PASSPORT Knowledge Base
Configuration

Date Published: October 4, 2002

Date Updated: February 28, 2008

Title

Configuring Light Pen Support

Product

PASSPORT PC to Host, PASSPORT Web to Host

Emulation Types

TN3270, TN5250

Issue

How do I configure PASSPORT for Light Pen Emulation support?

Solution

For PASSPORT PC to Host:

1. From the Options menu, select Mouse.
2. Select the mouse event that you would like to assign light pen support to (normally Left Button-Single Click is used):
   
   
3. Click the Edit button.
4. In the Action menu, select Mouse Function then the Light Pen Emulation feature:
   
   
5. Click OK to save

For PASSPORT Web to Host:

From the Client:

Instructions are the same as those for PC to Host.

From the Administrator:

1. Start the PASSPORT Web to Host Administrator program.
2. Edit an existing or create a new Attribute profile.
3. Select Mouse
4. Select the mouse event that you would like to assign light pen support to (normally Left Button-Single Click is used):
   
   
5. Click the Edit button.
6. In the Action menu, select Mouse Function then the Light Pen Emulation feature:
   
   
7. Click OK to save your attribute profile.
8. Open the session profile that you would like to assign this attribute profile to.
9. Select the Options tab.
10. Locate and select the attribute profile name from the Attribute Profile list.
11. Click OK to save or Connect to test.

 More Information

• If the Mouse option is not available from the Options menu, it is because the administrator has disabled this option from the user. You will need to contact your system administrator to enable this option.

Keywords

mouse, light pen