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Summary
Set up terminal, color, font, keyboard or printer and list, save, modify or delete configurations.
Description
The VtAction property controls the emulation features of the VT220 ActiveX control. The following values can be assigned to the VtAction property.
| Value |
Meaning |
| VT_LIST_CONFIGURATION |
List all saved configurations. |
| VT_MODIFY_CONFIGURATION |
Modify a saved configuration. |
| VT_DELETE_CONFIGURATION |
Delete a configuration. |
| VT_SAVE_CONFIGURATION |
Save a configuration. |
| VT_CONFIGURE_KEYBOARD |
Configure keyboard mappings. |
| VT_CONFIGURE_TERMINAL |
Configure terminal settings. |
| VT_CONFIGURE_COLOR |
Set background and foreground colors. |
| VT_SET_CUSTOM_FONT |
Select a custom font. |
| VT_SET_VTFONT |
Set the terminal emulation font. |
| VT_SAVE_SETTINGS |
Save the terminal settings. |
| VT_COPY_CLIPBOARD |
Copy highlighted text into buffer. |
| VT_PASTE_CLIPBOARD |
Paste text in clipboard. |
| VT_CLEAR_CLIPBOARD |
Clear text in clipboard. |
| VT_CAPTURE_SCREEN |
Capture screen data into a file. |
| VT_CAPTURE_DATA |
Toggle to start and stop data capture. |
| VT_PRINTER_SELECT |
Select default printer. |
| VT_PRINTER_FONT |
Select printer fonts. |
| VT_TRANSPARENT |
Transparent printer mode. |
| VT_CAPTURE_SCREEN_FILE |
Capture screen data to CaptureFile. |
| VT_CAPTURE_DATA_FILE |
Toggle to start and stop data capture to CaptureFile. |
The current VT220 terminal settings (for example, inverse video) can be changed by setting the VtAction property to VT_CONFIGURE_TERMINAL. To map the keys on the keyboard, set the VtAction property
to VT_CONFIGURE_KEYBOARD. The foreground, background and bold colors of the VT220 terminal can be changed by setting the VtAction property to VT_CONFIGURE_COLOR. To select a custom font, set the
VtAction property to VT_SET_CUSTOM_FONT. These actions will cause the ActiveX control to bring up dialog boxes, which allow the user to select new settings.
To select the type of font to be used for VT220 emulation, set the CurrentFont property to the appropriate value and then set the VtAction property to VT_SET_VTFONT. To save the current state of the
VT220 terminal emulation window, such as font, color, terminal settings and keyboard mappings, set the VtAction property to VT_SAVE_SETTINGS.
Some of the actions can be invoked before the VT220 terminal emulation window is initialized. The application can change the terminal configuration to be used before the initialization of the
emulation window by setting the VtAction property to VT_MODIFY_CONFIGURATION. The ConfigurationName property must previously be set to a valid configuration name. A list of the names of all available
configurations can be obtained by setting the VtAction property to VT_LIST_CONFIGURATION. The list of configuration names will be delivered to the application in one or more OnList events. To delete
a configuration, set the ConfigurationName property to a valid configuration name and then set the VtAction property to VT_DELETE_CONFIGURATION. To save a configuration, set the ConfigurationName
property to an existing or a new configuration name and then set the VtAction property to VT_SAVE_CONFIGURATION.
Clipboard activities, such as copy, paste and clear, can be performed with the VtAction property. Copying the selected text in the VT220 emulation window to the clipboard can be accomplished by
setting the VtAction property to VT_COPY_CLIPBOARD. Before doing this, an application must make sure that this action can be performed by verifying that the CopyClipboard property is True. Pasting
text contained in the clipboard to the VT220 emulation window is done by setting the VtAction property to VT_PASTE_CLIPBOARD. Before doing this, an application must make sure that this action can be
performed by verifying that the PasteClipboard property is set to True. An application can clear the text contained in the clipboard by setting the VtAction property to VT_CLEAR_CLIPBOARD. This
action is only legal if the ClearClipboard property is True.
To capture the data currently displayed on the screen of the VT220 emulation window to a disk file, set the VtAction property to VT_CAPTURE_SCREEN. Before doing this, an application must make sure
that this action can be performed by verifying that the CaptureScreen property is True. To capture all incoming data to a disk file, set the VtAction property to VT_CAPTURE_DATA. This action is only
legal if the CaptureData property is True. Capturing incoming data to a disk file is disabled by setting the VtAction property to VT_CAPTURE_DATA a second time. An application can check the value of
the boolean InCaptureData property to determine if the VT220 ActiveX control is currently capturing incoming data to a disk file. Both the VT_CAPTURE_SCREEN and the VT_CAPTURE_DATA action will
display a dialog box to obtain the name of the destination disk file from the user.
To capture the data currently displayed on the screen of the VT220 emulation window to a file specified by the CaptureFile property, set the VtAction property to VT_CAPTURE_SCREEN_FILE. Before doing
this, an application must make sure that this action can be performed by verifying that the CaptureScreenFile property is True. To capture all incoming data to CaptureFile, set the VtAction property
to VT_CAPTURE_DATA_FILE. This action is only legal if the CaptureDataFile property is True. Capturing incoming data to CaptureFile is disabled by setting the VtAction property to VT_CAPTURE_DATA_FILE
a second time. An application can check the value of the boolean InCaptureDataFile property to determine if the VT220 ActiveX control is currently capturing incoming data to CaptureFile.
The VtAction property can also be used to configure the printer to be used with the VT220 ActiveX control. Setting the VtAction property to VT_PRINTER_SELECT will select the default printer to be
used. The printer font can be selected by setting the VtAction property to VT_PRINTER_FONT and the selected printer font can be replaced with the default printer font by setting the VtAction property
to VT_TRANSPARENT. This essentially sends all keyboard inputs to the printer. Setting VT_TRANSPARENT to the VtAction property a second time turns off the printing.
The ListConfig, ModifyConfig, DeleteConfig, SaveConfig, ConfigureKeyboard, ConfigureTerminal, ConfigureColor, CustomFont, VtFont, SaveTermSetting, Copy, Paste, Clear, ScreenCapture, DataCapture,
SelectPrinter, PrinterFont and Transparent methods accomplish the same as the above actions. Please check the reference pages of these methods for more detailed information on their usage.
This property can only be set at run time after initializing the VT220 emulation window by setting the Action property to ACTION_INITIALIZE. There is no default value for this property.
Example
Vt220Client.VtAction = VT_COPY_CLIPBOARD
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