Ctrl-B Ctrl-N Ctrl-O and Ctrl-P Not Working as Expected

PASSPORT Knowledge Base
Configuration

Date Published: August 4, 2008

Title

Product

PASSPORT PC to Host, PASSPORT Web to Host

Emulation Types

TN3270, TN5250, VT, SCO ANSI, Wyse 60

Issue

Although this issue is normally seen with VT, Wyse-60 or SCO-ANSI sessions only, it can also be a problem with TN3270 or TN5250 sessions where the keyboard has been customized to use these key sequences. These control codes are used as menu accelerator keys for certain PASSPORT menu commands as listed below:

Ctrl + A

Selects the entire screen as a text area.

This shortcut key performs the Edit®Select All menu command.

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.

Ctrl + B

Toggles the command menu bar at the top of the window on and off. (PC to Host only)

Ctrl + C

Copies a selected text area to the clipboard.

This shortcut key performs the Edit®Copy menu command.

Ctrl + G

Copies a selected graphic area to the clipboard.

This shortcut key performs the Edit®Copy Graph menu command.

Ctrl + N

Creates a new session.

This shortcut key performs the File®New menu command.

Ctrl + O

Opens a saved session profile and starts another session.

This shortcut key performs the File®Open menu command.

Ctrl + P

Prints the screen.

This shortcut key performs the File®Print menu command.

Ctrl + V

Pastes text from the clipboard into a PASSPORT session.

This shortcut key performs the Edit®Paste menu command.

Ctrl + X

Cuts the selected text area.

This shortcut key performs the Edit®Cut menu command.

Solution

For PASSPORT PC to Host:

Start and connect a PASSPORT session.
Choose the Options®Miscellaneous menu command.
Make sure the Disable Menu Accelerator Keys option is enabled.
Click OK to save.

Note: if the accelerator keys are required in addition to the functions assigned to the keys on the keyboard map, you must re-map the functions to keys that are not being used.

For PASSPORT Web to Host Client:

Instructions are the same as those for PC to Host.

For PASSPORT Web to Host Administrator:

Start the PASSPORT Web to Host Administrator application.
Open an existing or create a new Attribute Profile by right-clicking and choosing New.
Choose the Miscellaneous tab.
Make sure the Disable Menu Accelerator Keys option is enabled.
Click OK to save.
Open the session profile.
Select the Options tab.
Make sure the attribute profile configured above is highlighted then click OK to save or Connect to test.