Edit properties - BlueZone VT

The Edit Properties window is used to configure the BlueZone VT copy and paste functionality. From the BlueZone VT menu bar, click Edit → Properties. The Edit Properties dialog opens displaying the General, Copy to Clipboard, Copy to File, Copy to Printer, and Paste from Clipboard tabs.

General tab

Options

Use a Rectangle to show Selected Text: If enabled, a rectangle is drawn when showing any selected text.
Use Colors to show Selected Text: If enabled, selected text is shown using the configured foreground and background colors.
- Foreground Color: Displays the currently configured foreground color.
  - Customize: Click to choose a new foreground color.
- Background Color: Displays the currently configured background color.
  - Customize: Click to choose a new background color.
Auto-Deselect after Copy: If selected, the text selection is automatically deselected after the copy operation is complete.
Enable Drag & Drop Copy Paste: If enabled, selected text can be dragged to another portion of the screen by dragging and dropping to text in desired location.
- Drag Color: The "Drag Color" is the color of the selected text while it is being dragged. The pasted text reverts to its original color after the user releases the mouse button to paste the screen selection.
  - Customize: Click to choose a new drag color.
Auto-Copy Mouse Selections: If enabled, BlueZone auto-copies to the clipboard after a mouse edit selection.
Insert CR/LF characters when Appending: If enabled, data appended to the clipboard starts on a new line.

Copy to Clipboard tab

Copy Options

The Copy Options group is used to configure how text from the display session is copied to the clipboard:

Copy “screen shots” to the Clipboard: If selected, the entire host screen text is copied to the clipboard on Copy to Clipboard operations. This also enables the "Auto-Screen Shots" option to the right.
Copy Selected Text Only: If selected, only the highlighted (selected) host screen text is copied to the Clipboard on Copy to Clipboard operations.
- Auto- "screen shots": If enabled, BlueZone auto-screen copies each time an AID-Key is entered. An AID-Key is any key that sends data to the host.
  
  Selecting this option also enables the Clipboard Options on the bottom half of the dialog.
Copy Entire Scrollback Buffer: If selected, the entire Scrollback Buffer is copied to the clipboard on Copy to Clipboard operations.
Select one of the following options from the drop-down menu to specify Copy to Clipboard preferences:
- Lines with terminators: Standard copy/paste with CRLF appended to all but the last line.
- Copy Text as Tab Separated Fields for Spreadsheets: Copy/paste that maintains column alignment.
- Data with no formatting: Standard copy/paste, but without CRLF appended to any lines. This option causes multiple copied rows to appear on the same line when pasted.
- Paragraph Formatting for word processing: Copies the selected area of text and retains paragraph formatting attributes. Selecting this option inserts a space at the end of each line to prevent words from running together. A carriage return and line feed are added before blank lines.
Trim Trailing Blank Spaces: If there are trailing spaces at the end of the copied text, they are removed during the copy action.
Include Rich Text Format: If enabled, BlueZone will include the RTF format on the Clipboard when Edit-Cut or Edit-Copy is selected.
- Font Size: By default, text copied to the Clipboard keeps the Display font size when pasted. Use this drop-down menu to apply a different font size to text that is copied and pasted in RTF.

Clipboard Options

The Clipboard Options group works in conjunction with the Auto "screen shots" feature, and is used to configure additional Copy to Clipboard options:

Auto-"screen shots" Overwrite Clipboard Data: If selected, auto-screen copies overwrite any data on the clipboard.
Auto-"screen shots" Append Data to Clipboard: If selected, auto-screen copies are appended to any data on the clipboard.

Copy to File tab

Copy Options

Copy “screen shots” to Disk: If selected, the entire host screen text is copied to the Default Output File on Copy to File operations.
Copy Selected Text Only: If selected, only the highlighted host screen text is copied to the Default Output File on Copy to File operations.
- Auto-"screen shots": If selected, BlueZone auto-copies "screen shots" to the Default Output File each time the user presses a Attention Identifier (AID) key.
Copy Entire Scrollback Buffer: If selected, the entire Scrollback Buffer is copied to the Default Output File on Copy to File operations.
Copy Text as Tab Separated Fields for Spreadsheets: Select this option to maintain column alignment in all Copy to File operations.

File Options

Prompt for Filename before each Copy: If selected, the Common File dialog is displayed for the user to select a file name before each Copy To File operation. This option is automatically disabled if Auto-"screen shots" is enabled on the top half of this dialog.
- Default Output Filename: Used to enter a default file name to be used in all Copy to File operations.
Overwrite File Data: If selected, the output file is overwritten on each Copy to File operation.
Append Data to File: If selected, text is appended to the end of the output file on each Copy to File operation.
Unicode: If selected, the output file is written in Unicode format. The checkbox is selected by default. Clear the checkbox to write the output file in ASCII format.

Copy to Printer tab

Copy Options

Copy “screen shots” to the Printer: If selected, the entire host screen text is copied to the printer on Copy to Printer operations.
Copy Selected Text Only: If selected, only the highlighted host screen text is copied to the printer on Copy to Printer operations.
Copy Entire Scrollback Buffer: If selected, the entire Scrollback Buffer is copied to the printer on Copy to Printer operations.

Note: The printer can be changed by selecting File → Print Setup from the menu bar.

Paste from Clipboard tab

Paste Options

Remove formatting data when pasting: If selected, BlueZone strips any formatting like CRs and LFs when pasting text. This feature is useful when you are coping and pasting formatted multi-line text from one field into another of a different size. Without this feature enabled, text can appear to be misaligned.
Override Paste Flow Control: If selected, BlueZone sends the number of bytes to the host that are entered in the Paste Block Size field and waits for the number of milliseconds that are entered in the Paste Delay (ms) field. If the Line field next to the Paste Block Size field is checked, then when a line of data is entered, BlueZone sends the line to the host and waits for the number of milliseconds that are entered in the Paste Delay (ms) field.

The range of the Paste Block Size setting is 1 to 1024 bytes. The range of the Paste Delay (ms) setting is 1 to 10000 milliseconds.

The paste delay performance will have some variance depending on the computer load; the delay is not exact.