Re: Screen not sending data

Hi Heather,

   Can you make a trace file, and send it to me?  Please send it to me
directly (not to the list) as they can get large, and they contain
everything that's sent to/from your AS/400  (including your password).

In fact, you may want to create a "dummy" account on your AS/400, create
the trace file, and then delete it.  (That way, you don't have the worry
about the password issue.)

The way that you create a trace file is to type something like this:

       tn5250 trace=/path/to/tracefile.txt [other parms] as400.example.com

Or, if you use a tn5250rc file, you can put the "trace=" command in there.

(If your curious about what a trace file does, you can play it back by
typing:  tn5250 debug:/path/to/tracefile.txt   then, step through the
trace by pressing space bar...)

>From this trace, I'll try to see what's going wrong, and see what I can
do to fix it.

Thanks

On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Goose wrote:
>
> I am not sure what I am missing, I have installed the tn5250 package and
> it connects properly.  By the way I have been using the lp5250d for
> several printers and it works great.  No longer do I have to worry about
> windows interfering with the data going to the printer.
>
> Here is my environment:
> RedHat 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
> tn5250 package from tn5250.sourceforge.net (current) installed this last week
> I have tried both console mode and gnome terminal in X
>
> Here is the problem...bare with me, I am lacking in AS/400 experience.
> I connect with the parameters that the AS/400 expect for the DEVNAME
> I can login and navigate the menus
> At a certain point I need information(this happens in almost every app)
> --sorry for that bit of sarcasm
> This example:
> I need to get open POs so I type in my location and I recieve a description, 
>if I press enter I should then get the open POs.  Instead the screen is reset 
>like I never typed in a location code.  It appears that when the screen 
>returns the description and the field with location code(I am told its a 
>protected field at this point), the code is not used when I press enter for 
>the rest of the info.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> My AS\400 experience is limited, but my client's AS\400 admin is able to
> login as the same user without problems.  So I would have to say its on
> my end.
>
> Heather Guse
> DPN, Inc.
> hguse@dpnsecurity.com