iSeries Access for Web V5R2 and WebSphere Host Publisher V4.0

Chapter 4. The iSeries Access for Web V5R2 5250 interface 95

 Action

– Reconnect

– Stop

Reconnect

A user may leave an active 5250 session by going to another URL or shutting down the

browser, but the session remains active.

To reconnect to a session that is still active, click the Active Session link in the 5250 tab. All

active sessions for the user are displayed. Click Reconnect to reconnect to the session.

Stop

To stop an active session, perform one of the following actions:

 Click the Stop session link in the active session list.

 Click the Stop session button from the interface page.

Cleaning up sessions

iSeries Access for Web provides an inactive session timeout based on user or group profiles.

This customization function ends interactive sessions when the timeout is exceeded. The

inactive session timeout is located under Customize-> User Profile or Group Profile-> 5250.

4.4.6 Limiting functionality

iSeries Access for Web provides users multiple ways to configure and start a 5250 interface

session. Administrators can restrict access to this interface, using the Start 5250 sessions

policy. When this policy is set to deny, users cannot configure or start 5250 sessions.

4.5 5250 shortcut

You can create a desktop shortcut to access the 5250 interface. We outline the process in the

following steps:

1. In iSeries Access for Web, click the 5250 tab to configure a session.

2. Verify that the Show navigation bar option is disabled. This provides you the greatest

window size. You may enable or disable other functions depending on your preferences.

3. Click Save. The session saves under the user profile.

4. Click Start. The iSeries signon window opens with the configured options enabled.

5. Save the Web page as a Favorite within your browser.

6. Create a shortcut and place it on the desktop. This shortcut provides a direct 5250

interface session for the current user. Figure 4-26 shows a renamed direct 5250 interface

shortcut.

Figure 4-26 Renamed 5250 interface shortcut

Important: Active sessions remain active until the user stops the session.