How to browse using mouse instead of using F7 & F8 ?

leo_sangha · New User Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Posts: 85 Location: England

Hi All,

Can anybody share how to change the settings to browse the Mainframe screens by using mouse instead of using Functions keys F7 & F8 all the time.

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:01 pm

If it can be done at all, that would be an terminal emulator function NOT a mainframe function. Check the documentation for the terminal emulator you are using. Mainframe screens are not interactive the way PC screens are, so mouse functions would have to be captured by your emulator, translated into a PF7 or PF8, and the appropriate key sequence sent by your emulator to the mainframe. Even if you can get it to work, the action will not be the smooth moving of a PC mouse -- more like jumping.

Craq Giegerich · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:03 pm

The terminal emulator you are using is most likely emulating a 3270 terminal, these did not have a mouse. You might be able to create hot spots on the screen that you can click on to generate a PF7 or PF8 key press. Read the documents for your terminal emulator.

Craq Giegerich · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:04 pm

Robert
You type faster then me.

Robert Sample · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:06 pm

The class in high school I've gotten most use from was a typing class which my guidance counselor signed me up for over my protests because he needed one person for the class to make.

Craq Giegerich · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:21 pm

leo_sangha · New User Joined: 11 Aug 2005 Posts: 85 Location: England

Thanks Robert & Craq,

I'll try to find emulator info somewhere.
Nice crack though

dick scherrer · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:12 pm

Hello,

Suggest that your time will better spent learning how to more productively use the features of the 3270/tso/ispf/etc. . . rather than trying to get the system to act like a pc. . .

Keep in mind that if you use the mouse to accomplish a scroll up or scroll down 1 line, every touch of the mouse will generate an entire transaction to/from the mainframe. The 3270 is "block" mode (interrupt keys cause a block to be sent to the cpu as opposed to every keystroke on the pc goes directly to the cpu).

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:41 pm

you could map your emulator to the screen up and screen down keys of the keyboard. (the ones under the PAUSE key on the right side of the keyboard).

Bill Dennis · Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:23 am

IBM's PCom emulator has pop-up keypads (right click the mouse) that can be customized to include PFx buttons as well as Enter. A mouse click on the button will do whatever.

Pedro · Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 1:25 am

For IBM's PCom emulator, use Edit -> Preferences to set the hotspots.

Check the boxes for 'PFnn' and 'Fnn' (possibly others).

I also suggest checking 'Enter at cursor position'. That allows you to navigate some menus by clicking on point&shoot fields.

NOTE to ISPF developers: please implement point and shoot fields in your menu panels.

I also have 'Execute URL' as a hotspot preference. The emulator will launch a browser window.

MBabu · Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2009 4:24 am

Pedro · Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 9:11 pm

"People who change the panels" = "ISPF developers"

ofer71 · Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:57 pm

When I develop a new ISPF application, I define only menu items as PS fields. I don't think that every field should be PS.

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