How To
Summary
How to create a desktop icon for 5250 Console with IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS)
Objective
Create a desktop icon for 5250 Console with IBM i ACS
Environment
Windows client with IBM i ACS needing to make a console connection to the IBM i OS
Steps
To get a 5250 Console session using IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS), you normally:
1) launch the ACS main user interface
2) select the system in the System pull-down
3) select 5250 Console
2) select the system in the System pull-down
3) select 5250 Console
If you want to have a desktop icon for a 5250 Console session, here are a two options:
1) Create a command file (.CMD) in Windows that uses the Console plug-in per the Getting Started documentation of ACS (available under Help on the main user interface). The command in the file would be:
start <path>\acslaunch_win-XX.exe /plugin=console /system=<system name>
where <path> is the path where your ACS deployment has the acslaunch_win-XX.exe, with XX=32 or 64 depending on your Java bitness. <system name> must match an entry in your System Configurations.
That .CMD file can be placed on the desktop or even added to the Windows startup if you want to have the console session start automatically with the PC.
2) [easier option] Copy and paste the existing desktop shortcut icon titled Access Client Solutions, which you have if you selected to have desktop icons created when you deployed ACS. Rename that icon to something logical (i.e., SystemXYZ Console). Right-click that icon and select Properties. Edit the Target field to have /plugin=console /system=<system name> after the .exe as shown in Option #1 above.
The same can be done for the Virtual Control Panel using a plug-in (i.e., /plugin=vcp).
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Modified date:
31 January 2022
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