Contents for WinFrame Client Remote Application Runtime Help

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 Run Remote Applications

See Also

WinFrame Client Remote Application Manager Help

WinFrame Client Dialing Prefix Help


Runing Remote Applications
Running Remote Applications

To run a remote application:

1.	Run the WinFrame Client Remote Application Manger, select a remote application from the list, and choose the Connect command; or,

2.	Double-click on a previously defined remote application icon in a Program Manager group; or,

3.	Invoke the WinFrame Remote Application Runtime program (WFCRUN.EXE for Win16, WFCRUN32.EXE for Win32) directly, specifying the Description of the remote application to run as the first command line argument.

The WinFrame Server will be connected to and the remote application will be run.  If the remote application is accessed via a Dial-In connection, you will optionally be presented with the Connect To dialog prior to dialing the WinFrame Server.

See Also

Connect To dialog


Connect To dialog

This dialog is optionally presented before making a Dial-In connection to a WinFrame Server. For information on the various Connect To dialog fields, choose one of the following topics:

 Phone number

 Prefix Name

 Edit Dialing Prefixes button

 Don't display this screen next time I connect.

 Connect button

See Also

WinFrame Client Remote Application Manager: Dial-In Connection page

WinFrame Client Dialing Prefixes: Prefix page

WinFrame Client Remote Application Manager: Preferences page


Phone number

This field contains the phone number used by the Dial-In connection to contact the WinFrame Server, including an optional dialing prefix.

Type any desired changes into the phone number field.

Note:  Changes made to the phone number will only be used for the current connection; they will not be retained for subsequent connections.


Prefix Name

This identifies an optional dialing prefix that can modify the phone number to be dialed.

If the Prefix Name field indicates No Prefix, then the displayed phone number will not begin with any dialing prefix.

If another prefix name is specified, the displayed phone number will begin with the dialing prefix associated with that prefix name.

You can edit dialing prefixes by clicking on the Edit Dialing Prefixes button.

Choose a dialing prefix name from the Prefix Name list box.


Edit Dialing Prefixes button

Click this button to invoke the Dialing Prefixes dialog.

Note: This button will be disabled if you do not have write-access to the remote application entry file; the dialing prefixes cannot be edited.


Display terminal window before connecting

Check this box if your Dial-In configuration includes third-party products, such as security devices and X.25 PADs, that require an ASCII dialog before connecting to the WinFrame Server.

Note: This checkbox will not be available if you do not have write-access to the remote application entry file.


Don't display this screen next time I connect

Check this box if you do not wish to be presented with the Connect To dialog the next time you connect.

Note: This checkbox will not be available if you do not have write-access to the remote application entry file.


Connect button

Click this button to connect to the WinFrame Server and run the remote application.


WinFrame Client

The WinFrame Client is software which is run on your local computer's Windows desktop, allowing you to run remote applications on one or more WinFrame Servers.


WinFrame Server

A WinFrame Server is an computer running the WinFrame application server operating system.  WinFrame provides multiple users access to Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Windows 95, and DOS text applications on a single computer.


Remote Application

A Remote Application is a Windows 3.1, Windows NT, Windows 95, or DOS text application that has been configured to run on a WinFrame Server.


WinStation

A WinStation is the means of connecting to a Windows NT session on a WinFrame Server.


User

A User is an individual who may logon to a Windows NT session and run applications on a WinFrame Server.


Process

A Process is an operating system program or user application which runs on the WinFrame Server.


User Mode

A restricted mode of this application which does not allow a set of Remote Applications to be altered.


Task List

The Task List hotkey causes the Windows Task List on your local computer to popup (for Windows 95 clients, the Task Bar will appear).  This hotkey is only needed if you have assigned the standard Windows Task List keystroke (CTRL-ESC) to your remote application (see the CTRL-ESC hotkey) to cause the remote WinFrame Server session to respond with its Task List.


Close Remote Application

The Close Remote Application hotkey causes the Remote Application connection to its WinFrame Server to be disconnected and the WinFrame Client window on your computer to be closed.  The behavior of this hotkey is the same as choosing Close from the system menu of the WinFrame Client window.

