I don't know if this is related, but I get emails every once in a while
telling me a PC's higher PF keys don't do anything at all. It seems to
often be a Dell laptop and they need to click the <function> key either
while or before clicking the PF key. People have also told me if they
do (I think?) <esc><function> or <function><esc> or similar, they get to
a point where they can set that option on permanently to use those keys
without the function key.
On 8/24/2020 9:57 AM, Bob Bridges wrote:
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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