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1. Select the Function Type to view the available functions in the Function list box Click Help to find a description of each func tion type In the Function box select the function you want to associate with this poppad button Click Add to add the the poppad button The button will be added to the end of the list You can use the Move Up or Move Down buttons to reposition it You can add as many buttons as you want to this poppad Click Save to save the new poppad The Save Profile dialog box appears and prompts you to name the poppad profile You can specify a new name for the profile or specify the name of an existing profile to save this poppad over an existing profile Click OK to save the poppad Note Poppad profiles are not related to profiles that you create in the Session Profile dialog box or by selecting Save Options from the Options menu Any poppad you create can be used when you re connected to any profile Using TNHOST 25 TNHOST Terminal Emulator 26 Getting Started Guide To change a poppad 1 In the Configure Poppad dialog box click Load and specify the name of the poppad you want to change Click on the poppad button you want to change The button text and function for the button appear in the Button Text and Function boxes Change the text or function as desired and click Change To reposition the button on the poppad use the Move Up and Move Down buttons To delete a button clic2. MUSIC PCPRINT uses the following syntax PCPRINT filename LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 CC NOCC FF BIN PCPRINT for TSO For TSO PCPRINT uses the following syntax PCPRINT datasetname_ LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 CC NOCC FF BIN You can use the following options with the print command CC Direct PCPRINT to use the first column of every line as the carriage control character Using TNHOST 27 TNHOST Terminal Emulator NOCC Direct PCPRINT to not use the first column as the carriage control column On CMS TNHOST automatically enables the CC option for LISTING file types FF Direct PCPRINT to add a form feed at the end of the print job BIN Direct PCPRINT to download the file in binary mode By default an EBCDIC to ASCII conversion is performed but with the BIN option the data is sent directly to the printer You can configure the output of PCPRINT jobs by using the options in the PC Print Category of the Session Profile dialog box TPRINT Utility TPRINT is another printing utility that uses 2048 byte blocks PCPRINT is more efficient than TPRINT and should always be used if you have the choice TNHOST supports Yale s TPRINT facility by supporting the 7171 transparent data stream commands In transparent mode the program will support the VT100 Printer On Off escape codes to direct trans parent output to the logical printer port 1 TNHOST does support the 4994 inquiry command and will respond with a VT 100 terminal type
3. TNHOST online help for more information about the application and specific functions What is TNHOST Terminal Emulator TNHOST is an emulation and communications package for IBM and IBM compatible personal computers running Microsoft Windows 95 NT and 3 x The software duplicates virtually all functions of the TN5250 TN3270 TN3278 and TN3279 terminals allowing you to work on the host system from your PC You can use TNHOST to e Launch up to 26 TNHOST sessions for concurrent access to multiple hosts e Remap your keyboard using drag and drop for simple and flexible assignment of keyboard functions e Send upload and receive download files e Create profiles to automate the logon to frequently used systems e Change the layout of the TNHOST Window to suit your preferences e Resize the window and have fonts resize automatically e Change fonts on the fly Includes 31 crystal clear bitmap fonts for all resolutions and includes True Type fonts Using TNHOST 1 TNHOST Terminal Emulator e Print host files to a printer connected to your PC e Call TNHOST from EHLLAPI and Visual Basic programs System Requirements TNHOST requires the following system resources e An Intel 386 486 or Pentium processor e Windows 95 Windows NT Windows 3 1 Windows 3 11 or Windows for Workgroups 3 11 operating system e A TCP IP protocol stack Supported stacks include those from Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT and I
4. TNPRINT PrintExplorer The PrintExplorer is a TNHOST print utility that lets you print host files using your local system s Windows 95 or NT printer setup To display the PrintExplorer main window e In Windows 95 and NT 4 x click the Start button and select Programs gt TNHOST gt TN PRINT e In Windows 3 x and NT 3 x open the TNHOST folder and double click the TN PRINT icon Refer to the TNPRINT PrintExplorer s help system for information on how to set up and print host files 28 Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator Receiving down loading Files Transferring Files You can transfer files between your personal computer and the TNHOST host The emulator includes an ASCH file transfer plus four popular protocols for error free file transfer You can receive files on your PC from a TNHOST host as follows 1 Click the Download button or from the Transfer menu select Receive download The Download a File dialog box appears Download a File x Download from Host File Name OK Dea Eee Cancel Download to em Disk C Clipboard Hep PC File Name Directories AO S fF CAPsp Ps 4 CMS Pea aci 2 e tsomusic e E Psp c E images cics aa mE General Options xglopts bmp E whatsup yem32 f E weft H T ascil pal32 flt i iV CRLF List Files of Type Drives I APPEND Jaw Files z c windows95 z Network Extra File Transfer Options 2 Enter the
5. at the begin text ning of the text to select then drag the mouse to the end of the text block The block of text is highlighted Drag and drop Select the text then press and hold the left text mouse button with the pointer inside the highlighted text drag the text to a new location and release the mouse button Copy text Select the text then press and hold Ctrl left mouse button with the pointer inside the highlighted text drag the text to a new location release the mouse button then the Ctrl key Cut text to the Select the text and press Ctrl X Clipboard Copy text to the Select the text and press Ctrl C Clipboard Paste text from the Move the cursor to any location on the Clipboard screen and press Ctrl V Copy the screen to Press Ctrl Numpad 5 Numpad 5 is the the Clipboard F key in the keypad area The NumLock must be off for this combination then press Ctrl C You can select the text highlighting method by choosing Edit Session Profile from the Options menu In the Cursor category in the Ses sion Profile dialog box you can select between a reverse highlight block or a rubber band style selector box for the mouse select mode Using TNHOST 15 TNHOST Terminal Emulator Default Mouse The default mouse actions are Actions Click left button Move the cursor to the pointer location Click right button Move the cursor to the pointer location and press the Enter key This is very useful for applicat
6. name of the file on your PC to which you will transfer a host file 3 Enter the name of the host file to transfer 4 Inthe Host System list box select the host operating system from which you are downloading files Select one of the operating system choices CMS TSO MUSIC CICS This option must be selected for other options to work properly 5 Enter any transfer options that you want to use Each option is described at the end of this procedure Using TNHOST 29 TNHOST Terminal Emulator 6 Click the Start button to transfer the file When the file transfer is completed you will hear two beeps Download to You can use the following download options Options A Disk Download a file to your disk The file can be on your local disk or any networked volume accessible to your machine Clipboard Download the host file directly to your clipboard The file is place in the clipboard in CF_TEXT format General Options You can use the following general option ASCII Translates the file from EBCDIC IBM Host character set to ASCII while downloading the file This option is normally required when transferring text files CRLF Translates records on the host file system to CR LF carriage return linefeed end of line characters This option is normally required when transferring text files APPEND Append the file to the existing file on the host Extra File Transfer This edit field allows you to ent
