HP-UX TN3270 Users Guide, March 1998

172 Chapter 6
Customizing 3270 Emulation
What Is a Style File?
a. In your home directory (the directory specified on the HOME
environment variable)
b. In the same directory as the configuration file, /etc , if the HOME
environment variable is not set up or if the file does not exist in
your home directory.
Because of this order of searching, you can load the default style file
created by your System Administrator (which will be in the
configuration file directory), modify this style to create your own
version, and then save this version with the same file name in your
own home directory, without overwriting the original default file.
When you start the TN3270 emulation program again, it looks first in
your home directory, so that the style file it uses as the default will be
your own version rather than the system default. Thus, you do not
need to specify the name every time you start the TN3270 emulation
program. You can, of course, override this default by specifying
another file name on the command line when you start the program.
3. If neither the file you specify nor the default style file can be found,
the TN3270 emulation program uses its own built-in default settings.
An error message is displayed when the program starts, to warn you
that the style file specified could not be found; choose <Exit
Message> to acknowledge this message.
Permissions to Use and Modify Style Files
Your System Administrator can configure the TN3270 emulation
program to restrict your use of style files in one of the following ways:
• You may be restricted to using the default style file specified in the
configuration. In this case, the TN3270 emulation program uses the
style file specified in the configuration (from the configuration file
directory), or its own built-in default settings. It does not search your
home directory for the style file. A warning message is displayed if
you specify a style file on the command line, informing you that this
file will not be used because you do not have permission to use it.
• You may be permitted to specify a style file on the command line
when you start the TN3270 emulation program, but not to modify
style files. In this case, check with your System Administrator to
determine the style file name to use.