Technical Notes

Using the new Generate Device Names setting, you can specify how Reflection should generate device names for 5250 Telnet sessions.

Reflection for IBM now includes a toolbar button and a menu item (File > FTP Client) that launch the Reflection FTP Client, which you can use to perform FTP file transfers.

TCP/IP file transfer enables you to view host files and transfer data without requiring any initial transfer setup. Earlier versions of Reflection defaulted to MPTN transfer, which is faster, but requires some initial configuration. You can still configure Reflection to use MPTN: Setup > File Transfer.

The Display setup dialog box includes a new setting (Show title bar) that enables you to remove the title bar from the Reflection window display.

By default, Reflection automatically adjusts the font size as you change the size of the Reflection window. Starting with version 12.0, you can configure Reflection to adjust font size independently of the window size. To enable this feature, click Setup > Display. On the Fonts tab, clear the Auto sizing check box. When you select larger font sizes, scroll bars appear when the Reflection window size is too small to show the entire terminal window display.

The 3270 Terminal Setup dialog box (Setup > Terminal) includes a new setting (Word Wrap for 3270) that enables you to configure word wrap for 3270 display sessions.

Reflection for IBM settings files are now saved in binary file format, rather than as simple text files. With the new binary file format, macros can be included in your settings files and more easily distributed to other users. When you open an older settings file, Reflection automatically updates the settings file format. Note: Partial settings files continue to use text format.

Starting with version 12.0, you can open settings files that have been saved to a web server by specifying a URL (for example, http:\\myserver.com\mysettings.rsf). Note: On systems running Windows NT, this support is available only from the Reflection command line.

For users running Windows with Simplified Chinese support, Reflection has expanded its character support to include two-byte characters defined in the GB18030 Chinese character encoding standard. (Four-byte characters are not supported.)

You no longer need to distribute a second *.rvx file to share macros with other users. When you save a complete settings file (*.rsf), your macros are automatically included in this file.

Macros saved to the SharedMacros file are automatically included in every new Reflection session. You no longer need to manually copy or import useful macros when you configure new settings files. You can customize the location in which Reflection looks for the SharedMacros file by configuring Reflection's Folder for the Shared Macros Settings File setting.

Macro files provide a way to save simple macros independently of Reflection settings files. You can use the Macros dialog box to run these macros. You can also customize Reflection features such as events, toolbar buttons, menu commands, and keyboard mapping to run macros that are in macro files.

The Reflection script recorder now enables you to select VB.NET and C# syntax for recorded scripts (in addition to the existing support for C and VBA syntax). After recording a macro, set destination to Clipboard, then choose an option under Clipboard options > Syntax.

Reflection now installs and uses version 6.4 of Visual Basic for Applications.

See the Reflection application Help for a list of new and updated commands that have been added to the Reflection programming interface.

A new Group Policy ("Folder for the default Auto Update file") enables administrators to customize the default value of the Auto Update File setting. You can use a centrally administered Settings update file to automatically distribute settings updates to your Reflection users.

Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS and Reflection for ReGIS Graphics now support host applications written to use TVI 955 and TVI 950 emulations. Select the TVI 955 emulation type on the Terminal Type tab to use this emulation. Switch to TVI 950 using the TVI Compatibility option on the Emulation tab.

Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS and Reflection for ReGIS Graphics now support host applications written to use VT-UTF8 emulation. Select the VT-UTF8 emulation type on the Terminal Type tab of the Terminal Setup dialog box to use this emulation. Then, the UTF-8 host character set is automatically selected on the Emulation tab.

Reflection can now use the UTF-8 character set. The UTF-8 host character set is available by selecting this option from the Host character set list on the Emulation tab.

Reflection for UNIX and OpenVMS and Reflection for ReGIS Graphics now use the VT500-7 emulation type as the default emulation on the Terminal Type tab of the Terminal Setup dialog box. This option supports use of the VT200, VT300, and VT400 emulation levels as well. Switch to VT500-8 if you require 8-bit control.

Reflection now supports the Telephony Application Programming Interface (TAPI) 3.0 standard as the default connection between the PC and telephone services. TAPI 2.0 support remains, and can be selected using the View Settings dialog box setting "TAPI Version."

You can now configure secure connections when you create a Reflection session using the Connection Wizard (File > New Session > Connection Wizard). The connection will then be saved in a settings or client file as specified by the File > Save As > Shortcut dialog box.

Reflection now shows the screen size of the terminal window whenever you hover the mouse cursor over the Row and Column indicator (located in the left corner of the status bar). Under Telnet and OpenSSH connection types, the tool tip will also feature "Auto" if the Dynamic terminal size check box is selected.

Macros saved to the SharedMacros file are automatically included in every new Reflection session. You no longer need to manually copy or import useful macros when you configure new settings files. You can customize the location in which Reflection looks for the SharedMacros file by configuring Reflection's Folder for the Shared Macros Settings File setting.

