Testing and Running Applications › Application Execution Facility Record and Playback Feature › Capabilities

Capabilities

The AEFN record and playback features include the ability to:

• Record scripts and play them back for applications that flow between multiple load modules
• Specify playback speed
• Create platform-independent scripts
• Read and edit scripts with any text editor

During recording, as the user interacts with a CA Gen application, the keystrokes are stored in the script file and control sequences are mapped to AEFN p3270 emulator commands. The emulator commands are stored in the script file in a readable form. Each command begins on a new line and is enclosed in pound signs (#).

The following is an example of a script:

#PF2#
#tab#
40#eraseof#
#newIn#
Bonny
Smith#newIn
#123 Home
st.#newIn#
Richara#left#
dson#newIn#
tx78341#pf2#
#PF12#
#clear#

Use the AEFN p3270 emulator help screen (Esc h) to determine valid AEFN p3270 emulator command names. This is an example of the help screen:

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home    -> Home         | PF6   -> F6          | bspace  -> Backspace |

Enter   -> Numpad Enter | PF7   -> F7          | refresh -> Ctrl W    |

Clear   -> Ctrl Home    | PF8   -> F8          |

PA1     -> Alt F4       | PF9   -> F9          |

PA2     -> Alt F5       | PF10  -> F10         |

PA3     -> Alt F6       | PF11  -> F11         |

Help    -> Esc h        | PF12  -> F12         |

Playback-> Esc p        | PF13  -> shift F1    |

Togl stl-> Esc l        | PF14  -> Shift F2    |

Hidden  -> Esc i        | PF15  -> Shift F3    |

Tab     -> Tab          | PF16  -> Shift F4    |

Bktab   -> shift Tab    | PF17  -> Shift F5    |

Insert  -> Insert       | PF18  -> Shift F6    |

Delete  -> Delete       | PF19  -> Shift F7    |

Reset   -> Esc Esc      | PF20  -> Shift F8    |

Eraseof -> Ctrl Delete  | PF21  -> Shift F9    |

Chg atr -> Esc d        | PF22  -> Shift F10   |

override-> Alt z        | PF23  -> Shift F11   |

show cod-> Esc t        | PF24  -> Shift F12   |

PF1     -> F1           | left  -> left arrow  |

PF2     -> F2           | right -> right arrow |

PF3     -> F3           | up    -> up arrow    |

PF4     -> F4           | down  -> down arrow  |

PF5     -> F5           | newln -> Enter       |

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