PCO ID Retrieval

You can use PCO ID Retrieval if you use a PCO capable terminal emulator, such as Client Access/400's PC5250 emulator. If you want to use the PCO method to retrieve the WE/400 client PC ID, you must configure this option on the AS/400. You can use the SETRTVID command or option 11 on the WE/400 configuration menu. Set the mode to *PCO.

For the PCO method to work, the PCO ID retrieval program must be registered in the Windows registry. When you install WindowsEnabler/400, this registration is performed during the installation. If you use a network installation of WindowsEnabler, you must make sure that this registration is performed on every machine on which you use WindowsEnabler.

You must have the appropriate authority when you try to edit the registry and/or install this feature.

Registration

You can register the PCO ID retrieval program in three ways:

• Start wepcoid.exe in the WindowsEnabler program directory. This method can fail on other machines than the machine used for the WindowsEnabler installation, due to differences in the Windows configuration.
• Right click wepcoid.inf in the WindowsEnabler program directory and selecting install.
• Execute the following command;

rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 <inf file location>

<INF file location> should be the full-qualified path to the wepcoid.inf file. This is "c:\program files\WindowsEnabler\wepcoid.inf" by default. You can use this command for example in a batch installation or configuration tool.

There are two ways to remove the registration:

• Open the "Add/Remove Programs" control panel. You will see a WindowsEnabler entry. Select this entry and press "Add/Remove" to remove the PCO ID retrieval program registration.
  If you use this method on the same machine on which you installed WindowsEnabler, it will also remove the WindowsEnabler program files and directories.
• Execute the following command;

rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultUnInstall 132 <inf file location>

<INF file location> should be the full-qualified path to the wepcoid.inf file. This is "c:\program files\WindowsEnabler\wepcoid.inf" by default. You can use this command for example in a batch installation or configuration tool.

Options

You can configure three options for the PCO ID retrieval program. Configuring these options requires changes to the wepcoid.inf file. Do not make any changes to the wecoid.inf file itself, but create a copy. After creating a copy, you must perform two actions:

• Update the shortcut
  After you create a copy, you must edit the wepcoid.exe shortcut. The complete path to wepcoid.inf is included in this shortcut. Change this path such that it points to your copy.
• Update the INF file
  The wepcoid.inf file contains a pointer to itself in the strings section:
  [Strings]
...
WEINF="C:\Program Files\WindowsEnabler\wepcoid.inf"
...
  Change the appropriate line (starting with WEINF) in your copy of wepcoid.inf, such that it points to your copy.

Current user

By default, WindowsEnabler/400 registers the PCO ID retrieval program for all users on a specific machine. You can change this, such that it is registered only for a specific user.

• Edit your copy of the wepcoid.inf file and change all reference to HKLM into HKCU.
• Make sure that the required user is logged on the machine.
• Register the PCO ID retrieval program.

If you use this method, you have to register the PCO ID retrieval program for every user on every machine that he or she uses.

No uninstall

By default, the PCO ID retrieval registration generates uninstall information. A user can then remove the registration through the "Add/Remove Software" control panel. You can disable this option.

• Edit your copy of the wepcoid.inf file. The DefaultInstall section looks like this:
  [DefaultInstall]
AddReg=WE.WhoAreWe.Reg, WE.Uninst.Reg
• Remove the WE.Uninst.Reg part. The DefaultInstall section should now look like this:
  [DefaultInstall]
AddReg=WE.WhoAreWe.Reg
• Register the PCO ID retrieval program.

Network installation

When the wepcoid.inf file or the WindowsEnabler executables do not reside in their default locations, you should change their locations in your copy of the wepcoid.inf file.

• Edit your copy of the wepcoid.inf file. The Strings section contains three settings for the wepcoid.inf file (WEINF) and the WindowsEnabler program directory (WEDIR):
  [Strings]
...
WEINF="C:\Program Files\WindowsEnabler\wepcoid.inf"
WEDIR="C:\Program Files\WindowsEnabler"
...
• Change the appropriate values.