IApplication StartSession (Method)

Starts an instance of QWS3270 with a predefined session. Only one session with any session ID can be open at one time. Be sure that the session you are trying to start does not have the same session ID as that of any other already open session!

Function StartSession(qws_path As String, sess_name As String) As Long

Parameters

No	Name	Type	Optional	Default	Description
1	qws_path	String	No	-	Fully qualified path to QWS3270 application
2	sess_name	String	No	-	Name of an existing QWS3270 session
Code			Description
JGS_OK			Success
JGS_PARAMETERERROR			Missing or invalid parameter or invalid session ID
JGS_CREATE_PROCESS			Unable to create new process for QWS3270 application

Remarks

Specifying an invalid session name will not be detected until QWS3270 starts. In this case you will receive an error from the QWS3270 application.

Sample Code

Dim myPath as String
Dim mySession as String
Dim result as Long
myPath = "C:\QWS3270\qws3270p.exe"
mySession = "Library of Congress"
result = sess.Connect(myPath, mySession)