HP-UX TN3270 Users Guide, March 1998

74 Chapter 3
Getting Started with 3270 Emulation
Overview of 3270 Operations
The status line appears all the time.
On when required
The status line is blank unless there is a Do Not Enter
or Communications Check message to be displayed. It
appears when a condition occurs that causes one of
these messages, and returns to blank when the
condition is cleared.
The “Status line displayed at startup” option in the Customize
Miscellaneous Options dialog box (for more information, see Chapter 6,
“Customizing 3270 Emulation,”) specifies which mode the program uses
when it first starts up.
While the program is running, you can switch between the two modes
using the STAT TOG (Status Line Toggle) key (default keystroke Ctrl + W).
If you press STAT TOG while the status line is shown, the status line
disappears, and the status line display mode switches to “on when
required;” that is, it will reappear when there is a new Do Not Enter or
Communications Check message to be displayed. If you press STAT TOG
while the status line is not shown, the status line reappears, and the
status line display mode switches to “always on.”
If the status line is shared with the last line of the 3270 emulation
display, the STAT TOG key also switches between showing the status
line and showing the last line of the 3270 emulation display. If you press
STAT TOG while the status line is shown, to switch to “on when
required” mode, the last line of the 3270 emulation display appears
instead. If you press STAT TOG while the last line of the 3270 emulation
display is shown, the status line appears instead, as shown in Figure 3-5,
“Status Line Format for 3270 Emulation.”
Figure 3-5 Status Line Format for 3270 Emulation