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8. positioning word delete and tab to end of line functions without requiring Entry Assist to be enabled Unlike other emulators the Word Wrap feature can work within pre set margins or can automatically use the field width as the left and right margins This allows you to easily use Word Wrap from system to system without constantly setting margins Setting Entry You can set the values for the margins tabs and bell margin options Assist Options as follows 1 Click the Edit Session Profile button or from the Options menu select Edit Session Profile The Session Profile dialog box appears 2 Select the Entry Assist category 3 Select or enter values for any options you want to use The fol lowing table describes each option 4 When you have selected options click OK You can choose any of the following options Entry Assist Enabled When checked enables Entry Assist mode for data entry on the 3270 screen TNHOST will use the margins and parameters defined in this dialog Word wrap enabled When checked enables word wrap if Entry Assist Enabled is checked Margins Enter column numbers to specify the left right and bell margins The bell margin is where a bell will sound when the cursor passes the col umn Tab Stops Enter a column number and press the Set button to add a horizontal tab stop To Clear an entry first select the entry then press the Clear button To clear all tab stops press the
9. the oper ating system type for the host system followed by a command line prompt for example Operating System Using TNHOST 5 TNHOST Terminal Emulator Using a Profile to Connect to a Host 6 Getting Started Guide TNHOST lets you save the session configuration in a session profile The next time you want to connect to the same system you can double click on the profile name in the Open New Session dialog box to create a session You can also single click on the profile name change any of the connect options and then press Connect To save the session configuration as a profile 1 From the Options menu select Edit Session Profile The Session Profile dialog box appears Category c 3270 Model Options gt 3270 Type EA C 3278 3279 Load 3270 Model swe Model 2 24x80 Help C Model 3 32x80 C Model 4 43x80 C Model 5 27x132 B Nisnlau IV Enable Extended Attributes V Send OEM reply to RPO I Force Alternate Size To see more options click on the category list on the left In the Category list box make sure 3270 or 5250 is selected The options that appear will vary depending on whether you are connected to a 3270 or 5250 host Choose the session options you want to use You can select any of the other categories in the Session Profile dialog box to change setting and further customize the session profile See the online help for information about the option
10. 3EHAP DLL included with TNHOST provides support identical to the Attachmate EHLLAPI Since most vendor products support multiple EHLLAPI DLLs always choose the Attachmate EHLLAPI entry since TNHOST emulates the functionality of that one The acs3ehap dil file must be in your path so that it can be loaded by Windows when you run your client application Before you can use the EHLLAPI interface you must set the Profile Name Association TNHOST needs to know what EHLLAPI Short Name is associated with what profile With this association the EHL LAPI DLL can load the emulator and start sessions automatically To set a short name select the short name letter select the profile and press the lt lt Set lt lt button To clear a mapping select the letter and press the gt gt Clear gt gt button When you have completed your changes press OK to save the settings to disk If you wish to develop EHLLAPI applications we suggest you order the EHLLAPI development kit from Attachmate This part comes with a complete reference for EHLLAPI and some sample programs 40 Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator System wide Changes It is not recommended to unload TNHOST before unloading the EHLLAPI client application This will cause your system to crash since EHLLAPI will be attempting to communicate with a non exis tent program A few EHLLAPI calls are not supported Support will be added in a future release They a
11. Clear All button 34 Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator Enabling Entry Assist To enable Entry Assist for the current session enter Ctrl E from any 3270 or 5250 session Any of the word wrap margin or column set tings that you specified in the Entry Assist Category of the Prefer ences dialog box are now enabled The DOC indicator appears in the message area OIA at the bottom of the screen A cursor position indicator is also shown To interactively change the margins tabs or bell margin select Entry Assist Category in the Preferences dialog and make the changes Using Options to Customize TNHOST TNHOST allows you to set each option independently for each termi nal session This allows you to customize each session and save the options to a profile To change the session options display the Session Profile dialog box by selecting the Edit Session Profile from the Options menu or by clicking on the Edit Session Profile button eae 3270 Model Options gt r 3270 Type PSA C 3278 ea 3273 Load 3270 Model Save Model 2 24x80 Help Model 3 32x80 Model 4 43x80 C Model 5 27x132 IV Enable Extended Attributes IV Send OEM reply to RPO I Force Alternate Size To see more options click on the category list on the left The Category list box allows you to choose which category of op tions you wish to change When you select a new category the dialog option
12. N TNHOST Terminal Emulator Getting Started Guide Software Version 4 1 Ipswitch Inc Ipswitch Inc 81 Hartwell Ave Lexington MA 02173 The information in this document is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by Ipswitch Inc While every effort has been made to assure the accuracy of the informa tion contained herein Ipswitch Inc assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions Ipswitch Inc assumes no liability for damages resulting from the use of the information contained in this document The software described in this document is furnished under a license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of that license Copyright 1997 by Ipswitch Inc All rights reserved IPing the Ping logo WS_FTP the WS_FTP logos Ipswitch and the Ipswitch logo are trademarks of Ipswitch Inc Other products or company names are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks and are the property of their respective companies No part of this publication may be reproduced photocopied stored on a retrieval system or transferred without the expressed prior written consent of Ipswitch Inc Printing History December 1996 First Edition March 1997 Second Edition ii Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator Contents TNHost Terminal Emulator 11 0 0 0 cee eee eee 1 What is TNHOST Terminal Emulator 00 1 System Requirements sss
