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Creating Windows Command Prompt Sessions

A Windows Command Prompt session is a terminal emulator session to the local machine that appears on the Automation Point Desktop. From the Automation Point Desktop session window, you can type commands to the CA Automation Point server machine and view its output. You can do this locally, or you can do it remotely through the use of the Remote Viewer.

Windows Command Prompt sessions are non-automated sessions; however, you can use the CA Automation Point ADDRESS command environments to programmatically control the session and perform automation tasks for character-based applications running locally out of the command prompt window.

To create a Windows Command Prompt Session

1. In the Session Definition Sets dialog in Configuration Manager, add a new session.
2. Uncheck the Automate Session checkbox.
3. Choose the Default Console Type.
4. Choose the VIO terminal.
5. Specify a unique session name.
6. Customize your session settings in the Windows Command Prompt Session Settings dialog as follows:
   1. Select the viont.scn key codes file.
   2. Set the window height to 25
   3. Set Send Delay to 0.

In the local session settings ensure that web viewing is not enabled for the session.