Terminal emulator preferences

The terminal emulator allows you to choose a font, by clicking Settings → Font. If the Settings → Save on exit menu option is selected, your choices are stored in CICSTERM.INI, for use in future sessions. The Windows variable APPDATA defines the path for the CICSTERM.INI file. A copy of CICSTERM.INI is created for each Windows® user account as follows:

c:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\IBM\CTG\CICSTERM.INI 

where username represents your Windows logon name.

On Windows® Vista systems the value of APPDATA is:

If you share a computer with others, or are a user of multiple computers on a network, your preferences will be used whenever and wherever you launch terminal emulator. This functionality is provided by means of Windows roaming user support.

The CICSTERM.INI file is not erased when you uninstall CICS® Universal Client. Therefore, when you re-install CICS Universal Client, the emulator uses the settings from the old CICSTERM.INI files.

The terminal emulator has a menu bar with File and Settings menus.

The commands on the File menu are:
Print
Prints the emulator screen. This has the same effect as pressing the Print Screen key.
Exit
Stops the terminal emulator.
The commands on the Settings menu are:
Font
Opens a standard Windows dialog box that allows you to select any of the fixed-pitch fonts installed on your system. Select a font, font style, and size, and then select OK. The terminal window is then resized according to your font selection.
Autosize
Specifies that the size of TrueType fonts is adjusted according to the size of the terminal window. That is, when you maximize, minimize, or drag the borders to resize the window, the font is resized to match the new window size. This command has no effect if the current font is not a TrueType font.
Save on Exit
Specifies that the current font, terminal window size and terminal position will be saved when you close the terminal window. The settings are saved in the CICSTERM.INI file, as explained at the start of this section.