TN5250j Portable

This is the portable edition of TN5250j, a small-sized Telnet emulator that facilitates advanced users with handy settings for the 5250 datastream. It integrates approachable options for administering multiple connections, verifying any errors in log files, as well as triggering third-party programs and web sites to launch.

As there is no setup pack involved, you can save the app directory to any part of the hard disk and just click the executable to run. Another possibility is to save TN5250j to a USB flash drive or similar storage unit, in order to run it on any PC with minimum effort and no previous installers.

An important aspect worth taking into account is that, unlike most installers, TN5250j Portable does not add new entries to the Windows registry or Start menu, thus leaving the disk clean after removal.

The GUI is user-friendly, based on a normal window with multiple tabs. You can get started by setting up a new connection by specifying the system name, TCP/IP data, configuration file name, screen dimensions, code page, proxy and other settings related to the session.

As previously mentioned, it is possible to create multiple connections. You can easily switch through them inthe list, remove entries and study properties, as well as ask TN5250j to hide the tab bare when only a single one is open.

Configure logs, restrict user actions, launch external apps Logging is enabled by default and you can disable it or select the log level (e.g. error, fatal, warnings). TN5250j lets you specify the exact type of actions to restrict, such as copying, deletion and jumping to the next sessions, and you can restrict the access of other users by setting a password.

From the last tab it is possible to indicate a browser or mail program command to execute, as well as to add a customized external application by pointing out a name, window and Unix command.

There were no type of issues in our tests, since TN5250j did not hang, crash or pop up error messages. It has a good response time and runs on low CPU and RAM, so it does not affect the overall performance of the PC. To sum it up, this software application provides users with advanced tools for the 5250 datastream.