Keyboard Options dialog

From the Rocket TE menu bar, click Options → Keyboard. The Keyboard Options dialog opens, which contains the Key Mappings (a bitmap image of a keyboard), Options, and More Options tabs.

Refer to Mapping keyboards for more information.

Key Mappings tab

Gray keys

Gray keys can be mapped. If you click a gray key, the Key Info/Mappings window opens and lists all of the key mappings for each Action Type. It also lists any combination key mappings that this key is used in.

The following figure shows the associated mappings with the V key. The Ctrl key is mapped to the Edit::PasteMenu Hotkeys. All of the other available mappings are unmapped.

Figure 1. IBM iSeries key mappings information

Red keys

Red keys cannot be used to map 5250 Functions.

Yellow keys

Yellow keys are caution keys. Care should be taken when using the yellow keys to map 5250 Functions. The caution keys include the Alt keys and the Esc key. Windows uses the Alt keys with menu accelerators and the Esc key is the default Rocket TE Full Screen Hotkey key.

Options

• Keyboard Type: A drop-down menu that contains a list of keyboard options for Rocket TE. Select the type of keyboard required for your display.
  Note: If you select either the Unicomp 0852-M 122 Key or the KeyTronic KB3270/Plus keyboard, a 122 Keys button displays in the upper right hand corner of the dialog. Click this button to display a floating keyboard bitmap of the extended keys.
• Action Type: A list box that contains a list of all the Rocket TE action types that can be mapped.
  • 5250 Functions: Lists the 5250 functions and what keys they are currently mapped to.
  • 5250 Characters: Lists special 5250 characters and what keys they are currently mapped to.
  • Menu Hotkeys: Lists the Rocket TE menu items available for key mapping.
  • PC Data Keys: Lists the PC Keyboard Keys available for key mapping.
  • Macros Files: Lists the macro files available for key mapping. Rocket TE macro files are created by selecting Macro → Record from the Rocket TE menu bar.
    Note: When Macro Files is selected, only macro files from the Rocket TE program directory will be listed for selection.
  • Script Files: Lists the script files available for key mapping. Rocket TE script files are created by selecting Script → Record from the Rocket TE menu bar.
    Note: When Script Files is selected, only script files from the Rocket TE program directory will be listed for selection.
  • ASCII Characters: Lists the ASCII characters available for key mapping.
  • Send Keys: Used to send specific text characters or API Keys. Click the plus icon below to add one string of send keys or click the icons to edit or delete current string.
  • Toggle Power Pad: Used to toggle back and forth between two or more power pads. To use this feature, you must have at least two power pads defined. This feature allows you to create a button on the first power pad that toggles on and off a second power pad.
    Note: Be sure not to configure the first power pad to toggle itself. It is possible to create a button on the second power pad to toggle the first power pad. This feature can be useful if users have a large number of power pads. You can create a master power pad that has individual buttons that toggle each power pad.
  • Mouse Functions: List mouse functions available for key mapping.
• Actions: Lists the actions available for key mapping. The actions displayed are dependent on which action is selected in the Action Type list menu above.

  For example, if 5250 Functions is selected from the Action Type list menu, then only 5250 Functions are displayed in the action list menu along with their respective Key Mappings in the Key Mappings list menu.

• Key Mappings: Lists the key mapping or mappings if any, that will execute the highlighted action in the Action list menu.

Key Mappings Buttons

• Print: Allows you to print out the mappings for whatever is displayed in the Action Type list box. For example, if you want a printout of all the 5250 keyboard functions and what keys they are currently mapped to, make sure that 5250 Functions is in the Action Type list box and click Print.
• New: Adds a new key mapping entry to the Key Mappings list box.
  Note: Actions can be mapped to more than one key.
• Edit: Edits the highlighted key mapping entry.
• Delete: Removes the highlighted key mapping entry from the Key Mappings list box.
• OK: Accepts the key mapping and assigns it to the 3270 Function.
• Cancel: Cancels the key mapping.

Options tab

Options

• Operate 5250 Function Backspace as a Destructive Backspace: If enabled, the 5250 Function Backspace deletes the character underneath the cursor after the cursor has been moved.
• Additional backspace options: These options control how the Backspace behaves in protected fields:
  • Auto Skipping Backspace: When selected, if the cursor is in a protected field, the Backspace moves the cursor to the last position of the previous unprotected field. If the cursor is in an unprotected field, it performs as a standard Backspace.
  • Default Backspace: If selected, the Backspace performs as a standard Backspace in both protected and unprotected fields.
• Auto-Reset when keyboard is locked (an audible sound will be heard): If enabled, the 5250 Function Reset is automatically executed if the keyboard state becomes locked with an “X Error” condition.
  • Auto-Tab After Reset: If enabled, an Auto-Tab is issued immediately after the keyboard is unlocked by the Auto-Reset feature above. The purpose of this feature is to automatically bring the cursor to the closest field of entry.
  • Immediate Auto-Reset: If enabled, the Auto-Rest is issued immediately.
  • Auto-Rest when Next Key is Pressed: If enabled, the Auto-Rest is issued only after a key is pressed.
• Operate 5250 Function Rapid Left/Right as Word Rapid Left/Right: If enabled, the 5250 Functions Rapid Left and Rapid Right operate as Word Left and Word Right.
• Keyboard Inactivity Timer (Minutes): If enabled, the user can adjust how many minutes of inactivity need to pass before the session disconnects (maximum of 999 minutes). If this feature is disabled, the session disconnects after the default amount of time set by the system administrator in the global.ini file.

More Options tab

Options

• 5250 Function End - Move Cursor to End of Text on Line: If enabled, the 5250 function "End" moves the cursor to the end of any text on that Line.
• 5250 Function End - Move Cursor to End of Text in Field / End of Field: If enabled, the 5250 function "End" moves the cursor to the end of any Text in the Field or to the end of the Field.
• Hard-Map Print Screen Key to Menu Hotkey File→ Print Screen: If enabled, the 5250 Function print executes when pressing the Print Screen key on the keyboard.
  Note: The Print Screen key is a system key and also causes Windows to copy the contents of the desktop to the clipboard.
• Auto-Repeat Mode for Ctrl, Alt and Shift Keys: If enabled, Control, Alt and Shift keys operate in Auto-Repeat Mode.
• Auto-Repeat Mode for Enter Keys: If enabled, the Enter Keys operate continuously while pressed.
• Auto-Repeat Mode for Function Keys: If enabled, the Function Keys operate continuously while pressed.
• Convert Input to Uppercase: If enabled, Rocket TE forces the entry of all characters to be uppercase regardless of the state of the Caps Lock key.