Communication states

You can specify any of the states listed in the Connection Status listbox. Table 1 lists the name and significance of each state:

Table 1. Communication states
Communication state:	Significance:
Connection Initiated	Initial state. Start Communications issued.
Connection Pending Active	Request socket connect.
Connection Active	Socket connected. Connection with host.
Connection Ready	Telnet negotiation has begun.
Connection Device Name Ready	Device name negotiated.
Connection Workstation ID Ready	Workstation ID negotiated.
Connection Pending Inactive	Stop Communications issued.
Connection Inactive	Socket closed. No connection with host.

The stable states (that is, the ones that usually persist for more than a few seconds) are:

Connection Inactive - Here the session is completely disconnected.
Connection Workstation ID Ready - Here the session is completely connected.

If you select <Expression> in the Connection Status listbox, then you must specify an expression that resolves to one of the keywords that the macro runtime expects to find in the value attribute of the <commwait> element (see <commwait> element). For example, you might specify a variable named $strCommState$ ) that resolves to CONNECTION_READY.