1.11.5 Advanced Tab

Using this tab, you can modify the list of keystrokes that you perform to access recorded host screens. For example, while recording host screens, you might have typed a password to access a particular host application. To ensure the security of the application, you can edit the recording and insert a prompt for the password rather than the actual password itself. You can also use this tab to change how the host screen is identified. For example, when Accessory Manager records the fields used to identify the screen, it might include data that changes, such as the time or date. When you next try to access this screen, since the time or date will have changed, an error will occur. Using this tab, you can delete identification fields that are not appropriate, or truncate the identification fields to remove inappropriate data.

NOTE:This tab appears only if you are using the ADMIN.ESF security file or another security file in which access to this tab is enabled.

Options on this tab:

Edit Paths

Click this button to specify the keystrokes to use to get from one recorded host screen to another.

Edit Recording

Click Edit Paths to open this dialog box, where you can perform the following tasks:

  • Delete a host screen from the recording

  • Edit a navigation path

  • Delete a navigation path

Recorded Data

This displays the data that you can modify or delete.

Expand/Collapse

Click this button to expand or collapse the selected item. For example, if you click Screens In Recording and click Expand, the Variable Length Recorded Data list box displays a list of the recorded host screens. If you subsequently click this item and click Collapse, the list of recorded host screens is no longer visible.

Edit

Click this button to edit the selected item. For example, if you selected a Direct Paths In Recording item, you can edit the navigation path between two recorded host screens.

Delete

Click this button to delete the selected item.

OK

Click this button to close the dialog box and save any changes you have made.

Cancel

Click this button to close the dialog box without saving any changes you have made.

Edit Identification Field

Getting there

On the Advanced tab, click Edit Paths, which opens the Edit Recording dialog. Click Screens In Recording, and click Expand. Select one of the pages and click Edit. Click Identification fields and click Expand. Select one of the rows and click Edit.

Using this dialog box, you can add or edit an identification field for the selected screen.

The Data area indicates what text will be used as the identification field. The Row and Column text boxes indicate where this text occurs. The Length text box indicates how many characters the text is.

You can change the identification field by changing the Row, Column, or Length. As you change these values, the information in the Data area changes accordingly. For example, if you change the Row to 5, the Column to 10, and the Length to 15, the Data area displays the next 15 characters beginning in the tenth column of the fifth row of the recorded host screen.

An easy way to locate text to use for the identification field is to change the Row and Column to 1 and the Length to 1600. This will display much of the information from the recorded host screen in the Data area. You can then manipulate the Row, Column, and Length until the Data area shows only the text that you want to use as the identification field.

  • Row

    Type the number of the row where the identification field should begin. As you specify the desired row, the information in the Data area changes accordingly. For example, if you type 5, the Data area displays the text from the fifth row of the recorded host screen.

  • Column

    Type the number of the column where the identification field should begin. As you specify the desired column, the information in the Data area changes. For example, if you type 10, the Data area displays the text beginning in the tenth column of the specified row of the recorded host screen.

  • Length

    Type the desired length for the identification field (you can make it longer or shorter). As you specify the desired length, the information in the Data area changes. For example, if you type 15, the Data area displays 15 characters from the recorded host screen, beginning at the specified Row and Column numbers.

  • Data

    This area displays the text used for the identification field. You cannot edit this data by typing in this text box. However, you can change it by changing the Row, Column, or Length.

    For example, if you change the Row to 5, the Column to 10, and the Length to 15, the Data area displays the next 15 characters beginning in the tenth column of the fifth row of the recorded host screen.

Edit Direct Paths leading from this screen

Getting there

On the Advanced tab, click Edit Paths, which opens the Edit Recording dialog. Click Screens In Recording, and click Expand. Select one of the pages and click Edit. Click Direct paths leading From this screen and click Expand. Select one of the rows and click Add or Edit.

Using this Edit Path dialog, you can perform the following tasks:

  • Insert keystrokes in a navigation path

  • Add keystrokes to a navigation path

  • Replace keystrokes in a navigation path

  • Delete keystrokes from a navigation path

Prompt User For Input Text

Select this option to display the phrase USER-INPUT-PROMPT in the Edit Entry text box. If desired, you can change this text to something more specific, like Type your password.

When you add or insert this prompt in the Key Entries In Path list box, you will be prompted to enter data before the rest of the keystrokes will be performed as you navigate from one screen to another.

Edit Entry

Type the text to add, insert, or replace in the Key Entries In Path list box.

To add a terminal keystroke (such as Transmit), double-click the desired keystroke in the Terminal Keys list box. Terminal keystrokes are preceded by the phrase SPECIAL KEY.

To add a user input prompt, click Prompt User For Input Text. The phrase USER-INPUT-PROMPT appears in this text box. If desired, you can change this text to something more specific, like Type your password.

Click Add, Insert, or Replace to put the text in this text box in the Key Entries In Path list box.

Terminal Keys

Double-click the terminal keystroke to add to the Edit Entry text box.

The keystrokes listed vary, depending on which emulator was used to record the host screens. For detailed descriptions of the actions performed by these terminal keystrokes, click Help on the Edit Path dialog box, then click Related Topics.

In the Edit Entry list box, terminal keystrokes are preceded by the phrase SPECIAL KEY.

Insert

Click this button to insert the data in the Edit Entry text box above the selected line in the Key Entries In Path list box.

If nothing is selected in the Key Entries In Path list box when you click Insert, the data in the Edit Entry text box is added above the first item in the Key Entries In Path list box.

Add

Click this button to add the data in the Edit Entry text box below the selected line in the Key Entries In Path list box.

If nothing is selected in the Key Entries In Path list box when you click Add, the data in the Edit Entry text box is added below the first item in the Key Entries In Path list box.

Click this button to replace the selected line in the Key Entries In Path list box with the data in the Edit Entry text box.

Delete

Click this button to delete the selected line in the Key Entries In Path list box.

Edit Page Identification

Click this button to specify which fields to use to identify a recorded host screen.

Edit Screen

On the Advanced tab, click Edit Page Identification to open the Edit Screen dialog, where you can perform the following tasks:

  • Add an identification field

  • Edit an identification field

  • Delete an identification field

By manipulating the identification fields, you can control how Accessory Manager identifies recorded host screens. This can help reduce errors that might occur in navigation.

Screen Name

This displays the name of the screen being edited. It also displays the number associated with the screen, the number of unprotected fields (input fields) used to identify the screen, the number of protected fields (output fields) used to identify the screen, the navigation paths leading to this screen, and the initial cursor position when this screen is displayed (row/column).

Variable Length Recorded Data

This displays the data that you can modify or delete.

Expand/Collapse

Click this button to expand or collapse the selected item.For example, if you click Screens In Recording and click Expand, the Variable Length Recorded Data list box displays a list of the recorded host screens. If you subsequently click this item and click Collapse, the list of recorded host screens is no longer visible.

Add

Click Identification Fields and then click this button to add an identification field for the specified recorded host screen.

Edit

Click this button to edit the selected item.

Delete

Click this button to delete the selected item.

OK

Click this button to close the dialog box and save any changes you have made.

Cancel

Click this button to close the dialog box without saving any changes you have made.