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T27 eXpress Enterprise — Technical Information

Capability summary for T27 eXpress Enterprise 5.0 — emulation, web installation, SDK, scripting, custom tool bars, and requirements.

Last updated January 1, 2013

What's new in eXpress Enterprise

  • Scripting engine supports BasicScripts, PascalScripts, or JScripts
  • Easier maintenance of screen connections; screens maintained by user-chosen names
  • Color-coded connections
  • Supports key macros in addition to scripting
  • Screen graphical snapshots plus viewer
  • eXpress Notes for user documentation and reminders

Web implementation

  • Centrally installed, configured, and executed on a web server
  • View and maintain host data via a web browser; internet-accessible mainframe access
  • Updates picked up every time Enterprise runs
  • Minimal footprint on the user PC; nothing installed; single admin change updates all users
  • Zero cost of ownership and maintenance at the client level

Software Development Kit

  • Develop applications for Windows or web
  • Port legacy applications to Windows / web without changing the host program
  • Enterprise emulation plus a control for host communications in other applications
  • Use Visual Studio, Visual Basic, or Delphi

General and emulation

  • Floating, dockable control panel; color-coded screen buttons; auto-hide
  • Each screen is a self-contained, individually sized and positioned window
  • IPv6 DNS, FIPS 140-compliant crypto modules, FDCC, Unisys single point sign on, Microsoft .NET
  • Emulates the entire T27 family of terminals; fully emulates color features
  • Limitless simultaneous terminal screens; input recall; linear or block text selection
  • Multiple screen capture (text or print); graphical snapshots plus viewer; Send-to email; bitmap attachments; special diagnostic

Printing, connections, scripting

  • Fully supports T27 pass-through printing; configure many printers, each assignable to a screen
  • Print directly to the printer, bypass Windows formatting, or print to file; supports print character translation
  • Visual connection configuration; IPv6 and IPv4 DNS
  • Content-Sensitive Scripting; Basic / Pascal / Java; syntax-highlight editor; script recorder; Dialog Forms via scripts

Customization, security, requirements

  • Configurable color highlighting by screen attribute (protected, numeric field, secure video, etc.); configurable color palette
  • Fixed and proportional fonts; auto font/screen scaling
  • Per-screen auto sign-on; custom script menu; mouse double/right click → transmit, popup menu, or script
  • Visual keyboard configuration; multiple keyboard layouts per screen; key scripts and built-in recorder
  • Custom tool bars per screen — buttons start a script or terminal key function; bitmap and tooltip per button
  • SSL Encryption available, FIPS 140-compliant; lock configuration; restricted/limited/power user groups
  • Required software: any ClearPath Dorado system; Windows 7 / 64-bit or current