The following options can be customized for block mode terminal emulation types (TN3270, TN5250).
Copy Mode
This option affects the way text is copied from the terminal emulation
screen into the Windows clipboard. This affects how the Edit>Copy
and Edit>Cut menu commands operate.
Data with no formatting
Provides no formatting for the copied text. This is useful for text
that will be pasted into the emulation screen as command line data.
Lines with terminators
(Default)
Copies each individual line of text and includes a carriage return
and line feed at the end of each line.
Paragraph format
for word processing
Copies the selected area of text and retains paragraph formatting attributes.
Selecting this option will insert a space at the end of each line
to prevent words from running together. A carriage return and line
feed will be added before blank lines.
Tabular format for
spreadsheets
Copies the selected area of text and separates into rows and columns.
Two or more consecutive blank spaces between words are converted to
a single tab. Tabs are typically interpreted by spreadsheets and word
processor tables as cell separators. Single spaces between words remain
when a copy is performed, unless immediately followed by a numeric
character (numbers 0 though 9, +, - or .)
Tabular format (field
separated)
Copies the selected area of text and separates into rows and columns.
Each field (protected or unprotected) is treated as a single cell
in a spreadsheet. The end of each row on the terminal emulation screen
is treated as the end of the row in the a spreadsheet.
Tabular format (word
separated)
Copies the selected area of text and separates into rows and columns.
Each word on the terminal emulation screen is treated as a single
cell in a spreadsheet. The end of each row on the terminal emulation
screen is treated as the end of the row in the a spreadsheet.
Paste Mode
These options affect the way text is pasted into the terminal emulation
screen from the Windows clipboard. This affects the operation of the Edit>Paste and Edit>Paste
Continue menu commands.
Block
Mode (Default)
Block paste mode treats the data in the Windows clipboard as a block
of tabular data. The data block is then overlaid on top of the PASSPORT
screen starting at the current cursor position. Data that would be
pasted into a protected field is not copied to the PASSPORT screen.
Data that goes beyond the right hand side of the PASSPORT screen or
bottom of the PASSPORT screen is not copied (unless the Word Wrap
option is enabled). With Block Paste Mode enabled, tabs are converted
into spaces.
Stream
Mode
Stream paste mode provides a convenient way of copying data from other
Windows applications such as spreadsheets. Stream mode treats the
clipboard data as a stream and copies text to unprotected fields only
field by field, skipping over protected fields. When a field is filled
up or when tabs or new lines are encountered in the data stream, it
jumps to the next unprotected field and continues the pasting.
Field
Mode
Field paste mode provides an advanced method of pasting text from the
clipboard into TN3270 or TN5250 fields. Before data is pasted into
a host field, the field may be cleared to either all spaces, nulls
or underscores. The first line of data from the clipboard is pasted
into the field where the cursor is positioned, starting at the cursor
position. The cursor must be located in an unprotected field. The
next line of data from the clipboard is then pasted into the next
unprotected field starting at the first location of the field. This
operation is repeated until the clipboard is empty or else there are
no more unprotected fields on the screen.
Spreadsheet
Mode
This mode is similar to Field Mode, except fields are delimited by
tabs or non-printable characters rather than a new line. Use this
mode when pasting text from a spreadsheet to the host screen.
Spreadsheet
Mode 2
This mode is similar to Spreadsheet Mode, with one exception. With
this mode enabled, the starting cursor position serves as the left
margin for pasted text and each row of text will be pasted starting
at this same column position.
Word
Wrap
This option is only available for block mode. If enabled, words that would
normally overrun the right side of the PASSPORT screen or host field are
automatically placed on the next line and aligned with the original cursor
position when the paste was performed.
Fill field with
This option can be used with any paste mode except stream mode. If enabled,
after text is pasted into the field the remainder of the field is filled
with one of the following:
Nulls (EBCDIC hexadecimal value 0x00)
Spaces (EBCDIC hexadecimal value 0x40)
Underscores (EBCDIC hexadecimal value 0x6D)
Move cursor to end of pasted text
This option provides the ability to move the cursor to end of the text
that has been pasted into the PASSPORT terminal emulation screen. This
is useful when you would like to continue entering text at the end of
some text you just pasted.
Automatic copy selected area
This option provides the ability to automatically copy the selected text
into the Windows clipboard. You do not have to choose the Edit®Copy command after you select the text. The
automatic copying of text only works when text is selected with the mouse
and not the keyboard, so this feature is not available when using "Select
All".
Reverse black and white on Copy Graph
This option will reverse the black and white background color of a session
when performing a copy graph action under the Edit menu. To retain the
actual color of the host screen, this option must be disabled.
Paste to protected fields
When this option is enabled, an attempt is made to paste of block of text
into a area that contains a mixture of unprotected and/or protected fields.
Any text that falls into a protected field is discarded. Any text that
falls into unprotected fields is performed. When this option is disabled,
protected fields are skipped when pasting into to the host screen. This
option is available only for block paste mode.
Show Selection as
Select one of the following to determine how text selection is displayed
on the screen: Dotted Rectangle (default) or Reverse Video.
Selection Mode
Select one of the following to determine how text selection is performed:
Block Mode or Line Mode. Block mode is similar to selecting text in a
spread sheet, whereas line mode is similar to selecting text in a text
document.
Replace Cut Text with
Select which character to use for replacing cut text from unprotected fields:
Nulls or Spaces. For nulls, the null character (EBCDIC hexadecimal value
0x00) is used to replace the cut text. For spaces, the space character
(EBCDIC hexadecimal value 0x40) is used to replace the cut text.
Save As
Allows you to save the current custom edit settings in a separate
edit scheme file.
OK
Saves the current custom edit settings into the appropriate location. If
Default or Custom is selected in Options®Edit
then the settings will be saved to the session profile. If External File
is selected in Options®Edit then the settings
will be saved to the currently selected external edit scheme file.