Using Terminal Emulation Applications—Chapter 2
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5250 Terminal Emulation Programmer’s Guide
5250 Additional Functions
This table lists additional operations you can perform on your terminal.
¢(centsign) Enters a cent sign.
(New Line)
Move s th e cu rsor to the first u nprotected characte r position of th e first line in the
screen. If the entire screen is a protected field, the cursor returns to the home posi-
tion.
(Not symbol) Enters a Not symbol.
Back Tab Moves the cursor back to the most recent first field position. If the cursor is in the
middle of a field, it moves it to the first position of the same field. If the cursor is at
the first position of a field, it moves it to th e first position of the preceding input
field.
Dup
(duplicate enabled fields only)
Controller repeats he x “1C” from the curs or position to th e e nd of the field. This
shows in the display as an overstruck asterisk.
Field– For numeric fields, makes the input a negative number.
Field+ Advances cursor to the next input field. For numeric fields, makes the input a posi-
tive number.
Field Mark This is valid within any unprotected entry input field in which the Dup or Field
Mark keyisallowed(FFWbit3settoon).TheField Mark character (X‘1E’) is dis-
playe d as an overscore on IBM 5251 Dis play Stations and as a space on all other sup -
ported w orkstations. If an operator press es the Field Mark keyinanentryfieldthat
does not allow the Dup or Field Mark key, operator error 0019 is posted. The Field
Mark code point is allowed in an outbound data stream.
Forward Tab Move s th e cu rsor to the first position in the next input field.
To enter an operation:
Press the keys listed in the chapter f or the terminal. O r, scan the bar code
in Appendix A, “Bar Code Scanning.”
System Messages
The terminal’s display r eserv es a line for status information. The statu s line
can display system (nonlocal) information such as a message waiting from
the host computer, help messages in response to the [Help] key, or the sys-
tem request state of the terminal.
System codes can also appear on the status line. System messages and codes
are described in Chapter 6, “Display D ata Stream.”