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Quick3270
User's Guide
Version 3.80 – July 2006

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. GETTING STARTED 3

2. QUICK3270 SESSIONS 3

Starting Sessions 4

Creating and Saving a Profile 5

Working with Layouts 5

Session Options 6
Terminal Settings 6
Session Colors 20
Working with Fonts 22
Keyboard Mapping 23
Print Screen options 25
Thai Option 26

3. 3270 FILE TRANSFER 27

Preparing for File Transfer 27

Uploading 27

Downloading 28

Options 28

4. HOST GRAPHICS 34
Getting Started
This chapter is intended to get you started using Quick3270. It provides
the basic information required to start a 3270 or 5250 terminal session.
It also describes your basic work environment and shows you how to
customize your toolbar.

Quick3270 Sessions
This chapter explains how Quick3270 sessions are created. It explains
how to save a session, with all its settings, as a profile that can be used
in future sessions. It also describes how you can customize your session
environment by creating custom poppads, color schemes and
associating these with specific profiles.

Creating a Configuration
To configure a session:
1. From the main menu, select:
Session
Session Configuration…

The Session settings panel appears

2. Select the type of host/interface. The choices are:

 MS-SNA Server for connections to an S/390 system over Microsoft
Host Integration Server (Formerly MS-SNA Server)
 TN3270 for connections to an S/390 system over Telnet
  TN5250 for connections to an AS/400 system over Telnet
 Read trace file replay of a previously recorded session log
3. Set the Session Parameters.
Enter the session specific parameters
Click OK when you are done.

Starting Sessions
You can use the methods described below to start sessions:
 Select an already-configured session icon from the Explorer or from
the Start menu.
 Start from an existing session window.
 Specify a session profile name in the Run window.
 Start multiple sessions.

Starting from a Session Window

Use the following methods to start from an existing session window:
Starting Another Session Using the Same Profile
Select Run the Same from the File menu. Another session starts, using
the same
profile.

Starting Another Session Using a Different Profile

1. Select Run Other from the File menu.
2. The Open Session File window appears.
3. Double-click the desired session profile in the File Name list.
4. Select OK.

Starting a Different Type of Session from a Session

Window
1. Select Open from the File menu.
2. Specify the desired workstation profile and then select OK. The
current session ends and then another session starts, using the
selected profile.
You can use an alternate method to opening a session: Drag and drop
the selected session file onto a Quick3270 session window.
 Starting a Session Profile from the Run
Command Line
To start the session:
Select Start and then Run.
Type the following command in the Command Line field and then select OK.
For example:
C:\PROGRAM FILES\Quick3270\QUICK3270.EXE C:\PROGRAM
FILES\QUICK3270\MY.ECF
where MY.ECF is the Session profile stored in the C:\PROGRAM
FILES\QUICK3270\ directory.

Starting Multiple Sessions

You can use an already configured layout icon from the Explorer or from
the Start menu to to start two or more Session profiles at the same time
(Display and Printer.
If you created an icon for your layout file, you can start multiple session
profiles just by selecting the icon.

Creating and Saving a Profile

You should create a profile for each session that connects to a different
host or requires different session options. To create and save a profile:
1 Open a new session using the New Session Command in the File
menu or by clicking the New Session button in the toolbar. In the Open
New Session dialog box enter the IP address or host name you wish to
associate with the new profile, then click on the Config button.
2 Customize the session to your preferences. For example, size the
Quick3270 window and select the options you want from any category
available for the terminal type you have selected.
3 To save a new profile, select the Save As button. A dialog box
appears.

You can save a profil as the default profile. Use the Save as default
Session Command in the File menu. After then, all session started
without a session configuration file on the commande line will use this
default settings.

Working with Layouts

Layouts allow you to open one or more windows in a prearranged
position on your screen. Desktop layouts are especially useful for
running multiple sessions. For example, you may consistently work with
three display sessions and one printer session. In addition, you may
have a KeyPad open for each display session. If saved in a layout, the
session windows and the KeyPads will always appear exactly as you like
them.
Using a desktop layout involves the following two tasks:
 First, create the layout by defining how windows will appear on your
screen.
 Second, open the layout. The layout positions the windows as
defined.
 Creating a layout
1. Open sessions that you may want to run concurrently.
2. Set the size and position of the windows.
3. Using the Settings menu commands, set your session preferences.
4. From the File menu, choose Save Layout.
5. Type a new layout filename, or scroll through the Filename list and
select an alternate layout file. (We suggest that you use the .QLT
extension.)
6. Choose OK, then follow the prompts to add an icon for the layout-file
to the Folder if you want to. This icon allows you to start several host
sessions by clicking a single icon.

