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Adding to Brend's comment, one thing that can be confusing about the
3270 is that nulls and blanks display the same. If there is a null
after any non-blank characters in a field, it is possible to insert into
the field. If there are blanks, then it is not.
On 11/7/2019 9:59 AM, Bernd Oppolzer berndoppolzer-/[email protected] [H390-MVS]
wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> the blocking of input into a field, when in insert mode,
> occurs, when the field is already full of characters. The characters,
> which prevent the inserting, may be blanks (trailing blanks on the
> right).??
>
> In this case, I delete some of the blanks at the right end of the field.
> This can easily be done using the "clear-until-end" key
> (don't recall the original name of the key on the original 3270 keyboard;
> on the PC keyboard, it is often mapped to CTRL-END) or by issuing
> single deletes (DEL).
>
> If you clear some blanks at the right end, you have enough space to
> insert characters at any place at the left.
>
> HTH,
> kind regards
>
> Bernd
>
>
>
> Am 07.11.2019 um 15:14 schrieb [email protected] [H390-MVS]:
>> ??
>>
>> Hello, and apologies for asking the most newbie of questions, but I
>> am a beginner at MVS.
>>
>>
>> My question is how I can insert text in a field. By default, all
>> typing is in "overwrite" mode, and I have on som every rare occasions
>> been able to switch to "insert" mode by pressing, well, the INSERT key.
>>
>>
>> However, in almost all cases, when I press the insert key, I get an
>> "X" at the bottom of the x3270 terminal, and no keyboard input will
>> work until I press "reset".
>>
>>
>> What is going wrong here, and is there a way to fix it? Having to
>> re-type an entire line of code just because I want to insert a
>> character in the beginning of the line is a bit annoying.
>>
>>
>>
>
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<font face="Century Gothic">Adding to Brend's comment, one thing
that can be confusing about the 3270 is that nulls and blanks
display the same. If there is a null after any non-blank
characters in a field, it is possible to insert into the field.
If there are blanks, then it is not. </font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/7/2019 9:59 AM, Bernd Oppolzer
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:berndoppolzer-/[email protected]">berndoppolzer-/[email protected]</a> [H390-MVS] wrote:<br>
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<p>Hello, <br>
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<p>the blocking of input into a field, when in insert mode,
<br>
occurs, when the field is already full of characters. The
characters, <br>
which prevent the inserting, may be blanks (trailing
blanks on the right).?? <br>
</p>
<p>In this case, I delete some of the blanks at the right
end of the field. <br>
This can easily be done using the "clear-until-end" key <br>
(don't recall the original name of the key on the original
3270 keyboard; <br>
on the PC keyboard, it is often mapped to CTRL-END) or by
issuing <br>
single deletes (DEL). <br>
</p>
<p>If you clear some blanks at the right end, you have
enough space to <br>
insert characters at any place at the left. <br>
</p>
<p>HTH, <br>
kind regards</p>
<p>Bernd <br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 07.11.2019 um 15:14 schrieb
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:[email protected]" moz="true">[email protected]</a>
[H390-MVS]:<br>
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<p><span>Hello, and apologies for asking the most newbie
of questions, but I am a beginner at MVS.</span></p>
<p><span><br>
</span></p>
<p><span>My question is how I can insert text in a
field. By default, all typing is in "overwrite"
mode, and I have on som every rare occasions been
able to switch to "insert" mode by pressing, well,
the INSERT key.</span></p>
<p><span><br>
</span></p>
<p><span>However, in almost all cases, when I press the
insert key, I get an "X" at the bottom of the x3270
terminal, and no keyboard input will work until I
press "reset".</span></p>
<p><span><br>
</span></p>
<p><span>What is going wrong here, and is there a way to
fix it? Having to re-type an entire line of code
just because I want to insert a character in the
beginning of the line is a bit annoying.</span></p>
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