13. NHOST and how to create a connection to a remote TN3270 or TN5250 host system To start TNHOST e In Windows 95 and NT 4 x click the Start button and select Programs gt TNHOST gt TN3270 and TN5250 e In Windows 3 x and NT 3 x open the TNHOST folder and double click the TN3270 and TN5250 icon The Open New Session dialog box appears Using TNHOST 3 TNHOST Terminal Emulator Open New Session x Terminal Type connec Connect 3270 5250 Cancel Terminal Model _ He EA 3278 Model 5 27x132 il 3279 Model 2 24x80 Eroni 3279 Model 3 32x80 p 3279 Model 4 43x80 3279 Model 5 27 3279 Model 2 TCP Pott 23 Sessions To create a connection to a host you create a new session or use an existing Session Profile The Session Profile tells the local system the name of the host system and its platform or host type You can create up to 26 concurrent sessions Creating a New To connect to a host Host Connection 1 Inthe IP Host Gateway field enter the gateway name host name or IP address or choose a host from the list box The list box displays host names and gateways for those hosts listed in the TCP IP host table See your system administrator for information on the available hosts 2 Select the terminal type for this session Select 3270 if you will be accessing an IBM mainframe system Select 5250 if you will be accessing an IBM AS 400 computer 3 Select the model for
14. OST does not have a key assigned to the function ALA Alter nate Input by default This means that until you assign a key you will not be able to access the default ALA alternate keyboard To as sign a key to this function select the Keyboard Mapping option from the Options menu Then press the button with the key that you want to assign the ALA Alternate Input function and press Set Then select the ALA Alternate Input from the list box and press OK Both the NOTIS and DOBIS systems implement support for ALA by using the holes in the EBCDIC character set for the ALA character set Although this is an efficient method it precludes use of any alter nate character set basically anything but the plain US English code page Using TNHOST 39 TNHOST Terminal Emulator The main difference between NOTIS and DOBIS from the worksta tion s point of view is that the ALA character set use different EB CDIC code points For example the beta character B ALA code point 0x3E has an EBCDIC value of OxFB for NOTIS but has an EBCDIC value of OxAB for DOBIS To change the internal support for DOBIS you must add the follow ing line to the System Settings section in the tnhost ini file System Settings leave current options Host ALA System DOBIS EHLLAPI TNHOST supports the EHLLAPI standard interface mechanism This interface allows other Windows programs to communicate and control the emulator The ACS
15. alog box appears Quick Key Editor lt Quick Key Name ch EntyAcsict I s Assigned Quick Key String Toggle Entry Assist Set Cex Bun Select Function Type Help System Commands Eunction Description W Toggle Attribute Toggle Capture Toggle Entry Assist Toggle Recording Pause Toggle T oolbar Toggle Entry Assist mode El 2 Inthe Quick K Key Name text box enter the Quick Key name 3 Inthe Assigned Quick Key String text box enter a string A Quick Key can be up to 254 bytes long and contain an unlim ited number of strings and commands All words must be sepa rated by a space For example you must have a space between system commands and quoted strings You should always sur round text in double quotes Using TNHOST 19 TNHOST Terminal Emulator To add functions to the Assigned Quick Key String edit box select a Function Type then click on the function you want to add in the Functions list box then click the Append Function button The program will append the function name and add a space if necessary Click the Help button to find a description of each function type 4 Click the Set button to save the Quick Key You can create as many Quick Keys as you want Note that Quick Keys are system wide and are not stored in session pro files You can run Quick Keys from the Quick Key dialog box or run them automatically at startup Howev
16. at display buttons that you can click Poppads to automate frequently typed text or functions TNHOST includes a default poppad containing many frequently used keys You can also create your own custom poppads that contain buttons that perform actions you specify You can set up poppads to automati cally type action keys editing keys or characters and execute system commands macros and Quick Keys For instance you could create a poppad that contains buttons that automatically type your library card and phone number along with the Enter key for use on a li brary system that requires this information to verify your identity Items in the poppad are tiled from left to right and then down as you write English text Once you load the poppad you can drag the bor der to resize it to the size you desire You can display up to 5 different poppads concurrently 24 Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator To create a poppad 1 In the Options menu select Terminal Settings gt Poppad The Configure Poppad dialog box appears Delete any of the buttons you do not want to have on your new poppad by clicking on the button name in the list at the top of the screen and clicking the Delete key You can now create a new button by typing the text you want to appear on the button in the Button Text box Beware that the longer the text the larger the buttons will be All of the buttons in the poppad are the size of the largest button
17. er Quick Keys are usually used in combination with other TNHOST features like hotspots and poppads To assign a Quick Key to a hotspot or poppad or map it to a key board button e In the Define Hotspots Configure Poppad or Keyboard Map ping dialog box select the Quick Keys option in the Function Type list and select the Quick Key you want to assign from from the Function list To run a Quick Key from the Quick Key Editor dialog box e Select Edit Session Profile from the Options menu then select the General category in the Session Profile dialog box Type the Quick Key name in the Auto Start Quick Key box Note that you must save the current session to a session profile in order to have the Quick Key run at startup Creating Using You can use macros in TNHOST to perform a sequence of tasks Macros Macros are versatile you can run macros directly from the Macro menu assign them to hotspots or poppads and run them automatical ly when you connect to a host 20 Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator There are two ways you can create macros in TNHOST e Use the macro recording feature to record keystrokes you press on the host e Use the TNHOST s Basic Editor To record a macro 1 Inthe Macro menu select Start Recording 2 Perform the steps you want to record Note that the macro re cording feature only record what you type it does not record mouse actions You can select Pause Record
18. er other operating system specific Options options which are not directly supported by the dialog box options The options must be entered in the appropriate operating system for mat No editing is performed on these parameters they are appended directly to the file transfer command 30 Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator Sending upload You can send file from your PC to a TNHOST host as follows ing Files 1 Click the Upload button or from the Transfer menu select Send upload The Upload a File dialog box appears Upload a File Ea Upload from 5 p Host System OK l Dish Glipoerd CMS A C TSO MUSIC Cancel PC File Name Directories wince faconfig hip Hep General Options acaclean pif ES Scrprobe ste Ey acadia m asci Network Poun tasi rg E apps M CRLF acs3ehap dll C4 ctg I APPEND arp exe E devkit arp pif hel FATER zi L help Record Format Default List Files of Type Drives Sic au Fies 9 z Scwindowsss Variable r C Undefined Upload to Host File Name ACONFIG HLP ieee Sa LRECL Extra File Transfer Options I BLKSIZE 2 Enter the name of the file 3 Enter the name of the host file 4 Inthe Host System text box select the host operating system to which you are uploading files Select one of the operating system choices CMS TSO MUSIC CICS This option must be selected for other options to work pro
