Configure Terminal Settings Dialog Box
Getting there
- Open a 5250 terminal session.
- From the Quick Access Toolbar, click the Document Settings button.
- Under Terminal Configuration, click Configure Terminal Settings.
From this dialog box, you can set input and other options for your 5250 terminal.
Display
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Use dots to separate columns
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Select to use periods as column separators. This is the default unless you are running a Japanese operating system.
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Use vertical lines to separate columns
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Select to use vertical lines as column separators. This is the default if you are running a Japanese version of the product.
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Disable text blinking
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When selected, text set to blink by the host does not blink.
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Blink rate
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Specifies the speed at which text set to blink by the host blinks.
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Status line
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Select the type of status line to display at the bottom of the terminal window when your session is connected.
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This option
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Uses
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3488 Status Line
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Symbols to represent various conditions and is based on the status line you see on newer 5250 terminals from IBM.
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5250 Status Line
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Character pairs to represent various conditions. The characters are always shown but appear in inverse video when the condition is true.
For example, when the system is not available, the letters SA appear in regular video. However, when the system is available, the letters appear in inverse video.
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Debug Status Line
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The 5250 datastream for troubleshooting. If you contact Attachmate Technical Support, you may be asked to use the Debug Status Line to help diagnose the problem. This option is for users with an intimate knowledge of the 5250 datastream.
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Input
Word Wrap
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Select the way you want word wrap to be handled.
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Have the host control word wrap
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The host controls the way text is wrapped when it is too long to fit into the text entry field.
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Have the local PC control word wrap
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The local PC controls the way text is wrapped when it is too long to fit into the text entry field.
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Disable word wrap
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Text that is too long to fit into the text entry field is truncated.
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Type Ahead
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Select the way you want typeahead to be handled.
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Have the host control type ahead
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The host controls buffering characters that you type in the terminal window. Buffering allows you to continue typing after you send data to the host.
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Have the local PC control type ahead
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The local PC controls buffering the characters that you type in the terminal window. Buffering allows you to continue typing after you send data to the host.
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Disable type ahead
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The characters that you type in the terminal window are ignored until the host is ready for more data.
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Keyboard Error
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Select the way you want keyboard errors to be handled.
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No auto reset when a keyboard error occurs
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Before you can resume data entry, you must press Reset to clear the error message.
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Auto reset when a keyboard error occurs
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The next key you press clears the error and attempts to execute the keystroke as follows:
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If
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This occurs
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The cursor is in a valid input field and the key is a data key
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The data is entered there if it is valid data for that field (for example, a numeric character in an input field that only accepts numbers).
Otherwise, the cursor is moved to the next valid input field, and if the data is valid for that field, it is entered there.
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The cursor is in a valid input field and the key is a function key
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The key operation is executed.
Otherwise, the cursor is moved to the next valid input field, and the key is ignored.
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The current screen contains no valid input fields
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An error message appears with each keystroke you press, and no keystrokes are executed.
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Auto reset without error message
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You don't need to press Reset to clear a keyboard error. No error is reported and the next key you press attempts to execute the keystroke as follows:
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If the cursor
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This occurs
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Is in a valid input field
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The key is ignored. This is true for both data keys and function keys.
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Is not in a valid input field and the key is a data key
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The cursor is moved to the next valid input field, and if the data is valid for that field, it is entered there.
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Is not in a valid input field and the key is a function key
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The cursor is moved to the next valid input field, and the key is ignored.
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Use this value with caution, because it prevents notification of keyboard errors.
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Beep when keyboard error is detected
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You'll hear a beep when you encounter a keyboard error.
Note: If you select Auto reset without error message, it's recommended that you also select this option, so that you'll know when a keyboard error occurs.
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Miscellaneous
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Preserve entry mode
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When selected, the session remains in extended graphics mode or hexadecimal mode indefinitely after you enter either mode. Use the same keystroke to exit these modes as you use to enter them.
When this option is not selected, the session automatically exits extended graphics mode after you enter a graphic or diacritical character, and automatically exits hexadecimal mode after you enter a hexadecimal pair.
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Enable host beep
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When selected, beeps sent by the host are sounded.
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Enable AID field exit mode
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When selected, unrestricted sending of AID key values (F1-F24 only) to the host from restricted input fields is allowed.
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Support double-byte character set
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Select to use Asian languages such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean in your terminal session.
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