press the spacebar once and add -zwork at the end so the whole thing reads:
"C:\Program
Files\QWS3270 PLUS\QWS3270p.exe" -zwork
Copy the shortcut and place it on the desktop so that you have two of them.
Right-click on the copy and choose 'Properties'. On the shortcut tab in
the target box, change the '-zwork' to '-zfun'. Click OK to go back to the
desktop. Now rename the first shortcut to 'Work' and the second one to 'Fun'.
You can now connect to either your 'Work' or your 'Fun' session by simply
double-clicking the corresponding shortcut.
Other command line options are:
- C:\Program Files\QWS3270 PLUS\QWS3270p.exe HOST [PORT]
where 'HOST' is the actual host name or IP address
of the mainframe you want to connect to and PORT is the
(optional) port number for that host.
- C:\Program Files\QWS3270 PLUS\QWS3270p.exe -dDIRECTORY
where 'DIRECTORY' is the fully qualified path to a directory in which the
program will look for its configuration files.
- C:\Program Files\QWS3270 PLUS\QWS3270p.exe -sFILE.NAME
where 'FILE.NAME' is the fully qualified script file name to executed. The
application will attempt to execute this script file when the application is
started.
For more information on how to use command line options, please see the help
file included with the program.
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Certainly you can. There are several different ways to do this
depending on the tasks you want to automate and the amount of learning you want
to expend.
Scripting
Probably the simplest way to automate tasks is our built-in scripting
language. It allows you to enter data, send keys, send and retrieve files,
etc. It is easy to learn, does not require any tools (other than a simple
text editor), and is quite flexible. Let's take a look at a simple example
script to enter your user name and password.
Open a new text file in Notepad and insert the following lines:
type "username"
key "tab"
type "mysupersecretpassword"
key "enter"
This script assumes that you are at the logon prompt and that the cursor is
already at the user name entry field. It then proceeds to enter your user
name, sends a tab key to move to the next entry field, enters your password, and
sends the 'Enter' key to the host. This is of course not very secure but
you can easily modify this script to prompt you for a password each time so
that it will not be stored openly in a text file.
For detailed information on scripting and a list of all script commands,
please consult the help file included with the program.
HLLAPI
If you know, or are willing to become familiar with, a programming language such as Microsoft Visual Basic, HLLAPI
allows you to 'remote control' the emulator from a custom program. While
this requires more work than a simple script, it also allows you to do things
that our scripting language cannot such as performing calculations, reading
and writing files, etc.
For details on HLLAPI programming, see 'What is HLLAPI?' or
consult the help file included with the program.
COM Automation
Our COM library is based on the HLLAPI protocol. It can be used with
scripting languages such as Visual Basic Script, JavaScript, and others that
allow the creation of COM objects.
For details on COM programming, consult
the help file included with the program.
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The simplest way is to modify the desktop shortcut to the program to include
a session as a command line parameter (for an example see
Command line options)
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If you only ever connect to one mainframe, you may not immediately see the
advantage of using multiple sessions but if you have more than one host to
connect to you will quickly appreciate them.
Each session defines one connection to a host and all the associated
options. This allows you to create a multitude of connections not only to
different hosts but even to the same host with different options. Each
session can have different colors, screen sizes, fonts, file transfer options,
etc. You can have a different printer attached to each one or use
different mouse options. Depending on the work you may need to do on the
mainframe, you could create sessions with different keyboard mappings, one for
each type of work. And of course you can have sessions connect to
different hosts or different port numbers.
One 'special' session is what we call the default session.
This default session is the one that all other new sessions are based on.
E.g. if you know that you always want to use a certain font, specify that font
in the default session and all new sessions will automatically use that font.
The same goes for all the other session options you can set.
To access the default session, start the program but do not connect to a
host. If you are already connected, simply disconnect. Then use the
Options/Session menu item to display the session options dialog. The title
of the dialog, normally "Session Options for 'Session Name' ", will now be
"Session Options for 'Default' ".
Note that changing the default session options does not affect any options
that have been changed in any of the sessions you created earlier, only sessions
you create from that point on.
The default session is also the one that the program will attempt to connect
to if the 'Auto Connect' option is turned on so if you want to use 'Auto
Connect', be sure you specify a valid host name and port number for the
default session.
