Procomm Question

[Firediver4]

I am using a standard PC as a terminal for our Meridian Mail. On the PC we are using the most current version of Procomm for Windows. With help from this forum, I modified a keyboard file to make F6 through F10 function correctly for the Meridian Mail. The problem I am having is to get that .kbd file to be the default so when the PC boots up and Procomm loads, it is automatically configured for Meridian Mail. Thanks in advance.

 

[johnpoole]

open procomm, alt f8, do a save as, copy that name.. now open your kbd file and so a save as with the name of the default keyboard.. once you overwrite that file with one that works, your done.. you might want to save the default as old.kbd in case your current has a problem later..

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc

 

[TelecomAnimal]

John, I'm trying to do exactly as you mention with the keyboard emulation for the VT-220 keyboard, but no matter WHAT I do, it only opens up the default emulation... even though an ALT-F8 says I'm using the new keyboard file.

If I do a ALT-F8 and re-open the same file, it comes up OK... but I cannot get it to come up that way as a default on start-up. Any suggestions? (I've been using PC+ for over 20 years - since it was a DOS program! - and this the first time I'm having this trouble.)

 

[johnpoole]

no i am the same way, it started as share ware back in the dos days.. i don't know what tab you need to pick to make that your default keyboard file but i do know the trick i used.. find the default kbd file and remane it, then name the one you want to use to that name.. somewhere in in the boot open file xxx.kbd is pulling the default.. if you can't change that change the file name, blow it away and do a save as to make a the default your modified

john poole
bellsouth business
columbia,sc

 

[TelecomAnimal]

Only problem is, John, I can't FIND the default keyboard file!! The only place I see .kbd files are in the main Procomm Plus directory. Where do you find the default keyboard files?

 

[sboemler]

Because I use procomm for uther things I have a script for setting up the enviroment and loading the keyboard options.

PROC MAIN
SET CONNECTION PORT com1
SET KEYMAPFILE "Phone.KBD"
SET TERMINAL TYPE VT220
SET PORT PARITY EVEN
SET PORT DATABITS 7
SET PORT STOPBITS 1
TRANSMIT "ATZ^M"
WAITFOR "OK"
transmit "~~atdt9,5555555^M"
ENDPROC


 

[TelecomAnimal]

Just using the terminal and "keymapfile" statements gives me this:
STARTUP.WAS:
Error C020 Line 29: Invalid token: KEYMAPFILE
Error C021 Line 29: Unexpected token(s) at end of line: "VT220.KBD..."

Using these lines I wrote in my startup file
set terminal type VT220
set terminal keyboardfile "C:\Program Files\Symantec\Procomm Plus\VT220.kbd"

it seems to open the file (I've tried it with other file names), but using Alt-F8 shows me that the Procomm has NOT loaded the new values. This is really getting me cheesed off... there's going to be a computer getting defenestrated soon.

 

[TelecomAnimal]

OK... this is VERY weird. This problem ONLY occurs when I'm trying to use a VT220 or VT320 emulation. If I use a VT100 emulation, it works just fine.

If I didn't know better, I'd swear that this is a Monday...

Anyway, I'll just use the VT100 emulation, with the corrected F5 key. I can live with that...

Ross