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
88 Chapter 3
Getting Started with 3270 Emulation
Keystroke Recording and Replay
Keystroke Recording and Replay
The TN3270 emulation program provides facilities for recording
sequences of keystrokes used during 3270 emulation and for replaying
these sequences. These facilities enable you to save sequences of
keystrokes that you use regularly (for example, to start up a host
application and log on or to enter a complex host command) and to use
the recorded sequences instead of having to type all the keystrokes
again.
Recorded sequences are identified by one of the PF keys PF1 to PF24. To
identify a sequence to be recorded or replayed, press the RECORD or
REPLAY key followed by the appropriate PF key. You can have up to 24
recorded sequences at a time. The PF keys retain their standard
functions for all other uses; they are interpreted as identifiers for
keystroke sequences only when they follow the RECORD or REPLAY
keys.
Valid Keystrokes for Recorded Sequences
Any of the keys in the Program Function, Program Access, 3270 System,
Edit, and Characters key groups can be included in a recorded key
sequence. For more information about the key groups, see Appendix A,
“Default Keyboard Mappings,” or the Customize Key Definitions dialog
in the TN3270 emulation program's menu interface. It is the host 3270
keys that are recorded, not the local mappings of them on your terminal.
Your recorded key sequences are not affected if you remap your
keyboard.
Other keys, which perform local functions such as TEMPEXIT or
REDRAW rather than host functions, are not recorded. In particular, if
you switch to another 3270 session, to a TEMPEXIT shell, or to the 3270
control interface, recording is suspended and any subsequent keys are
not recorded. Recording resumes when you switch back to the session on
which you started it.
You can include a key that requests action from the host, such as ENTER
or PA1, but it must be the last key in the sequence, because these keys
transfer control to the host application. The TN3270 emulation program
cannot accept further input until the host has responded; any keys
following an action-request key in the sequence will be rejected.