Technical Specifications

Reflection® for IBM® 2007 is Attachmate’s next-generation terminal emulation solution. Optimized for Windows Vista™ and Microsoft® Office 2007, Reflection for IBM 2007 gives Windows® users easy access to information on IBM System z and System i hosts. Market-leading features increase user productivity, strengthen mainframe security, and support
new and existing technologies (including Windows XP and Office 2003).

Reflection for IBM 2007 Highlights

• Integration with Microsoft Office 2007 allows users to drop screen data into a Word doc, e-mail, or PowerPoint slide with the click of a button. 
• Information privacy filters let you identify patterns for sensitive data in your host applications and prevent this data from being printed, saved, and copied to the clipboard or into Office documents.
• Tabbed interface for multisession support allows integrated data sharing between host applications and web browsers via VBA.
• Cryptography built to meet the stringent FIPS 140-2 government standards strengthens mainframe security.  
• Support for the Office 2007 Ribbon interface increases user productivity. 
• User Account Control (UAC) support maximizes administrative control over which tasks users can perform within Reflection.  
• Integrated Desktop Search support makes it easy for users to find application, local, network, and Internet data. 
• Visual Basic® for Applications (VBA) lets you automate routine tasks, customize terminal sessions, and integrate host applications with Windows desktop applications—all on a familiar development platform. 
• IPv6 support provides your host connections with the flexibility and security of IPv6 technology.

Upgrade Information for Current EXTRA! X-treme and Reflection Users

Reflection for IBM 2007 combines the best features of EXTRA! X-treme and Reflection into a single, Vista-certified solution. When you upgrade to Reflection for IBM 2007,  the session files, macros, and API applications that you’ve created with current versions  of EXTRA! X-treme and Reflection will continue to work as expected.

Host Types

• IBM System z (Mainframe)
• IBM System i (AS/400)

Emulation Types

• IBM System z (Mainframe):
  • 3179, 3179-G, 3180, 3192-G, 3196, 3197, 3270, 3278, 3279, 3472-G, 3476, 3477, 3486, and 3487
• IBM System i (AS/400): 
  • 5250, 5251, 5291, and 5292

Network Protocols

•  IPv6 support*
• IBM System z (Mainframe): 
  • TN3270 and TN3270E
• IBM System i (AS/400):
  • TN5250 and TN5250E

Security

•  Support for SSL/TLS, Kerberos, and SOCKS*
•  Crypto modules built to meet FIPS 140-2*
•  PKI support built to meet DoD standards:*
  •  PKCS #11 support
  •  Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) support
  •  Certificate Revocation Lists (CRL) 
  •  Intermediate certificate storage through LDAP
  •  Reflection Certificate Manager
•  Information privacy filters**
•  Trusted locations***
•  API security
• Automatic Kerberos sign-on (System i)
• Express Logon Feature (System z)

Productivity

•  Integration with Microsoft Office 2007
•  Desktop Search support
•  Rich metadata support
•  Screen History**
•  Spell Check**
•  Scratch Pad**
•  Recent Typing**
•  Auto Expand and Auto Complete**
• Advanced cut/copy/paste
• Keyboard remapping
• Mouse mapping

File Transfer

• IND$File, APVUFILE, DISOSS, SQL data query, LIPI, and batch file transfer
• Reflection FTP Client (bundled with Reflection for IBM 2007):
  • Secure file transfers (SFTP)
  • SSL/TLS/SSH encryption
  • File browsing on TSO hosts with no host-side intrusion or modification
  • IPv6 support
  • Support for wide variety of FTP servers (IBM System z, IBM System i, UNIX, NetWare, Unisys, HP 3000, and OpenVMS) 
  • Site-to-site transfer between FTP servers
  • FTP site wizard
  • Export/import settings in XML format
  • Automation tools (script recorder and Microsoft OLE Automation)
  • Kerberos 5 authentication

Printing

• 3287, 3812, 3912, and 5553 printer emulation
• Host Print Transform

Programming and Automation

•  VBA 6.4*
•  VBA macro output available in VB.NET and C# (.NET)*
•  Native .NET 3.0 rich programmatic API
• HLLAPI, eHLLAPI, and WinHLLAPI
• EXTRA! Basic runtime
• Microsoft OLE automation support

User Interface

•  Attachmate implementation of the Microsoft Office 2007 Ribbon user interface
•  Ribbon customization utility
•  Tabbed multisession interface
•  HTML Help
• Customizable screen sizes for 3270 host applications
• 3270 and 5250 word wrap
• Hot spots
• Keyboard mapping editor
• Mouse mapping (2- and 3-button)
• Full color editing

Administrative Tools

•  User Account Control (UAC) support
•  Windows Error Reporting (WER)
• Application customization tool (settings and installation files, including MSI)
• Support for Windows administration features:
  • Windows Installer
  • Active Directory
  • Roaming user and multiple user profiles
  • Group Policy
  • Application self-repair

International Support

• English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese languages
• Support for Chinese Simplified/Traditional, Korean, and Japanese code pages
• Localized keyboards, displays, and printers
• Japanese PC-9800 series
• Support for Asian language input-method editors (IME)

Operating System Support

•  Microsoft Windows Vista
• Microsoft Windows XP
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services
• Citrix Presentation Server

*  New to EXTRA! X-treme users
** New to Reflection users
*** New to EXTRA! X-treme and Reflection users
 32- and 64-bit editions