Detailed Breakdown of Hex Client Panels, Buttons, and Navigation

Cut/Copy Tab:

Cut/Copy only if a trim rectangle is marked

• If this checkbox is selected, the user must draw a trim rectangle in order to use the cut or copy function.
• If this checkbox is cleared, the user can do one of the following:
  • If no trim rectangle is drawn, the user can cut or copy the entire screen.
  • If a trim rectangle is drawn, the user can cut or copy the contents of that trim rectangle.

Trim Rectangle remains after edit function

• If this checkbox is selected, the trim rectangle remains on the screen after the completion of cut/copy function.
• If the checkbox is cleared, the trim rectangle disappears when the cut/copy function is completed.

Copy As TableGroup

This function can be used in 3270 and 5250 field-formatted display sessions. It allows you to copy fields from the screen in a tabular form.

• Copy As Fields

This function can be used in 3270 and 5250 field-formatted display sessions. The user can copy fields from the screen in a tabular form. Data inside every new field that is copied, is considered as a separate column in the table. By default, the Copy as Fields function is disabled. This menu option acts as a toggle switch. When it is enabled or disabled, the option is applicable only to the current session.

- Protected fields

(To copy data from the protected or non-editable fields.)

- Unprotected fields

(To copy data from the unprotected or editable fields.)

- Trim spaces in fields

(To trim leading and trailing spaces in the data field contents that were copied.)

Paste Tab:

Paste option is enabled if the user copies text from the emulator session.

Field Wrap: Allows the data that falls in a protected field is pushed to the next nearest unprotected field. The Field Wrap function does not break words in the middle, except when the first word encounters a protected field.

Line Wrap: Enables recognition of end-of-line and end-of-screen indicators and continues to paste your data.

Paste to marked area: Determines if you use a trim rectangle to designate exactly where to paste your data.

Stop pasting when protected field encountered: Allows your data to be pasted until a protected field is encountered unless Field Wrap, Line Wrap, or Paste to marked area is enabled.

Tab character processing: These paste preferences indicate how tab characters must be processed while pasting.

1. Advance to next tab stop: Enables you to align tabulated text at specified tab stops.
2. Replace with: Allows you to replace tab stops with a specified number of spaces.
3. Paste data to fields: Determines whether your tabulated text is placed in subsequent unprotected fields. When a tab character is encountered, the succeeding text data is pasted into the next unprotected field on the same line of the emulator session.

• Status bar can be viewed on both 3270 and 5250 display sessions.
• Connection details are shown in status bar.
• OIA (Operator Information Area) status are displayed as text in status bar.

• The Confirm On Exit prompt window can be enabled or disabled by Users from the client page, when this feature is unlocked at the Server side. Users can be restricted from modifying this feature in the client page, by disabling the check-box corresponding to this feature at the Server side.
• When a session on the client page is closed, the Confirm on Exit prompt window appears only if the check-box is enabled on the Preferences tab in the Settings panel.
• In the pop-up window that appears, clickon 'OK' toterminate the session, or on 'Cancel' toremain on the presentation window.

If the check-box is disabled (or clear) on the Preferences tab in the Settings panel, the Confirm on Exit prompt window will not appear

The Search on Canvasfeature allows Users to search for specific keywords/text in the green screen and will appear at the top of the presentation screen on the client side. The search results for a successful search is highlighted with a rectangular box.

The below basic options are available for the Search feature:

• case-sensitive search.
• find number of occurrences.
• navigate to next/previous occurrence of search.
• navigate to first occurrence of search.

This feature is available under Settings ➔ Preferences tab.

• If the parameter is locked by the Admin, the option will be disabled and cannot be modified by Users at the client side.
• If the parameter is unlocked by the Admin, the option will be enabled and can be modifiedby Users at the client side.

Support to select fonts for both 3270 and 5250 display sessions. HOD Hex Client supports the following list of fonts, for the terminal screen.

1. Consolas
2. Courier
3. Courier New
4. Monaco
5. Monospace
6. Ubuntu Mono
7. Anonymous Pro
8. Cousine
9. Space Mono
10. Terminal
11. Lucida console

Administrators can set the refresh interval as a global value for all the clients in “config.properties” by using the parameter clientRefreshInterval. Any numeric value can be given to this parameter without any upper limit.

• Path for config.properties file is the HOD publish directory.
• For example, clientRefreshInterval = 10.
• If the parameter is set by the admin, then the refresh interval dropdown is disabled with the assigned value and theuser cannot modify the refresh interval at the client side.
• If the parameter is not set by the admin, then a default value of 5 is set and the user can change the interval from 2 through 5 seconds.

Improved Performance and client refresh interval

Reduced download content size & screen traversal time, thereby, also resulting in improved performance while traversing across screens.

• Enhanced Non-Programmable Terminal User Interface (ENPTUI) enables an enhanced interface on non-programmable terminals (NPT) and programmable workstations (PWS) over the 5250 screen, taking advantage of 5250 display data stream extensions.
• HOD Hex Client supports a subset of the ENPTUI feature, including graphical interface constructs.
• If the ENPTUI property is checked in the property panel, it will include standard ENPTUI rendering items and the component and widget registry.

Name: AltScreenSize

Value: rows x columns

Defines the number of rows and columns on the screen.

Applies to 3270 display session with screen size set to 62x160.

This parameter is to be listed under HTML Parameter.

Web-Based Terminal:

The Web-Based Terminal option provides an additional capability for the HOD Hex Client users to turn the traditional green screen into a modernized look and event handling as web-based applications. It will have some limitations as compared to the green screen. Kindly refer Limitation document.

Screen Timers:

In milliseconds, the nominal amount of time waits while analyzing outbound data using screen-settling strategies.

In the admin console module, users can customize screen timers.

1. Minimum time to wait for the screen to settle: This value is the minimum screen-to-screen delay. A higher value increases the reliability of screen transformations in case of delays at the host due to long processing times or network delays. The default value is 2000 milliseconds.
2. Maximum time to wait for the screen to settle: The minimum amount of time taken from the time communications are initiated with the host until trying to recognize an initial screen. This value can be decreased for fast networks to improve initial screen response time. The default value is 1200 milliseconds.