Using the Display Interface
Using the Display Interface
The Edit Properties property sheet is used to configure BlueZone’s Copy and Paste functionality. From the BlueZone MenuBar, select Edit:Properties, the Edit Properties property sheet will display the General, Copy to Clipboard, Copy to File, Copy to Printer and Paste from Clipboard tabs.
The General Tab is used to set some basic options.
Options ----
Use a Rectangle to show Selected Text: If enabled, a rectangle will be drawn when showing any selected text.
Use Colors to show Selected Text: If enabled, any selected text will be shown using the configured foreground and background colors.
Foreground Color: Displays the currently configured foreground color.
Customize: Used to choose a new foreground color.
Background Color: Displays the currently configured background color.
Customize: Used to choose a new background color.
Auto-Deselect after Copy: If enabled, the text selection will be automatically deselected after the copy operation is complete.
Edit Prompting ----
Prompt for Filename before each Copy To File operation: If enabled, and Edit:Copy to File is selected, the Common File dialog will be displayed for output filename selection.
Prompt for Paste Options before each Paste operation: If enabled, BlueZone will invoke the Paste Options dialog before each Edit-Paste operation.
Copy Options ----
The Copy Options group is used to configure how text from the display session will be copied to the Clipboard.
Copy “screen shots” to the Clipboard: If enabled, the entire host screen text is copied to the Clipboard on Copy to Clipboard operations. This also enables the "Auto-Screen Shots" option below.
Copy Selected Text Only: If enabled, only the highlighted host screen text will be copied to the Clipboard on Copy to Clipboard operations.
Auto- "screen shots": If enabled, BlueZone will auto-screen copy each time an AID-Key is entered. This also enables the Clipboard Options on the bottom half of the dialog.
Only Copy Text from Input Fields: If enabled, only copy text from unprotected input fields on Copy to Clipboard operations.
Copy with Columns Aligned: If enabled, this option will keep column alignment on all Copy to Clipboard operations. If column alignment is enabled, then any non-copy cells will be padded with spaces.
NOTE The
Copy with Columns Aligned option must be enabled for Paste with Column
Alignment to function properly with text placed on the Clipboard using
Copy to Clipboard.
Cell Delimited Pasting for Spreadsheet Paste: If enabled, BlueZone will copy screen data to clipboard for spreadsheet applications.
Delineate on Word Boundaries: Choose this option to Delineate on Word Boundaries.
Delineate on Field Boundaries: Choose this option to Delineate on Field Boundaries.
Include Bitmap Image of Selection: If enabled, BlueZone will copy the selected data as a bitmap image instead of individual characters. The bitmap copy is in addition to the already copied ANSI or Unicode text.
Compress Data on Cut: If enabled, cut data will be replaced with data farther to the right. This only works, in user typeable fields. Protected data within the selection box is not affected. With the option de-selected, cut operates as before, where the data is replaced with nulls.
Cut Filler: Used to specify whether Cut text is replaced with Nulls or Spaces.
Clipboard Options ----
The Clipboard Options group is used to configure additional Copy to Clipboard options.
Auto-"screen shots" Overwrite Clipboard Data: If enabled, auto-screen copies will overwrite any data on the Clipboard.
Auto-"screen shots" Append Data to Clipboard: If enabled, auto-screen copies will be appended to any data on the Clipboard.
Copy Options ----
Copy “screen shots” to Disk: If enabled, entire host screen text is copied to the Clipboard on Copy to File operations.
Auto-"screen shots": If enabled, BlueZone will Auto-Copy "screen shots" to File each time the user presses a Attention Identifier(AID) key. Enabling this option disables the Prompt for Filename before each Copy option on the bottom half of this dialog
Copy Selected Text Only: If enabled, only the highlighted host screen text will be copied to the Clipboard on Copy to File operations.
Only Copy Text from Input Fields: Enable this option to copy text from unprotected input fields on Copy to File operations.
