The Screen History feature enables users to view and copy information from previous screens, eliminating data entry redundancies.
NOTE:You must first enable the History setting to show the Screen History button in the Productivity pane on the left side of your host session display screen.
On the Options menu, select Settings, then on the General tab, select the Enable History check box.
As you navigate through the host screens to access the data you need, thumbnail screens are added to the Screen History panel. You can then easily navigate through the thumbnail screens to access the host data. You can save your history file and reuse it. You can delete any past screens you no longer need, or delete all the screens and add new ones to your history file.
You can always return to the live screen by clicking the Live Screen thumbnail, by clicking the Home button on the Session toolbar, or by choosing Live Screen from the Session menu. Past screens are read-only. No keystrokes are allowed no matter how they are generated, including from a QuickPad or Toolbar. You can copy from past screens but can paste only to live screens, or to text editors such as notepad or wordpad.
The following keys are allowed on past screens: Arrow keys, Page Up and Page Down.
To add host screens to history
Sign onto the host either a 3270 or 5250 session.
Navigate through the host screens to access the data you need.
As you do so, thumbnail screens are created in the Screen History panel. These screens are held in the history buffer.
To save the history file
Click the Save icon on the toolbar.
In the Save As dialog box, in the File Name box, type a meaningful name for the history file.
In the Save asType box, choose Screen History Documents.
Click the Save button.
The history file is saved with an extension of .hst and stored on the Desktop, under My Documents, Micro Focus, InfoConnect, in the Sessions folder; or wherever you have chosen during the installation to store your macros, schemes, and sessions.
Screen history saved in a 3270 session cannot be opened in a 5250 session or vice versa.
To open a history file
Click the Open icon on the toolbar.
From the display area, select the filename of a history file, or in the File Name box, type the file name.
Click the Open button.
You can open a history file even if the session is disconnected.
When you open a history file, all screens currently in the history buffer are cleared. You should save the current history buffer first.
To delete host screens from history
Select the screen, or screens, you want to delete.
Click the Delete icon, or the Delete All icon, on the toolbar.
To return to the live screen
Click the thumbnail Live Screen; on the session toolbar, click the Home button; or from the Session menu, choose Live Screen.
To navigate through history screens
Click the thumbnail screens; on the session toolbar, click the Next Screen and Previous Screen arrow keys; or from the Session menu, choose the Next Screen and Previous Screen options.
Page Up, Page Down, Shift + Arrow keys are allowed.
You can navigate to past screens and work with them even if the session is disconnected.
NOTE:We recommend that you do not select past history screens while simultaneously running macros.