Session reconnect
Session reconnect allows sessions to be maintained on a FH Web Edition server without a client connection. If the client’s connection to the host is lost, intentionally or unintentionally, the user’s session and applications remain running on the FH Web Edition server for the length of the session timeout specified in the FH Web Edition Connection Manager. Session reconnect allows users to return to their FH Web Edition session in the exact state they left it. Through the Program Window, users can select to disconnect, rather than exit from FH Web Edition, and can return to their session as they left it—without having to shut down their open applications and running processes.
If the network connection is lost or if users unintentionally disconnect from FH Web Edition, their session state is preserved for the length of time specified in the FH Web Edition Connection Manager. After a user is authenticated through normal logon procedures, FH Web Edition determines if the user has an active session. If so, that session resumes and appears exactly as it did prior to disconnection. If not, a new session is started. Users are also able to disconnect from one client and reconnect to the session from another client.
When attempting to reconnect to a disconnected session, users are required to specify their logon credentials. After the host validates them, the host reconnects them to the disconnected session. If the session is hosted on a server that is part of a load-balanced configuration, the user is routed to his or her session without any indication that the session is on a load-balanced server. If Integrated Windows authentication is available, users are automatically re-authenticated and re-connected to their session.