McGill 3270 and Netscape 4

[Michael Purcell]

The program that I was mentioning can be found at:

http://www.louisville.edu/~mopurc01/ns-help.html

I have been using it on approximately 25 public and staff 
workstations for a month with no problems.  telnet:// and
tn3270:// links work between Internet Explorer 3.01/Netscape
Communicator 4.04/Netscape Navigator 4.0x and 
TCP3270 v3.12/HostExplorer 4.0.  

At 07:23 AM 2/16/98 -0800, Michael Purcell wrote:
>We are using Win95, HostExplorer 4.0, and Netscape 4.0
>
>Netscape 4 -> 4.03 would pass two values, the first being the full URL and 
>the second being the host name.  For these versions, Bill Drew's batch 
>file solution worked.  The batch file received both the full URL (%1) and 
>the host name (%2) and passed only the host name to TCP3270/HostExplorer.
>With Netscape 4.04, the only value passed to the telnet or tn3270 application
>is the full URL.  
>
>Our installed base of HostExplorer 4.0 users is too large to contemplate a 
>newer version or different telnet/tn3270 application that will work with
>the full
>URL and not just the host name.  My solution was to write a small Visual
>Basic 3 program that works similar to the batch file solution.  Netscape 4.04
>passes the full URL to my program (e.g. tn3270://ulkyvm.louisville.edu/), my
>program extracts the host name and passes that value (ulkyvm.louisville.edu)
>to TCP3270/HostExplorer.  
>
>I have not tried this program with every possible combination, but it has
>worked 
>with minor versions of Netscape 4.0x, Win3.1/Win 95, and 
>TCP3270 v3.12/HostExplorer 4.0.  
>
>If you would like to try this free program let me know and I will send it
>to you.
>

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 Michael Purcell, Computer & Cataloging Support Specialist
 Kornhauser Health Sciences Library, University of Louisville
 (502) 852-5767 / Fax: (502) 852-7086
 mopurc01 at homer.louisville.edu