Step 7. Evaluate optional features

As you continue to evaluate Reflection for the Web, try these optional features:

Customization

Earlier, when you created and configured your terminal sessions, you were able to make some preliminary customization choices.

Advanced Administration

Reflection for the Web includes a well-documented API and some advanced tools that make it easy to customize terminal sessions—even if you do not have Java or HTML programming experience.

Open the Reflection for the Web Reference Guide for information about using scripts, HTML code, and applet parameters with Reflection.

The following example demonstrates how you can customize the behavior of a terminal session by changing the parameters for a specific attribute.

Example: Using the Applets Parameter tool

  1. In the Administrative Console, click Manage Sessions.

  2. Click the Reflection for the Web session you created earlier, such as eval3270.

  3. Scroll to the Advanced Settings section, and click Applet Parameters.

  4. Click +Add, and open the drop-down Parameter menu.

  5. For this evaluation, click splash.

  6. For the Value, enter false. Click Add. The parameter is added to the list of current parameters.

    NOTE:The Reference Guide includes this description of the splash parameter:

    This parameter determines whether the Reflection splash screen is displayed while Reflection is loading. The splash screen includes a progress indicator, so if the splash screen is not displayed, the progress indicator is not visible.

  7. Click Save. You are returned to the Manage Sessions panel.

  8. To test the parameter, log in as a User, and launch the session.

Usage Metering

Usage metering can be used to audit and control access to both web-based and Windows-based sessions. You may want to install the metering component if your site needs to carefully balance network and server loads.

For more information, see the Metering help topic in the MSS Administrative Console.

After Metering is configured, you can run Reports to view current and historical activity.