It really sounds like your Shift F9 key is mapped to something other
than PF21 in the emulator. I don't remember the commands in Extra! to
see the keyboard mapping, but I would start there. Be sure you are
looking at Shift F9, not just base F9.
Billy
------ Original Message ------
From: "Bob Bridges" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: 8/24/2020 1:29:05 PM
Subject: Re: PF key - one PF key - not responding
Didn’t mean to be unclear; when I said "rchange" was assigned to <Shift-PF9>, I
really meant to <PF21>.
However it's a good question about trying it in other apps. I went back to the PDF menu - the
ISPF Primary Options Menu, I mean (I guess I'm showing my age) - assigned HELP to <PF21>
and hit <Shift-F9>. No response. If I hadn't rebooted, and if <Shift-PF9> weren't
provably working in a non-mainframe app (ie Outlook), it would be perfectly obvious that the
problem is at my end, either in my PC or the keyboard.
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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Itschak Mugzach
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 13:13
PF setting is ispf application sensitive. Try keys at the command line
while in edit. What us the value of "pf21"?
--- בתאריך יום ב׳, 24 באוג׳ 2020, 19:58, מאת Bob Bridges <[email protected]
This is a really weird one. My <Shift-PF9> key is not getting any
response from ISPF, and before you tell me it must be my keyboard or my PC,
let me tell you what I've tried so far:
In ISPF <PF9> is assigned the string "rfind" and <Shift-PF9> is assigned
the string "rchange". I'm in ISPF Edit and attempt the command "c all agt
own", and start hitting <Shift-PF9> in order to find and change selected
instances of "agt" to "own". Nothing happens.
o I test it by using <PF9>. The rfind command works fine.
o I try using the right shift key instead of the left. No response.
o I hit both shift keys a few times, in case one of them has got locked.
Doesn't fix the problem.
o I reboot the PC. No change.
o Maybe there's something wrong with my ISPF change command; I "HELP" to
<Shift-PF9>. Nope, <Shift-PF9> still garners no response
o I type "rchange" manually on the command line; that works, so the
problem isn't the command, it's that the keystroke isn't being sent.
o I check the keyboard mapping on my emulation; it claims that <Shift-F9>
is mapped to PF21.
o Ok, maybe it's not the keyboard but the PC itself working with <PF9 but
not <Shift-PF9>. So in Outlook I mapped both <F9> and <Shift-F9> to the
'£' character. Both <F9> and <Shift-F9> produced '£'. I conclude the
keystroke is being sent.
I'm out of ideas. If the keystroke is being sent by my PC, and the 3270
emulation is converting it to <PF21>, why does ISPF not respond to it? Any
ideas out there? I'll take anything, at this point, no matter how unlikely.
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