Disabling Menu Items

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For security reasons, you may wish to restrict some users from issuing some menu commands.  TN3270 Plus allows you to do so by adding registry entries to disable selected menu commands.

The following table lists registry entries you can use to disable menu commands. These entries can be placed in:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SDI\TN3270 Plus\Configuration

or

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\SDI\TN3270 Plus\Configuration   (64-bit Windows)

or

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SDI\TN3270 Plus\Configuration   (32-bit Windows)

 

Placing the registry entry in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive restricts the entry to a specific user. Placing the registry entry in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive restricts all users on the PC. All the entries in the table have DWORD (32-bit) values. Set the value to 1 to disable the menu item or 0 to enable it. The default is enabled for all menu items.

 

Registry entry

Menu Item(s)

DisableLanguageSelection

Language - Disables the Language menu.

DisableMacrosMenu

Macros - Disables the ability to record, edit or play macros.

DisableMacroRecording

Disables the ability to record or edit macros, but allows macros to be played.

DisableMenuBar

All - Removes the menu bar. No menu commands are available.

DisablePopupMenu

Context (Pop-up) - Disables the context menu.

DisableSessionChanges

Setup - Disables the Setup menu. Disables the Host, Enable Logging and Host, Disable Logging menu items. Also disables all controls in the Connect to Host dialog box. This prevents the user from making any changes to session options including connection information, terminal settings, keyboard mapping, color schemes, display settings, printer settings and security options.

The following screen image shows the DisableMacrosMenu registry entry:

 

DisableMacrosMenu75p

 


TN3270 Plus is continually being improved. To learn more about the latest enhancements, please review our Version History web page.