You can find the 'Auto Connect' option in the Options/Application dialog.
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You can integrate the program with your browser by following these steps:
- Start Windows Explorer and select the "Tools / Folder Options" menu item
- Click on the "File Types" tab
- Select the file type "URL: TN3270 Protocol". You may have to scroll
down. Please note that different versions of Windows sort the list in
different orders
- Press the "Advanced" button
- Select the "open" item in the Action list box and press the "Edit"
button
- Select the "Browse" button
- Navigate to the directory where the program is installed ("e.g.
C:\Program Files\QWS3270 PLUS") and select the main executable file and
press OK
- Click the "Application used to perform action:" field and move the
cursor to the end of the field
- Type " %l %1" at the end of the field (space, per cent sign, lower case
l, space, per cent sign, number 1)
- Press the OK button twice
- Press the Close button
Now when you select a "tn3270://...." type link in the browser, the program will
automatically start and attempt to connect to the host.
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The following operating systems are currently supported:
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows XP
- Windows 2000
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Yes, versions 4.3 and higher support the Windows 7 and Windows Vista operating systems.
See also:
What operating
systems are supported?
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By default the program attempts to print screen shots in color.
Sometimes this may not be wanted to avoid the waste of expensive ink to print
backgrounds or text in color. Also some black and white printers will
make an attempt at rendering color in shades of grey. This causes QWS3270
PLUS to detect these printers as color printers which causes the screen prints
to be printed in these shades of grey and makes them hard to read.
You can disable color printing on a per-sessions basis by selecting 'Black &
White' in the Options/Session/Printer dialog.
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When printing a screen, the program will ignore the background color and only
print the display text in the same color as it is shown on the screen except
for white text which will be converted to black automatically. But while a
light blue text may look great on a dark purple background, it will be hard to
see on white paper.
To fix this problem, you can either choose different colors for your screen
text or you can turn off color
printing in the program.
See also:
Can I print in black & white?
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Up to version 3.9, our programs always translated the '^' (Shift + 6 key on
most keyboards) from the caret character to the logical not sign (the
sideways L). This was done because on a TRUE 3270 keyboard the logical not
sign was the Shift + 6 key.
Starting with QWS3270 version 4.0, we are no longer doing this translation. When
the user presses the shift 6 key, the caret character (^) will be sent to the
host. This change was made at the request of several of our large site license
customers.
The reason that we changed the codepage CP 037 definition to match the "TRUE" code
page translation is that some users were transferring files using IBM's IND$FILE
from the mainframe to the PC. Because we had changed the translation of the
logical not sign (EBCDIC x'5f') from ASCII x'AC' to the ASCII character ^, the
file on the PC did lot "look" correct as all logical not characters were
actually translated to the caret character. For this reason, we decided to
include the "true" translation table.
The bad news is that this caused the shift 6 character to send the caret
character to the host instead of the logical not sign. We did modify the
keyboard re-mapping routines to allow the "Not Sign" to be assigned to a key.
Unfortunately, the Shift + 6 key cannot be modified.
You can download a file called
win37m.dat. This file contains the equivalent
to the CP037 translation file used in prior releases. You can copy this file to
the directory of your choice. Then Select "Custom" for the Mainframe Codepage
(Options/Session/Host Settings)
and type the fully qualified name of the above file (for example "C:/Program
Files/ QWS3270 PLUS/win32m.dat") in the Custom Language File field. Then save the settings using the Apply or OK
button. This will allow the Shift + 6 key to send the logical not sign. Please
note that if you transfer a file to the PC, the not sign will be stored as a
caret character.
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If the trial version does not install or does not work after the
installation (Crypkey Licensing Service is not running)
- You must have administrator rights to install the trial version. If you did
not have administrator rights during the installation, please log in as
admin and try reinstalling the application as admin. Also, the trial
version can only be installed on a local hard drive, not a network drive.
If you tried to install the application on a network drive, please try
reinstalling on a local drive.
- This may fix the problem already, so you may want to try running the
application again at this point.
- If the above does not apply or did not fix the problem, go to the
Windows Services control panel applet or 'Services' under Administrative
Tools.
