What is a session?

The basic connection model used by QWS3270 Secure
is called a session .  A session connects to a single host and associates all the attributes and functionality that has been defined for connections with this host. This allows you to have different options defined for different hosts or even have multiple sessions to the same host with different options.  These settings can be applied across a company or be individual for each user.

In the QWS3270 Secure
product, a session name collects all the attributes of a connection with a named 3270 session host. The following connection attributes are associated with a session:

• Connection Settings

• Host Settings

• Security Options

• File Transfer Options

• Host Graphics Options

• Entry Assist

• Customizing the Display

• Colour Options

• Tab Colours

• Cursor Properties

• Hotspots

• Miscellaneous Options

• Copy/Paste Options

• Mouse Options

• Custom Toolbar Commands

• Printer and Screen Capture

• Environment Options (RFC 1572)

All of the options you can set, with the exception of the Host Name /IP address in the Host Settings dialog, have default values so you don’t have to change them if the defaults work for you.

All options can be specified on a ‘per session’ basis. This means that you can have one session where protected fields are displayed in purple and you would print using that old dot matrix printer you have on your system.  With another session you can use the default colours,  a printer connected via the network, and have a script defined that runs every time you connect to this session.  We will get into all of these options later in this help file but for now let’s take a look at the Connection Settings, which you will use most often.