Display Setup Options
Click the Options tab in the Display Setup dialog box to set these options:
Configuring Display Fonts
Use this dialog box to specify the display font and style in the Design Tool. Changing the Design Tool's font has no effect on the font used by your printer, the status line, menu commands, or dialog boxes.
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Font
Specifies the display font in the Design Tool session window. You can use any font, including TrueType fonts. Arial is an example of a TrueType font that is not monospaced, and therefore is not supported by the Design Tool.
By default, the Design Tool uses the r_ansi font. This provides a 24 x 80 display that accurately emulates the terminal.
When you resize the Terminal window, the Design Tool chooses a new font size so the correct number of rows are displayed on the screen. If the Design Tool cannot display the font you have chosen, the default (r_ansi) is displayed instead.
The available fonts can change as you change the model ID in the Session Setup dialog box, because not all model IDs support all fonts.
!!!note When you print all or part of a host screen from a terminal session, the font used is the currently configured display font.
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Font style
Specifies a font style, regular or bold. The Design Tool does not support italicized fonts. The default is Regular.
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Display variable width fonts
Specifies whether proportionally-spaced font types appear in the Fonts box. The default is Yes.
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Auto sizing
Specifies that for whichever font or style you select, the Design Tool automatically adjusts the font size to fit all text in the Terminal window. To change the font size, set this setting to No. By default, Auto Font Size is enabled.
Configuring Colors
The Colors tab in the Display Setup dialog box lets you associate colors with screen attributes in the Terminal window.
Color settings can be saved to a settings file (.dtool) with other configuration information.
You can set colors in either of the following ways:
Help display mode
The Design Tool can display a brief message about the currently selected menu, menu command, or button on the title bar (above the Terminal window) or in the status bar (below the Terminal window).
By default, help messages are shown in the status bar.
Caption
Specifies the string that appears in the Design Tool title bar. This string is relevant only when the Help display mode is Status Bar (default). This string is also displayed on the taskbar when the Design Tool is running.
Select a predefined option from the list box, or enter up to 260 characters in the box. As you click on predefined options, shortcuts for these options are added to the box.
The predefined options and their shortcuts are:
| Shortcut | Option |
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| &r | Verastream Host Integrator |
| &f | Model File Name (or "Untitled" if a model file is not open) |
| &s | Session Type |
| &t | Transport |
| &h | Host Name |
| &d | Date |
| &c | Connection Status (whether you are connected and over what transport) |
| &v | Assigned Device Name |
| && | Single Ampersand |
| &p | Script debugging port |
So, for example, if you set the Caption to &s - &t - &c, you might see "IBM 5250 Terminal - Telnet - Connected" in the Design Tool title bar or on the taskbar, assuming the Design Tool is running but not minimized.
The default is &f - &r - &s.
Status bar text
Specifies the string that appears in the Design Tool status bar. Select a predefined option from the list box, or enter up to 260 characters in the box.
As you click the predefined options, shortcuts for these options are added to the box.
The predefined options and their shortcuts are:
| Shortcut | Option |
|---|---|
| &r | Verastream Host Integrator |
| &f | Model File Name (or "Untitled" if a model file is not open) |
| &s | Session Type |
| &t | Transport |
| &h | Host Name |
| &d | Date |
| &c | Connection Status (whether you are connected and over what transport) |
| &v | Assigned Device Name |
| && | Single Ampersand |
| &p | Script debugging port |
So, for example, if you set the status bar text to &s - &t - &c, you will see "IBM 5250 Terminal - Telnet - Connected" in the Design Tool status bar. The default is &s - &c.
Display Margins
Specifies whether to display margins around the Terminal window.
If the Display margins box is checked (default), text will not touch the sides of the Terminal window. Instead, a margin or border is displayed. Displaying margins may improve readability.
If you want text to fill the entire screen, clear this check box. When this check box is clear, text can touch the sides of the Terminal window, which may be useful for smaller monitors and notebook computers.
Depending on the screen resolution and the size of your Terminal window, you may not see an effect in the Terminal window when you clear this check box.
This is because each character takes up the same number of pixels and if your Terminal window is sized so that its width is not evenly divisible by the number of columns, the Design Tool centers the text on the screen.
Substitute 0
Specifies whether zeroes displayed in the Terminal window contain slashes: Ø. Selecting this option may make it easier to work with numeric data.
This check box has no effect on fonts that, by their design, already display zeroes with slashes.
By default, this check box is cleared.