Configuration profiles and profile schemes

Top-level configuration profiles

The main BlueZone configuration profile if referred to as the top-level configuration profile. Top-level configuration profiles store information describing every aspect of a BlueZone session including the host connection settings, keyboard mappings, color settings, font settings, emulator screen position and size, toolbar settings, and so on. Having all of these settings in a single file provides a simple way to deploy preconfigured BlueZone sessions to your users. Each BlueZone emulator has its own top-level configuration profile file extension. For example, the top-level Mainframe Display extension is .ZMD.

Refer Top-level configuration profile extensions for a complete list of the top-level configuration profile file extensions.

Dialog-level configuration profiles

BlueZone dialog-level configuration profiles contain a subset of the Top-level configuration file settings based on a specific dialog. If a configuration dialog contains toolbar icons at the bottom of the window, it supports dialog-level configuration settings. For example, the .tn3 profile scheme contains all settings that can be changed in the TN3270 Properties dialog. Each emulator type has a slightly different list.

Profile schemes feature

To configure a profile scheme for a for a specific feature, select the check box for that feature. In Figure 1, the BlueZone administrator has opted to select only the TN3270 check box.

Figure 1. Profiles Schemes tab

Users can customize and save their local configuration profiles.

To modify the configuration for all users, the administrator can use the Web-to-Host Wizard to create one or more dialog-level configuration profiles on the web server and push them out to the users. The dialog-level configuration profile overrides specific values stored in each user's local top-level configuration profile. All other values stay the same, leaving any user configuration customizations intact.