1.3 Connecting to Hosts

Using InfoConnect, you can connect to hosts directly from your desktop. If your enterprise uses a centralized management server you can connect to sessions through that server.

1.3.1 Connect and save your connection settings

To access a host, you need to open a session on that host. In InfoConnect, you can create a session document that allows you to configure and reuse your session.

  1. Start the InfoConnect Workspace. (All Programs > Micro Focus InfoConnect > Utilities> InfoConnect Workspace.)

  2. If it does not open automatically, open the Create New Document dialog box.

    The steps depend on your user interface mode.

    User Interface Mode

    Steps

    Ribbon or InfoConnect Browser

    From the Quick Access Toolbar, click New Document .

    TouchUX

    Tap the Folder icon and then under File, select New.

    Classic MDI

    From the File menu, select New Session.

  3. From the Create New Document dialog box, select a session template. (The templates available to you depend on your version of InfoConnect.)

    For this session type

    Use this template

    Airlines terminal sessions

    ALC terminal

    IBM AS/400

    5250 terminal

    IBM Mainframe

    3270 terminal

    Unisys 2200

    UTS terminal

    Unisys A Series

    T27 terminal

    VAX/VMS, UNIX, or asynchronous host

    VT Terminal

  4. Click Create.

  5. Configure the connection settings:

    For ALC, UTS, or T27 sessions: Under Connection, select an existing path. Or, click Create Path and follow the Path Wizard prompts to configure the connection type, network, and host settings that make up your path.

    or

    For 3270, 5250, VT, or HP sessions: Enter Connection and Terminal settings for your connection.

  6. From the Quick Access Toolbar, click the Save button to save the session document.

1.3.2 Start a host session

Once you've created and saved a session document, you can connect to the host by opening the session document.

  1. Start the InfoConnect Workspace. (Close the Create New Document dialog box if it appears.)

  2. Click your the session you want to start in the Recent Documents display.

    -or-

    Open any saved session document. The steps depend on your user interface mode:

    User Interface Mode

    Steps

    Ribbon or InfoConnect Browser

    From the Quick Access Toolbar, click the Open button.

    TouchUX

    Tap the Folder icon and then select Open.

    Classic MDI

    From the File menu, select Open.

1.3.3 Connect or Disconnect a Session

By default, terminal session documents are configured to connect to the host automatically when you create or open a terminal session. However, with a session document open in InfoConnect, you can manually disconnect or connect.

To manually disconnect or connect to a session

  • The steps depend on your user interface mode:

    User Interface Mode

    Steps

    Ribbon

    On the Sessiontab, in the Hostgroup, click to disconnect or to connect.

    InfoConnect Browser

    On the InfoConnect menu, choose Hostand then Disconnect or Connect.

    Classic MDI

    From the Session menu, choose Disconnect or Connect.

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