Re: Prompting WRKOBJ command shows Major Command Groups menu

[Peter Dow <petercdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, WRKOBJ ENTER and ?WRKOBJ ENTER both work.

On 8/28/2014 12:17 PM, Mark S Waterbury wrote:
> Peter:
>
> You can also type WRKOBJ and press Enter, and it should prompt 
> automatically, due to the absence of any parameters.    (Does not work 
> for all commands, but for WRKOBJ, that should work.)
>
> Mark
> > > On 8/28/2014 3:03 PM, Peter Dow wrote:
> > > Good point Mark.  I tried it with IBM's 5250 emulator and it worked 
> > > fine.  I tried TN5250J again, and it works with one user profile, 
> > > but not with another.  The one that works has *SECOFR authority. 
> > > Which is probably a red herring, because I tried both profiles with 
> > > IBM's emulator and it worked fine for both.
> > >
> > > Not sure if that rules out an exit point, which could theoretically 
> > > disallow prompting based on user profile and device.
> > >
> > > On 8/28/2014 10:47 AM, Mark S Waterbury wrote:
> > > > Peter:
> > > >
> > > > I have not seen this behavior.  I have TN5250J, but version 0.7.2 
> > > > ...  unless this is a "bug" introduced in version 0.7.3 ...?
> > > >
> > > > Also, I have tried this with numerous other emulators, including 
> > > > IBM's own Client Access 5250 emulator, but see only the expected 
> > > > behavior.
> > > >
> > > > Did you try to reproduce the problem using a different emulator? 
> > > > Try  with IBM's Client Access, or the "open source" TN5250 
> > > > emulator, from:
> > > >
> > > >     http://tn5250.sourceforge.net
> > > >
> > > > or some other 5250 emulator.
> > > >
> > > > Also, ensure you do not have some kind of keyboard macro defined 
> > > > that may be changing the behavior of F4 to erase input and then 
> > > > press F4?
> > > >
> > > > HTH,
> > > >
> > > > Mark S. Waterbury
> > > >
> > > > > On 8/28/2014 11:42 AM, Peter Dow wrote:
> > > > > When I enter WRKOBJ at a command line and press F4, I'm shown the 
> > > > > Major Command Groups menu, as if it did not see the WRKOBJ I 
> > > > > entered. However, if I enter WRKOBJ X, it tells me it cannot find X.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm using TN5250J version 0.7.3 (my prime suspect) to connect to 
> > > > > an IBM i with OS 7.1, PTF group SF99710 level 13037 (low on my 
> > > > > list of suspects).
> > > > >
> > > > > I've tried it with two different profiles, and it really seems hit 
> > > > > or miss.  Sometimes it works, but mostly it doesn't. Prior to 
> > > > > today, it has worked flawlessly.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyone seen anything like this?
> > > > >
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