- Open Services and make sure the "Crypkey Licensing" service is installed
and running. If it is not installed, go to the folder where you installed the
trial version and run Setupex.exe (Note: you will need administrator rights
to install this file correctly). If the service is not running, right-click
on the service and select 'Start'.
- In you Windows directory, run the program CKconfig.exe. Make sure one
of the paths listed by this program is the path to the install directory of
your trial program. If the path is not in the list, you can add it using
the 'Add' button.
- Reboot your computer.
If the trial version only works for a short period (Initialization
files have been moved or tampered with)
The trial versions of our programs are supposed to work for 30
days. Sometimes you may get a message when attempting to start the program
saying that some files have been moved, corrupted, or been tampered with.
This is usually due to a disk defragmentation program physically moving the
files around on the hard drive. There is nothing you can do at that point,
as even if you reinstall the program successfully, the error would most likely
happen again the next time the defragmentation program runs.
If you get this error, please contact us at
support@jollygiant.com, and we will
attempt to reactivate your trial.
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You can download our sample programs by following these links:
HLLAPI
Specifications and Help File
Microsoft Visual Basic
C (Win32)
C++
COM Automation
API Documentation
JavaScript
Microsoft VB Script
Microsoft Visual Basic
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HLLAPI (High Level Language Application Program Interface) is a standard
developed by IBM allowing a program to communicate with a 3270 emulator through
a set of predefined functions. You can use HLLAPI to access the host
presentation space.
We have developed several HLLAPI sample applications to help get you started
with your own program. You can
download these
samples as well as more information on HLLAPI
here.
See also:
Do
you have any samples for automating the program?
Can I automate repetitive tasks?
Can I use Excel to automate data entry?
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By default, QWS3270 uses session files (one file for each session plus one for the
default session). These files are stored in the user's home folder
(C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Jolly Giant
Software\<program name>\, or C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Jolly Giant
Software\<program name>). This allows you to easily share sessions between
users by simply copying and pasting these files. You can also start a
session by simply double-clicking on the session file. The program associated
with the session files will start and connect to the host specified for the
session.
In earlier versions session settings are stored in the Windows registry
under HKCU\Software\Jolly Giant\<program name>. Still older versions used
an .ini file stored in the installation folder.
You can determine where your parameters are being stored by using the
Options/Application dialog. The 'Session Settings Location' option will
tell you where the session settings are stored on your machine.
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This depends on where your session options are stored. If the program
is using session files, you can simply copy and paste these files between users.
See 'Where are the session options stored?' for details on session
settings.
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Yes, you can use Automation to communicate from Excel and other VBA enabled
applications with your QWS3270 session. Here is a quick walkthrough on how
to do this with Excel.
Create a session in QWS3270 and set the HLLAPI session ID to 'A'
(Options/Session/Connection). We'll call this session 'Test'. Make sure the
session will connect manually to a host and then you can close QWS3270.
Start Excel. Click 'Tools/Macros/Visual Basic Editor', or hit Alt + F11.
In the VBA editor, click 'Tools/References'. In the list of available
references, find and check 'QWS3270 Automation 1.0 Type Library' and click OK.
If you don't see the type library in the list, you need to install a recent
version of QWS3270 PLUS or Secure (version 4.0 or later).
