Terminal Emulation Window


This window emulates an IBM AS/400 5250 terminal. You can use the Settings icon on the toolbar to customize your applet. If launched from the ThinView Control Panel, you will be prompted to save your settings when exiting the applet. Otherwise your settings will be in effect while the applet remains open.

Emulation Window Toolbar

Emulation Settings

Save Settings

Copy All: Copies the entire screen content.

NOTE: In addition to the Copy All function, you can copy a portion of the screen by dragging your mouse to create a box around the area you wish to copy. This action will in fact select and copy the area to your clipboard.

Paste: Paste the current contents of the clipboard into the command line.

Print Screen: Host print function; creates a spoolfile on the host. If there is a default printer set for the job it will output to the device.

Help: Opens the online help window for help on ThinView Terminal Emulation.

Connect: Initiates the ThinView Terminal Emulation Sign on screen.

Disconnect: Disconnects the current ThinView Terminal Emulation session.

Special Keys and the Status Line

Special keyboard function keys include:

Esc - Attention
Ctrl-S - System Request
Ctrl-R - Error Reset

The status line displays the following icons:

 
System Available
System Not Available
Message Waiting
System is Busy
Insert Mode
Secured Telnet Mode

To review a list of functions available in this emulator, please refer to the Keyboard Mapping area in the Emulator Settings window.