Re: AS/400 client

["Syd Nicholson" <sydnic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is precisely the problem

DDS can be used to position the AS/400 cursor, but tn5250 seems to ignore
it.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Gregory" <pgregory@hillmgt.com>
To: <LINUX5250@midrange.com>
Sent: 18 December 2000 20:49
Subject: Re: AS/400 client


> On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 09:29:20AM -0500, Barry L. Kline wrote:
> > Syd Nicholson wrote:
> > > Cursor positioning is poor. The cursor always goes to the first input
field
> > > on th display. It does not go where the AS/400 program tells it to go.
For
> > > me this is EXTREMELY important. I have clients who will NOT accept
software
> > > that functions like this.
> >
> > I work exclusively with tn5250 and I'm trying to figure out an example
> > that demonstrates the problem you are using.
>
> This sounds like a problem I ran into a while back (and several minor
> versions ago).  When desinging a screen, you can define any field as the
> one that receives the cursor when the screen is displayed.  tn5250 did not
> handle this setup properly and always put the cursor into the first field
> on the screen.  I reported the bug, but never had the time to test more
> recent versions.  (I've barely touched our 400 in the last six months.)
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