PASSPORT Knowledge Base
Configuration

Date Published: April 16, 2009

Title

How to Enable Word Wrap Automatically

Product

PASSPORT PC to Host, PASSPORT Web to Host

Emulation Types

TN3270

Issue

I would like to enable word wrap automatically on my TN3270 sessions.  How can this be done?

Solution

Word wrap can be enabled automatically by configuring a PASSPORT session to use the macro below as a start up macro.

Sub ZMain()

Dim Text, ret

SendHostKeys ("<ENTRYASSIST>")

SendHostKeys ("<WORDWRAP>")

End Sub

For PASSPORT PC to Host:

1. Start a PASSPORT session and go to the Communication®Setup menu. (If Setup is grayed out then please Disconnect from your session first).
2. Under the Miscellaneous tab, check the Start Up Macro option and select the appropriate macro.
3. Click Connect to connect to your host.

For PASSPORT Web to Host:

From the client:

Instructions are the same as those for PASSPORT PC to Host.

From the Administrator:

1. Start the PASSPORT Administrator program.
2. Open a session under 3270dsp or similar.
3. Under the Miscellaneous tab, check the Start Up Macro box and select the appropriate macro (only system macros may be used).
4. Click Connect to connect to your host.

More Information

• Word wrap can also be manually enabled by hitting Ctrl + E (Entry Assist) then Ctrl + W (Word Wrap)

• Ctrl + F will allow you to set the margins

• The file extensions used for macros are as follows:
   

  - PASSPORT PC to Host 2002 and older is .mac
  - PASSPORT PC to Host 2004 and later is .zmc
  - PASSPORT Web to Host is .zmc

Keywords

word, wrap, enable, automatically, start, up, macro