Closing the Remote Application in this manner will either leave the associated application in a disconnected state on the WinFrame Server, or will exit the application on the WinFrame Server, depending on how the server is configured.


Toggle Title Bar

The Toggle Title Bar hotkey causes the WinFrame Client window to alternately display and hide its title bar.  When the title bar is displayed, the WinFrame Client window can be moved or closed.


CTRL-ALT-DEL

The CTRL-ALT-DEL hotkey causes the CTRL-ALT-DEL key sequence to be sent to the Windows NT session that is running the Remote Application.  In Windows NT, the CTRL-ALT-DEL key sequence causes a Windows NT session to switch to the Windows NT Security desktop.  Refer to the WinFrame Server documentation for more information on the Windows NT Security desktop.


CTRL-ESC

The CTRL-ESC hotkey causes the CTRL-ESC key sequence to be sent to the Windows NT session that is running the Remote Application. CTRL-ESC is a standard Windows hotkey.  Refer to your Windows documentation for more information on the CTRL-ESC hotkey.


ALT-ESC

The ALT-ESC hotkey causes the ALT-ESC key sequence to be sent to the Windows NT session that is running the Remote Application.  ALT-ESC is a standard Windows hotkey.  Refer to your Windows documentation for more information on the ALT-ESC hotkey.


ALT-TAB

The ALT-TAB hotkey causes the ALT-TAB key sequence to be sent to the Windows NT session that is running the Remote Application.  ALT-TAB is a standard Windows hotkey.  Refer to your Windows documentation for more information on the ALT-TAB hotkey.


ALT-BACKTAB

The ALT-BACKTAB hotkey causes the ALT-SHIFT-TAB key sequence to be sent to the Windows NT session that is running the Remote Application.  ALT-SHIFT-TAB is a standard Windows hotkey.  Refer to your Windows documentation for more information on the ALT-SHIFT-TAB hotkey.


Event Logging File

Enter the name of the file to log WinFrame Client events to in the Name field.

Select the Overwrite existing event log button to cause the event log file to be overwritten with new events when a Remote Application is run.  Select the Append to existing event log button to keep old events and add new ones to the end of the file.


Log Events

Five event categories can be selected for logging:

Connections and Disconnections: Will log an event whenever the WinFrame Client connects and disconnects from a WinFrame Server.  This category is selected by default.

Errors: Logs an event whenever an error is encountered by the WinFrame Client.  This category is selected by default.

Data Transmitted: Will log an event for each packet of information sent by the WinFrame Client to the WinFrame Server. This is primarily intended for technical support purposes.

Data Received: Will log an event for each packet of information received by the WinFrame Client from the WinFrame Server. This is primarily intended for technical support purposes.

Keyboard and Mouse Data: Will log an event whenever you press a key on the keyboard or move the mouse.  This is primarily intended for technical support purposes.

Select the event categories that you want to log.  If no events are selected, no logging will take place.


Confirm destructive actions

Any 'destructive' action that you perform can optionally be preceded by a confirmation prompt.  If you then answer 'no' to this prompt, the action will not be carried out.

Select this checkbox to be prompted when you perform a destructive action.  Clear this checkbox if you do not wish to be prompted.


Show Tool Bar

Select this checkbox to cause the application toolbar to be displayed, and clear the checkbox to cause the toolbar to be hidden.


Show Status Bar

Select this checkbox to cause the application status bar to be displayed, and clear the checkbox to cause the status bar to be hidden.


Save Settings on Exit

Select this checkbox to cause the application profile to be saved automatically when you close the program.  If this checkbox is cleared, the application profile settings will not be saved automatically.


Save Settings Now button

Select this button to cause the application profile to be saved immediately.

This button can be used in conjunction with clearing the Save Settings on Exit checkbox to cause the profile settings to be saved to a particular state, so that inadvertent changes made during one instance of running the program will not affect the way that the program starts the next time that it is run.