HostExplorer 8.0 FAQ's:

Setup/Install
Macros & Scripting
Session Profile
Security
Printing
Sconfig

Setup/Install

• How to set up and silently install a customized version of HostExplorer?
• Error installing on Terminal Server - "HostExplorer must be installed by an Administrator"
• A non-Administrator can not run HostExplorer profiles on a Windows Terminal Server.
• Deploying custom HostExplorer profiles with Sconfig.
• How do you stop the system from rebooting after the installation of HostExplorer?
• Hntune.exe does not work in Connectivity products version 8.0.
• SYSUPDATE.EXE can not be found on the HostExplorer 8.0 installation media.
• Click on Help under HostExplorer returns error, on file inetwh32.dll.

Macros & Scripting

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• A functionality of Hummingbird Basic Workbench compiler.
• How to change the macro icon in the toolbar to display as text?
• Conversion of Attachmate Extra! OLE Script to Hummingbird HostExplorer OLE.
• HLLAPI programming information on the use of EHLLAPI or WinHLLAPI API's.
• Auto macro upon Disconnect or Exit.
• Using Macro and Profile Converter application with Attachmate Basic (ebm) script.
• How to execute multiple .ebs macro files using different HostExplorer sessions simultaneously.
• Visual Basic code using HostExplorer OLE gives error 'reference is missing' when compiling.
• Converting existing HostExplorer Visual Basic 6 applications to Visual Basic .NET.
• Where is the "hemcnv32.exe" Macro and Profile Converter?
• Where to find documentation for HostExplorer OLE objects?
• Recorded macros cannot run under different profiles.
• Is it possible to write to the HostExplorer OIA using a Hummingbird Basic script?.
• HostExplorer macros will not run in version 8.0.0.0.
• Running a Hummingbird Basic macro by using Windows 2000 Scheduler.
• HostExplorer Programming Help Icon.
• Recording portable macros for Hummingbird Basic and Hummingbird Deployment Wizard.

Session Profile

• How to create and use custom bitmaps in the HostExplorer toolbar?
• How to emulate Lightpen with a TN3270 HostExplorer session?
• AS/400 V5R1 QPWDLVL value and HostExplorer.
• Can a user import WyseTerm host information to other users?
• HostExplorer sessions time out after a few (5 to 10) minutes of sitting idle.
• FTP for Windows Explorer default setting for Enable Directory Caching.
• How to trace a HostExplorer Printer Session.
• Determining the Host code page on a AS/400 host.
• Connecting to MVS Z/OS and vi content is garbled.
• How to specify the host file type in a TN3270 file transfer?
• Can HostExplorer be the default telnet program when using website telnet links?
• New Flag added to Session profile to prevent SSCP screens from being scrolled.
• ToolBar button to Increase Font size does not work when session maximized.
• Capture Screen in VT profile not capturing all screen data.
• How to restrict users from undocking the HostExplorer toolbar.
• How to open a Windows document via a Hotspot.
• Window title equation options for VT, 3270, and 5250 emulation
• How to remove border from HostExplorer session?
• How to trace using the command line?
• Listing of available hosts for HostExplorer sessions.
• Unreadable characters appear in a HostExplorer VT session
• Can HostExplorer automatically disconnect dormant sessions?
• How to open a file locally within a HostExplorer session via a Hotspot.
• Copy and Paste in HostExplorer 8.0.
• HostExplorer session is corrupt when connecting to a VAX host.
• How to configure a Serial Cable connection on NT to connect HostExplorer VT v8.0.
• LU 6.2 support in HostExplorer.
• New Alternative Method to start multiple sessions.
• Transferring a file with 5250 File Transfer Wizard.
• Mapped key will not bring up the "Save 3270 Demo File" panel.
• HostExplorer Poppads.
• Toolbar does not appear in a HostExplorer session deployed through Netscape.

Security

• Reversed number of Rows and Columns in a Secure Shell Telnet VT session
• Unable to establish a TN3270 session with SSL enabled and a custom screen size
• First connection using SSL results in the error "Socket RECV error. Rc=10038"
• Problem displaying xapplications using HostExplorer VT with SSH enabled.

Printing

• Printer Session (PrintExplorer) does not launch minimized.
• Print Explorer in HostExplorer.
• HostExplorer print screen is unreadable on a black and white printer.
• HostExplorer Print Services batch print job stuck on Windows system as 'spooling'.
• How to modify the font size and style for Printing in TN3270 Sessions?
• Update Online Help for PCPRINT.
• HostExplorer Print Services not configuring AS/400 device correctly.