Opening a layout
If you have a session open:
1. Choose Open Layout from from the File menu.
2. Select a desktop layout filename.
3. Choose OK.

Session Options
Quick3270 allows you to set each option independently for each terminal
session. This lets you customize each session and save the options to a
profile.

Terminal Settings
1. From the main menu, select:
Settings
Terminal…
The Terminal settings panel appears. The panel is subdivised into the
following categories:
Preferences Category
This dialog allows you to change the connection preferences.
 Enable host beep attribute: When selected, the emulator beeps
after receiving a sound beep bit from the host.

 Auto-save configuration file on exit: This option causes the

program to save the current settings to the session profile
automatically when the session window is closed (without prompting
the user). If disabled, the user is prompted to save the session
configuration file if it was modified.

 Prompt for disconnection: When selected, Quick3270 will warn

you if you try to close the application and a session is currently
open. When not selected you will not be prompted when the
program closes

 Exit on disconnect: When selected, Quick3270 automatically exits

(without prompting the user) when the session is disconnected.

 Save Windows size/position to configuration file: When

selected the current window size and position are saved to the
configuration file.

 Autoconnect session: When selected, Quick3270 automatically

connects to the specified host when the session is opened.

 Startup macro: Assign a startup macro to the session, which, when

opened, executes the macro automatically.
IBM 3270 Category
This dialog allows you to modify the specific IBM 3270 settings

 Model: These radio buttons allow you to choose the 3270 model
type. This determines the maximum size of the 3270 screen.

 Character Cell: Used only for host applications under GDDM and in
some other graphical environments. Specifies the size of the cells
when a fixed coordinate space is reported to the host. Note that
some host applications are sensitive to the cell size, especially
applications that use Programmed Symbols.

 Accept Extented Attributes: This option allows you to enable the

Extended Attribute Bytes (EABs) support. Extended Bytes are used
by mainframe applications to display highlighting, reverse image,
blinking and colors. Disable this option if your hostsystem does not
properly support EABs.

 Numeric field override: When enabled, the numeric field bit is

ignored. It means that you can enter alpha characters even when
the numeric field bit is set.

 Lightpen Enabled: This option enables support for the lightpen,

which is a light-sensitive device that can be used to select fields on
the screen. The lightpen is emulated with a mouse double-clic. This
function moves the 3270 cursor to the current mouse pointer
location and presses the Cursor Select function which emulates the
light pen
 Accept Program Symbols: Enables loadable symbols support.
Loadable symbols, also called graphic symbol sets, are sets of
symbols that are treated as small, individual bitmaps. Loadable
symbols can appear in the graphics layer or the text layer. In the
text layer, they are referred to as Program Symbols and are used as
custom text.

 .Enable Host Graphics (3179G): This option enables support of

host graphic display. Quick3270 supports host graphics by emulating
the 3179G terminal.

 BIND specifies display size: When selected, the terminal display

size in the BIND message will overwrite the user selected screen size
(Model).
This option should usually not be selected but can be usefull to
bypass wrong VTAM terminal definitions.
IBM 5250 Category
This dialog allows you to modify the specific IBM 5250 settings

 Model: These radio buttons allow you to choose the 5250 model
type. This determines the maximum size of the 5250 screen.
Keyboard Category
This dialog allows you to modify the specific keyboard settings

 Destructive Backspace: When selected, the BackSpace key will

wipe out the character you just typed before the BackSpace

 Toggle insert mode: When selected, the insert key toggle the
Insert mode like most PC programs do. If not selected (default),
Insert Mode is reset only on action key or reset.

 Input in uppercase: This option translate all input letters in

uppercase when typing.

 Auto unlock Keyboard: This option automatically unlocks the

keyboard in case of an input error.

