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The Menu System
The TN5250 menu system is used to:
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Control sessions
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Invoke utility functions
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Map keyboards
Additionally, the TN5250 menu system includes a help section. The help
section is discussed in Help Menu at the end of this chapter, and presents
additional information about emulator menus and functions.
Main Menu
Figure 2-1 shows the TN5250 Main Menu that displays after connecting with
an emulator-opened session. From this menu, you can access any TN5250
function.
In the Main Menu TN5250 displays the top-level menus of the system:
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Sessions/Open Sessions
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About TN5250
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Utilities
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Screen Attributes
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Keyboard Mapping
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Exit TN5250
These menus, except Exit TN5250, are discussed in the following sections. Exit
TN5250 is an exit function only, and is discussed in “Ending a Session” in
Chapter 1.
Figure 2-2 shows the TN5250 main menu that displays after trying to connect
with a connection definition that does not contain an IP address (user-opened
session). From this menu, you must open a session to continue.