PASSPORT Knowledge Base
Configuration
Date Published: April 14, 2004
Date Updated: February 21, 2008

Title

Advanced Cut and Paste

Product

PASSPORT PC to Host, PASSPORT Web to Host

Emulation Types

TN3270, TN5250, VT, SCO ANSI, Wyse 60

Issue

Advanced cut and paste options available from edit menu.

Solution

Edit®Cut

This menu command performs the standard Windows cut operation. Any text that is selected and is in a non-protected field is deleted from the PASSPORT screen and copied into the Windows clipboard. Text cut from PASSPORT and copied to the clipboard may later be pasted into another area of the same PASSPORT session, a different PASSPORT session, or into another Windows application.

 

For TN3270 and TN5250 display sessions, this menu command is enabled when there is selected text on the PASSPORT screen. For VT, SCO ANSI and Wyse emulation sessions, this menu command is always disabled.

 

Text can be cut from the PASSPORT screen by using one of the following methods:

Edit®Copy

This menu command performs the standard Windows copy operation. Any text that is selected is copied to the clipboard. Text copied to the Windows clipboard may later be pasted into another area of the same PASSPORT session, a different PASSPORT session, or into another Windows application.

 

This menu command is disabled when there is not any text selected on the PASSPORT screen.

 

Text can be copied from the PASSPORT screen by using one of the following methods:

Edit®Copy Append

This menu command is used to append text to the Windows clipboard. This command can be used when it is necessary to copy screen after screen to the clipboard. The data can then be pasted all at one time into another Windows application.

 

This menu command is disabled when there is not any text selected on the PASSPORT screen.

Edit®Copy Graph

This menu command copies the selected area of the screen to the clipboard in graphics format. By default, when the graphic is copied, black and white are reversed. To retain the original colors of the host screen, you must disable the Reverse black and white on Copy Graph setting in the Customize Edit Scheme dialog box using the Options®Edit menu command. Once the graphic is in the clipboard, it may then be pasted to other Windows applications such as PAINT where it can be printed, edited, or saved to disk in a bitmap format.

 

This menu command is disabled when there is not any text selected on the PASSPORT screen. This menu command is only available for TN3270 and TN5250 display sessions.

Edit®Paste

This menu command performs the standard Windows paste operation. However, note that text cannot be pasted into protected fields. To paste text onto a PASSPORT screen, first position the cursor at the desired location, and then use the Paste command. If all the text in the clipboard cannot fit onto the screen, it will be truncated and as much text as possible will be pasted onto the screen.

 

As an alternative to positioning the cursor, you can use the mouse or keyboard to define another selected area, and then paste the text from the clipboard into the selected area. If the text will not all fit into the selected area, it will be truncated and as much text as possible will be pasted onto the screen.

 

If you want the cursor to be automatically moved to the end of the pasted text, this is an option that can be configured in the Customize Edit Scheme dialog box using the Options®Edit menu command. This feature is only available for TN3270 and TN5250 display sessions.

 

For TN3270 and TN5250 display sessions, text can be pasted into the PASSPORT screen by using one of the following methods:

For more information on the paste modes, refer to the Customize Edit Scheme dialog box.

 

Note: Quick drag-and-drop may also be used to copy an area of text from one part of the PASSPORT screen to another part of the same screen. To utilize this feature, simply highlight the text, drag to the appropriate location and drop. When drag-and-drop is used, the text is not placed in the clipboard.

Edit®Paste Continue

This menu command is enabled if more data is left in the Windows clipboard after an Edit®Paste. This function allows you to continue to paste the rest of the data until there is no more data in the clipboard to paste. This command is virtually identical to the Edit®Paste command with the exception as to what data is retrieved from the clipboard.

Edit®Clear

This menu command cancels a selected area of text.

Edit®Select All

This menu command selects the entire PASSPORT screen. The number of rows and columns of text selected depends on the size of the screen.

 

Note: The OIA (Operator Information Area) status line at the bottom of the PASSPORT screen cannot be included in a selected area of text.

 

Note: If the scroll back buffer is enabled, this menu only selects the last screen received and displayed from the host.

 

Note: The automatic copying of text only works when text is selected with the mouse, and not the keyboard, therefore Automatic Copy of Selected Area is not available in conjunction with the Select All feature.

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Keywords

edit, cut, copy, paste, clear, select all, append, graph