Sample code (error checking omitted for brevity)
Add a user form to the editor and add three buttons:
- Button one: btnStart, "Start QWS"
- Button two: btnScreen, "Get Screen"
- Button three: btnQuit, "Close and Exit"
In the 'General Declarations' section of the form, add the following code:
Option Explicit
Private app As QWS3270AUTOMATION.Application
Private screen As QWS3270AUTOMATION.screen
In the 'UserForm Initialize' section, add this code:
Private Sub UserForm_Initialize()
Set app = New QWS3270AUTOMATION.Application
Set screen = New QWS3270AUTOMATION.screen
End Sub
Add the following code to the btnStart click event:
Private Sub btnStart_Click()
If app Is Nothing Then
MsgBox ("No 'application' object")
Exit Sub
End If
Call app.StartSession("C:\Program Files\QWS3270 PLUS\qws3270p.exe", "Test")
End Sub
Make sure to adjust the program location and session name above according to
your setup, and add this code to the btnScreen click event:
Private Sub btnScreen_Click()
Dim bufsize As Integer
Dim buffer As String
Dim session As QWS3270AUTOMATION.session
Dim rows As Integer
Dim current As Integer
rows = 24
Set session = New QWS3270AUTOMATION.session
If session Is Nothing Then
MsgBox ("No 'session' object")
Exit Sub
End If
Call session.Connect("A")
If screen Is Nothing Then
MsgBox ("No 'screen' object")
Exit Sub
End If
bufsize = 4000
buffer = Space(bufsize)
Call screen.Get(buffer, bufsize)
MsgBox (buffer)
For current = 1 To rows
Sheet1.Cells(current, 1) = Mid$(buffer, (current - 1) * 80 + 1, 80)
Next current
End Sub
Add this to the btnQuit click event:
Private Sub btnQuit_Click()
If app Is Nothing Then
MsgBox ("No 'application' object")
Exit Sub
End If
Call app.Close("A")
End Sub
And finally, add this to the form's 'Terminate' event handler:
Private Sub UserForm_Terminate()
If Not app Is Nothing Then Set app = Nothing
If Not screen Is Nothing Then Set screen = Nothing
End Sub
Compile and run the sample. Click the 'Start QWS' button and wait until the
program has started and the session is connected to the host. Then click the
'Get Screen' button. You should see the contents of the QWS screen in a message
box and also in a sheet called 'Sheet1', 80 characters per cell. Click the
'Close and Exit' button and the QWS session should close and QWS should exit.
Things to remember:
- You can only do something with a QWS session from your program if you
are 'connected'. Each session can have an identifier (one character) called
the HLLAPI session ID. You connect to a session by specifying this ID. So
you can connect to one session, manipulate it, disconnect from it (this does
not mean the session will disconnect from the host), connect to another
session and do something with it, reconnect to the first one, etc. But if
you are not 'connected', calls to the session will fail.
- Each session must have a unique ID so you can control which session you
connect to. Trying to start two QWS3270 sessions with the same HLLAPI ID
will fail even when you start the sessions from within QWS.
- Buffers must be created and initialized within your program.
INCORRECT:
Dim s as string
Call screen.Get(s)
CORRECT:
Dim s as string * 2000
or
Dim s as string
s = space(2000)
Call screen.Get(s)
- The maximum screen size is 27 * 132 so a buffer size of 3,600 should be
safe for any screen if you just want the contents. If you also want
attribute bytes then double the buffer size. Normal screen size is 24*80 for an
IBM-3278-2 terminal.
- VB treats strings differently than an emulator. Getting screen text
should be fine but if you get attributes, be aware that these can (and
probably will) contain NULL characters so VB will think that the string
ends there while in reality there is more data in the string. In these
cases treat the string as an array of bytes instead.
- In the VBA editor, check out the Object Browser (View/Object Browser, or
F2). If you select the QWS3270 Automation object in it, you can see the
interfaces (screen, application, field, etc.), and the functions each
interface supports and what parameters they take. This can be a big help.
Also check out the section in the program's help file on COM Automation.
- Do not use this sample as is! This code needs much more error
checking but it should give you a basic idea what you can do with the
Automation feature.
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The problem of not being able to enter input in the last columns on the right
of the screen is most likely caused by the 'Entry Assist' option being turned on
in conjunction with the 'Word Wrap' option. You can see if this is the case by
checking the status bar of the program. If 'Entry Assist' is turned on, the
second panel in the status bar (from the left, to the left of the cursor
position) will display the text 'DOC' or 'DOCw' when 'Word Wrap' is also turned on.
The default shortcut key to toggle 'Entry Assist' on or off is Ctrl-A
(Ctrl-W for
'Word Wrap'). Turning on 'Word Wrap' will automatically activate 'Entry Assist'
and turning off 'Entry Assist' will also deactivate 'Word Wrap'. Sometimes you
could hit these key combinations by accident when trying to copy or paste with
Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V.
When the problem happens, simply turn 'Entry Assist' off by using the Ctrl-A
combination. If the problem repeats, you may want to change the Ctrl-A and/or
Ctrl-W key combinations to something other than their defaults. Most of the
time though it is enough to be aware of the problem and how to fix it.
