Re: Keyboard Mapping

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry

Is this for general use in Windows? Or is it for use in Access terminal 
emulation only?

There are some things you can do - like choose an international 
keyboard, where you get things like Ctrl-colon to get an umlaut (I think).

Also, if you know the ASCII number for a symbol, you can use Alt-0nnn

Vern

On 2/11/2014 11:13 AM, Jerry C. Adams wrote:
> Is there a way in Windows to map a special character, or even a function, to
> the keyboard?  Such as we can do in Client Access for the 5250 keyboard.
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> Initially, I want to add the cent sign to a keystroke (though I might think
> of others later), even if I have to use a standard character key in
> combination with either the Ctrl or Alt key, rather than using Character
> Map.
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> In the same vain, is there a proper sequence for typing a character with an
> accent or nya (` or ~ such as áñ)?
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> I have this vague recollection that on some of the old 5250 dumb terminals I
> could hold down the Alt key, press the accent or nya and then the letter to
> get the special character.
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> I didn’t see anything in the Control Panel: Keyboard function.
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> Thanks.
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> Jerry C. Adams
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> IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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