 Disable keyboard repeat feature for function keys: This option

disables to auto-repeat feature for Attention keys.

 Enable type ahead: This option enables the Type Ahead feature.
Type ahead allows you to keep typing after an Attention generating
key is pressed. All keys are stored in the type ahead buffer and the
keys are processed when the host system unlocks the keyboard

 Max. number of characters stored : This option sets the size (in
keystrokes) of the typeahead buffer.
Edit Category
This dialog allows you to modify the specific settings for cut / copy /
paste

 Field oriented: Select this option to paste field information. The

first field is pasted to the first field in the current session, the second
field is pasted to the second field in the current session, and so on
until the buffer is empty.

 Row oriented: Row oriented means to paste rows of text that end
with carriage returns or line feeds. The first row is pasted to the first
input field in the current session; the second row is pasted to the
second input field, and so on until the buffer is empty. If a row of
copied text is larger than the input field it is pasted into, extra
characters are truncated (unless you select Word Wrap).

 Word wrap: Select Word Wrap to cause information which would

have been truncated at the end of a field (or the selected paste
area) to be pasted to the next input field instead of being truncated.

 Paste to protected fields: Select this option to paste from the

Clipboard to the selected area of the host destination screen field,
regardless of whether these fields are protected or unprotected. You
cannot paste over a protected field.

 Field Truncation: When selected, any data that falls onto an

unprotected field is lost.
 Clear to end of field: When selected, if a field is partially filled after
a paste operation, the remaining part of the field is cleared.

 Move cursor to end on paste: When selected the cursor location is

updated and follows the last character pasted.

 Replace with spaces: Select this option to replace cut or cleared

characters with an equal number of spaces.

 Replace with nulls: Select this option to replace cut or cleared

characters with an equal number of nulls.

 Add bitmap format to clipboard: When selected, the selected text

is copied as text and as a Bitmap into the clipboard on copy/cut
operations.

 Use Tabs as field separator: When selected, Tab characters are

inserted between each field. This allows easy pasting in application
like Microsoft Excel.

 Advance to next Tab stop: Used on paste operations. When

selected, each Tab character will move the next paste location to the
next field.

 Replace with space character: Used on paste operations. When

selected, each Tab character is replaced by a space.

 Selection rectangle remains visible: This option keeps the

selection rectangle after completing an edit operation.
 Telnet Category
This dialog allows you to tailor the telnet options.

 Prompt if server closes socket: When this option is set a

message box is displayed when the server closes the session.

 Auto-Reconnect: When selected, the session is reconnected, when

the server disconnects the session

 SendKeep-Alive every: When selected, a TCP Keep-Alive is sent

every minut to the server.

 Telnet Timing-Mark: When selected, the response to DO TIMING

MARK is WILL TIMING MARK.
Cursor Category
This dialog allows you to tailor the cursor options.

 Text cursor appearance: These radio buttons allows you to

choose the cursor type. The cursor type can be a block, a half block
or an underline.

 Insert mode cursor: These radio buttons allows you to choose the
cursor type in insert mode

 Text cursor color: These radio buttons allows you to choose how
the cursor color is set. It can be either a user specified cursor color
or the invert of the background color of the current cursor location.

 Graphic cursor appearance: These radio buttons allows to choose

the pointer in graphic mode. It is different from and operates
differently from the Windows pointer and can be displayed as
crosshair or boxed crosshair

 Show cursor blinking: Cursor can be either solid or blinking.

Blinking is the default.
Display Category
This dialog allows you to tailor the some display options.

 User Interface language: This combo box allows choosing the

language for the user interface. Five languages are available:
English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

 Large toolbar buttons: By default, Quick3270 uses fairly small

icons which are easily readable up to 800x600 resolution. However,
at 1024x768 and higher, the icons get somewhat small. Select this
option to use the larger set of icons in the toolbar

 Recent file list: When selection, a list of the most recently opened
profiles is stored.

 Ruler: These options let you enable the display of a ruler and choose
one of three styles for the rule-line. A Rule Line is a horizontal
and/or vertical line in the row and/or column containing the text
cursor and aids you when reading or referring to a screen.
Window Title categorie
This dialog allows you to tailor the name for the current session window.

