Utilities
Z and I Emulator for Windows provides the following utilities:
- 32-bit ODBC Administrator
- Allows you to add, configure, or delete an ODBC data source.
- Scratch Pad
- The Scratch Pad is a lightweight text editor with the capability
of normal edit operations, such as cut, copy and paste.
Note that Scratch Pad requires .NET Framework 3.5 or lower versions installed. The menu item is grayed out in Windows 8 or 8.1 as .NET Framework 3.5 is not available by default on these operating systems. Install .NET Framework 3.5 to resolve the problem.
- Multiple Sessions
- Provides the capability to run multiple host sessions using a single icon.
- ZipPrint
- Allows you to print PROFS™ notes, calendars, CMS files, XEDIT workspaces, and 3270 session screens.
- Convert Macro
- Allows an existing Z and I Emulator for Windows Macro file to be converted to an XML or VBScript file.
- Data Transfer
- Transfers data from the iSeries, eServer™ i5, or System i5® to your workstation, or from your workstation to the iSeries, eServer i5, or System i5 (record-level data transfer).
- iSeries Connection Configuration
- Define connections to each iSeries, eServer i5, or System i5 host that will use the data transfer function.
- Preferences
- Configuration of certain advanced parameters.
- PcsSound
- The PcsSound utility, available under the product installation
directory, allows you to:
- Assign labels to sound events.
- Associate sound files to sound events.
- Cleanup sound labels from the registry.
- Save the current sound scheme to a file.
- Restore a saved sound scheme.
Note: Saving and restoring a sound scheme will be useful while changing Windows themes.