RE: [SYSTEM21] Hummingbird emulation products

["Wood, Steve" <swood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

        Rob,

                Unless I'm way off base what you are describing is the standard 
state for a program that has detected errors in the input data on an iseries 
using System 21 (And many other applications). This situation would occur if 
you were using Client Access/System 21 Explorer/Hummingbird Host Explorer or 
any other terminal emulation software connected to an iseries/(AS400). The 
reason for the keyboard lock is to force the user to acknowledge they have seen 
the error(s) detected by the application program. I would guess you are using 
the hummingbird product because you are communication with multiple platforms 
such as UNIX and have run into a difference in the way errors are 
handled/displayed by the OS.

Stephen J Wood.
Information Systems
Georgia Crown Distributing

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Wood, Rob (GECP, OTHER, 093249) [mailto:ROB.WOOD@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent:   Tuesday, April 22, 2003 11:24 AM
To:     'system21@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject:        [SYSTEM21]   Hummingbird emulation products

 << File: ATT23007.txt >> We currently have users trying to use an emulation 
product called
Hostexplorer by Hummingbird.  It seems to work fine in the AS400 environment
but once inside of System21 the reset key must be enter upon anytime there
is any type of message display on line 24.  Such as; using menu 8/OEE
"Invoices by Invoice number" if an invalid invoice is entered a message of
"Invoice number not found" appears on line 24.  From that point on the
keyboard is locked using the hostexplorer product.  Once the reset key is
enter the keyboard is unlock and the function key(s) can be enter and the
transaction can continue.  We also use of the emulation products in which
these type of errors do not occur.  If anyone could help it would be great.