Preferences

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Users can update TN3270 Plus preferences by opening the Setup menu and selecting Preferences. See the Preferences Command for a description of each preference setting.

The TN3270 Plus user preferences are kept in the following doubleword registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SDI\ TN3270 Plus\Configuration\Preferences

By default, the preference settings are user specific. Administrators can apply preferences to all users and also have the ability to set some preferences that are not available to the user.

Administrators can set preferences for all users on the PC by copying the doubleword value from
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SDI\ TN3270 Plus\Configuration\Preferences
to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\SDI\ TN3270 Plus\Configuration\Preferences (64-bit Windows)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SDI\ TN3270 Plus\Configuration\Preferences (32-bit Windows)

and then deleting
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SDI\ TN3270 Plus\Configuration\Preferences.

The Preferences key is a doubleword and uses the following hexadecimal values: To add a preference, add its value to the current Preference value.

 

Application Startup


Show Connect at startup

0x00000001

Application Termination


Terminate automatically when the last session closes

0x00000002

Ask for confirmation before terminating if sessions are still connected.

0x00000010

Session Termination


Warn me when the host closes a session

0x00000004

Ask for confirmation if I close a session

0x00000008

Full Screen Mode


Show instruction when going to full screen mode

0x00000020

Honor session setting for toolbar, status bar and OIA

0x00000040

Display main menu bar

0x00000080

Application Window


Always on top

0x00000100

Start each session in a new window

0x00000400

Don't show session tabs (requires restart)

0x00000200

Show session tabs above terminal window (require restart)

0x00004000

Additional Preferences

The following preferences are not included in the Preferences dialog box, but they can be changed by adding the following value(s) to the Preferences registry key referenced above:

Disable menu bar

0x00008000

Disable popup menu

0x00010000

 

It is suggested that you use the DisableMenuBar and DisablePopupMenu registry keys instead the the Preferences key referenced in this topic. The technique above is no longer recommended and is only documented here for backward compatibility.


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