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Saving the Current State of the Reflection for IBM 2008 or 2007 Productivity Pane
Technical Note 2232
Last Reviewed 13-Nov-2008
Applies To
Reflection for IBM 2008
Reflection Standard Suite 2008
Reflection for IBM 2007 R1 SP1 or higher
Summary
Technical Note 2232
Last Reviewed 13-Nov-2008
Applies To
Reflection for IBM 2008
Reflection Standard Suite 2008
Reflection for IBM 2007 R1 SP1 or higher
Summary
By default, Reflection for IBM 2008 or 2007 does not support the ability to save the state of the productivity pane. This technical note describes how to obtain and use a macro that provides this functionality in Reflection 2007 R1 SP1 (or higher).
Note: This macro only applies to Reflection 2007 with SP1 or higher. This macro uses object methods that do not exist in the original R1 release. For information on the latest Reflection 2007 service pack, see Technical Note 2253.
The Productivity Pane
When you access tools from the Productivity menu, the tool is displayed in the productivity pane, on the right of the Reflection workspace.
Saving the workspace with the productivity pane open does not save the open status of the productivity pane. When Reflection is restarted, the pane will be closed.
About the SaveSettings Macro
The savesettings macro works with Reflection for IBM 2007 R1 SP1 only, and enables users to save the status of the productivity pane using the function View Event, Closing.
The macro defines two functions:
- OpenCustomSettings
- ThisView in the object's View_Closing event
OpenCustomSettings is added as a startup macro. The View_Closing event is called when the terminal is closed.
Download the Macro
Download the macro savesettings.rd3x from the Attachmate Download Library and copy or move it to the Documents > Attachmate > Reflection folder.
Use the Macro
Follow these steps to run the macro.
- Open the Reflection Workspace.
- On the quick access toolbar, click the Open icon.
- Select the savesettings.rd3x macro, and then click OK.
- When the macro has finished running, a message appears in the bottom-left corner of the Workspace stating "Macro completed successfully."
- Configure your connection as needed.
- Save the connection with a new name.
- Close the Reflection session.
Test the Setting
Verify that the macro has configured your new settings file to maintain the status of the productivity pane.
- Open the Reflection session using the new settings file you created in step 6 of Use the Macro.
- Open one of the tools available from the Productivity menu, such as Scratch Pad.
- Close the session.
- Re-start the Reflection session. Reflection will open with Scratch Pad (or whichever tool you selected) open.
