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Issue Command from a Session

If you issue the command from an active session, you must use the command character and the command key. The product uses the command character and the command key to recognize commands when they are issued in a session and not from a command line. The default command character is the slash (/), and the default command keys are PF12 and PF24. The commands have the following format when issued in an active session:

cmd-char command-operands <cmd-key>

where cmd-char is the command character and <cmd-key> is pressing the command key.

For example, assume the command character is a slash (/) and the command key is defined as PF12. You want to start session T8 while you are in an active session. Move the cursor to an input field, type the following, and then press PF12:

/T8

CA TPX activates T8 and switches you to it.

Important! For a command issued with the command character to be processed correctly, you should not move the cursor after you type the command. At the time you press the command key, the cursor must be in the next logical position after the command. For example, you type /T8 and then press PF12. If you type /T8 and then press the space bar before pressing PF12, the command will be sent to the application you are in session with rather than being processed as a CA TPX command.

To issue the command as a line command on the TPX Menu, move the cursor to the input field in front of the session ID that you want the command to act on. Type the letter of the command, without any operands, and the software executes the command on the selected session. For example, to activate the session T8 and skip any ACL/E logon program for the session, you would type G in the input field in front of T8. The product responds by activating T8 and switching you to it.