When I did this, I opened an ACS session. While it was open, I right
clicked on the ACS icon in my taskbar and click "pin to taskbar". From
there, I drug the .hod icon onto the ACS button in my taskbar and it
automatically pinned it. You might have to right click the .hod and tell
Windows how to open it. I don't remember if .hod is automatically linked to
ACS during install or not.
On another note, since you said you were running from a central
deployment...If you are running in house (not via VPN connection), this is
not a bad idea because it keeps everyone at the same level. However, I have
found this to be slow for starting sessions when connected via VPN. I know
at a minimum, it reaches across the VPN for the program/jar files, etc. when
you first start a session. I've never tested what happens for additional
sessions so I don't know if it pulls it all across the VPN again for
subsequent sessions while the first one is still active or if it uses what
it has. I am pretty sure it reaches back across the VPN if you close all of
the active sessions and then start up a new one. Also, if you are hot spot
connected, this will eat chunks of data. Depending on the plan, this could
become painful.
Just my thoughts.
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Subject: RE: Adding ACS HOD shortcuts to Windows taskbar
I have shortcuts for each my HOD sessions, but the pin to task bar option
doesn't exist for these..
Below is one my shortcuts.
Target - C:\Users\Public\Documents\ACS\IBM\iAccessClient\Emulator\GS05.hod
Start in - C:\Users\Public\Documents\ACS\IBM\iAccessClient\Emulator
We run ACS from a central deployment, not sure if that matters.
I also have a shortcut for ACS acslaunch_win-64.exe , that does have a pin
to task bar, but this is not what is needed.
Target -
\\vmpsiacsapp01\ibm_acs_full$\Current\Start_Programs\Windows_x86-64\acslaunc
h_win-64.exe
Start in -
\\vmpsiacsapp01\ibm_acs_full$\Current\Start_Programs\Windows_x86-64
Paul
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Windows needs a short cut to add it to the task bar or menu. So you need to
create a short cut from the base .EXE then modify it to add the proper
string parameters like this,
C:\IBM\ACS\Start_Programs\Windows_i386-32\acslaunch_5250.exe
C:\users\xxx.xxx\IBM\iAccessClient\Emulator\All_My_Sessions.bchx
I use separate .EXEs for basic ACS, 5250 and SQL because on occasion, I have
witnessed my environments freezing when another plugin was using too many of
the resources for the JAVA stack that is created when started. It's simple
to do and does not take a lot of object space but you should have enough
system memory.
Once the short cut is created you can added it or pin it to the task bar.
-Matt
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