19. etes SInce all terminal session windows are top level windows you can open close and create icons for each window independently Using TNHOST 7 TNHOST Terminal Emulator Deleting Sessions Changing Sessions Exiting TNHOST 8 Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator To delete a session press Ctrl B from any active window TNHOST will prompt you to confirm the deletion of that session Note You should first log out or exit your host operating system to make sure that your session gets properly terminated When a session is deleted the window will move to the next active session if there is one If no other sessions are active the program will terminate and you will return to the Program Manager or your desktop viewer To switch between active sessions you can e From the Window menu choose the session name e Click the left mouse button in any part of another TNHOST ter minal window e Press Ctrl N to access the next session Unlike other applications TNHOST does not use a Multiple Docu ment Interface MDI therefore each window can occupy space on your desktop You can minimize one window and work among other desktop windows To exit the TNHOST program do one of the following e From the File menu select Close Session Then in the pop up dialog that appears click Terminate to exit e In the toolbar click on Close Session Then in the pop up dia log that appears click on Terminate
20. etting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator File Format Options Extra File Transfer Options Undefined Upload the file to an Undefined Record format This option is valid for the MVS operating system only You can use the following file format options LRECL Enter the logical record size for the file that will be created on the host BLKSIZE Enter the block size for the file that will be created on the host This option is valid for the MVS operating system only This edit field allows you to enter other operating system specific options which are not directly supported by the dialog box options The options must be entered in the appropriate operating system for mat No editing is performed on these parameters they are appended directly to the file transfer command Using Entry Assist Mode TNHOST s Entry Assist function enhances the ability to create and edit text material such as memos letters reports and lists Unlike real 3270 or 5250 terminals TNHOST does not require support from IBM host editors or the IBM host system Since TNHOST was designed for a PC its implementation of Entry Assist is a superset of the standard IBM Entry Assist When Entry Assist is enabled the following extensions are available e Word wrap e Columnar tabbing e Audible end of line signal Bell e Cursor position display e Definable home position Using TNHOST 33 TNHOST Terminal Emulator TNHOST provides cursor word
21. file transfer See transferring files Index G getting help 12 H hotspots definition 18 using 22 Hotspots dialog box 23 installation 2 K keyboard current keyboard template 15 mapping 13 15 setting up 13 15 M macros definition 18 using 20 22 mouse customizing 16 default actions 16 functions 15 using 15 MUSIC 27 N NOTIS 39 O Open New Session dialog box 3 Operator Information Area OIA 11 options system 41 43 P poppads definition 18 using 24 26 preferences 35 38 Preferences dialog box 35 PrintExplorer 28 printing 27 29 command line options 27 Q Quick Key Editor 19 quick keys definition 18 using 19 Index 45 TNHOST Terminal Emulator S session errors 9 session profile categories 36 Session Profile dialog box 6 8 mouse category 16 preferences category 35 session profiles 4 default 7 deleting 8 switching between active sessions 8 using 6 8 46 Getting Started Guide starting TNHOST 3 system options 41 43 system requirements 2 T TNHOST terminal emulator definition 1 TNHOST window 10 12 emulation mode 11 Operator Information Area OIA 11 toolbar 10 TNHOST Terminal Emulator TNPRINT 28 toolbar 10 TPRINT 28 transferring files 29 33 downloading 29 uploading 31 TSO 27 U Upload a File dialog box 31 uploading files 31
22. gled on You can reset by pressing the Insert key again the Reset key or any AID generating keys AID or attention generating keys are Enter PAI PA2 PA3 Clear and PF1 to PF24 Sess 1 Session Name Column 20 in the OJA is the session long name This is an 8 character name identifying which session you are currently viewing You can change this string can by using the name com mand in the profile The default values are from Sess 1 to Sess 5 DOC Entry Assist Enabled Shows that the Entry Assist feature is enabled B Word Wrap Enabled Shows that the Entry Assist Word Wrap feature is enabled Using TNHOST 11 TNHOST Terminal Emulator Help 12 Getting Started Guide PROGxxx A severe error has occurred in the 3270 or 5250 data stream Consult the IBM 3270 or 5250 manual or 3x74 manual for a description of error codes e g PROGSO5 means that the host is unavailable Alt Alternate character set selected This indicator appears when the al ternate character set select key is pressed to enter an ALA character 1 2 3 4 IP Host The last field in the OIA is the IP address of the host to which the session is connected TNHOST provides help using the standard Windows Help engine TNHOST provides context sensitive help in all dialogs by pressing F1 or the Help button While in the main terminal window you can get help by selecting the Help menu option If Windows cannot locate the help fi
23. he left side with a blank null character or field attribute For example if you have defined the text string PF2 as a hotspot PF2 would be recognized as a valid hotspot but xPF2 would not since it is not delimited by a blank The right delimiter can be any non numeric character To add new hotspots from the Options menu select Terminal Settings gt Hotspots The Hotspots dialog box appears Define Hotspots x Hotspot Text Select Function Type k Description System Commands x Function ALA Alternate Input AutoSave Cancel Printing Change Graphics Cursor Clipboard Begin Select Close Session iia Close Window xz Help Hotspot Action I Enable default hotspots 1 to 24 I Case sensitive hotspots IV Enable default hotspots F1 to F24 A1 to A3 I Enable default hotspots PF1 to PF24 PA1 to PA3 Hotspot Termination Characters Default Hotspots To add a new hotspot 1 Inthe Hotspot Text box enter the text you want to use as the hotspot text 2 Ifnecessary specify a termination character in the Hotspot Ter mination Characters box A termination character is a character that follows a hotspot the hotspot text must be followed by one of the characters in this box in order for it to be recognized as a hotspot For example if Exit is located on the screen and you want the word Exit to be a hotspot you would have to specify an exclamation mark as a terminat
24. ing from the Macro menu to tem porarily stop recording your actions recording will start again when you select Resume Recording from the Macro menu 3 Select Stop Recording from the Macro menu to stop recording the macro You will be prompted for a filename in which to store the macro The extension wwb is recommended You can edit the macro at any time using the TNHOST Basic Editor you can access the editor by selecting Edit from the Macro menu To create a macro using the TNHOST Basic Editor Note The TNHOST Basic Editor is compatible with Visual Basic For help with the Basic Editor and the Basic lan guage select Editor Help or Language Help from the Basic Editor s Help menu 1 From the Macro menu select Edit The TNHOST Basic Editor appears 2 Type the text for your macro 3 From the Basic Editor s File menu select Save to save the macro the extension wwb is recommended You can then run the macro from the Macro menu or run it auto matically on startup Using TNHOST 21 TNHOST Terminal Emulator To run a macro e Select Run from the Macro menu and enter the filename of the macro you want to run Click Open to run the macro You can stop the macro by selecting Stop from the Macro menu To re sume running the macro select Continue from the Macro menu To automatically run a macro on startup e Select Edit Session Profile from the Options menu then select the General category in the Session Profi
