UNLOCKKEYBOARD statement

Use the UNLOCKKEYBOARD statement to customize an unlock keyboard sequence being forwarded to the client from the host application.

Telnet is initialized with a value of UNLOCKKEYBOARD BEFOREREAD TN3270BIND.

The UNLOCKKEYBOARD statement can be coded in the TELNETGLOBALS, TELNETPARMS, or PARMSGROUP statement block. See Rules for Telnet parameter statements and security parameters for more information about the hierarchy of parameter values.

Syntax

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>>-+--------------------------------------------------+--------><
   |                 .-BEFOREREAD-.  .-TN3270BIND---. |   
   '-UNLOCKKEYBOARD--+------------+--+--------------+-'   
                     +-BEFOREREAD-+  +-TN3270BIND---+     
                     '-AFTERREAD--'  '-NOTN3270BIND-'     

Parameters

BEFOREREAD
Indicates that when conditions warrant, an unlock keyboard sequence is sent to the client before forwarding a read command from the host application.
AFTERREAD
Indicates that when conditions warrant, an unlock keyboard sequence is sent to the client after forwarding a read command from the host application.
TN3270BIND
Indicates that when a BIND from the VTAM® host application is received by Telnet for a TN3270 connection, a clear screen and an unlock keyboard is sent to the client.
NOTN3270BIND
Indicates that when a BIND from the VTAM host application is received by Telnet for a TN3270 connection, neither a clear screen, nor an unlock keyboard are sent to the client.