Notes on Using This Function
- The Copy String to Presentation Space function
is affected by the following options:
- STRLEN/STREOT
- EOT
- EAB/NOEAB
- XLATE/NOXLATE
- PUTEAB/NOPUTEAB
- EXTEND_PS/NOEXTEND_PS
- The keyboard mnemonics (see Send Key (3) function) cannot be sent using the Copy String to Presentation Space function.
- The string ends when an end-of-text (EOT) delimiter is encountered in the string if EOT mode was selected using the Set Session Parameters (9) function. (See Set Session Parameters (9)).
- Although the Send Key (3) function accomplishes the same purpose, this function responds with the prompt and enters a command more quickly. Because the Send Key (3) function emulates the terminal operator typing the data from the keyboard, its process speed is slow for an application operating with a lot of data. This function provides a faster input path to the host.
- The original data (the copied string) cannot exceed the size of the presentation space.
- This function call may cause a cursor movement to an unexpected
position with some host applications. A SendKey function may be a
better choice for filling a field than this function.
Note: This only occurs with VT sessions or connections to an ASCII host.