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Configure Terminal Settings Dialog Box for T27

How do I get to this dialog box?

  1. Open a T27 terminal session.

  2. Open the Settings window.

    The steps depend on your user interface mode.

    User interface mode Steps
    Ribbon or InfoConnect Browser With a session open, from the Quick Access Toolbar, click .
    TouchUX With a session open, tap the Gear icon and then select Document Settings.
    Classic MDI With a session open, go to Options > Settings.

  3. Under Terminal Configuration, select Configure Terminal Settings.

From this dialog box, you can set input and display options for your T27 terminal.

Display

Option Description
Number of pages The maximum number of pages to use (1-99). A page is a data buffer from the host that consists of a specific number of columns and rows. The host application determines how many pages it sends to your desktop. If you are not sure how many pages to specify here, contact your host administrator (1-99).
Lines per page The number of lines (rows) per page (1-50).
Characters per line The number of characters per line (1-132).
Character blink time (tenths of seconds) The character blink interval (0-50).
Autofocus Select this option to bring this session to the foreground if T27 receives a message from the host while you are using another session or application.

Forms Mode

Option Description
Alt US char Enter the hexadecimal value of the character to use for the unit separator field delimiter in forms mode. (A unit separator starts each left-justified field.) The corresponding ASCII character appears next to the text box. The most common unit separator is hexadecimal 0x5B.
RS char Enter the hexadecimal value of the character to use for the record separator field delimiter in forms mode. (A record separator ends all fields.) The corresponding ASCII character appears next to the text box.The most common record separator is hexadecimal 0x5D.
At end of field Select the action that you want the cursor to take when it appears in the last position in a field and another character is entered.
Hide LINC Header Hide the LINC software header.
Forms delimiter visible Makes the delimiter character visible in forms mode.
Draw boxes around fields Draw boxes around fields in forms mode.

Translate

Most hosts can use only 7-bit characters (hex 00 to 7F). However, many European languages also include 8-bit characters (hex 80 to FF) such as ö or ç that hosts cannot interpret. To ensure that you can use these 8-bit characters on your screen display and still be able to communicate with the host in a way that the host can understand, InfoConnect comes with several European translation tables. Using these tables, you can swap desired 8-bit characters for unused 7-bit characters when you transmit data to the host, and then swap 7-bit characters for 8-bit characters when you receive data from the host.

You can create your own translation tables or use the translation tables installed with InfoConnect. The default translation tables are installed to: InfoConnect user data folder\Translation.

Option Description
Host to Screen The name of the translation table file (*.tbl) to use to convert characters received from the host before they are displayed on your desktop.

Typically, you will use the same translation table for both Host To Screen and Screen To Host and select Invert for one or the other (usually Host To Screen).
Screen to Host The name of the translation table (.TBL file) to use to convert displayed characters before they are sent to the host.