 Program name: The program name can be appended to the title

 Long session name ID: The word Session, followed by a session-

ID that is assigned automatically, can be appended to the title.

 Short session name ID: A session-ID only, assigned automatically,

can be appended to the title.

 Session name: You can enter a session name, up to 8 characters,

to be appended to the title.

 Session profil: The name of the session profile (*.ECF) that is

assigned with this session can be appended to the title.

 Separator: You can specify whether there should be a separator-

character between the elements of the title, and what the character
must be.
HLLAPI categorie
This dialog allows you to customize the HLLAPI interface.

 HLLAPI short name: Displays the short name and the session file
assigned to it.

 Browse button: Search for a session file to assign to a short name.

 Remove button: Use to select a HLLAPI short name and remove

the session profile associated with it.
Global categorie
This dialog allows you to update the Windows registry:

 Sheme Path: Allows selecting a default path for all scheme files
(Color scheme, GUI scheme, Keyboard scheme, Keypad scheme).

 Clear: This button allow you to remove the profile settings that has
been set with the "Set as default session" menu option.

 Write: This button allow registering the Quick3270 OLE objects. This
is usually done by the install program.

 Default: Associates Quick3270 as the default TN3270 emulator.

Session Colors
From the main menu, select:
Settings
Colors…
You can tailor the 3270/5250 colors to your preference for any session.
Since the color information is saved in the session profile, you can set
colors differently for each session.
You can change the colors in a display or graphics session including the
foreground and background of the text colors sent from the mainframe.
The foreground consists of the text within an area while the background
is the area surrounding that text. Think of these areas as the basic
colors of your screen. You can change the color of your cursor.
You can also change colors of the more advanced areas of your screen,
including host attributes, such as protected and unprotected fields.
After changing the colors on your screen, you can save those changes to
a scheme, which can then be assigned to another session or a specific
host screen. Changing colors might make certain areas of the display
session easier to read or perhaps make it easier to differentiate one
session or host screen from another that has a different color scheme.

To change the session colors, select the Colors from the Settings menu
The following dialog will appear.

To change a session color, first select the display attribute name you
wish to change. Then click on the color block that you wish to assign.
You can select a display attribute name from the Host monitor or the
Host list (Selection combo box).
The Default button resets all colors back to their default values.
Working with Fonts
From the main menu, select:
Settings
Display font…
Quick3270 requires fonts that have equal character spacing. These are
called Fixed-Pitch fonts (as opposed to Proportional fonts). Fixed-Pitch
fonts are required so that the text on the screen appears in consistent
positions on the screen. Additionally, since Quick3270 is a terminal
emulator and not a word processor, the main window must be a specific
size given a certain font. Quick3270 fully supports the use of True Type
fonts.
The windowing system used by Quick3270 operates in two ways. In
Auto Adjust Font Size mode, you can drag the bottom, top, or corners of
the window frame to make it smaller or larger and the program will
dynamically change the window size.
You can change the session fonts by choosing Select Display Font from
the Settings menu.

The Select Display Font dialog box will list all available bitmap and True
Type fonts that match the characteristics required by Quick3270.
Although the Font Style list box will allow you to modify the font,
Regular style is normally the preferred style. As you change the Font,
Style, and Size, a sample of the new font will appear in the Sample
group box. Once you have selected the font you desire, press the OK
button to change the session font. Quick3270 will then resize the
window to the size required by the new font.

 Auto Adjust Font Size: Automatically selects the largest font that
fits within the current window size

 Auto Adjust Window Size: Automatically selects the window size

based on the font being used.
Keyboard Mapping
From the main menu, select:
Settings
Keyboard Mapping…

How to Edit a Key

After starting the Keyboard Mapping dialog (from the Settingss menu),
select the key you want to modify such as this example where we want
to change the Enter key from Enter to Newline.

Then select the function you want the key to perform, using the tabbed
Edit area list. In the example below, we’ve selected the Edit tab, and
then selected list item New line.

To actually assign the selected function to the selected key, press one or
more assignment keys in the assignment area. In the example below,
we assign the Normal Enter key (i.e. no shift keys held), which was
previously set to Enter:
At this point you can continue editing other keys, and when finished,
press the Ok button to exit the Keyboard Mapping dialog. It will ask you
if you want to save the key changes for future use.

