Re: Client Access Keyboard Layouts

[Dave Mahadevan <mahadevan@xxxxxxxx>]

Paul Tykodi wrote:
> 
> Chris Rehm Wrote:
> 
> >Does anyone know if there is someplace to get alternate keyboard layouts
> >for the CA 5250 screens? Specifically for notebook PCs.
> 
> Dear Chris,
> 
> Here is some information from the IBM Client Access web page that might help.
> 
> /Paul
> --
> Paul Tykodi, Technical Director                 E-mail: pault@praim.com
> Praim Inc.                                           Tel: 603-431-0606
> 140 Congress St., #2                                Fax: 603-436-6432
> Portsmouth, NH  03801-4019
> 
> APAR= II09956
> CLIENT ACCESS PC5250 KEYBOARD MAPPING INFORMATION
> 
> *** Last updated 11/22/96 ***
> 
> PC5250 ENTER Key Concerns
> 
> Many AS/400 Client Access users are surprised and frustrated
> by the default keyboard mappings provided by PC5250.
> 
> The biggest problem for most people is the PC "Enter" key,
> which is suddenly mapped to the "newline" function when you
> bring up your 5250 Emulator.  Your fingers must fumble their
> way down a couple of levels in order to find that the "Ctrl"
> key on the right side of the keyboard is suddenly your
> "Enter" key...

Warning:

All macros use the default keyboard layout.  So if you have changed the
keyboard layout and record a macro.  Let us say you swapped the ctl with
the enter key (i.e. swapping field exit with enter key), the enter will
be played out as a field exit key.  What I do now, is have one session
using the default, and record the macro in that session and use that in
the sessions with user defined keyboard layout.

-- 
Thank You.

Regards

Dave Mahadevan.. mailto:mahadevan@fuse.net
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