The desktop window

When you log on, the desktop window opens. It has two areas:

Configured sessions

Active sessions

The Configured Sessions area

The Configured Sessions area appears after you log on and remains in your browser while you are running Host On-Demand. If you close your browser, you will also close all Host On-Demand sessions.

Starting a session
Modifying a session
Copying a session
Deleting a session
Bookmarking a session
Arranging session icons
Search

Starting a session

Double-click the icon of the session you want to start.

Modifying a session

Right-click the session's icon to display the pop-up menu.
Click Properties.
The configuration window appears. Modify the fields as necessary, then click OK.

Copying a session

Right-click the session's icon and click Copy.
A new icon appears in the Configured Sessions area with a number added to the beginning to indicate it is a copied session. For example, if the original session name is 3270 Session, the name of the first copied session is 1:3270 Session. The new session has the same configuration as the original session you copied.
Right-click the new icon and click Properties to make any changes, such as the session name.
To make another copy, right-click the session's icon, either the original or the copied session icon, and click Copy again.

Deleting a session

Right-click the session's icon and click Delete.
A confirmation window asks if you really want to delete the session.
Click Yes.

Bookmarking a session

You can create a bookmark in your browser for a session. This lets you start a session that has already been configured.

Right-click the session's icon.

Click Set Up Bookmark, then choose Run in a separate window or Run in a browser window. For more information about these choices, click Help.

Click OK. You are then reminded to create the bookmark.

Next time you want to start that session, just click the bookmark.

Arranging session icons

To arrange your configured sessions by name or type, right-click in the Configured Sessions area and select Arrange Icons > by Name or Arrange Icons > by Type. This option is only available for models using local preferences, namely the HTML-based model or the Combined model. If you have created sessions using the Configuration server-based model, this option is not available.

For the HTML and Combined models, you can rearrange icons on the Host On-Demand desktop back to the default order set by the administrator by right-clicking anywhere on the desktop and selecting Reset All.

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The Active Sessions area

Starting another identical session
Connecting or disconnecting a session
Closing a session
Switching to another session

Starting another identical session

Right-click the session name.
Click Run the Same.

Connecting or disconnecting a session

Right-click the session name.
Click Connect or Disconnect.

Closing a session

Right-click the session name.
Click Close.

Switching to another session

In the Active Sessions area, double-click the name of the session to which you want to switch. This step accomplishes your switch as long as you computer is running one of the following:

Java 2
Java 1 with all session windows open on your desktop

This step does not switch sessions, however, if your computer is running Java 1 and the session to which you want to switch is minimized. In that case, you simply double-click the desired session's name on the Windows task bar. The session is restored.

If the session to which you want to switch is minimized, and you are running Java 2, you can also use the GOTO option to switch sessions. Right-click on the session name in the Active Sessions area and choose GOTO; the session is restored.