POLY

PolyShell

Permit multiple sessions from a single A-Shell node. Applies only in Unix environments, is meaningless in Windows.

ISMA

ISAM-A

Enables the use of the ISAMA (aka d-ISAM, aka ISAM-Plus) file system.

ATE

A-Shell Terminal
Emulator

Allows telnet-connected PCs to create user sessions on Unix systems. Improves performance in PC networks.

ATS

A-Shell Telnet
Service Daemon

Implements telnet on PC. Is normally required for terminal connections under Unix, improves performance in PC networks.

PDFX

PDFX

Generates and post-processes PDF files.

ASQL

ASQL

Provides connectors to SQL databases and thereby bi-directional data exchange with those databases.

AXL

A-Shell XLS
Library

Provides a function library with which to read and create XLS/XLSX files—i.e., Excel and other spreadsheets.

EM

Expiration Message

Causes alerts to pop-up as license expiration date nears.

GRP

Group License

Allows the subdivision of an A-Shell license, thereby insuring that a given subgroup of A-Shell users cannot use more than their allocated number of nodes.

SNL

Strict Node Licensing

Causes each foreground session to count against the license. Otherwise, sessions from the same PC usually share a node.

EFS

Encrypted File
System

Provides secure file encryption at a layer "below" programmer control, so programmer doesn't have to deal with encryption issues.