25. ion character 3 Select the Function Type to view the available functions in the Function list box Click Help to find a description of each func tion type 4 In the Function box select the function you want to assign to the hotspot Descriptions of the functions will appear in the Descrip tion box as you scroll through the functions Using TNHOST 23 TNHOST Terminal Emulator 5 Click the Set button to map the function to the hotspot text The new combination will be added to the Hotspot Text com bination box and the selected action will appear in the Hotspot Action box 6 When you have finished making changes click the Close button All Hotspot entries and options are automatically saved to a global profile They are saved in the file tnhost ini in your Win dows directory You do not need to save your user profile to save the hotspot entries There is no limit to the amount of hotspot entries that you can add The option Case Sensitive is a system wide feature Checking this option will affect all hotspot entries currently defined A check in this box indicates case sensitivity is turned on To delete a hotspot definition select the hotspot text in the list box and click the Delete button To view hotspots check the Show Hotspots item in the Display cate gory of the Session Profile options This will display the hotspot texts as black text on a gray background Creating Using Poppads are floating toolbars th
26. ions that use pull down menus such as Rice MAIL Click and drag left Highlight a block of text to delete move button or copy to another location on the screen or clipboard Double click left Activate hotspot feature If the text at the button pointer location corresponds to any hot spot text the hotspot action is performed Shift click left Perform Clear key action button Shift click right Perform Enter key action button Ctrl click left Perform PA1 key action button Ctrl click right Perform PA2 key action button Shift Ctrl click Bring up Track Menu left button Shift Ctrl click Bring up Track Menu right button Changing the You can permanently change the mouse actions by selecting Edit Mouse Actions Session Profile from the Options menu In the Session Profile dialog box select the Mouse category In this category you can change all mouse features except for the left mouse button which is reserved for pointing and selecting text 16 Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator Session Profile Default Category r Mouse Options Right Mouse Action Shift Left Mouse Action Shift Right Mouse Action Ctrl Left Mouse Action Select Function Type System Commands z Function Font Smaller Help Index Help Keys IPause Keyboard Mapper Maximize Font Mouse To Cursor Move Cursor Cursor Select Next Session Reset All tadinda Title To see more options click on the category l
27. ist on the left To change a mouse action Select the mouse button combination in the topmost list box that you wish to change Select a Function Type to view the available functions in the list box Click Help to find a description of each function type Select one of the mouse functions in the Function box bottom list box and then click Set Click Reset to reset the mouse option to its default value When you have completed your changes click OK to save the changes only for the current session or click Save Options to save the options permanently to a profile If Auto Save is enabled then the options are automatically saved to the current profile when you click OK Using TNHOST 17 TNHOST Terminal Emulator Automating Common Tasks TNHOST provides the following features for automating common tasks Many of these features are designed to work together to let you fully automate your session e Quick Keys Save sequences of keystrokes and commands that you frequently use to Quick Keys Quick Keys can be used in hotspots and poppads to easily execute a sequence of commands and can be mapped to keys on the keyboard You can also automatically execute Quick Keys when TNHOST connects to a host e Macros Record tasks that you perform on the host or write macros using the TNHOST Basic editor Macros can be run from the Macro menu used in hotspots and poppads and mapped to keys on the keyboard You can also au
28. k on Delete Click Save to save your changes The Save Profile dialog box appears Select the name of the profile and click OK To display and use a poppad 1 2 In the View menu select Poppad Select one of the options To load the default poppad click Default to load a custom poppad click Custom enter the name of the poppad and then click OK You can click on poppad buttons to activate the associated func tions You can move and resize the window using the standard Win dows functions You can open several poppads at once Any poppads you display will stay open until you close them regardless of which host you are connected to You can close a poppad by double clicking the upper left corner of the poppad TNHOST Terminal Emulator Command Line Options Printing Host Files There are three print utilities that you can use to print host files to your a printer connected to your local PC e PCPRINT utility e TPRINT utility e TNPRINT PrintExplorer PCPRINT Utility The PCPRINT utility found on many host systems is a program that runs on your host system that will allow you to print files from your host system to your PC printer It is identical to downloading the file and then printing the file but it does it in one step The PCPRINT syntax is listed below PCPRINT for CMS For CMS PCPRINT uses the following syntax PCPRINT fn ft fm LPT1 LPT2 LPT3 CC NOCC FF BIN PCPRINT for MUSIC For
29. le check that is either in the same directory as the TNHOST program file or in the Windows pro gram directory TNHOST Terminal Emulator Creating a Key Mapping Setting Up and Using the Keyboard and Mouse The TNHOST emulator maps the keyboard on your PC to the default key settings on a TNHOST terminal This mapping lets you use ap plications on hosts that require TNHOST function keys To view the default key mapping from the Help menu choose Keyboard Map TNHOST also supports the ALA character set for use with NOTIS and DOBIS Library systems See the ALA support section in this chapter for more information You can fully redefine the keyboard to a layout of your choice The following sections describe the keyboard and mouse functions To change the keyboard layout 1 From the Options menu select Terminal Settings gt Keyboard Mapping The Keyboard Mapper dialog box appears Keyboard Profile Default x d F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 Fe F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 fr Ser Pse ma mm mm Bksp Ins Hm Up Nur fA A EEA ead WA EA TON A ES E E DeljEnd Dn 7 8 9 SURAE ISA Len anh LE e WE Enter 4 5 6 SHN A Ve e A A R oul EN Pe SH up TA 3 Ent Ctl Alt Space if Ctrl Lf Dn Rt z Curent Key Escape _ Select Function Type B Reset System Commands z le i Shi Mer ained Function OK p lt Pernt tt Sree ALA Altemate Input Control Shift Not assigned AS ave ey C Alle Not assigned Cancel Printi
30. le dialog box Type the macro name in the Auto Start Quick Key box Be sure to specify the full pathname of the macro for example c ic bin nylogin wwb Note that you must save the current session to a session profile in order to have the macro run at startup Hotspots You can use the hotspots feature to perform actions by clicking on text on the host session screen For example many electronic mail packages have the PF key legend at the bottom of the screen The format is usually something like PF2 Read PF3 End If you double click the left mouse button on any point of the PF2 text TNHOST will press PF2 automatically Note that hotspots will not be displayed on the screen unless you have checked the Show Hotspots option in the Display category of the Session Profile dialog box You can assign system commands action keys editing keys Quick Keys characters or macros to a hotspot Hotspot text strings must be one word with no intervening blanks Any valid ASCII character can appear in the text string TNHOST automatically recognizes the following text strings as hot spots n represents any digit Program Function Keys PFn PFnn Fn n nn Program Attention Keys PAn An For example the following strings would automatically be recog nized as hotspots PF1 PF2 F1 F12 1 12 PAI PA2 Al 22 Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator Creating Using Hotspots The text strings must be delimited on t
