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  3. | II07088                                                     |                 
  4. |                                                             |                 
  5. |         COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER/2  1.0  562125400            |                 
  6. |                                                             |                 
  7. |         3270/5250 EMULATION                                 |                 
  8. |                                                             |                 
  9. |         Tips, Techniques, and Frequent Problems             |                 
  10. |                                                             |                 
  11. | LAST UPDATE:  07/08/93                        BY:  RHB      |                 
  12. |                                                             |                 
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  14. |                                                             |                 
  15. | 1. 06/25/93                                                 |                 
  16. |    Change Long Session Name                                 |                 
  17. |                                                             |                 
  18. |    Solution:                                                |                 
  19. |    From Main 3270/5250 Emulator configuration panel select  |                 
  20. |    Long Session/LU Name and double click, once at LT/LP     |                 
  21. |    panel select SAVE AS pushbutton. Type in new name and    |                 
  22. |    and select OK.                                           |                 
  23. |                                                             |                 
  24. | 2. 06/25/93                                                 |                 
  25. |    Change Presentation Space Size - How to get more than    |                 
  26. |    25 lines on the screen.                                  |                 
  27. |                                                             |                 
  28. |    Solution:                                                |                 
  29. |    From Main 3270/5250 Emulator configuration panel select  |                 
  30. |    Long Session/LU Name and double click. On 3270/5250 LT   |                 
  31. |    panel select desired PS size.                            |                 
  32. |                                                             |                 
  33. | 3. 06/25/93                                                 |                 
  34. |    Autostarting Sessions                                    |                 
  35. |                                                             |                 
  36. |    Solution:                                                |                 
  37. |    From Main 3270/5250 Emulator configuration panel select  |                 
  38. |    Long Session/LU Name. On 3270/5250 LT panel, ensure that |                 
  39. |    Autostart checkbox is selected.                          |                 
  40. |                                                             |                 
  41. | 4. 06/25/93                                                 |                 
  42. |    Print Screen Selection - Enable or Disable Print Screen  |                 
  43. |    (Print Presentation Space)                               |                 
  44. |                                                             |                 
  45. |    Solution:                                                |                 
  46. |    From Main 3270/5250 Emulator Configuration panel select  |                 
  47. |    Long Session/LU Name and double click. On 3270/5250 LT   |                 
  48. |    panel, ensure that Activate Presentation Space Print is  |                 
  49. |    selected.                                                |                 
  50. |                                                             |                 
  51. | 5. 06/25/93                                                 |                 
  52. |    Keyboard mapping to multiple sessions - How to get same  |                 
  53. |    keyboard to work for all sessions, or how to get a       |                 
  54. |    different keyboard for each session                      |                 
  55. |                                                             |                 
  56. |    Solution:                                                |                 
  57. |    From Main 3270/5250 Emulator configuration panel select  |                 
  58. |    Keyboard and open drop down, Valid defined keyboards     |                 
  59. |    will be in the list, select keyboard. If a new name is   |                 
  60. |    needed, double click on keyboard profile name will invoke|                 
  61. |    utility. Use "SAVE AS" option. (*note - the "save as"    |                 
  62. |    option can only be invoked from keyboard utility at      |                 
  63. |    configuration time. At runtime only the current session  |                 
  64. |    keyboard can be changed using the same name. It cannot   |                 
  65. |    be saved under a different name).                        |                 
  66. |                                                             |                 
  67. | 6. 06/28/93                                                 |                 
  68. |    Color mappings to multiple sessions - How to get same    |                 
  69. |    colors to work for all sessions, or how to get different |                 
  70. |    colors for different sessions.                           |                 
  71. |                                                             |                 
  72. |    Solution:                                                |                 
  73. |    From Main 3270/5250 Emulator configuration panel select  |                 
  74. |    Color and open dropdown, valid color profiles will be in |                 
  75. |    the list, select a profile. If a new name is needed,     |                 
  76. |    double click on color profile name will invoke utility,  |                 
  77. |    use "SAVE AS" option. (* note - "save as" opton can only |                 
  78. |    be invoked from color window at configuration time. At   |                 
  79. |    runtime only the current color profile can be changed    |                 
  80. |    using the same name. It cannot be saved under a different|                 
  81. |    name).                                                   |                 
  82. |                                                             |                 
  83. | 7. 06/28/93                                                 |                 
