HostExplorer 9.0 FAQ's:

HostExplorer HTTP/HTTPS Proxy V9.0
Setup/Install
Macros & Scripting
Session Profile

HostExplorer HTTP/HTTPS Proxy V9.0

• Where is the HostExplorer HTTP/HTTPS Proxy installation and documentation located?

Setup/Install

• Unable to set up a Direct Cable Connection for a COM port connection on Windows XP.
• If you have Hummingbird Connectivity SSL and you have installed Hummingbird Connectivity Update Pack 13 you will get missing dll errors.
• "Error 1327, invalid drive" message when attempting to run installation for any hummingbird product using the MSI installer.
• Problems with SSL after install of HostExplorer v9.0.0.1 on WinXP.
• How to set up and silently install a customized version of HostExplorer?
• How to install HostExplorer v9.0 on Windows 2000 with Citrix?
• Instructions for "Installation - Without Administrator Privileges".
• How to deploy a custom HostExplorer keyboard file into the users directory using Sconfig?
• How do you stop the system from rebooting after the installation of HostExplorer?

Macros & Scripting

• Writing Applications to Automate Host Interactions? Download now.
   
  
• How to change the macro icon in the toolbar to display as text?
• Using Visual Basic can you predefine a HostExplorer session window location?
• A sample Hummingbird Basic Script to automate a Secure Hummingbird FTP transfer (SFTP).
• Conversion of Attachmate Extra! OLE Script to Hummingbird HostExplorer OLE.
• Key labels can now be caught with HostExplorer OLE.
• How to change the default directory for recorded HostExplorer Macros?
• How to automate the execution of a Quick Script without using the HostExplorer interface.
• HLLAPI programming information on the use of EHLLAPI or WinHLLAPI API's.
• Using Macro and Profile Converter application with Attachmate Basic (ebm) script.
• Auto macro upon Disconnect or Exit.
• How to execute multiple .ebs macro files using different HostExplorer sessions simultaneously.
• Where is the "hemcnv32.exe" Macro and Profile Converter?
• Converting existing HostExplorer Visual Basic 6 applications to Visual Basic .NET.

Session Profile

• A Technical Document on issues with code pages 037 & 1047 on IBM S/390 systems. Download now.
   
  
• Manually modifying the HostExplorer profile setting "Upon disconnect from host".
• Attempt to connect gives the following Connection Error "SSL Certificate error: SSL3 alert write:fatal:bad certificate"
• Does HostExplorer support Read Partition Query (r-p-q) when connecting to an IBM 2074 host?
• Using HostExplorer on TSE/Citrix results in Error: Socket SEND error. Rc: 201
• A Secure Shell VT connection stopped working on the day a user's UNIX password was due to expire.
• How to limit the number of sessions that launch from a single profile?
• Ability to disable the Connection Dialog for HostExplorer sessions.
• Logging of HostExplorer and FTP for Windows Explorer Connections.
• How to turn off the ability to customize the HostExplorer toolbar?
• HostExplorer telnet listing Linux directories in color.
• 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.
• How to turn ON the outlining of input fields in a 3270 connection?
• How to send a string with double quotation marks as part of a Quick-Key?
• HostExplorer sessions time out after a few (5 to 10) minutes of sitting idle.
• Can a user import WyseTerm host information to other users?
• FTP for Windows Explorer default setting for Enable Directory Caching.
• Opening HostExplorer profiles in Windows Explorer or Internet Explorer.
• HostExplorer and Double-byte character sets.
• 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?
• Where is the Secure Shell option in the HostExplorer Session Profile?
• "Fit to Page" option not available in HostExplorer V9.0.
• Error: "SSL Handshake error lib (0):func (0)" using 3270 in HostExplorer V9.0.
• Viewing a HostExplorer session in Full Screen mode.
• 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.