HP-UX TN3270 Users Guide, March 1998
Table Of Contents
- Audience
- Fast Path to TN3270 Emulation and File Transfer
- Organization of This Guide
- Typographic Conventions
- Motif Version and Character-Based Version
- Help Screens
- HP-UX SNAplus2 TN3270 Documentation Set
- Related Publications
- 1 Introducing the TN3270 Emulation Program
- Overview
- Support of TN3270 Features
- Sessions
- Model 2-5 Display Support
- File Transfer
- Background Operation
- Temporary Exit from TN3270 Emulation
- Type-Ahead during TN3270 Emulation
- Local Copy
- Keyboard Remapping
- Keystroke Recording and Replay
- International Language Support
- 3270 Status Line
- Printer Emulation
- File, Customize, and Control Menus
- HLLAPI Support
- Where Do You Go from Here?
- Overview
- 2 The TN3270 Emulation Program User Interface
- 3 Getting Started with 3270 Emulation
- Overview
- Specifying the Path to TN3270 Product Programs
- Fast Path to 3270 Terminal Emulation
- Starting the TN3270 Emulation Program
- Using Menus and Dialog Boxes
- Running 3270 Emulation in the Background
- Overview of 3270 Operations
- 3270 Data Fields
- Double-Byte Characters
- Keystroke Recording and Replay
- Running HLLAPI Programs
- Moving from the Menu Interface to TN3270 Emulation
- Exiting the TN3270 Emulation Program
- Automating the TN3270 Emulation Start-Up
- Where Do You Go from Here?
- 4 Controlling 3270 Emulation
- 5 Transferring Files
- Overview
- Fast Path to File Transfer
- Preparing to Transfer Files
- Monitoring File Transfer Status
- Transferring Files Using the Menu Interface
- Transferring Files from the HP-UX Command Prompt
- Stopping a File Transfer in Progress
- Finishing File Transfer
- 6 Customizing 3270 Emulation
- 7 Solving Problems
- Overview
- 3270 Could Not Initialize due to Failure to Fork a...
- 3270 Emulation Program Not Found
- Cannot Get from 3270 Session to TN3270 Emulation P...
- Cannot Run 3270 Emulation in Background
- Cannot Run 3270 Emulation without a Menu Interface
- Cannot Tell Which Terminal Keys Correspond to Vari...
- Characters on Display Do Not Match Keys Pressed
- Customize Menu Options Not Selectable
- Display Colors Are Different from Those Selected
- Display Is Incomplete or Hard to Read
- Error Message—3270 User Not Found
- Error Message—No 3270 Sessions
- Error Message—No 3270 Users
- Failed to Initialize Windowing System
- Fields Cannot Be Changed or Edited
- File Menu Options Not Selectable
- File Transfer Process “Hung”
- HLLAPI Application Does Not Work
- Host Response Times Option Not Selectable
- Last Transaction Time Indicator (LTTI) on Status L...
- Main Screen Invoked Instead of 3270 Session
- Model Type Radio Group Is Not Selectable
- Open Option Is Not Selectable
- Style File Contains Invalid Maximum Structured Fie...
- Unable to Obtain System Semaphores
- Overview
- Functions within Groups and Corresponding Keys
- Alphabetical List of Functions and Corresponding K...
- Overview
- How the Status Line Is Displayed
- Overview of the Status Line
- Session Status Messages
- Do Not Enter Messages
- Communications Check Codes
- Last Transaction Time Indicator
- Cursor Width Indicator
- Numeric Indicator
- Insert Indicator
- Printer Identifier
- Record/Replay ID
- Host Session
- Cursor Position Message
- Session ID
- Program Check Codes
- Overview
- Menu Interface File Transfer Messages
- Host File Transfer Messages
- Overview
- Command Format
- Output
- Error Messages
- Overview
- Overriding Host Domain Names
- Overview
- Specifying Output Method
- SPOF Format
- Model Control Commands
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Contents
Search Path for Style Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Permissions to Use and Modify Style Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Menus Used for Customizing 3270 Emulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Opening, Creating, and Saving Style Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Opening a Style File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Creating a New Style File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Saving a Style File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Saving a Style File under a Different Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Setting Customization Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Customizing Sessions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Customizing Display Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Customizing Printer Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Customizing Display Colors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Customizing Colors for a Display Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Using Default Color Mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Copying Colors from Another Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Customizing Key Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Viewing Key Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Redefining a Keystroke Used for a 3270 Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Adding a Keystroke to a 3270 Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Undefining Keystrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Choosing Default Keyboard Mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Customizing Miscellaneous Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
7. Solving Problems
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
3270 Could Not Initialize due to Failure to Fork a Process. . . . . . . . . 221
3270 Emulation Program Not Found . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222