Operating System/400, 5769-SS1
476 AS/400e System Handbook
customizing toolbar. The Express client contains PC5250 Version 4.3 has many
enhancements not available in the previous Client Access clients, such as:
• Compatibility improvements to the Express client and eNetwork Communications Suite
(Version 4.3 or later) so that 5250 emulation uses the Express client functions (such
as Data Transfer and configuration), while 3270 emulation uses the Personal
Communications functions. These enhancements are handled by the installation
programs and require no user intervention to set up.
• Connection status messages are displayed on a Windows status bar to provide better
visual feedback of the activities occurring when the emulator is connecting, suc.h as
establishing a link, connection, and logging on
• To enable more flexibility and ease-of-use, PC5250 can be started via many options
such as from the: Start or Configure Session icon, Multiple Session icon, New Menu
option from a single click on Client Access desktop, Operations Navigator option,
PC5250 icon, and the Client Access System icon.
• The Copy/Cut function includes a “Clip Only When Marked” parameter. Previously, if
no area was marked when the “copy” icon was selected, the entire screen contents
would be saved to the clipboard. When “Clip Only When Marked” is set to “Y”, PC5250
ignores the copy/cut operation of the unmarked area.
• To handle scaling and COR, parameters previously had to be set in the .WS or .INI file.
The Printer Control Panel, under the file menu, provides users an easier interface for
customizing.
• Configuration options have been added to the Column Separator function to enable
non-display and non-print options. This provides consistency to AS/400 users doing
print screen functions from either color terminals or PCs.
• Euro currency support, including eleven new host code pages (924, 1140 through
1149) and two new PC code pages (923 and 858), has been added to support the euro
currency sign.
• Code pages were added for ANSI 1252 (Latin 1), ANSI 1254 (Turkish), and Japanese
943 (New JIS support). Support has also been added for Polish 457 keyboards.
• Japan recently implemented a new postal barcode to include an enhanced ZIP code
that enables customers to get discounts on bulk mailing. The AS/400 SCS and AFP
data streams are enhanced to support the Japanese postal barcode, and PC5250 print
emulation is enhanced to support this for PC-attached printers.
Data Transfer
Data Transfer provides an extensive array of graphical interfaces for desktop users and
programming enablers for application programmers to retrieve data from an AS/400 database
or to quickly store PC file data in the AS/400 database. Up to 32 AS/400 files can be selected
and data transferred with one request to a desktop display, PC printer, PC file, HTML file, or
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