31. ng ea Change Graphics Cursor i Load fault Clear Ent S Clipboard Begin Select i eee ee ea Sn Rie List Assigned Functions Resetal lenende i Help r Description Select a function and drag it from the Function listbox onto the desired key on the keyboard or onto the mode Normal Shift Control Control Shift in the Current Key box 2 To change a key mapping first press the key button that you want to redefine The display area in the bottom left hand side will display the current key mappings for the various key states 3 To assign a function to a key combination select the key com bination Normal Shift Control or Control Shift Using TNHOST 13 TNHOST Terminal Emulator 14 Getting Started Guide 4 Select the Function Type you want to assign to the key combina tion Click the Help button to find a description of each function type The Functions list box contains the functions available in the selected Function Type category 5 To assign a new function to a key combination select the func tion or character in the list box and then click Set The new value will appear beside the key combination name To reset a key all states to its default value select the key and then click the Default button To clear an entry to a null value select the key combination and then click the Clear Entry but ton 6 When you have completed your changes click OK to save the changes only for the c
32. nnect from Host gt Restart Session option in the General category of Session Profile options to automatically recreate a session to a host when the host terminates the session This makes a telnet 3270 session work like a real 3270 device To re create a session to the same host press Ctrl A and the default IP address for the host should appear in the dialog box Unlike for the DOS version of TN3270 configuration parameters are not required in the Windows environment Using TNHOST 9 TNHOST Terminal Emulator Main Window Components Toolbar 10 Getting Started Guide Using the TNHOST Window The TNHOST main window shown below displays many standard Microsoft Windows features such as scrollbars maximize minimize buttons a toolbar 1 Default File Edit Transfer Fonts Options Macro View Window Help kala esl SF EF eE ele J papapa Erfe UM ESA ONLINE uu EEEEEEEEEEEEE SSSSSSSSSSS MAAAAA a3 UU SS MM SS AA AA EE VUSS MM AAM AA M AAMM EE USS Ml AA EEEEEEEEEEE SSSSSSSSSSS AAAAAAAAAAAAA SS EE SS S AA EEEEEEEEEEEEE SSSSSSSSSSS_ AA Fill in ur USERID and PASSWORD and press ENTER Your password will not appear when you type it USERID PASSWORD COMMAND gt RUNNING __BROWNUM Al 1 Se ACCOR E RE 20 16 The menu bar lists common Windows features such as File and Edit commands and also contains emulator specific features such as Transfer Fonts and Options To view descrip
33. pe By default TNHOST will always try to create the most intelligent device using the options specified and will work its way down a list to negotiate the telnet terminal type For example if EABs are enabled and a 3279 Model 3 is selected the system will first send the terminal type IBM 3279 3 E next IBM 3279 3 and finally IBM 3278 3 If you want to override the name with any completely arbitrary names insert the list of names in the Terminal Name Override key and the program will use the names from left to right Using regular telnet conventions the system will always use the last name in the list as the final terminal type The key Terminal Name Override should be added to a profile sec tion The sample below uses the profile name VMCMS Example VMCMS options currently defined Terminal Name Override BIGTERM SMALLTERM NVT In this example the system will first send the terminal name BIG TERM If the host refuses this name then it will send SMALLTERM If the host refuses this name then it will default to NVT Using TNHOST 43 TNHOST Terminal Emulator A ALA support 38 C CMS 27 connecting to a host 4 Current Keyboard Template dialog box 15 D DOBIS 39 Download a File dialog box 29 downloading files 29 E EHLLAPI support 40 emulation mode 11 Entry Assist Mode 33 35 enabling 35 setting options 34 exiting TNHOST 8 F
34. pecifies which keyboard profile should be used for the current ses sion and profile Mouse Category Specifies the mouse options See the Changing the Mouse Actions section in this chapter for more information PCPRINT Category Controls how 7171 and PCPRINT passthru printing is handled Print Category Specifies options used when printing a screen using the Print Screen command or menu option Save Category Configures options for Save Screen to Disk and Capture commands Toolbar Category Configures the toolbar to perform the actions you choose Window Title Category Specifies the Window title Translate Tables Category Edits the ASCIH EBCDIC translate tables that are used for characters in TNHOST With TNHOST you can save all of the session tailored options such as Session Profile Entry Assist Colors Mouse and ALA Options into a profile When you create a session you can use the information from the profile to tailor the session There are two types of profiles user defined profiles and the default profile Using TNHOST 37 TNHOST Terminal Emulator User defined profiles are those that you create yourself and save to disk When you create a new session you can still override the IP host gateway name terminal type and terminal features in the Create Session dialog The second type is the default profile When creating a session TNHOST uses the profile called DEFAULT to set the session charac teri
35. perly 5 Enter any transfer options that you want to use Each option is described at the end of this procedure 6 Click the Start button to transfer the file When the file transfer is completed you will hear two beeps Using TNHOST 31 TNHOST Terminal Emulator Upload to Options You can use the following upload options Disk Download a file to your disk The file can be on your local disk or any networked volume accessible to your machine Clipboard Download the host file directly to your clipboard The file is place in the clipboard in CF_TEXT format General Options You can use the following general option ASCII Translates the file from ASCII to EBCDIC IBM Host character set while uploading the file This option is normally required when trans ferring text files CRLF Translates CR LF carriage return linefeed end of line characters to records on the host file system This option is normally required when transferring text files APPEND Appends the file to the existing file on the host Record Format You can use the following record format options Options Default Lets the host portion of the file transfer use the default record format Fixed Upload the file to a Fixed Record format file Variable Upload the file to a Variable Record format file Use this option if you are transferring a binary file i e program file such as EXE COM DLL and you want to preserve the exact file size 32 G
36. pswitch Windows 95 and Windows 3 x Installing TNHOST The TNHOST distribution kit contains four disks To install TNHOST 1 Install a Windows TCP IP stack on your system 2 Insert disk 1 of the TNHOST distribution into a drive 3 Do one of the following For Windows 95 and NT 4 x click the Start button select Run and then enter the diskette path followed by install exe For example a install exe For Windows 3 x and NT 3 x select Run from the File menu and then enter the diskette path followed by install exe For example a install exe Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator Starting TNHOST 4 Follow the on screen instructions to install TNHOST 5 The installation asks you to select the TNHOST version to install The recommended version for your system is preselected 6 The installation asks you to enter the destination directory for the TNHOST files The default directory is C Program Files TNHOST32 7 The installation asks you to enter a name for the Windows pro gram group that it will create The default name is TNHOST 8 The installation will prompt you to insert each distribution disk Insert the appropriate disk in drive A and click OK when prompted The installation program installs the files and creates a shortcut for TNHOST in Windows 95 systems or a program group in Windows 3 x systems Starting TNHOST and Connecting to a Host This section describes how to start T
