Re: Viewing 5250 attribute bytes

[Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

FWIW our WinTronix IP Client (aka Synapse IP Client, WinAPPC) has always 
had the ability to display the hex chars of 5250 display attributes.

From the drop down menu:  Session, Preferences, Show Display Attribute 
Values.

Jerry

Vernon Hamberg wrote:
> No problem, Jon - I guess this kind of thing has a fascination for 
> me. I've not done this one in quite some time. Actually, for the 
> latest documentation of one of our products, we set up PC5250 to 
> basically be gray-scale, and the tech writer used something like 
> Snagit - I tend to use the capture function of Paint Shop Pro.
>
> Some of this idea goes back about 15 years - when someone I worked 
> for used a similar technique to create sample screens for online help 
> in OfficeVision docs.
>
> Also, as I think of it, I'd probably make a translation table - can't 
> use iconv - heh - and put the attributes down to the first x20 
> positions, to avoid weird translations into displayable ASCII characters.
>
> I actually do think a text-based screenshot can be useful - but you 
> never get the underlines, e.g. - that's why I went that route before
>
> Thanks
> Vern
>
> At 08:46 PM 6/13/2007, you wrote:
>
> >  >> What I've done is get the PF down to my PC using FTP or whatever -
> > converted to ASCII in the process. Or you could maybe use CPY on the i5 -
> > Trevor should be proud of me - and put it on the IFS for your PC to read.
> >
> > Not to detract from your programming efforts Vern - but for documentation
> > purposes (why else involve Word) why not simply use Snagit to do screen
> > captures.  Really cheap and much nicer and so easy to add callouts -
> > highlight screen areas etc.  I can't imagine working without it these days.
> >
> > Jon Paris
> > Partner400
> >
> > www.Partner400.com
> >
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