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
Unable to Obtain System Semaphores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
A. Default Keyboard Mappings
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Functions within Groups and Corresponding Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Program Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Program Access Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Printer Control Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
3270 System Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Miscellaneous System Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Session Selection Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Edit Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Character Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Alphabetical List of Functions and Corresponding Keys. . . . . . . . . . . 263
B. Status Line Information
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
How the Status Line Is Displayed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Status Line Display Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Status Line Display for Keystroke Recording and Replay . . . . . . . . 270
Status Line Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Overview of the Status Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Session Status Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Do Not Enter Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Communications Check Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Last Transaction Time Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Cursor Width Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282