Modifying data processing properties
1. Click the Data Processing tab to define the terminal options that control how data is managed by the ActiveX Display control.
2. In the Server data settle time field, type the number of milliseconds that the host should wait to receive data before it ends the transfer with the client. If you enter -1 in this field, the host uses its own timeout value.
3. Select the Error Recovery checkbox to allow the server or the host to restart a data transfer that encountered an error during transmission.
You should always leave this checkbox selected. It is used primarily for testing purposes to determine when an error occurs during data transmission.
4. In the Keyboard Mode panel, type the maximum number of keys that the Display control will allow you to type ahead in the Type-ahead keys field. If the Display control is busy and can't display the characters you are typing immediately, it stores them in memory and displays them when it is no longer busy.
5. In the Keyboard Mode panel, select the Insert (vs. Overwrite) checkbox to insert the characters you type at the current cursor position without replacing any existing characters that follow. Any subsequent characters in the fields move over as you type.
Notes
•  If you do not select this checkbox, the Overwrite mode is active. Overwrite indicates that when you type, your characters overwrite any existing characters.
•  You can switch between modes during a session by pressing the Insert key. This checkbox defines the default mode.
6. Non-Persistent Server Polling Setup allows you to automatically refresh your Display session with the latest data from the host. The ActiveX sends a request to the host for new data at a defined interval. This process is known as polling.
•  The Use Server polling settings check box informs the ActiveX display to use either the polling parameters received from the server (in the HTML page parameters), or the local setting defined in this properties dialog box. This option can be used to customize this setting for few users for example.
•  The Single refresh delay (ms) is the number of milliseconds after which the ActiveX display will send one refresh request to the host to check if there are any remaining data for the received screen.
•  Client Keep Alive is a mechanism to maintain the session alive across the network.
7. Click Replace with Blanks and enter an integer in the box. A tab space will be converted into the number of blank spaces specified in this option when you copy cells from a spreadsheet and paste them into the ActiveX Display control. Conversely, blank spaces equal to the number entered in this option will be converted into a tab space when you paste text from the ActiveX Display control into a spreadsheet.
Notes
1. You must hold down Shift when pasting text into the ActiveX Display control for this option to take effect.
For example, if you copy three cells in a row of a spreadsheet and paste them into the ActiveX Display control, each tab space separating the cells will be converted into the number of blank spaces specified in this option.
When you copy text from the ActiveX Display control and paste it into a spreadsheet, blank spaces between the copied text will be converted into a tab space based on the value specified in this option.
2. You must hold down Shift when copying text from the ActiveX Display control for this option to take effect.
For example, if you set the number of blank spaces to four (4), any four spaces between the text that you copy from the ActiveX Display control will be converted into one tab space in a spreadsheet; therefore, text separated by four (4) spaces will go into separate cells in the spreadsheet. Every four blank (4) spaces will be the equivalent of a tab space; therefore, eight (8) blank spaces will be converted into two (2) tab spaces and so on.
8. Host display fields are normally separated by a tab. Click Enable paste to next field if you want the host tab space to be recognized in a spread sheet when you copy and paste text from the ActiveX Display control.
9. Select the Enable Light Pen (3270) checkbox to enable the ActiveX to work in compatibility mode with the light pen.
10. Select the Numeric Filed Override checkbox to allow the ActiveX to ignore field data mismatch errors for numeric fields.
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