MultiView Terminal Emulator User Guide © 2008 by FutureSoft, Inc. All rights reserved. MultiView User Guide This manual, and the software described in it, is furnished under a license agreement. Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of FutureSoft. FutureSoft assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or other wise, without the prior, written per- mission of FutureSoft, Inc. MultiView 2007, MultiView 2000 Server Edition, MultiView 2008 Server Edition, MultiView Catalyst, MultiView License Manager, MultiView DeskTop and Host Support Server are tradenames of FutureSoft, Inc. Edition 1 May 2008 Document #E-MVUG-MV2007-P053108 Last Updated: 102308 FutureSoft, Inc. 12012 Wickchester Lane, Suite 600 Houston, Texas 77079 USA Printed in the USA 1.800.989.8908 [email protected] http://www.futuresoft.com Table of Contents Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Introduction to MultiView 2007 ....................................................................................... 2 Minimum Requirements .................................................................................................. 2 Contacting FutureSoft Support ........................................................................................ 3 Chapter 2 Installation and Configuration Installing MultiView Terminal Emulator ............................................................................ 6 Workstation Installation ........................................................................................... 6 Installation Steps ..................................................................................................... 7 Initial Configuration ............................................................................................... 10 Serializing MultiView .............................................................................................. 11 Configuration Files ................................................................................................. 12 Wizard Defaults ........................................................................................................... 14 Post Installation Issues ................................................................................................ 18 Chapter 3 Secure Connections SSH (Secure Shell) ....................................................................................................... 20 Connecting using SSH1 .......................................................................................... 21 Connecting with SSH2 ............................................................................................ 22 Chapter 4 Printing Printing Overview ........................................................................................................ 24 Remote Network Printing ............................................................................................. 25 PC-to-UNIX printing ............................................................................................... 25 UNIX-to-PC printing ............................................................................................... 26 AUX Printing .......................................................................................................... 27 AUX printing with Java ........................................................................................... 29 Print Screen with Java using Netscape ..................................................................... 30 iii MultiView Terminal Emulator: User Guide Chapter 5 Face-Lifting Face-Lifting in MultiView 2007 ...................................................................................... 32 Attribute Mapping ........................................................................................................ 34 Rules Markup Engine ................................................................................................... 39 Rule Types ............................................................................................................ 39 Rules Markup ........................................................................................................ 40 Using the Rules Markup Engine .............................................................................. 41 Creating Rules ....................................................................................................... 43 Rules Agent Editor ....................................................................................................... 49 Anatomy of a rule .................................................................................................. 51 The Find Section .................................................................................................... 53 Rules Agent Search Engine ........................................................................................... 57 Specifying a Sequence ........................................................................................... 60 Specifying an Application Action ............................................................................. 60 Specifying a Windows Message Dialog .................................................................... 60 Specifying a Popup Menu ....................................................................................... 61 Specifying Play a Script .......................................................................................... 61 Specifying Smart Cursor ......................................................................................... 62 Rule Appearance ................................................................................................... 65 Page Switching Control ................................................................................................ 66 Using the Rules Agent Editor with Rules Markup ............................................................ 69 Maximizing Rules Engine Speed .............................................................................. 69 Advanced Face-lifting Options ................................................................................. 73 Chapter 6 Scripting What is Scripting? ........................................................................................................ 76 Learning Scripts .......................................................................................................... 77 Creating and Editing Scripts Manually ............................................................................ 78 Operators ................................................................................................................... 79 Script Tokens .............................................................................................................. 81 Conditional Operators .................................................................................................. 82 Scripting Examples ...................................................................................................... 83 Example 1: Login Script ......................................................................................... 83 Example 2: Using Window and Message Operators .................................................. 84 Example 3: Using Conditional Scripting .................................................................... 85 iv Table of Contents Chapter 7 Integration Application Integration ................................................................................................. 88 Overview of ActiveX ............................................................................................... 88 Browser Embedding ..................................................................................................... 89 Embedding behavior for Microsoft Internet Explorer ................................................. 89 Embedding behavior for Netscape Communicator ..................................................... 90 DDE while Embedded ............................................................................................. 90 OLE while Embedded ............................................................................................. 90 Appendices ................................................................................................................. 91 Microsoft IE3 White Paper Extract on ActiveX Documents ......................................... 91 Dynamic Data Exchange ............................................................................................... 92 One-way Links ....................................................................................................... 92 Streams-based DDE Links ....................................................................................... 92 DDE Data Format ................................................................................................... 93 Types of DDE conversation ..................................................................................... 93 Starting the DDE Server ......................................................................................... 94 Automation Overview ................................................................................................... 97 Automation Supported Functions ...........................................................................