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Quick Tips for a Fast Start
The AS/400 workstation gateway server provides the same capabilities that you find
on a typical AS/400 system. How you access those capabilities, however, is
different from what you are used to doing. This section provides some quick tips to
help you get started.
Using the buttons:
Along the top of most AS/400 windows, you find a series of
buttons. These include the following:
Enter button
Clicking Enter is the same as pressing the Enter key.
Page Up
Clicking Page Up moves you up (back) one display.
Page Down
Clicking Page Down moves you down (forward) one display.
Reset button
Clicking Reset returns all fields back to their default state. This button might
look different from the other buttons in the action bar because it is a
browser function and not a server function.
Close button
Clicking Close disconnects from the workstation gateway server.
Remember that you can sign off from the AS/400 system and still be
running a workstation gateway serversession. After clicking Close, you
must start a new session to get to a sign-on panel again.
Refresh button
Clicking Refresh updates your AS/400 workstation gateway
serverconnection. This button is useful in the following three different ways:
v It helps you find the
active
AS/400 panel. If you get lost in the history list
on your WWW browser and lose track of which panel is active, clicking
Refresh on any recently used panel brings up the active panel again.
This saves you from having to hunt through old, inactive panels.
v It is the mechanism for returning to the active panel from the Time
button.
v It is essential to anyone attempting to Telnet to a 370 system, as 3270
data streams (VM systems) differ significantly from 5250 data streams
(AS/400 systems). An AS/400 system gives the workstation gateway
server browser a clear indication when it receives all the data, while VM
systems have no such indicator. This means that the AS/400 must
estimate when it has all the display information from a VM system.
Sometimes this estimate is inaccurate, which means you need the
Refresh button to receive the additional display information.
Time button
Clicking Time shows you how long your session has been connected to the
AS/400 workstation gateway server. It also shows you how long your
session can remain idle before it is disconnected.
Style button
Clicking the Style changes the general format of the display in terms of
function key placement and usability. Specifically, by default, a selection of
function keys (F1-F24) is available across the lower area of all displays.
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