VISTA Plus for MPE Administrator's Guide

Chapter 10
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$ENABLE-EUROPEAN-DATE If this parameter is set to ON, the date will be displayed in
European format (DDMMYY).
$ENABLE-SAFE-READS
This parameter disables arrow keys within windows. Arrow
keys occasionally corrupt data being entered, and their use
may hang the terminal. By disabling the arrow keys, you
increase the integrity of entered data.
If OFF, terminal arrow keys can be used to place the cursor
on the character to be changed, rather than re-entering all
characters within the field.
$ENABLE-TAB-WITH-X25 This parameter controls whether the Tab key is enabled. For
certain X.25 customers, automatic enabling of the Tab key
interfered with recognition of the terminal arrow keys. If set
to OFF, this parameter disables the Tab key for all users in
order to eliminate the problems with arrow keys. The default
setting is ON.
$GET-DESC-WHEN-
DISPLAY
This parameter controls when folder descriptions are
retrieved. It also decreases the amount of time it takes to
bring up the Select Folder Screen. When set to ON, folder
descriptions are retrieved on a screen-by-screen basis. When
set to OFF, all folder descriptions are retrieved prior to
displaying the first screen of folders. If you are sorting the
folder screen by description, this option must t set to OFF.
$GET-REPORT-
DESCRIPTIONS
When this parameter is set to ON, it controls when report
descriptions are to be retrieved from the VISTA database.
When set to OFF, report descriptions will not be retrieved.
Instead, the default report description for the user and
account that created the report will be displayed. The default
setting for the option is ON.
$HILITE-FULL-LINES
This parameter instructs VISTA to highlight the entire line
on the Select Folder and Select Report windows. If OFF, only
folder names are highlighted.