RE: Function keys not allowed

["Burns, Bryan" <Bryan_Burns@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RANT ON
Boy it's hard for me to teach a developer something new.  When I asked them 
about enabling the PRINT function they immediately dismissed the whole idea 
that one of THEIR PROGRAMS could be at fault for a print screen not working. I 
had to investigate this myself. I guess that's what happens when you're an 
operator and you're trying to tell a seasoned developer something.
I get the same reaction when I try to explain adopted authority to them.  They 
just don't want to hear it from me.
Rant OFF

Bryan Burns

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:02 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Function keys not allowed


Most of the time I don't include it for the same reason that your 
developers don't - just overlook it.  Only a handful of our users, 
though, run on dumb terminals, and they're in our warehouse.  Everyone 
else, including moi, simply uses the Print icon in iSeries Access.


        * Jerry C. Adams
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B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
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Burns, Bryan wrote:
> So you have to go out of your way to add it, huh?  I guess that's why our 
> developers overlook it.  When I'm in MAPICS using iSeries Access it works, 
> when I'm in a custom menu option it doesn't.
>
> Shouldn't it be a standard for display files?
>
> Poll:  Do all your display files have the PRINT keyword in the DDS?  If not, 
> why not?  
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:51 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Function keys not allowed
>
>
> Wasn't aware of that one.  Being a host print function, as you know, it 
> returned the "Function key not allowed" message.  Adding the PRINT 
> keyword to the display, though, allowed the host print function to work.
>
>
>       * Jerry C. Adams
> *IBM System i5/iSeries Programmer/Analyst
> B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
> voice
>       615.995.7024
> fax
>       615.995.1201
> email
>       jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
> Burns, Bryan wrote:
>   
> > Try CTRL - PAUSE for a host print in iSeries Access.  It's very handy!
> > Bryan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:30 AM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: Function keys not allowed
> >
> >
> > You need the PRINT keyword in your display file's DDS.  This can be 
> > assigned at either the File or Record level.
> >
> >
> > That being said, this seems to only apply to dumb terminals (twinax).  I 
> > ran a test on a display that did not have the PRINT keyword.  On an 
> > iSeries Access session, IA printed the screen (using the Print key, not 
> > the menu option).  The same panel on a twinax device returned the 
> > "Function key not allowed."
> >
> >
> >      * Jerry C. Adams
> > *IBM System i5/iSeries Programmer/Analyst
> > B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
> > voice
> >      615.995.7024
> > fax
> >      615.995.1201
> > email
> >      jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >
> > Burns, Bryan wrote:
> >   
> >     
> > > There's something that controls whether function keys are allowed in a 
> > > program and I forgot what it is, looked for it and can't find it.  It's  a 
> > > simple yes or no.  Do you know what it is?
> > >
> > > Some of our custom programs return a "Function key not allowed" when using 
> > > the print button on a dumb terminal keyboard and some programs perform the 
> > > desired host print.  I want to enable host printing for all our programs.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > > Bryan Burns
> > > IBM Certified Specialist - iSeries System Command Operations V5R2 
> > >
> > >