Control Tab

Using this tab, you can set options that control printing, communications, and the display.

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Options

Description

Print Mode

Click the option that indicates how to handle spaces and carriage returns when you issue a host print command:

  • Omit any trailing spaces and add a carriage return at the end of each row click PRNT.

  • Print spaces instead of protected fields click FORM.

  • Print trailing spaces at the end of each row (no carriage return is added) click XPAR.

Transmit Mode

Select the data to transmit.

To transmit:

  • All data, including FCCs click ALL.

  • Only unprotected data and its FCCs click VAR.

  • Only changed data and its FCCs click CHAN.

Destructive Space

Select this option to delete the character at the cursor location when you press the space bar.

If you clear this option, pressing the space bar moves the cursor to the right without deleting any characters.

Display Control Chars

Select this option to display all control characters with decimal values less than 32, such as line feed, form feed, and tab characters.

If you clear this option, these characters will not appear in the session window.

Enable System Response Mode

Select this option to be able to enter system mode.

If you clear this option, you will not be able to put the session in system mode.

Save Host Control Page Changes

Select this option to save any changes the host sends to the Control Page or Extended Control Page during a session.

When you next open the session, the latest changes from the host will remain in effect for the new session.

If you clear this option, the host changes will not be saved, and the Control Page or Extended Control Page will reflect the settings it had before the host changed them.

Extended Control Page

Select this option to enable the Extended Control Page, which is used for file transfers to System 80 hosts.

If you select this option, the Extended Control Page appears instead of the regular Control Page.

If you clear this option, only the regular Control Page is displayed.

Reverse Status Line

Select this option to reverse the foreground and background colors of the status line.

If you clear this option, the foreground and background colors will not be reversed.

Xmit Expanded FCCs

Select this option to transmit expanded FCCs (such as protection and video attributes) to the host.

If you clear this option, UTS converts expanded FCCs into the closest corresponding regular FCCs before transmitting them.

Upper Case Only

Select this option to display only uppercase characters in the session window.

If you clear this option, you can type both lowercase and uppercase characters.

Copy Link Data

Select this option to copy text as an OLE item. You can then paste the item into an application that supports OLE linking. Clear this option to copy as plain text instead of an OLE item.

Defaults

Click this button to restore the default Control Page settings.

To specify how to print data

  1. If a UTS session is not already open, open one.

  2. From the Options menu, click Settings.

  3. From the Categories list box, click Display.

  4. Click the Control tab.

  5. From the Print Mode list box, click the option that indicates how to handle spaces and carriage returns when you issue a host print command.

To specify what data to transmit

  1. If a UTS session is not already open, open one.

  2. From the Options menu, click Settings.

  3. From the Categories list box, click Display.

  4. Click the Control tab.

  5. From the Transmit Mode list box, click what data UTS should transmit.

To specify how the space bar works

  1. If a UTS session is not already open, open one.

  2. From the Options menu, click Settings.

  3. From the Categories list box, click Display.

  4. Click the Control tab.

  5. Do one of the following:

    To

    Do this

    Delete the character at the cursor location when you press the space bar

    Select Destructive Space.

    Move the cursor to the right without deleting any characters when you press the space bar

    Clear Destructive Space.

To show or hide control characters

  1. If a UTS session is not already open, open one.

  2. From the Options menu, click Settings.

  3. From the Categories list box, click Display.

  4. Click the Control tab.

  5. Do one of the following:

    To

    Do this

    Display all control characters with decimal values less than 32, such as line feed, form feed, and tab characters

    Select Display Control Chars.

    Hide all control characters

    Clear Display Control Chars.

To enable or disable system mode

  1. If a UTS session is not already open, open one.

  2. From the Options menu, click Settings.

  3. From the Categories list box, click Display.

  4. Click the Control tab.

  5. Do one of the following:

    To

    Do this

    Enable the use of system mode

    Select Enable System Response Mode.

    Disable the use of system mode

    Clear Enable System Response Mode.

To specify whether to save host Control Page changes

  1. If a UTS session is not already open, open one.

  2. From the Options menu, click Settings.

  3. From the Categories list box, click Display.

  4. Click the Control tab.

  5. Do one of the following:

    To

    Do this

    Save any changes the host sends to the Control Page or Extended Control Page during a session

    Select Save Host Control Page Changes.

    Retain the Control Page or Extended Control Page settings that existed before they were changed by the host

    Clear Save Host Control Page Changes.

To enable or disable the Extended Control Page

  1. If a UTS session is not already open, open one.

  2. From the Options menu, click Settings.

  3. From the Categories list box, click Display.

  4. Click the Control tab.

  5. Do one of the following:

    To

    Do this

    Enable the Extended Control Page and display it when you display the Control Page

    Select Extended Control Page.

    Disable the Extended Control Page and display only the regular Control Page

    Clear Extended Control Page.

To specify the colors of the status line

  1. If a UTS session is not already open, open one.

  2. From the Options menu, click Settings.

  3. From the Categories list box, click Display.

  4. Click the Control tab.

  5. Do one of the following:

    To

    Do this

    Reverse the foreground and background colors of the status line

    Select Reverse Status Line.

    Have the status line use the same foreground and background colors as the rest of the screen

    Clear Reverse Status Line.

    NOTE:This option is enabled only if the session is configured to emulate a UTS 20 or UTS 40 terminal. To verify the terminal type, click Session Type from the Options menu and check the item selected from the Display/Device Type list box.

To specify how to transmit expanded FCCs

  1. If a UTS session is not already open, open one.

  2. From the Options menu, click Settings.

  3. From the Categories list box, click Display.

  4. Click the Control tab.

  5. Do one of the following:

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    To

    Do this

    Transmit expanded FCCs to the host

    Select Xmit Expanded FCCs.

    Convert expanded FCCs into the closest regular FCCs before transmitting them

    Clear Xmit Expanded FCCs.

    NOTE:This option is enabled only if the session is configured to emulate a UTS 40 or UTS 60 terminal. To verify the terminal type, click Session Type from the Options menu and check the item selected in the Display/Device Type list box.

To enable or disable lowercase characters

  1. If a UTS session is not already open, open one.

  2. From the Options menu, click Settings.

  3. From the Categories list box, click Display.

  4. Click the Control tab.

  5. Do one of the following:

    To

    Do this

    Display only uppercase characters in the session window

    Select Upper Case Only.

    Enable both lowercase and uppercase characters

    Clear Upper Case Only.

To restore the default Control Page settings

  1. If a UTS session is not already open, open one.

  2. From the Options menu, click Settings.

  3. From the Categories list box, click Display.

  4. Click the Control tab.

  5. Click Defaults.