You have also the possibility to save the keyboard scheme in a separate
file:

This file (Keyboard Map File KMF) can then be selected/loaded by other
session profiles.
Print Screen options
From the main menu, select:
File
Print Screen Options…

 Print header: When selected, a header line with the system time
and date will be printed on top of the print screen output.

 Include user name: When selected, the user name is included in

the header line.

 Document name: Specifies the document name to include in the

header.

 Send to printer: When selected, send the data to the current

specvified printer.

 Print in Black & White: When selected, ignores the display color
attributes.

 Bypass Windows GDI printing system: When selected, print data

are sent as raw ASCII characters.

 Send Form Feed after printing: When selected, a Form Feed

character is sent after the print job. Only usefull if the “Bypass
Windows GDI…” option is selected.

 On graphic display print only the graphics: When selected, on

mixed display (Text and Graphics), only the graphic part is printed.
 Print to File: When selected, send the print data to disk file.

 Append file: When selected, print job will be added to the end of
specified filename. If the file does not exist, one will be created.

 File Name: The file name to print to.

Thai Option
These options are only available for Quick3270 Thai Edition.
From the main menu, select:
View
 Composed mode: When selected the Thai characters are auto-
composed in this mode.

 Space alignment: When selectec two consecutive spaces cause

column realignment. The realignment occurs whenever composing
routine finds two consecutive spaces. If all fields have at least two
trailing spaces, then all fields of all records will be properly aligned.
3270 File Transfer
Quick3270 supports the IND$FILE file transfer program which can be
used on CMS, TSO, and CICS systems. When transferring files, you
must not be executing any program on the remote system since a host
program will be invoked to do the file transfer.

Preparing for File Transfer

Send and receive procedures using the IND$FILE are different
depending on the host system you are using. Because Quick3270 can be
configured to run using several different host types, you will have to set
file transfer options unique to your system before you can send or
receive a file.
Before you can use IND$FILE to send or receive files, you must make a
few preparations. Afterwards, you can choose either the procedure to
send a file to the host, or the procedure to receive a file from the host
depending on the host type you are using. File transfers are always
initiated from the workstation program. You cannot start a file transfer
by typing a command at your host system prompt.
When using CMS, you must be at the "R;" prompt.
When using TSO/CICS you must be at the "READY" prompt. You cannot
be in any SPF panel when starting a file transfer.

From the main menu, select:

Transfer
File Transfer…

The following dialog will appear.

Uploading
To send a file to the host:
1 Select the Send file to host radio button in the File transfer dialog
box.
 2 The File transfer dialog box allows you to select the PC file to upload,
the destination filename and the IBM host operating systems.
3 To start the file transfer, press the Send File button.
The File Transfer Monitor dialog box appears to display the number of
bytes that are transferring.

Downloading
To receive a file from the host:
1 Select the Receive file from host radio button from the File
transfer dialog.
2 The File transfer dialog box allows you to select the PC file to upload,
the destination filename and the IBM host operating systems.
3 To start the file transfer, press the Receive file button.

Options
With the Settings button you have access to the option dialog

General categorie

 Transfer Program Name: Allows You to can change the file

transfer program name from IND$FILE to whatever command you
wish executed. This feature is primarily used to execute another
system command before executing the actual file transfer program.

 Timeout: is the length of time (in seconds) that the Quick3270

waits for a response from the host. If the host does not respond, file
transfer is canceled, and you receive an error message.

 File format: Either select ASCII and CRLF for an ASCII transfer or
deselect both of them for a binary transfer.
 When ASCII is checked, PC 1-byte codes are converted into EBCDIC
codes when a file is sent from the PC to the host, and vice versa
when files are received from the host.
When CRLF (Carriage Return and Line Feed) is checked for Send,
the following conversion occurs when a file is sent from the PC to the
host:
- CRLF (x'0D0A') is not removed from the end of each line and is
used as the delimiter of each record
- EOF (x'1A') is removed from the end of a file

When CRLF is checked for Receive:

- CRLF (x'0D0A') is added at the end of each record
- EOF (x'1A') is added at the end of the file. If APPEND is specified,
EOF is removed from the end of an existing file and is added at the
end of an appended file.

