Reallink for Windows V3.0 User Manual
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Document No. UM70006276DR1 August 2010 Northgate Information Solutions UK Limited Peoplebuilding 2 Peoplebuilding Estate Maylands Avenue Hemel Hempstead Herts HP2 4NW Tel: +44 (0)1442 232424 Fax: +44 (0)1442 256454 www.northgate-is.com Contents Chapter 1 About this Manual Purpose of this Manual ................................................................12 Related Documents ..............................................................13 Glossary..................................................................................14 Conventions .............................................................................16 User Comments .........................................................................18 Chapter 2 Introduction to RealLink Overview.................................................................................20 RealLink Concepts......................................................................21 Configuration Files ...............................................................21 The Terminal Window ...........................................................21 The User Interface Management System .....................................22 Chapter 3 Installation Introduction.............................................................................25 Installing the PC Software ............................................................26 Hardware and Software Requirements........................................26 Using the Setup Program ........................................................27 RealLink Files .....................................................................30 Configuring RealLink...................................................................32 The RFW.INI File..................................................................32 Command Line Parameters .....................................................32 SovereignX DLLs ..................................................................33 Host Software...........................................................................34 Reality Item Size .................................................................34 Chapter 4 Getting Started Introduction.............................................................................35 Setting up a Session....................................................................36 Chapter 5 Using RealLink Starting RealLink .......................................................................39 The Status Bar ....................................................................39 Connecting to a Host ............................................................40 Terminating a Session .................................................................42 Closing RealLink ..................................................................42 Using the Mouse and the Keyboard..................................................43 Editing Functions .................................................................43 Advanced Editing Functions ....................................................45 Mouse Shortcuts ..................................................................48 Function Keys .....................................................................48 History Pages......................................................................49 The Pause Key ....................................................................50 Entering Diacritical Characters ................................................50 V3.0 Contents-3 Contents The Command Line Editor ............................................................51 Repeating your Last Command.................................................51 Repeating a Previous Command................................................51 Changing a Command............................................................52 Selecting Text to Edit ...........................................................52 Pre-loaded Commands...........................................................52 Using Replace to Edit Commands ..............................................53 Obtaining Help..........................................................................55 Help Menu .........................................................................55 Context-sensitive Help ..........................................................56 Reality Help .......................................................................56 Running Applications ..................................................................57 Controlling UIMS Applications ..................................................57 Resetting the Terminal Emulator ..............................................59 Printing ..................................................................................60 Printer Setup......................................................................60 Print Window......................................................................62 Print Selection ....................................................................62 Direct Printing ....................................................................62 Spooled Printing ..................................................................62 Printing to a File .................................................................62 Chapter 6 Setting up Sessions Configuration Files .....................................................................66 Creating a New Configuration File.............................................66 Modifying an Existing Configuration ...........................................67 Saving your Configuration File .................................................68 The Default Configuration ......................................................69 Setting up a Network Session.........................................................70 Setting Up an Asynchronous Session.................................................71 Asynchronous Dialog .............................................................71 Baud Rate....................................................................71 Parity .........................................................................71 Data Format .................................................................71 Flow Control.................................................................72 Stop bits .....................................................................72 Drop DTR on Exit ...........................................................72 Terminal Emulation....................................................................73 Prism Emulation ..................................................................73 ANSI Emulations ..................................................................74 VT220 Emulation .................................................................74 Terminal Preferences..................................................................76 Page Size ..........................................................................76 History Pages......................................................................76 Function Keys .....................................................................76 Cursor Type .......................................................................77 Other Options .....................................................................77 Contents-4 V3.0 Contents Screen Attributes.......................................................................79 Attribute Mapping ................................................................79 Font Control.......................................................................80 Chapter 7 File Transfer Introduction.............................................................................84 LanFTU...................................................................................85 Reality Host Utilities...................................................................89 HOST-WS...........................................................................89 WS-HOST...........................................................................90 PASS-DOS and SPASS-DOS .......................................................92 UNIX Host Utilities .....................................................................95 Chapter 8 Macros Introduction.............................................................................98 Script Objects.....................................................................98 Menu Commands..................................................................98 Toolbars............................................................................99 Function-key and Mouse Button Definitions..................................99 Writing a Simple Macro................................................................100