Disable Functions: Macro

The radio buttons on the Macro pane enable or disable macro functions on the main toolbar and the Macro Manager toolbar of display emulation sessions.

For more information on macros, see Using the Macro Manager in the online help and the Z and I Emulator for Web Macro Programming Guide.

Functions:

Play Macro

Plays a macro. Play macro appears on the session toolbar, the Macro Manager toolbar, and on the Action menu.

Macros configured to start automatically start even if Play Macro is disabled.

Edit Macro

Opens the Macro Editor so that you can modify or create a macro. The Edit Macro button appears on the Macro Manager toolbar. The Macro Manager must be enabled to use this function.

Delete Macro

Deletes a macro from the Macro Manager macro list. Delete macro appears on the Macro Manager toolbar. The Macro Manager must be enabled to use this function.

Record Macro

Records a new macro and saves it in the Macro Manager macro list. Record Macro appears on the session toolbar, the Macro Manager toolbar, and the Action menu.

Toggle Macro Manager State

Displays the Macro Manager toolbar where you can record, play, and edit macros. Macro Manager appears on the toolbar and the View menu.

Personal Macro Library

Allows users to access and use a personal macro library on their local drives. When disabled, the personal macro library location is not an option on any of the macro windows, but users will still have access to any server macro libraries that you have configured.

Record Password

This feature controls how Z and I Emulator for Web records a input key sequence typed into a 3270 or 5250 non-display input field during macro recording. A non-display input field is a 3270 or 5250 field that does not display characters when you type into it. Typically a non-display input field is used for entering confidential information such as a password.

• When Record Password is enabled (this is the default), then when a user types an input key sequence into a 3270 or 5250 non-display input field, Z and I Emulator for Web records the input key sequence as an Input action and encrypts the input key sequence in the Input action using the Password option. Then, during macro playback, when Z and I Emulator for Web processes the Input action, it automatically decrypts the recorded input key sequence and types it into the 3270 or 5250 non-display input field.
• When Record Password is disabled, then during macro recording, when the user types an input key sequence into a 3270 or 5250 non-display input field, Z and I Emulator for Web discards the input key sequence and creates a Prompt action in the recorded macro script instead of an Input action. During macro playback, when Z and I Emulator for Web processes the Prompt action, it prompts the user for the input key sequence.

For the relative advantages of enabling Record Password versus disabling it, and for other information on this option, see Record Password in the Macro Programming Guide.

Settings:

Enabled

Enables the function for:

• All users who access the HTML file (HTML-based model); or
• The currently selected user or group (configuration server-based model and combined model).

The menu item, button, or toolbar icon for this function is added to the user interface of the client.

Disabled

Disables the function. The menu item, button, or toolbar icon for this function is removed from the user interface of the client.

Enable All

Enables all the functions listed on the current pane.

Disable All

Disables all the functions listed on the current pane.

Inherited (Enabled)

This setting, which is available only when you open the Disable Functions window from the Administration Utility, indicates that the currently selected user or group (such as User1) inherits the setting of the group to which it belongs, and that this setting is enabled in the group. For example, if you are editing the profile of User1, and you set Add Sessions to Inherited (Enabled) for User1, this indicates that User1 inherits the Add Sessions setting of the group to which it belongs, and that currently the group to which it belongs has Add Sessions set to Enabled.

Inherited (Disabled)

This setting, which is available only when you open the Disable Functions window from the Administration Utility, indicates that the currently selected user or group inherits the setting of the group to which it belongs, and that this setting is disabled in the group.

Inherit All

The currently selected user or group inherits all its settings from the group to which it belongs.

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