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The SNAP-IX 5250 emulation program supports an unlimited number of display sessions and printer sessions (if sufficient resources are available to SNAP-IX). You can control these sessions in the following ways:
You can view and control the status of both types of sessions using the buttons and menus in the session control window.
Each enabled display session also has its own session window that shows the display application screen. You can change the status of that individual display session using the buttons and menus in the session window.
Printer sessions do not have a session window. You can control printer sessions by configuring parameters (such as the type and name of the destination printer) in the 5250 style files.
This section introduces the session control window and the session window and describes how to control 5250 display and printer sessions. More detailed help is available from the 5250 online help.
The session control window is the first window that you will see when you start the 5250 emulation program. It enables you to control all the sessions from one window. You can use it to do the following:
View the session list
Enable and disable sessions
Access the individual session windows related to each display session
The session control window contains a list of sessions. Any session
that has its initial_session_state parameter set to
The general layout and appearance of the session control window is shown in Session Control Window. The number and details of the sessions shown in the session control window will depend on the configuration that you are using. (For more information, see Configuring SNAP-IX.)
Use the session control window to view 5250 sessions. You can view one of three different categories of sessions:
All sessions that have been configured for you (see Configuring SNAP-IX)
All enabled sessions (that are not in Disabled state)
All disabled sessions
Each entry in the list contains the following items:
An icon illustrating whether the session is a display session or a printer session
The session name that was configured for the session and is also used to reference the session in the style file (see Configuring SNAP-IXSNAP-IX)
The state of the session (described in Session States)
The description configured for the session (see Configuring SNAP-IXSNAP-IX)
The device ID for the session (if the session is a printer session), which you may be required to supply to the AS/400 when you print
One session in the list is highlighted at any one time. This is the current session. This session can be controlled from the session control window using the buttons on the toolbar or the Session menu. This is described in Controlling Sessions from the Session Control Window.
The session control window lists the state of each of the sessions. These states are:
The emulation program has disconnected and disabled the session (if it was connected) or the session has never been enabled. A disabled session is not connected to the AS/400 (and if it is a display session it has no session window). You must enable a disabled session before you can start using it This will send it into Pending Connect state.
The emulation program has disconnected the session from the AS/400. A disconnected session can be disabled, which shuts down the session window (if it is a display session) and makes its state Disabled. If you want to use a disconnected session you can connect it again (which will make its state Pending Connect).
The emulation program is trying to disconnect the session from the AS/400.
The emulation program is trying to connect the session to the AS/400.
The emulation program tried to connect the session to the AS/400, but did not succeed. If you want to use the session, you can try to connect it again, which sends it to Pending Connect state. If you do not want to use a session that is in Failed state, you can disable it (which sends it to Disabled state).
Only display sessions can be in the following state:
The emulation program has connected the display session successfully to the AS/400. The session is ready to use.
Only printer sessions can be in the following states:
Move to a session window by doing one of the following:
Select the session and double-click on it.
Select the session and click on the Session Window button on the toolbar.
This section describes the procedures for connecting, disconnecting, and disabling sessions to the AS/400 application.
To connect a session to the AS/400 application, select the required session and connect by doing one of the following:
Choose Enable/Connect from the Session menu.
Click on the Connect button on the toolbar.
If the session is in Disabled state, double-click on the session in the session list.
To disconnect the session from the AS/400 application, select the required session and disconnect by choosing Disconnect from the Session menu.
To disable a session from the AS/400 application, select the required session and disable by doing one of the following:
Choose Disable from the Session menu.
Click on the Disable button on the toolbar.
To access the online help from the session control window, use the Help menu. You can view the entire contents list of the online help by clicking on the Contents item, or you can see help about the session control window by clicking on On Window.
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