37. re 50 Start Keystroke Intercept 51 Get Key 52 Post Intercept Status 53 Stop Keystroke Intercept Special Profile Options There are a number of system tuning parameters which you can manually insert in the tnhost ini in the Windows directory These pa rameters allow certain default characteristics to be modified System wide changes can be made by adding changing an entry in the System Settings section of the tnhost ini file The following options are available Printer Font Allows you to change the default printer font used to print the key board template from Times New Roman to any True Type font of your choice Example System Settings Printer Font Arial ALA Host System Allows you to change the ALA host system type from NOTIS to DO BIS Example System Settings ALA Host System DOBIS Using TNHOST 41 TNHOST Terminal Emulator Max Winsock Receive Size Allows you to change the default receive size issued to the Winsock TCP IP stack By default TNHOST uses a 20 000 byte block to re ceive data You can lower this value to solve problems in low memory situations Example System Settings Max Winsock Receive Size 4096 Prompt on Close Windows Allows you to change the behavior of TNHOST when you either double click or select the Close option from the System menu By default the program will close the window without prompting you to confirm exit To force the program to prompt on close add
38. s in 2 highlighted 3 each category 4 TNHOST Terminal Emulator Click the Save button The Save Profile dialog box appears Connecting to Multiple Hosts 7 Save Profile x Profile Save host Cancel Default r Help H Delete i tee _ Ee I Save Current Font and Window Position Save and Create Program Icon Enter a Profile name The profile name DEFAULT is used to set the session template when creating a new session Thus if you save options to the name DEFAULT it will affect all sessions you create dynamical ly using New Session from the File menu Optionally select any of the save options Click the Save Window Layout check box to save the session font and window position Click Create Shortcut for Profile to also create an icon in the program group from which you can start the session Click HLLAPI Short Name to assign the short name required to use any of the EHLLAPI HLLAPI or WinHLLAPI services Click Save to save the session information to the profile name TNHOST stores all its profiles and options in a single file called tnhost ini in your Windows directory TNHOST lets you create up to 26 concurrent sessions After connect ing to a host you can dynamically create a new session either to the same host system or to another host With the Windows multitasking capabilities you can start an operation in one Window and switch to another one while the first compl
39. s will change to reflect options for this category Use the mouse or keyboard to toggle or change any of the options in the dialog box Click Help in the Session Profile dialog box to dis play a description of each option in the Category Using TNHOST 35 TNHOST Terminal Emulator The Session Option Categories include the following 3270 Category Sets options for 3270 sessions 5250 Category Sets options for 5250 sessions ALA Category Sets the ALA options See the ALA Support section in this chapter for more information Colors Category Changes the colors assigned to 3270 or 5250 field types Color Palette Category Changes the color mix for the base 16 colors that are available Cursor Category Specifies options for the TNHOST cursor Display Category Specifies options that affect editing and display capabilities in 3270 and 5250 sessions Entry Assist Category Specifies the Entry Assist options See the Using Entry Assist sec tion in this chapter for more information External Programs Category Sets the names of the external utility programs used in TNHOST File Transfer Category Specifies the file transfer options Font Category Specifies font preferences for TNHOST sessions General Category Sets general options for the TNHOST sessions 36 Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator Saving Options Host Category Sets options used for the session hostname Keyboard Category S
40. stics You can tailor this profile to your liking by making the changing the required preferences and then saving them to a profile called DEFAULT ALA Support One of TNHOST s most powerful features is its ability to display the ALA character set for use with the NOTIS and DOBIS Library Sys tems TNHOST fully supports the ALA character set as defined by ANSI standard Z39 47 TNHOST achieves this support easily by providing two True Type fonts that contain the complete ALA character set This allows it to display any 3270 or 5250 panel containing a mixture of EBCDIC and ALA characters at any screen size The design also allows the screens to be printed to any Windows supported printer The workstation program currently supports up to 3 diacritics per base character which can be a plain EBCDIC character or ALA stan dalone character This enables it to support languages such as Thai or Vietnamese To enable ALA support check the Enable ALA Support entry in the dialog ALA options from the Options menu The support will be en abled only if the ALA fonts are installed in your Windows system To verify this check the Fonts dialog from the Control Panel and see if the fonts ALA Courier New True Type and ALA Lucida Sans TypeWriter True Type are present If they are not then reinstall the software from the installation disk so that the fonts are properly installed With the fonts installed and ALA enabled your PC will now be able
41. the fol lowing line to the System Settings section System Settings Prompt On Close On Large Toolbar By default TNHOST use fairly small icons which are easily readable up to 800x600 resolution However at 1024x768 and higher the icons get somewhat small To use the larger set of icons in the tool bar add the following line to the System Settings section System Settings Large Toolbar On Raw Print Screens By default the Print Raw LPTx functions add a formfeed character to the end of the print screen job To disable the formfeed add the following line to the System Settings section System Settings Print Raw Formfeed Off Modify Tracing File By default the tracing file is created in the root of the current drive as tnhost trc To change the location and name of trace file add the fol lowing line to the System Settings section 42 Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator Host Language Support Session Options System Settings Trace Filename F TESTPATH FILE You can change the host language after installation by changing the language name in the System Language section The valid language names are USEnglish UKEnglish Swedish AustrianGerman CanadianFrench and Norwegian Example System Language Language Swedish You can change the following session parameters Terminal Name Override You can override the default mechanism used to negotiate the telnet terminal ty
