Re: Automatic Signon

[Vern Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:29 PM 9/26/97 -0400, you wrote:

-snip-

>PCS5250 will still come up with the sign on screen.  What you can do
>(and ahem I have done it ) is to set up a macro and put it in for auto
>play.  Nifty little macros. What will we do without them?  BTW has IBM
>fixed the default keyboard map used in the macros (instead of using the
>current customized keyboard map?)

Hi, Dave

I do the same, with an autostart macro, but only so far as positioning the
cursor for password entry. It's a security leak to put the password in a
macro, though we've many of us done it for years.

As far as the keyboard mapping goes, I wish IBM would provide a choice of
maps. So far, they've given us one that matches the 5250 layout for the
most part. For people coming from the green screen, this is often preferable.

IBM does have some informational APARs the subject at

        http://www.as400.ibm.com/clientaccess

Fortunately, the mapping is very easily changed, so the issue is mostly
moot, as far a I'm concerned.

BTW, there is no HEX key facility built into PC5250. You need to write
macros for that kind of thing. The code for the macro is

        APL nn

where nn is the EBCDIC hex value for the character or code.

Cheers

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