Jousma, David wrote: >Mark, I get all those, but are those enough to justify the cost? TN3270 >connections are *free*, yes there is an imposition if your sessions are >dropped, but how often is that occurring? Do you still run with a session >manager? I have not for over 20 years.
We have a session manager and use it extensively, with these reasons ( selling points? ;-D ): - menu driven selection - no need to type in LOGON APPLID(???) (Yes, you can automate that commands in you emulators.) - Time out is 15 minutes. Seriously. This overrides whatever timeout settings you have in your application. - Better session recovery after it was dropped. It happens seldom these days, but it is always nice to resume it. - automated logons, usually up to a point where passwords are entered. >I guess I've gotten so used to just having separate windows open, and being >able to see the contents of multiple windows at the same time that I could not >imagine going back to those limitations. Some of my clients and colleagues (especially operators) have multiple separate windows. Say, for example, there are several PCs with 4 of such windows each for managing consoles. Once a WTO or WTOR appears, it is just there immediately and very very visible for all to see. But some of the clients/colleagues are using a web browser to access a mainframe application. Think HTTP server / WebSphere for example. There are vendors in IBM-MAIN which also sell those emulators but you use a web browser ( Mozilla FF, Chrome, IE, etc.) to access a fully clickable 3270 screen. And you can have several tabs in your browser to switch to a 3270 session. If I have space on my table for multiple large monitors, then I will rather go for multiple windows instead of having a session manager. So, you use it (session manager) or not. Your own decision. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