42. this terminal type 3270 Models 3278 Models 2 through 5 are typically monochrome terminals with very limited functionality 3279 Models 2 through 5 are color capable versions of the 3278 3279 Ex Models 2 through 5 with Extended Attribute tAttr support are the most powerful version of the 3270 series and capable of sophisticated display 4 Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator 5250 Models Model 2 is a 24 line by 80 column terminal This is the most popular model used to connect to AS 400s Model 5 Models 5 is a 27 line by 132 column terminal Enter the TCP IP Port number to which you want to connect The default telnet port number is 23 Click Connect to connect to the host TNHOST makes the requested connection and displays the main window which prompts for your login information 1 Default File Edit Transfer Fonts Options Macro View Window Help INE UM ESA ONL EE AAMI 33 uss M AA EEEEEEEEEEE is AAAAAAAAAAAAA EE AA AA EE EE ss S EEEEEEEEEEEEE SSSSSSSSSSS Fill in your USERID and PASSWORD and press ENTER lt Your pa rd will not appear when you type it USERID E PASSWORD COMMAND RUNNING BROWNUM ag 1 Se 128 1948 19 19 EG Enter your login name for the host system and press Return Then enter your password for the login account and press Return TNHOST now establishes a user session on the host system In the main window you will see a message that identifies
43. tions of each menu item choose Contents from the Help menu then click on Menus All host communications scroll through the window as they are received The Toolbar contains buttons for the most used functions in TNHOST You can click on a button to activate the function Place the cursor on the button do not click to pop up a description of the button s function The toolbar is completely customizable You can change the toolbar button assignments to represent any command or Quick Key See the Using Options to Customize TNHOST section in this chapter for more information TNHOST Terminal Emulator Emulation Mode Operator Information Area When you complete a successful login to the host system the TNHOST screen is in emulation mode In emulation mode you will see the command prompt for the host system From the command prompt you can run host applications and execute commands The 25th line of the display is dedicated as the Operator Information Area or OIA The OIA displays information about the status of the current session Within the OIA the following indicators may occur X SYSTEM Keyboard Locked Warns that the keyboard is locked You must press the Reset key be fore any other operation can take place This indicator is always on after you press an action key such as Enter or a PF key The host system will usually unlock the keyboard automatically Insert Insert Mode Shows that Insert Mode is tog
44. to display the ALA characters You can now access NOTIS or DO BIS and try to display panels with ALA characters 38 Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator NOTIS and DOBIS If the screens do not appear to contain any ALA characters then it is most probable that your access methods to CICS are not properly setup to enable ALA support Check with your NOTIS DOBIS or CICS system administrator TNHOST supports independent input and output modes You can instruct the emulator to display diacritic sequences in superimposed mode For example the German word f r is display as f r In Side by Side mode the word is displayed as f ur For data entry Superimposed can be though of as a Compose mode whereas Side by Side is a normal data entry mode To allow easy input of ALA characters TNHOST supports an alter nate keyboard map to access the full ALA character set This map is nearly identical to the 3163 keyboard and TN3270 for DOS This will make it easy for you to convert to TN3270 However if you prefer to change the keyboard you can do so by pressing the Keyboard Mapping button This will bring you into the Keyboard Mapping editor where you can assign any system function to a key combination See the Keyboard Mapping section in this chapter for more information To access the alternate keyboard map you must assign a key to be the alternate keyboard select function in the main keyboard layout TNH
45. to exit e Press Ctrl Q then click Yes in the pop up dialog to exit TNHOST disconnects from the host system and then closes all termi nal windows It is preferable to log off active sessions before exiting TNHOST Session Errors If the network link terminates abnormally a pop up window will indi cate that a network error has occurred and that the session is termi nated If you have more than one session active TNHOST will dis play the name of the session that was terminated The error window will stay active until you press escape Esc Abnormal termination may be due to problems with the network or because the TNHOST host is no longer available When this happens you must recreate your sessions manually by pressing Ctrl A If the session that was terminated was the only terminal window then TNHOST is closed and you are returned to the Program Manager If the host system or host server is unavailable then a PROGS505 will appear in the Operator Information Area When the system comes back up your session will be restarted automatically In this situation the link to the gateway is still active and the gateway can request the host to restart a session A session error will always occur if you terminate the host session by logging off your host system Most host TCP IP products do not auto matically re create the virtual terminal session and TNHOST will display this error box However you can select the Upon Disco
46. tomatically execute macros when TNHOST connects to a host e Hotspots Designate text strings on the host screen as hotspots that auto matically execute functions You can set up hotspots to automati cally type action keys editing keys or characters and execute system commands macros and Quick Keys e Poppads Store frequently used functions on a floating pop up toolbar called a poppad You can set up poppads to automatically type action keys editing keys or characters and execute system com mands macros and Quick Keys The following sections describe how to set up and use these automa tion features These features in combination with the ability to con figure your mouse keyboard and the toolbar allow you to automate most TNHOST tasks The TNHOST help system also provides exam ples of each feature 18 Getting Started Guide TNHOST Terminal Emulator Creating Using Quick Keys A Quick Key is simply a sequence of keystrokes that can be easily referenced and assigned to a key Quick Keys allow you to automate repetitive tasks Quick Keys can contain two types of objects e Quoted strings ASCII strings surrounded by double quotes e Functions one of the functions displayed in the list box To create edit and delete Quick Keys you use the Quick Key Editor To create a new Quick Key 1 From the Options menu select Terminal Settings gt Quick Key Editor The Quick Key Editor di
47. urrent session or click Save to save the changes to a profile It is assumed that all alphanumeric keys produce the standard alpha numeric values To reset the entire keyboard back to the default setting click the Reset All button then click Yes in the pop up dialog box to confirm To view the current key assignments that is if you want to know what key performs a given action click the List Assigned Functions button The Current Keyboard Template dialog box appears and shows all current key definitions Current Keyboard Template x Function Assigned Key Backspace Shift T ab Ctrl T Ctrl Z Pause Ctrl B Delete Enh Delete Ctrl Delete Ctr Enh Delete Down Arrow Enh Down Arrow Ctrl R Close Print TNHOST Terminal Emulator Using the Mouse To print the current keyboard template click the Print button This will format the current keyboard template and print it on the printer of your choice You can change the font used to print the text Although the mouse is not required with TNHOST it is a very impor tant tool to facilitate many day to day functions For example click ing the left mouse button anywhere on the screen will move the cur sor to that location The mouse provides drag and drop capabilities through which you can perform edit functions such as move copy paste and cut on the text displayed on the emulator screen Select a block of Press the left mouse button
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