PASSPORT Knowledge Base
Configuration

Date Published: April 14, 2003

Date Updated: June 8, 2010

Title

Pasted Text Gets Truncated

Product

PASSPORT PC to Host, PASSPORT Web to Host

Emulation Types

TN3270, TN5250

Issue

When I try to paste a large amount of data to my PASSPORT emulation screen, some of the text is truncated. Is there a way to configure PASSPORT to prevent this from happening?

Solution

PASSPORT supports several different paste modes:

• Block Mode (Default)
  Block paste mode treats the data in the Windows clipboard as a block of tabular data. The data block is then overlaid on top of the PASSPORT screen starting at the current cursor position. Data that would be pasted into a protected field is not copied to the PASSPORT screen. Data that goes beyond the right hand side of the PASSPORT screen or bottom of the PASSPORT screen is not copied (unless the Word Wrap option is enabled). With Block Paste Mode enabled, tabs are converted into spaces.

• Stream Mode
  Stream paste mode provides a convenient way of copying data from other Windows applications such as spreadsheets. Stream mode treats the clipboard data as a stream and copies text to unprotected fields only field by field, skipping over protected fields. When a field is filled up or when tabs or new lines are encountered in the data stream, it jumps to the next unprotected field and continues the pasting.

• Field Mode
  Field paste mode provides an advanced method of pasting text from the clipboard into TN3270 or TN5250 fields. Before data is pasted into a host field, the field may be cleared to either all spaces, nulls or underscores. The first line of data from the clipboard is pasted into the field where the cursor is positioned, starting at the cursor position. The cursor must be located in an unprotected field. The next line of data from the clipboard is then pasted into the next unprotected field starting at the first location of the field. This operation is repeated until the clipboard is empty or else there are no more unprotected fields on the screen.

• Spreadsheet Mode
  This mode is similar to Field Mode, except fields are delimited by tabs or non-printable characters rather than a new line. Use this mode when pasting text from a spreadsheet to the host screen.

• Spreadsheet Mode 2
  This mode is similar to Spreadsheet Mode, with one exception. With this mode enabled, the starting cursor position serves as the left margin for pasted text and each row of text will be pasted starting at this same column position.

If the pasted text is being truncated, try configuring PASSPORT for Stream Mode or, if you need the text to wrap to the next line using Block Mode, enable the Word Wrap option. Follow the steps below to configure this option in PASSPORT:

For PASSPORT PC to Host:

1. Start a PASSPORT session.
2. Choose the Edit®Options menu command.  Note: Beginning with PASSPORT 2007 this can be customized under the Options®Edit menu.
3. Select the appropriate Paste Mode.
4. Enable Word Wrap if using Block Mode.
5. Click OK to save.

For PASSPORT Web to Host:

From the Client:

1. Start a PASSPORT Web to Host session.
2. Choose the Edit®Options menu command.  Note: Beginning with PASSPORT 2007 this can be customized under the Options®Edit menu.
3. Make sure the Paste to protected fields option is checked.
4. Click OK to save.

From the Administrator:

1. Start the PASSPORT Web to Host Administrator program.
2. Edit an existing or create a new Attribute profile.
3. Select Edit.
4. Select the appropriate Paste Mode.
5. Enable Word Wrap if using Block Mode.
6. Click OK to save.
7. Open the session profile that you would like to assign this attribute profile to.
8. Select the Options tab.
9. Locate and select the attribute profile name from the Attribute Profile list.
10. Click OK to save or Connect to test.

More Information

• Paste Mode is not available for VT, SCO-ANSI, or Wyse sessions. For these emulation types all pasted text is done by sending the appropriate characters to the emulation session.

Keywords

paste, truncated, cut off, stream, block, field, protected fields