Hitting the Program Function PF 12 Key results in a print of the currently displayed screen within ETM

Products

• Mainframe Extended Terminal Manager (IMS Tools)
• DATABASE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR IMS FOR Z/OS

Issue/Introduction

Since installing Extended Terminal Manager (ETM), PF Key 12, produces a print of the currently displayed screen.
This PF key should not be mapped to any function as it is used by applications.
This problem only occurred after installing ETM and it's pre-requisite, IMS Extended Terminal Option (ETO).

Resolution

The COPY/NOCOPY option on the logon descriptor controls whether the IMS Copy Function is allowed for a terminal.

If the Copy function is allowed for a terminal, then pressing the PF12 key will print the screen.

The default for the COPY/NOCOPY option is NOCOPY.

Check the logon descriptor parameters for these terminals and set the COPY/NOCOPY option accordingly:

• COPY to allow the Copy function using PF key 12
• NOCOPY to disallow the Copy function