Macro files provide a way to save simple macros independently of Reflection settings files. You can use the Macros dialog box to run these macros. You can also customize Reflection features such as events, toolbar buttons, menu commands, and keyboard mapping to run macros that are in macro files.

The Reflection script recorder now enables you to select VB.NET and C# syntax for recorded scripts (in addition to the existing support for C and VBA syntax). After recording a macro, set destination to Clipboard, then choose an option under Clipboard options > Syntax.

Reflection now installs and uses version 6.4 of Visual Basic for Applications.

See the Reflection Help for a list of new and updated commands that have been added to the Reflection programming interface.

Reflection's file transfer now supports drag-and-drop between the host file system and the user's desktop. This support is independent of the file transfer protocol.

Use this setting to customize the location in which Reflection looks for the SharedMacros settings file.

Use this setting to select one of two actions when the mouse is clicked in the left margin of Reflection's terminal window—either select the entire line, or click the left column.

Use this setting to either discard NUL characters upon receipt or to pass them to the printer port.

Prefix escape sequences to outbound data when either the Shift, Control, or Alt modifier keys are pressed in conjunction with other keys, or alone, under VT-UTF8 emulation.

Choose either TAPI 3 Application Programming Interface (API) or TAPI 2 API to connect the PC to telephony services.

TVI 955 settings, some not available through dialog box controls, are now available in the View Settings dialog box. Type "TVI" in the Search box to filter the setting list to those related to TVI 955 emulation. For each setting, click the Setting Help button for details about that setting.

A new Group Policy ("Folder for the default Auto Update file") enables administrators to customize the default value of the Auto Update File setting. You can use a centrally administered Settings update file to automatically distribute settings updates to your Reflection users.

Reflection X Manager now works with MAS to bring multimedia data from UNIX and Linux servers to the Windows desktop across the Internet virtually in real-time, ensuring quality presentation of audio.

The X Manager's Settings panels are now easily accessible using shortcuts in the left pane of the Reflection X Settings dialog box (Settings > Window Manager or other settings option).

The Fonts panel in Reflection X (Settings > Fonts) features a redesign that enables the user to quickly view the current font path elements (required for font display by the client) in a single list in the Font path box. You can then add, remove, or change the hierarchical order of the font paths in the list. In the Add > Add/Modify Font Path Element dialog box, you can add X bitmapped fonts, fonts from a font server, and Windows fonts.

Each X Manager setting can now be viewed and changed using options on the View Settings dialog box. Click Settings > View Settings, and then you can search for a setting using the Search button filter, view the current value, and change the value as needed.

You can now configure secure connections when you create a Reflection session using the Reflection X Client Wizard (Tools > Client Wizard). The connection will then be saved in a settings or client file as specified by the File > Save As > Shortcut dialog box.

Reflection X can now display IPv6-enabled XDM applications, if you have an IPv6-capable network interface installed. Click Settings > Network, and check the "Enable IPv6 listening socket" check box. Then in Reflection X Manager, choose the Multicast method for your XDM connection type. The Advanced button enables the user to configure the Hopcount value and other advanced settings.

Specify the UDP port value when you specify other XDM connection options using the Advanced XDMCP Settings dialog box.

Sites can now use fully-qualified host names, including all domains and subdomains, in accordance with UNIX/Linux operating system host name length limits of 256 characters.

Reflection X can display any Windows-supported font installed on the PC, such as TrueType, ClearType, Microsoft OpenType, FON, and FNT font sets. Click Settings > Fonts > Add, and select Windows fonts.

Reflection X can now auto-detect unresponsive font servers and free the connection, reconnecting when the font server connection is active again.

Reflection X can now create and display X11 color cursors that exceed the Windows size of limit of 32x32.

Reflection X now supports adjustable number generation up to a value of 1024 for the Windows Terminal Server (WTS) or Citrix servers.

Reflection X supports inline input for Japanese text whenever the user is in Local XIM mode. As a result, the text you type appears at the cursor, without need for a separate window at a different point of the screen.

Reflection X can recognize and pass to Windows Alt key combinations typically reserved for Windows while passing other Alt key combinations to X applications. Use the Alt Key Reserved for Windows options to do this.

You can now decide not to generate a log file by clearing the path under Log file (Settings > Server).

When you select NFS Other > Enable password caching in the Reflection NFS Client Properties dialog box, the NFS Client now caches logon information for multiple Windows users on the same workstation.

Enabling monitored locks (NFS Other > Enable monitored locks in the Reflection NFS Client Properties dialog box) helps ensure that the client workstation and the NFS server maintain accurate and synchronized information about file locks held by the NFS Client. When you enable monitored locks, file locks are reinstated when the NFS server recovers after a crash.