Support for TN3270 Plus™ macros

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Support for TN3270 Plus™ macros

 

 

TN3270 Plus™ macros (.txt files), Quick3270 uses the same in-build macro interpreter has for the Quick3270 macros.

 

Following the extensions specific for TN3270 Plus™ macros

 

 

1. Built-in variables

 

$COLS                        The number of screen columns.

 

$COMPUTERNAME        The computer name.

 

$CRLF                        Carriage return and line feed.

 

$CURSOR                Current cursor position on the screen relative to 1 (row 1 column 1).

 

$OIA                        The text in the OIA (Operator Information Area) line on the terminal screen.

 

$ROWS                        The number of screen rows.

 

$SCRIPTFOLDER        The full path of the currently active script.

 

$SCRIPTNAME                The name of currently active script.

 

$SESSIONNAME        The short name of the session.

 

$USERNAME                Current logged on user name.

 

 

$SCREEN[(start[,length])]        The text at the specified location on the terminal screen.

 

$SCREEN[(top,left,length)]
 

$SCREEN[(top,left,bottom,right)]

 

 

 

2. List of specific functions or functions with a different syntax

 

 - Chr

 - DDEExecute

 - DDEInitiate

 - DDEPoke

 - DDERequest

 - DDETerminate

 - Command

 - CursorTo

 - Key

 - MsgBox

 - Replace

 - Run

 - Type

 - Wait

 - WaitFor