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Open session menu – IBM Terminal Emulation TN5250 User Manual

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The Menu System

2-5

Table 2-2 describes the functions in the Sessions menu.

Open Session
Menu

This menu displays only in a user-opened session. It is used for creating new
sessions.You invoke the Open Session menu by:

1

Position the cursor next to Open Session in the main menu.

2

Press

Ctrl

(right)

Figure 2-4 shows the Open Session menu.

Table 2-2

Sessions Menu Functions

Function

Description

1=Create

Use this function to create a new session. New
sessions are created in the Open Session menu
(refer to Open Session). Once the data is entered
in the Open Session menu, press

F3

. A new

session will display in the Sessions menu.

2=Copy

Copy duplicates a session. Press

Ctrl

(right). The

emulator will create and connect to a new
session, using the parameters of the chosen
session. The number of the new session is an
increment of one.

3=Switch

This function switches from one session to
another session. Press

Ctrl

(right) to switch to the

selected session.

4=Display

Display lists the status of a session. Press

Ctrl

(right). The Session Status menu appears, listing
the status of the selected session.

5=Close

This function deletes a session from the Session
Names list. Press

Ctrl

(right) to delete sessions.

More than one session can be deleted, by
entering 5 next to each session to be deleted.

6=Options

The Options function displays a list of Telnet
responses. They are:

Are You There?

Abort Output

Interrupt Process

Enter

x

before each order that you want to use,

then press

Ctrl

(right)