Command Line Options

You can execute HostAccess startup command line options from any application that can execute a command, such as WordBasic, Visual Basic, Excel.

Some Web browsers such as Netscape support specific command lines for specific purposes.

The following command line switches are available:

7	Strip the top bit from the network traffic.
X	Exit program when the host disconnects.
Z	Start tracing immediately the session starts.
T	Define trace file to use.
em	Emulation.
ip	ip address.

Command line examples

Using command line options with WordBasic

You would use the Shell statement, e.g. Shell application $[, Window Style]

So you could have:

Shell “C:\host\host32.exe /em vt100 /ip 194.127.1.5”