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Copy and Paste of NLS Characters into PC5250

Technote (troubleshooting)

Problem(Abstract)
A copy/paste of various NLS characters from third-party applications does not yield the desired input in PC5250.

Resolving the problem

When attempting to copy data from a third-party application (for example, text documents or HTML documents), some
characters do not paste into the PC5250 Emulator as expected.

The following is true for all languages (replace Vietnamese with the corresponding language):

o Windows Regional Settings should be set to VIETNAMESE.

o Once you have selected VIETNAMESE as above, the VIETNAMESE keyboard should be added automatically
under Windows Keyboard panel (Control Panel > Regional Settings > Keyboard Details). You can have
VIETNAMESE keyboard as Default; however, it is not required.

o System Locale must be changed to VIETNAMESE from Control Panel > Regional Settings > Advanced (for
non-Unicode application). Rebooting is required to complete this change.

o While bringing up a PC5250 session, ensure the Host code page (Communication > Configure) is set to "1130
Vietnamese".

o Ensure PC5250 is loaded with VIETNAM keyboard layout from "Edit > Preferences > Keyboard" panel from the
PC5250 Toolbar.

o Ensure "IBM3270 - 1258" font is selected from "Edit > Preferences > Appearance > Font" panel from the
PC5250 Toolbar.

For any input characters (whether it is Copy/Paste or Input using a PC Keyboard), PC5250 bases its character
interpretation upon Microsoft standard keyboard layout relative to the installed language on the PC. The following is an
example of a screen capture of the Vietnamese keyboard layout that PC5250 will follow based on data from the link:

www.microsoft.com/globaldev/reference/keyboards.mspx

Figure 1 - Regular Keyboard (Shift key not pressed)

Figure 2 - Shift pressed

From the above references, it is clear that PC5250 supports only the characters indicated. Any character not listed
produces a question mark (?) in its place within the emulator. This is working according to current PC5250 design.

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Document
information

More support for:

IBM i
Access for Windows

Software version:
5.4.0, 6.1, 6.1.0, 7.1, 7.1.0

Operating system(s):
IBM i

Reference #:
N1014223

Modified date:
2012-09-14

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