 Structured field size (KB): You can also select a block size from
2Kb to 32Kb. The larger block size will yield in a higher file transfer
rate, however, the smaller block size is preferable when transferring
data from a remote site through slow links.

 Issue Clear: "Clear" key is sent to the host at the beginning of a file
transfer.

 Append to Host File on Send: When checked for Send, the

transferred file will be appended to an existing host file that has the
same name, type and mode, if one exists.

 Append to Pc File on Receive: When selected for Receive, the file

trensferred from the host will be appended to an existing Pc file if
one exists.
VM/CMS categorie

The VM/CMS Specific Options include the following:

 Record format: Specifies the file format used to create the
receiving file on the host system.

 Other send parameters: Specifies any additional file transfer

parameters needed to send a PC file

 Other receive prameters: Specifies any additional file transfer

parameters needed to receive a PC file
MVS/TSO categorie

The MVS/TSO Specific Options include the following:

 Record format: Specifies the file format used to create the
receiving file on the host system.

 Block size: The size of the blocks of data in a new data set on your
TSO volume

 Space allocation: This is valid only for MVS/TSO, and when

APPEND is not checked for Send. You can specify how new host files
are to be created - the allocation amounts, the allocation units, and
the block size, as follows:
Space: Specifies the number of tracks or cylinders that you want to
assign to this file transfer
Increment: Specifies the amount of additional storage that the file-
transfer function is to assign when the number of tracks or cylinders
specified in the Space box is not enough to transfer a whole file.
Tracks: Specifies that the host-file allocation is in tracks.
Cylinders: Specifies that the host-file allocation is in cylinders.
Blocks: Specifies that the host-file allocation is in blocks.

 Other send parameters: Specifies any additional file transfer

parameters needed to send a PC file

 Other receive prameters: Specifies any additional file transfer

parameters needed to receive a PC file
CICS categorie

The CICS Specific Options include the following:

 Host FILE: This option allows you to specifies where the mainframe
stores a file before it is send or after it is received.

 Other send parameters: Specifies any additional file transfer

parameters needed to send a PC file

 Other receive prameters: Specifies any additional file transfer

parameters needed to receive a PC file
Code Pages categorie

The CICS Specific Options include the following:

 DOS code page: Specifies the PC code page.

 Host code page: Specifies the character display code used by the
host

 Use user defined tranbslation table: If selected, allows

customizing a translation-table. Click the Customize button to
display the translation tables for send and receive.
Host Graphics
Quick3270 fully supports host graphics by emulating the IBM 3179G
Color Graphics Display Station. The system supports most of the vector
graphics commands and Program-Symbol-Sets. Each terminal session
can perform independent vector graphics. Quick3270 host graphics
emulation gives you true graphics terminal emulation.

To enable Host Graphic support select:

Settings
Terminal…
IBM 3270
Enable Host Graphics

Graphics Terminal Emulation has the capability of displaying all the

primitives as an IBM graphics terminal, such as the 3179G, would.
Primitives such as lines, ellipses, arcs, patterns, and loadable symbols
are all rendered correctly and scaled to fit within the terminal window on
your display screen. This is important since certain mainframe graphics
applications will perform properly only on terminals having certain
display characteristics. Using this program your display can appear as an
IBM 3179G, a 3192G, a 3472G, or a 3270PCG.

The window dimensions for the terminal emulation session might not be
the same as configured for the display (3179G, or 3472G). If the
dimensions deviate significantly from the proportions of the configured
display resolution, the image may appear stretched or compressed as it
is sized to fit the terminal window.

 Accept Program Symbols: If selected Quick3270 supports

Loadable symbols

Loadable symbols, also called graphic symbol sets, are sets of symbols
up to 32x32 pixels in size that are treated as small, individual bitmaps.

There are different uses of loadable symbols. They can appear in the
graphics layer or the text layer. In the graphics layer, they are
commonly referred to as Graphics Symbol Sets and can be used as
markers, fill patterns, or custom text. In the text layer, they are
referred to as Program Symbols and are used as custom text. In either
case, the symbol sets are created on a mainframe host graphics
application and then downloaded to the graphics terminal. The
application then selects a symbol or group of symbols to display on the
text or graphics layer.