Re: Another TN5250 issue

On Fri, 28 May 2010, John Aldrich wrote:

Ok, I set up a profile (as previously mentioned) and when that user logs in
and tries to hit her F3 key, it locks up, but when *I* log in and use the F3
key to exit out of a menu or clear a message, it works fine, but every time
she tries, it gives her the error "function key not allowed." In the
true-blue IBM client on Windows, her account lets her use the F3 key all the
time, just in TN5250, it doesn't work. As previously mentioned, I can't seem
to get it to change the background or text color either. :-(

John, can you tell us *exactly* how you are running tn5250? Are you starting an xterm and then running the tn5250 command, or are you doing something else? Are you using the xt5250 command? Are you running directly on the linux console or within X11? If you have a GUI desktop you are running within X11.

James Rich

if you want to understand why that is, there are many good books on
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when you're done reading them :)
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