Question & Answer
Question
A customer asked where the "Not " Key was on the Keyboard ? He want to code his own entry in the Netview Message Automation Table (MAT) that used a condition where a Variable was Not Equal to a specific character string.
Cause
The Not "¬" symbol is not viewed on a standard Windows keyboard
Answer
There are many entries in the NetView Automation Table (eg. DSITBL01) that use the Not "¬" Sign, for example :
SYN %ALERT?% = 'MSUSEG(0000) ¬= '''' ';
IF TOKEN(2)¬='EZLTLOG' THEN HOLD(Y);
IF MSUSEG(0000) ¬= '' THEN ...
But, the Not "¬" Symbol/Character cannot be seen any key on the Windows keyboard. So, the customer did not know how to produce this character in their 3270 session to edit NetView DSITBL01 or related members.
One solution is to copy or cut and paste another entry that contains the Not sign and modify it.
However, if you are using PCOMM or another session emulator running the 3270-5250 keyboard layout then the Not "¬" Character can be produced from your keyboard.
The "¬" character can be produced by pressing the left square bracket key (to the right of the "P" key) from PCOMM or similar emulators. Customer keyboard mapping may of course differ, so check the mapping to confirm local workstation settings.
Historical Number
00336;082;000
Product Synonym
NV NETV NVzOS
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Modified date:
03 August 2018
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