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Configuration
Date Published: April 21, 2009

Title

Remap F1 Key to the Exec Query Function

Product

PASSPORT PC to Host, PASSPORT Web to Host

Emulation Types

VT

Issue

I need to remap the Exec Query function to the F1 Key in PASSPORT.  How can this be done?

Solution

The following Exec Query function should be mapped as a text string followed by the return key.  Please use the following steps below:

 

For PASSPORT PC to Host:

  1. Start a PASSPORT session.
  2. Select Keyboard from the Options menu.
  3. Select the Customize button to display the Customize Keyboard Editor dialog box.
  4. Select the F1 key on the keyboard map.
  5. Make sure Normal is selected and click the Edit button.
  6. Choose the Text String Category then type the following:

    <ESC>op<RETURN>
  7. Click OK twice.
  8. Type a new keyboard map name or select an existing one from the list then click Save.
  9. Click OK to save.

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 Web to Host Administrator program.
  2. Select the Keyboard section for the VT emulation type.
  3. Open an existing or create a new Keyboard map by right-clicking and choosing New.
  4. Select the F1 key on the keyboard map.
  5. Make sure Normal is selected and click the Edit button.
  6. Choose the Text String Category then type the following:

    <ESC>op<RETURN>
  7. Click OK twice to save.
  8. Open the session profile.
  9. Select the Options tab.
  10. Make sure the keyboard map configured above is highlighted then click OK to save or Connect to test.

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