Copy with Columns Aligned: Use this option to keep column alignment on all Copy to File operations. If column alignment is enabled, then any non-copy cells will be padded with spaces.
File Options ----
Prompt for Filename before each Copy: If enabled, the Common File dialog will be displayed for the user to select a file before each Copy To File operation. This option is disabled if Auto-"screen shots" is enabled on the top half of this dialog.
Default Output Filename: Used to enter a default filename to be used in all Copy to File operations.
Overwrite File Data: If enabled, the output file will be overwritten on each Copy to File operation.
Append Data to File: If enabled, text will be appended to the end of the output file on each Copy to File operation.
Copy Options ----
Copy “screen shots” to the Printer: If enabled, entire host screen text is copied to the printer on Copy to Printer operations.
Copy Selected Text Only If enabled, only the highlighted host screen text will be copied to the printer on Copy to Printer instances.
Only Copy Text from Input Fields: Enable this option for copying text from unprotected input fields on Copy to Printer operations.
Copy with Columns Aligned: Use this option to keep column alignment on all Copy to Printer operations. If column alignment is enabled then any non-copy cells will be padded with spaces.
NOTE The
desired printer can be controlled by selecting File:Print
Setup from the MenuBar.
SEE Print
Setup for more configuration options.
Paste Options ----
The Paste Options group is used to configure how text from the Clipboard will be pasted into the display session window.
Straight Paste with Wrapping: When enabled, the text from the Clipboard will be pasted as if the user were typing each character on the keyboard.
Paste with Columns Aligned: With this option enabled text from the Clipboard will be pasted keeping the columns aligned between rows of text. For correct operation, text being pasted with this option enabled must have been copied to the Clipboard with the Copy to Clipboard with Columns Aligned option enabled.
Paste using Field Delimiters: If enabled, text from the Clipboard will be pasted using the configured field delimiter string. This option is used to paste database records from the Clipboard into the host screen. Each field delimiter string encountered in the text will cause a field advance operation in the host screen.
Word Wrap: - If enabled, BlueZone (when pasting) will auto-wrap words to the next row when the complete word does not fit on the current row.
Move Cursor: - If enabled, BlueZone will move the cursor after edit / paste operations.
Treat Tabs as Spaces: If enabled, BlueZone will paste a space character when encountering a Tab in the paste data.
Number of Spaces Listbox: Used to control the number of spaces that will be pasted when the Treat Tabs as Spaces checkbox is enabled.
Stop Pasting when Protected Row Encountered: If enabled, when pasting into a BlueZone session, the paste function will stop when it encounters a protected row.
NOTE This feature
only works with "Paste with Columns Aligned" and "Paste
using Field Delimiters".
Paste Range: Number of Paste-Protected Rows Starting from Bottom of Screen. Check this box and enter the number of Paste-Protected Rows in the listbox.
Continue Paste ----
The Continue Paste group is used to configure Paste operations when the Clipboard buffer contains more data than will fit into the host screen.
Enable Continue Paste: When pasting data into a BlueZone session, if the amount of data in the clipboard is greater than the screen that you are pasting into, using the Enable Continue Paste feature will allow you to be able to page down and continue pasting data until all the data is pasted.
Auto Send Function Key: If enabled then BlueZone will auto-send the specified function key when the Clipboard buffer contains more data than will fit into the host screen.
Drop-Down List- Used to specify a function key to auto-send when the Clipboard buffer contains more data than will fit into the host screen.
Auto-Position Cursor in new Host Screen: If enabled then BlueZone will auto-position the cursor after the new host screen is displayed.
Row: Used to specify the row number for auto-positioning of the cursor after the new host screen is displayed.
Column: Used to specify the column number for auto-positioning of the cursor after the new host screen is displayed.
Auto-Paste Continued Text into New Host Screen: If enabled then BlueZone will auto-paste the continued data into the new host screen.
Related Topics:
Pasting Text into the Display Session