Session Manager

Personal Communications uses the Session Manager dialog to provide easy access to workstation profiles and batch files. You can use the Session Manager to start a single or multiple sessions, and create a new session or batch file.

Note:

The Session Manager dialog only displays workstation profiles and batch files that are located in the Application Data location that was specified during Personal Communications installation. See Application Data for more information about application data.

You can drag an icon from the Session Manager to the Windows® Start menu or to the desktop. Select one or more sessions and drag with the right mouse button. A contextual menu appears when the icons are dropped, which gives you the options for moving, copying, or creating a shortcut. If you drag an icon with the left mouse button held down, the icon is moved to that location. If you drag an icon while pressing the Ctrl key and with the left mouse button held down, the icon is copied to that location. If you drag an icon while pressing the Alt key and with the left mouse button held down, a shortcut is created for the icon.

You should use the shortcut option whenever possible. Moving and copying will affect the location (and therefore the function) of the profile. Specifically, when you copy a profile to the desktop instead of creating a shortcut, you have actually created another profile. Any changes you make to the desktop profile will not be reflected in the original profile (and vice versa). Also, the desktop profile is located in the desktop folder (not in the application data folder) and will not appear in the Session Manager—the original version of the profile remains in the Session Manager.

Tabbed Session Manager

The Session Manager supports a tabbed interface, allowing multiple emulator sessions to run within a single window instead of launching each session in a separate window.

Enabling the Tabbed Interface

To enable the tabbed interface, add or update the Tabsessionwindow keyword in the pcswin.ini configuration file.

Open the pcswin.ini file in a text editor.
Under the [Session] section, set Tabsessionwindow to Y:
```
[session] 
Tabsessionwindow=Y
```
Note:If the Tabsessionwindow is not set or set to any value other than Y, the Personal Communications maintains its default behavior, launching each session in a standalone window.

Managing Tabbed Sessions

Once enabled, all new and existing sessions launched from the Session Manager open as individual tabs within the main Session Manager window.

Creating a new session: Click the Add button in the Session Manager. A new session tab opens, displaying the configuration window. After configuring and confirming the settings, the session connects to the host.

Launching an existing session: Access the primary Session Manager tab (located as the first tab on the left). Double-click a saved profile or select a profile and click Start. The session opens in a new tab within the current window.

Launching multiple sessions: Selecting and launching multiple session profiles opens N distinct session tabs inside the single window.