  84. |    Keylock effect on emulator operations - Why is Remap     |                 
  85. |    keyboard greyed?                                         |                 
  86. |                                                             |                 
  87. |    Solution:                                                |                 
  88. |    When Keylock is used, the configuration files are locked |                 
  89. |    and you are unable to remap the keyboard. The user will  |                 
  90. |    see the remap operation greyed.                          |                 
  91. |                                                             |                 
  92. | 8. 06/28/93                                                 |                 
  93. |    Set Block Cursor                                         |                 
  94. |                                                             |                 
  95. |    Solution:                                                |                 
  96. |    The ALT-CUR key (default ALT+F11) will show the block    |                 
  97. |    cursor. It cannot be set to be the default cursor which  |                 
  98. |    means it cannot be set at startup.                       |                 
  99. |                                                             |                 
  100. | 9. 06/28/93                                                 |                 
  101. |    Copying an existing or customized keyboard to a new PC.  |                 
  102. |                                                             |                 
  103. |    Solution:                                                |                 
  104. |    Copy configuration file that has the customized keyboard |                 
  105. |    to the user's PC that wants the profile, then create the |                 
  106. |    following response file using an editor:                 |                 
  107. |                                                             |                 
  108. |     CMUpdateType = 4                                        |                 
  109. |     CMModelCFG   = WANTSIT                                  |                 
  110. |     ENHANCED_KEYBOARD = (                                   |                 
  111. |                          NAME = KB                          |                 
  112. |                          COPY = KB                          |                 
  113. |                          SOURCE_CFG = HASIT                 |                 
  114. |                          )                                  |                 
  115. |                                                             |                 
  116. |    WANTSIT is is the .CFG file of the user that wants the   |                 
  117. |    customized keyboard, HASIT it the .CFG file that contains|                 
  118. |    the customized keyboard (fully qualified filename if it  |                 
  119. |    needs to be), and KB is the name of the keyboard that    |                 
  120. |    you want to copy. Replace ENHANCED_KEYBOARD with         |                 
  121. |    AT_KEYBOARD if it is an AT keyboard. Name the response   |                 
  122. |    file KEYBOARD.RSP, then issue the following command from |                 
  123. |    CMLIB:                                                   |                 
  124. |                                                             |                 
  125. |     CMSETUP /R KEYBOARD                                     |                 
  126. |                                                             |                 
  127. |    If the keyboard name copied is different than the name   |                 
  128. |    of the profile that was being used, any session that     |                 
  129. |    wants to use the new keyboard profile will then have to  |                 
  130. |    select it to use it - use CMSETUP for this or add        |                 
  131. |    response file sections like this:                        |                 
  132. |                                                             |                 
  133. |     3270_SESSION = (                                        |                 
  134. |         NAME = A                                            |                 
  135. |         ENHANCED_KEYBOARD_NAME = KB                         |                 
  136. |                    )                                        |                 
  137. |                                                             |                 
  138. |    for every session that wants to use the new profile.     |                 
  139. |                                                             |                 
  140. |10. 07/08/93                                                 |                 
  141. |    Codepage 037 and Left/Right Brackets.                    |                 
  142. |                                                             |                 
  143. |    Solution:                                                |                 
  144. |    There is no code page which contains square brackets. A  |                 
  145. |    user can create a user-defined code page as described in |                 
  146. |    the Communications Manager/2 Configuration Guide         |                 
  147. |    Appendix A.                                              |                 
  148. |                                                             |                 
  149. |11. 06/28/93                                                 |                 
  150. |    Minimize to Desktop - Default is minimize to minimized   |                 
  151. |    icon viewer.                                             |                 
  152. |                                                             |                 
  153. |    Double click on the "OS/2 System" icon, then double click|                 
  154. |    on "System Setup" icon, then double click on "System"    |                 
  155. |    icon, click on "Window" tab, click on "Minimize Window   |                 
  156. |    to Desktop".                                             |                 
  157. |                                                             |                 
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  159. | KEYWORDS: CM/2 CM2 3270EM 5250EM 3270LT 3270LP 5250LP       |                 
  160. |           5250LT 0964137 R100  CMINFO CM2INFO CONVERGED     |                 
  161. +-------------------------------------------------------------+                 
  162. | REFERENCE: Communications Manager/2 Configuration Guide     |                 
  163. |            (SC31-6171-00)                                   |                 
  164. |                                                             |                 
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