HC Activate Hardcopy Mode

HC [n] [file] [, L] [, T] [, B] [, E] [, O] [, A] [, F] [, G] [, I] [, S] [, R]

Activate the Hardcopy Mode for the basic CFS task, or for Connection n.

When the Hardcopy Mode is set, all screen input and output (particularly masks) will be captured to the specified file.

All HC command operands are optional, and can be omitted. The default values will then become effective.

The Hardcopy Mode can be turned on and off as often as required (see below for the NHC command).

Apart from activating the Hardcopy Mode explicitly with the HC command, individual screens can be captured by pressing the F3 key (in the base CFS task), or by pressing the pre-defined Hardcopy key (in a Connection, see the CH command on page 18-). It should be noted that each screen captured with F3 will appear in the listing on a separate page. This is in contrast to the normal Hardcopy Mode (HC command), in which multiple screens can be printed on a page.

Entering a CFS mask with the F3 key will be handled identically to DUE1. When working in a Connection, if the specially defined Hardcopy key is pressed, the latest input is lost. It must be re-entered, and transmitted with DUE1.

The HC command works only in the basic CFS task, and will not work in Connections. An HCn command must be given for a Connection. Hardcopy Mode can be activated for a Connection even before it has been opened. Within a Connection, the Hardcopy Mode can be requested via the HC command.