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
Index
347
fast path, 127
from the command line
, 155
from the HP-UX command
prompt
, 25
host parameters
, 137, 138
IND$FILE
, 24
menu interface
, 130
messages
, 136, 296
options
, 159
overview
, 126
parameters
, 156
progress, monitoring
, 134
receive
, 129
send
, 129
starting
, 137
stopping
, 129, 137, 166
using menus and dialog boxes
,
25
file transfer messages
host
, 299
menu interface
, 297
FILE XFR
, 254
fixed host record format
, 141
FMARK
, 261
foreground color
, 197
functions, listed alphabetically,
with default key
assignment
, 263
H
-h 0xnn, file transfer parameter
,
157
H(nnn), file transfer option
, 161
help screens
, 9, 28, 47
help, onlineSee help screens
, 28
highlighting attributes
, 193
HLLAPI application programs
,
95
problems
, 238
support
, 29
HOME
, 260
host application name
display session status
, 108
printer session status
, 115,
135
host block size
, 142
host dataset
, 147
host file transfer
parameters
, 137
program
, 130
host filemode, file transfer
parameter
, 150, 158
host filename, file transfer
parameter
, 150, 158
host filetype, file transfer
parameter
, 150, 158
host highlight attribute
, 195
host language
international support
, 27
host parameters, file transfer
,
128, 138
host record format, file transfer
,
141
host record length
, 142
host response times
if menu option not selectable
,
239
viewing
, 119
host screens suppressed at
startup
, 186
Host Session, on status line
, 77,
287
host type, for file transfer
, 128
HP-UX file, printing on host
printer
, 24
HP-UX filename, file transfer
parameter
, 157
I
IND$FILE file transfer program
,
127, 130
IND_FILE environment
variable
, 130
initial units of space
, 143
INSERT, 260
Insert indicator
, 76
Insert mode, indicator on status
line
, 284
international language
characters
, 27
J
Japanese Code Page
, 187, 191
JISCII, file transfer option
, 160
K
KANA KEY
, 257
KANA TOG
, 257
key definitions
adding
, 212
customizing
, 203, 206
undefining
, 213
key mappings
default
, 248
viewing
, 249, 254
keyboard mapping
customizing
, 203
default
, 214
using Customize menu
, 174
keyboard remappingSee
keyboard mapping
, 26
keyboard, 3278/79
, 72
KEYS
, 254
keys assigned to emulation and
file transfer functions
, 249
Keystroke Lost message
, 79
keystroke recording and replay
clearing a recorded sequence
,
92
maximum number of
keystrokes
, 90
overview
, 26, 88
pausing within a sequence
, 91
restrictions
, 88, 93, 94
saving key sequences to a style
file
, 93