It is also possible that you are trying to enter data into a protected field
or that you are trying to enter character data into a numeric field.
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The thing to keep in mind if you are getting disconnected from the host is
this: the program does not close the connection on its own. Never. If
you are getting disconnected, there are 3 likely reasons for that:
- The mainframe itself may be closing the connection if there is no user
activity for a period of time.
- The disconnect may be caused by a hardware router. Many routers have
options to close inactive connections after a period of time.
- A firewall is closing the connection. Some firewalls may also have
options to close connections if no activity has been detected for a
specified time period.
Of course this problem could also be caused by a hardware problem such as a
defective network card, network cable, etc, but this happens only rarely.
If the cause of the disconnect is inactivity, you could try using the idle
time options in the program. To do this follow these steps:
- Version 4.4 and later:
You can use the Options/Session dialog to set keep-alive options.
Set the keep-alive time to something less than the idle time before your
connection times out. You can either use TCP/IP keep-alive or the telnet
NOP command. The host can ignore these settings so you may have to
experiment a bit with these options. If neither of these options work for you, see
the instructions for earlier versions below.
- Version 4.3 and earlier:
- Connect to the host
- Click on Options/Session menu item
- In the session options dialog, choose the 'Miscellaneous' item
- In the 'Session Idle Time' field, enter a time (in minutes) that is
a bit lower than the time the connection has to be idle before the drop
happens. In other words, if you are getting disconnected after 10
minutes of inactivity, enter '8' or '9' into that field.
- Choose a key from the 'Session Idle Key' field. This is the key
that the program will send to the host after the idle time has expired.
If you set the idle time to 5 minutes and no activity happens on the
session for 5 minutes, the program will automatically send this key to
the host.
- Choose OK to close the dialog
Please be aware that the key sent to the host will have the same
consequences as if you had pressed the key manually so if you entered
some data on the screen and the program send the Enter key to the host,
the data will be sent just as if you had pressed Enter manually. The
best key for the 'Session Idle Key' is a key that does not prompt the
host into any kind of action. What this key may be differs from host to
host.
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Jolly Giant Software Inc. offers very flexible site license pricing on 50
licenses and above. If you would like to receive a quote or if you would
like us to send you a price list, please contact
sales@jollygiant.com.
We also offer discounts for educational institutions. Please contact
sales@jollygiant.com for details.
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Session layouts allow you to open multiple sessions at the same time and
arrange them on the screen.
To create a session layout, connect the sessions you want to include in the
layout and position them on your screen. In any one of the sessions,
click the QWS3270/Save Session Layout menu option. Choose where you want
to save your layout file and enter a name for it and then save the file.
You can open the layout either from within any QWS3270 instance (QWS3270/Open
Session Layout) or by simply double-clicking on the layout file. The
program will open the sessions and attempt to connect to them and arrange them
on the screen the way they were when you saved the layout.
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We have our own scripting language built into our programs which you can use
to automate tasks.
See 'Can I automate repetitive tasks?'
for details on scripting or
consult the help file included with the program.
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There are five different ways to order our software and three different ways
to pay:
- Ordering via the World Wide Web: Jolly Giant Software
provides you with the flexibility of ordering software via our secure
website. You can order either in US or Canadian Dollars using your VISA,
MasterCard, American Express or Discover credit card.
- Ordering via email: fill out an
order
form online and email it to
sales@jollygiant.com
- Ordering via fax: You can print out our fax
order form, fill it out and fax it to us at (613) 544-2459
- Ordering via phone: Telephone orders are accepted at
(613) 541-0740 or toll free at (877) 776-4657 (US & Canada only) between
08:30 - 05:00 Eastern Time.
Accepted forms of payment are:
- Credit cards: VISA, MasterCard and America Express
credit cards are accepted for telephone or fax orders.
- Purchase orders: (including government purchase orders)
are accepted. Standard payment terms are net 30 days. The purchase order
can be faxed, mailed or emailed to our attention. See our
contact information for
details on how to reach us.
- Cheques: You can mail us a cheque along with your order
(see contact information,
pricing information)
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