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
346
Index
cursor control keys, 73
Cursor Position message, on
status line
, 77, 288
Cursor Width indicator
, 76, 282
Customize menu
changing 3270 emulation
options
, 174
if options not selectable
, 228
overview
, 29
setting customization options
,
181
customizing
3270 emulation
, 170
color mapping
, 197
colors
, 193
display colors
, 193
display session
, 183
key definitions
, 203, 206, 212
printer session
, 189
setting options
, 181
step by step instructions
, 170
cylinders, as measure of file
transfer record size
, 143
D
data set name, file transfer
parameter
, 157
default color mapping
, 197, 200
default host record format
, 141
default keyboard mapping
, 214
default settings
, 56
DELETE
, 261
DEV CNCL
, 252
Device Cancel
, 252
directory for the emulator
executable programs
, 55
disabled
display session status
, 107
printer session status
, 114
disabling the current session
,
110
display colors
, 80
display LU, 106
display models
, 23
display not complete or hard to
read
, 230
display session
changing status
, 108
controlling
, 105
customizing
, 183
customizing colors
, 193
disabling
, 109, 110
enabling
, 108, 109
enabling and disabling
, 184
long name
, 186
making current
, 110
session ID
, 186
status
, 107
status and file transfer
, 134
Do Not Enter messages
, 75, 276
documentation set
, 9
double-byte characters
, 82
double-byte host languages
, 27
DOWN
, 259
DUP
, 261
Dup character
, 261
E
EAB
, 80
EBCDIC, international variants
,
27
EBCDIC-ASCII conversion, file
transfer
, 141
edit boxes
, 42
enable emulator beep
, 217
enabled
display session status
, 107
printer session status
, 115
enabling
display session
, 56
printer session
, 57
ENTER
, 252
ERASE EOF
, 261
ERASE INP
, 261
Erase Input, 261
Erase to End of Field
, 261
error messages, file transfer
, 296
exiting 3270 emulation
logging off all hosts
, 58
methods
, 97
saving customization changes
in style file
, 97
steps
, 68
with sessions active
, 69, 97
exiting the menu interface
, 52
Extended Attribute Byte (EAB)
support
, 80
extended attribute byte (EAB)
support
, 22
F
fast exit from the menu
interface
, 52, 98
fast path to 3270 emulation
, 56
feature, display
, 196
Field Mark character
, 261
field outlining
, 83
File menu
, 28, 29, 174
if options not selectable
, 236
Save As
, 180
style files
, 176
file name
local copy
, 188
printer session output
, 192
file transfer
and host printing
, 24
APVUFILE
, 24
ASCII-EBCDIC conversion
,
141
beginning
, 128
checking progress
, 136, 154
command line
, 130
EBCDIC-ASCII conversion
,
141
establishing communications
,
131