Saviing Settings
When you first call up the VT320 emulator, it uses system default settings to configure how the client communicates with a network.
If you change a default setting during an emulator session and do not save it, the next time you use the emulator it once again uses the system default setting. This allows you to make temporary changes, which are effective for the current session only.
However, there is some set-up information, such as node names or keyboard setup, that you want to use most of the time. You can save these settings in a configuration file.
You can create as many configuration files as you want. You can have different configuration files for certain circumstances: for example, if you want to connect to more than one host, or if you alternate using a modem and the Ethernet to connect to the host.
In these situations you would want a different configuration file for each host that you connect to, and a different configuration file for a modem and for an Ethernet connection.
This configuration section explains:
• Saving settings
• Changing settings
To save the settings you chose during the current Set-Up session:
1. Click on the Actions option.
2. Choose Save Current Settings in Actions.
The system displays a dialog box.
3. Enter a configuration file name with a .320 extension in the dialog box.
Note that you may have to enter a directory specification. You must create your configuration files in a directory that is on your path and is not on the system service.
For example, if the C: \ WIN directory is located anywhere on your path, you could use the following configuration file name:
c:
\WIN\DEFAULT. 320The next time you use the emulator it automatically finds, loads and uses the settings that it finds in the DEFAULT.320 file.
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Use the PATH command at the DOS prompt to see your path.
If you name your configuration file something other than DEFAULT.320, see the next section, Specifying Settings on Startup.
____________________ Note __________________ _ If you get an error message saying "Cannot open:
DEFAULT.320", you are probably trying to create your configuration file on the system service. If you get this error, enter a configuration file name using a drive and directory that is on your path.
Specifying Settings on Startup
The VT320 emulator looks for a DEFAULT.320 configuration file when it starts up. You can specify another configuration file when you start the VT320 emulator in one of three ways:
• Using the VT320 emulator Set-Up utility
• U sing the Run command
• Clicking on a configuration file listing Using the VT320 Emulator Set-Up Utility
Follow these steps:
1. Enter the Set-Up utility.
2. Click on the Actions option.
3. Click on the Recall Saved Settings choice.
The system displays a dialog box.
4. Enter the name of the desired configuration file.
5. Click on Ok.
Using the Run Command
This section describes two ways you can start the terminal emulator with the Run command:
• Entering VT320, a space, and the name of your configuration file in the dialog box
• Entering just the name of the configuration file in the dialog box
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The special
1\ symbol tells Windows to find and execute a VT320 configuration file.
If you make the modification to your WIN.INI file as explained in this section, this method saves keystrokes.
To start the emulator by the first method:
1. Choose File on the Program Manager or File Manager.
2. Choose Run.
A dialog box requests the name of the application you want to run.
3. Enter Vf320 followed by a space and the name of the desired configuration file. The default extension is .320 if you do not enter one.
4. Click on Ok.
Follow these steps if you want to use the second method:
1. At the DOS prompt, locate your WIN.INI file. It is in the directory where you installed Windows.
2. Find the [Extensions] section of the file.
3. Using your editor, add the following line:
320=VT320.EXE A.320 4. Start Windows
5. Choose File on the Program Manager or File Manager.
6. Choose Run.
A dialog box requests the name of the application you want to run.
7. Enter the full name and .320 extension of the desired configuration file. If you created the configuration file in a directory on your path, you do not have to enter the full path.
8. Click on Ok.
Clicking on a Configuration File Listing
You can show the listing of a configuration file using the File Manager. See your Microsoft documentation for more information.
When you double-click on a VT320 configuration file listing, the VT320 emulator starts using the settings in that file.
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Changing Settings
You can change the settings in any configuration file by following these steps:
1. Use the Set-Up options to change a setting.
2. Choose the Actions screen.
3. Click on Save Current Settings.
The dialog box displays either the default file name or the last file name you entered. Accept this name or enter a new configuration file name. If you choose the currently displayed file name, any settings you made replace any existing settings in that file.
4. Click on Ok.
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These utilities can only be used over a DEGnet network