ConnectAction Property (IbmTerminal)

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Gets or sets a sequence of action(s), such as running a macro, to run automatically after a connection is established.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

expression.ConnectAction As InputMapActionSequence

where expression is a variable that represents a IbmTerminal Object

Property Value

An InputMapActionSequence object.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
ArgumentException	This exception is thrown if the set parameter is longer than the maximum allowed.
Attachmate.Reflection.SecuredSettingException	This exception is thrown when you modify a property that was secured via the Permissions Manager or that can only be modified by an Administrator.

Remarks

Connect action sequences run after the terminal has successfully made a connection to the host. They should not include session setup information.

Example

This example configures a session to run a connection macro named CopyData.

Visual Basic

'Set up a session to run a connection macro
Public Sub AddConnectMacro()
 
    Dim sequence As InputMapActionSequence
    Dim action As InputMapAction
 
    Set sequence = New InputMapActionSequence
    Set action = New InputMapAction
 
    'Set up the action to run a macro named CopyData
    action.ActionId = InputMapActionID_RunMacroAction
 
    action.AddParameter "SharedMacros.ThisIbmTerminal.CopyData"
 
    'Look for the macro in this Session project
    action.AddParameterAsInteger MacroEnumerationOption.MacroEnumerationOption_Document
    
    'Don't ask for any input at runtime
    action.AddParameterAsBoolean False
 
    'Add the action to the action sequence
    sequence.Add action
 
    'Set the macro to run when the session connects or reconnects
    Set ThisIbmTerminal.ConnectAction = sequence
 
    ThisIbmTerminal.RunMacroAtReconnect = True
 
End Sub

Reference

IbmTerminal Object
IbmTerminal Members

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