Rocket 204 - Pausing and Canceling Output; Canceling the Current Request; CICS Printer

CICS Interface 49
IBM 3270 terminals (IODEV = 11)
Pausing and canceling output
At the end of each page of output, Model 204 pauses to allow the user to read
the contents of the screen or to cancel the current request if too much output is
being received. A prompting greater than sign (>) is displayed, indented 25
spaces on the last line of the screen.
Valid user responses are:
• Press Enter. The terminal goes on to the next page.
• Press the attention key or enter *CANCEL, C (cancel), or K (kill), followed
by Enter. Unless an ON ATTENTION statement is in effect (see “Attention
interrupt feature” on page 11), the current output and request are canceled.
• Enter a backpage request. (See“Backpaging” on page 7)
• Enter the next input line, which cannot exceed 53 characters. The cursor
moves as the user keys, to indicate the number of spaces used.
As discussed in the section “Pausing” on page 7, be aware that only one line of
anticipatory input can be entered at this time, and that, if the terminal reaches
the end-of-page pause for the next page of output, the saved input line is lost.
Canceling the current request
You can cancel the evaluation of the current Model 204 User Language request
by pressing the attention key in the following instances:
• If the terminal is waiting for input
• If Model 204 is waiting for input from the terminal or is actively displaying
output on the terminal
Note: If Model 204 is compiling or executing a command, you cannot cancel
the operation by pressing the attention key.
CICS printer
The contents of a 3270 screen can be routed to a printer in the CICS network
by pressing the PA2 key.
If you press PA2, Model 204 prompts with:
COPY SCREEN (Y/N)? Y WITH PRINTER ID = xxxx
You must enter the 4-character terminal identifier that has been assigned to the
selected printer. If you enter an invalid printer ID or enter three consecutive null
responses (press Enter three times without keying any data), the interface
displays:
PRINTER ID INVALID - RE-ENTER COPY SCREEN (Y/N)?
Y WITH PRINTER ID = xxx