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Start CA TPX Windows

To start a CA TPX Windows session

Activate CA TPX Windows from your Menu. (If you do not know how to activate a session, see the User Guide for instructions.)
The Menu is displayed.

Select Option 1, Window Maintenance.

The CA TPX Window Configuration Selection screen is displayed

TPX Window Configuration Selection Panelid - TEN0997 Command ===> Userid - USER1 Termid - A01B02C Date - 10/10/03 Window Time - 14:26:07 Configuration DEFAULT WIND0W ****************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ************************** PF1=Help PF3=End PF4=Return PF7=Up PF8=Down “CANCEL” cancel

If desired, you can copy the windows configurations from another user. To do this, go to the command line and type COPY userid where userid is the ID of user whose configurations you want to copy. Then, press Enter.

Next, select a windows configuration by typing an S in the action field to the left of the desired configuration and pressing Enter.

The CA TPX Window Definition is displayed.

Note: If you have not created a windows configuration, the default configuration will be listed.

TPX Window Definition Panelid - TEN0996 Command ===> Userid - USER1 Termid - A01B02C Window Configuration: DEFAULT Date - 10/10/03 Time - 11:01:21 APPLICATION WINDOW ON VIEWPORT PRESENTATION SPACE Location and size of Location of window on window on terminal application image Background SessionId Row Col Height Width Row Col Cursor Update TPXADMIN 06 005 10 070 01 001 Y (Y/N) Y (Y/N) TPXOPER 11 005 10 070 01 001 Y (Y/N) Y (Y/N) ******************************** BOTTOM OF DATA ******************************* Enter "SHOW" on the Command line to display complete Window Configuration or place "S" next to the session to display a specific session's Window. PF1=Help PF2=Show PF3=End PF4=Return PF7=Up PF8=Down "CANCEL" cancel

The CA TPX Change Window Mode Menu displays the interaction modes (view, scroll, edit, and copy) available in CA TPX Windows. Type the number of the interaction mode you want and press Enter.

Note: For a description of interaction modes, see the chapter “Commands and Special Keys Reference.”

TPX Change Window Mode Menu Panelid - TEN0886 Select Window mode ==> Userid - USER1 Termid - A01B02C 1 View Mode Date - 10/10/03 2 Scroll Mode Time - 14:25:55 3 Edit Mode 4 Copy Mode 5 Send Mode Key to active window(if applicable) Window Mode Key: PA1 Window Cmd Char: \ ` PF1=Help PF3=End PF4=Return

Note: The settings for your window mode key and window command character are also displayed on the CA TPX Change Window Mode Menu. Your settings can be different than those displayed in the previous panel.

You will see the windows configuration that you selected in step 3. The following panel shows an example of a windows configuration. The configuration displayed on your screen can be different.

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You can change your interaction mode after the window configuration is displayed. To change your interaction mode, press your window mode key, and the CA TPX Change Window Mode Menu will be displayed.

The following sections explain interaction modes and functions in detail.