Before connecting to your host session, you can create a new connection
configuration by saving the connection values in a host connection configuration
file.
About this task
To create a new connection configuration file:
Procedure
- Click the Save the Connection Properties
icon
or Save the connection properties to a file
icon on the tool bar.
- Type a file name.
- If you type an invalid file name, such as one that includes restricted
characters or reserved operating system keywords, an error message is displayed
with the option of changing the file name or canceling the operation.
- If you type a file name that already exists, a warning message is
displayed with the option of writing over the existing file, changing the
file name, or canceling the operation.
- Click OK. The connection
configuration file is saved in the directory specified in the Default
folder for Connection Configuration Files field in Preferences
window.
- Click Connection Configurations list. The Connection Configurations field lists
all the .conn files that are present in the default folder that is specified
in Default folder for Connection Configuration Files field
in the Preferences window.
Note: If you have used the Open function
to load a .conn file from a non-default folder, the last 10 opened configuration
files are displayed in addition to the .conn files that are located in the
default directory.