Utilities

The APING utility is available in U.S. English only.

Note

These programs are provided on an as-is basis without any warranty of any kind, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose which are expressly disclaimed.


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Certificate Wizard
Use this icon to launch the Certificate Wizard which allows you to enable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) communication between your communications server and client. Refer to Administrator's Guide and Reference for details on how to use this utility.

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Check Connection APING
Use this sample CPI-C program to verify network connections. You can use APING to establish network connections, diagnose problems, and take simple performance measurements. APING exchanges data packets with a partner computer and measures how long the data transfer takes.

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iSeries Connection Configuration
Use this icon if you want to define connections to each iSeries™, eServer™ i5, or System i5™ host that will use the data transfer function.

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Certificate Management
Use this icon to enable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) communication between your communication server and client. Refer to Administrator's Guide and Reference for details on how to use this utility.

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Convert Macro
Use this icon to convert an existing Personal Communications macro to an XML or VBScript file.

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Data Transfer (iSeries™ only)
Use this icon to transfer data between a workstation and an iSeries™, eServer™ i5, or System i5™ database.

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Database Access
Use this icon to start the Database Access utility that lets you retrieve data from a database, such as an SQL server, Microsoft® Excel, Lotus® 1-2-3®, or dBASE database (that complies with Microsoft® ODBC standards, Level 1). You can then pass the retrieved data directly to Excel, Lotus® 1-2-3®, and other applications.

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DOS EHLLAPI
Use this icon to enable or disable DOS-based EHLLAPI programs that communicate with the 32-bit Personal Communications emulator.

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Menu Bar Customization
Use this icon to customize the menu bar in the session window.

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Multiple Sessions
Use this icon to create batch files (.BCH), which can specify multiple emulator sessions (workstation profiles) or other supported Windows® programs that you want to start concurrently. You can create an icon for each batch file and start the programs just by clicking the icon.

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User Preferences
Use this icon if you want to set up or change the user preferences, such as changing the user interface language, enabling Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) support, or specifying the default location for workstation profiles.

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ZipPrint (3270 only)
Use this icon to start the ZipPrint program, which allows you to print host system files or screens, PROFS® or OfficeVision® notes, calendars, and documents, CMS files, and XEDIT workspaces. When started, ZipPrint adds an item to the menu bar of the session window.
FTP Client
Use this icon to start the Personal Communications FTP client application, which allows files and directories upload and download, and directory navigation of local and remote file systems running FTP servers.