Entry Assist tab

DOC Mode

This check box enables or disables all the settings on the Entry Assist tab.

When you enable the settings the DOC indicator is displayed in positions 67-69 of the Operator Information Area. See Understanding the OIA.

When DOC Mode is enabled all the pasting functions on the Paste tab are ignored. See Pasting in DOC mode.

You can assign a key to the DOC Mode function so that pressing the key enables or disables the DOC Mode. To assign a key to the DOC Mode function click Edit > Preferences > Keyboard, click Host Functions, and assign a key to Document Mode function.

Word Wrap

This checkbox enables word wrap. When word wrap is enabled a word that is being typed at the right margin is moved in its entirety to the first unprotected field in the next row, provided that the unprotected field has enough blank space (spaces and nulls) at the left to contain the word. The area on the previous row vacated by the word is filled with spaces.

When word wrap is disabled:
                         Look in the diction
                         ary, please.
When word wrap is enabled:
                         Look in the
                         dictionary, please.

If the unprotected field does not have enough blank space at the left to contain the word then the word is not moved. The effect is the same as if word wrap were not enabled.

When Word Wrap is enabled the Word Wrap indicator is displayed in position 71 of the Operator Information Area. See Understanding the OIA.

Start Column and End Column

These settings control the left margin and right margin for DOC mode. For example, you might set the left margin to 10 and the right margin to 60.

If insert mode is off then:

• When you are typing in data and you type a character at the right margin the cursor skips to the left margin.
• For example, if you set the left margin to 10 and the right margin to 60, then when you type a character at position 60 the cursor skips to position 10 on the next row.
• Protected fields are skipped.

If insert mode is on (a ^ is displayed at position 52 in the Operator Information Area) then:

• When you are typing in data and a character is pushed beyond the right margin the pushed character is wrapped to the beginning of the next row.
• Protected fields are skipped.

New Line key:
If you press the key for New Line (the default key assignment for New Line is Shift-Enter) then the cursor will skip to the first unprotected character position in the next row (or in a subsequent row if necessary) that lies within the margins.

Tab Stops

Use this field to set tab stops. Type into this field the numbers of the columns that you want to be tab stops, separated by commas. For example: 5,10,15,20,25

When tab stops are set pressing the tab key causes the cursor to skip to one of the following, whichever comes first:

• The next tab stop in the same unprotected field on the same row. (Tab stops cannot be defined outside the left or right margin.)
• The first character position in the next unprotected field on the same row, if that character position is within the margins.
• The first character position in the next unprotected field in a subsequent row, if that character position is within the margins.

Characters skipped over as the result of a tab key are not set to blanks.
Characters that lie within an unprotected field and that the cursor skips over as the result of a tab key are not set to blanks. Exception: nulls that the cursor skips over as the result of a tab key are set to blanks.

Nulls in an unprotected field straddling a margin:
When the tab key causes the cursor to skip to the left margin of the next line, and an unprotected field straddles the left margin, nulls that lie outside the left margin in the unprotected field are converted to spaces.

However, when the tab key causes the cursor to skip to the next line, and an unprotected field straddles the right margin of the preceding line, nulls that lie outside the right margin in the unprotected field are not converted to spaces.

Enable Audible End of Line Signal

This check box enables or disables the sounding of an audible signal when the cursor enters the column set for the End of Line Signal Column.

If the client platform is Windows and SoundSentry is enabled then the configured SoundSentry signal occurs (such as flashing the active caption bar).

End of Line Signal Column

Type into this field the number of the column at which you want the audible signal for the end of line to be sounded.

Normally you would type in a value that would cause the audible signal to occur when the cursor approached the right margin. For example, if the right margin is 70 you might set the End of Line Signal Column to 65.

Pasting in DOC Mode

When DOC Mode is enabled all the pasting functions on the Paste tab are ignored and pasting is done as follows:

• If the cursor is within the margins:
  • Start pasting characters at the cursor.
  • Paste characters according to the same rules that are used when the user is typing in characters.
  • Follow the word wrapping rules if Word Wrap is enabled.
  • Display the too much symbol in the Operator Information Area (OIA) if the end of the last row is reached before all the data is pasted. See Understanding the OIA.
• If the cursor is outside the right margin:
  • Start pasting characters at the cursor.
  • Paste characters into unprotected fields until the end of the row is reached.
  • Start at the left margin of the next row and continue pasting according to the rules listed above for when the cursor is within the margins.
• If the cursor is outside the left margin:
  • Start pasting characters at the cursor.
  • Paste characters into unprotected fields until the left margin is reached.
  • Continue pasting according to the rules listed above for when the cursor is within the margins.

Related topics

• Cut, Copy, Paste, and Edit Assist in the client window