Popup/pull down keypads

 

You can create keypads.

Valid resource values for the keypad resource entry are as follows:

enable

Allows you to create, change, and user keypads. The default resource value is enable.

keypad_only

Allows you to use, but not create or change keypads. The keypad customization pull down choice is not displayed.

disable_and_hide

Does not allow you to use keypads. The two pull down keypad choices are not displayed.

The default keypad resource IBM5250*KeyPadPath: is typically followed by one or more full paths (directory and file name) to default keypad files. Multiple paths are separated by a comma. If the resource is followed by the character “0", there is no default keypad file for the user.

Each popup window has the following:

• A title that is a portion of the 5250 session title: the OS400 partition name or IP address and the session number. The window title is useful to tie the popup keypad window to the launching 5250 session window.

• Customized buttons that perform a keyboard action or playback file. You control the size and layout of the keypad buttons: for example, 1x4, 6x1, or 4x4. All keypad buttons are the same size.

The Customize Keypad program allows you to specify that the keypad functions should be available though a keypad pull down instead of a popup keypad window. If you select this choice, a Keypad menu bar choice is included in the main 5250 window. If you have:

• one pull down keypad file, selecting Keypad lists the buttons text as pull down choices.

• multiple pull down keypad files, selecting Keypad lists the pull down keypad files; select a keypad file displays a drop-down list with the button text as drop-down list choices.

• no pull down keypad files, the Keypad menu bar choice is not displayed.

If you have a keypad file, a dialogue box asks the user to select an existing keypad to change or create a new keypad. The customize keypad window allows you to do the following:

• Define keypad buttons: including button text and keypad actions or a playback file associated with the button. You can edit the keypad action areas. A list of keyboard actions and playback files are available for you to select.

• Change an Existing keypad button.

• Delete an existing keypad button.

• Move keypad buttons.

• Specify if the keypad is a popup keypad or pull down keypad.

• Set the row/column dimensions of a popup keypad window.

• Set the size of each button in a popup keypad window.

• A save pushbutton that allows the user to save this popup keypad. The user gives the keypad a file name. The maximum length of the file name is 32 characters and can contain blanks.

• A cancel pushbutton that cancels the customize window.

• A help pushbutton that launches popup keypad help text.

• Also, a separate keypad window shows the keypad under construction. For a pull down keypad, the keypad window is shown as one column wide.

Popup keypad windows will use the same foreground/background colors as the 5250 emulator menu bar of the session that launched the keypad window.

 

Parent topic:

X resources for the iSeries Access for Linux emulator