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How To Configure Rocket BlueZone PDF

The document provides instructions for installing and configuring Rocket BlueZone Mainframe Emulator software to be used with Blue Prism. It recommends specific versions of Blue Prism, BlueZone emulator, and activation file software that are known to work together. It then outlines steps to download, extract, and run the BlueZone desktop software setup and select the working directory and HLLAPI installation option. Further steps describe configuring the BlueZone emulator connection and session, and leaving the emulator open and connected. The document concludes with instructions for configuring Blue Prism to use the BlueZone emulator through the Mainframe or Generic HLLAPI application model with specified DLL and entry point parameters.

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How To Configure Rocket BlueZone PDF

The document provides instructions for installing and configuring Rocket BlueZone Mainframe Emulator software to be used with Blue Prism. It recommends specific versions of Blue Prism, BlueZone emulator, and activation file software that are known to work together. It then outlines steps to download, extract, and run the BlueZone desktop software setup and select the working directory and HLLAPI installation option. Further steps describe configuring the BlueZone emulator connection and session, and leaving the emulator open and connected. The document concludes with instructions for configuring Blue Prism to use the BlueZone emulator through the Mainframe or Generic HLLAPI application model with specified DLL and entry point parameters.

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Rocket BlueZone Mainframe Emulator

Pre-Requisites
The following versions are not specific requirements, but rather recommendations based on
versions which are known to work together.

 Blue Prism v5.0.12 or above


 Rocket BlueZone emulator software v6.2
 Seagull.saf activation file

BlueZone Installation
The software and its associated activation file will be available from a link in the e-mail sent after
registering for the trial software:
Fig 1: An example of the e-mail with download links send by BlueZone

 Download and extract the Desktop software (‘BlueZoneDesktop.zip’)


 Run the ‘setup.exe’ file

 Set the Working Directory


 The selection of which working directory the software should use will have an impact on the
product, because for some selections such as the AppData folder might have write access
restrictions
 Ensure that the HLLAPI option is selected for installation

 Locate the ‘seagull.saf’ activation file


BlueZone Configuration
 Run the start menu item called “Mainframe Display”

 In the ‘Define New Connection’ screen:


o Connection name: localhost
o Host Address: 127.0.0.1
o LU Name: (Not required)
o TCP Port: 23
 Run your mainframe session and Connect to it
 Leave the emulator screen open and connected
 If it disconnects, set the option in the session configuration to Auto Connect and Auto
Reconnect
Blue Prism Configuration
 Application Modeller set to use either “Mainframe (Generic EHLLAPI)” (v4.2), or “Generic
HLLAPI” (v5.0)

 DLL Name is the full path to the BlueZone EHLAPI32.DLL file


 Entry Point is hllapi
 Calling convention is Windows API
 Session Identifier is A
 Application Manager mode is either Embedded (matching the BlueZone emulator to the
operating system), or External, 32-bit mode (to force the use of 32-bit software, for
example).

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