Dynamically allocating ports and assigning device names

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These two samples demonstrate how to dynamically:

Specify a port number in a terminal session. The applet launches the session in a separate window.
Specify a device name or pool in an IBM 3270 Printer session. For example, you could modify this code to assign a device name to specific users based on the user name. The applet launches the terminal session in a separate window. Devices are used in IBM emulation sessions only.

To start a terminal session using this sample page

Copy the sample JavaScript code below to an HTML file.
In the first block of JavaScript code, add custom code to determine the port number or device name you want to use. The inserted code should return the string (in quotes) of the port or device name to use.
In the hostURL parameter, replace myHost with the name or URL of the host to which you want to connect.

To specify a port number: In the launcher.sessions parameter, replace session type with the appropriate session type indicator:

To specify a device name: skip to step 5.