3270 Glossary

AID Key

Any of the following 3270-supported keys:

Table C-1

3270 Key	PC Key
Enter	Enter
Clear	ESC
PF1 through PF12	F1 through F12
PF13 through PF24	Shift F1 through Shift F12
PA1 through PA3	Ctrl F1 through Ctrl F3

Field

A unit of data contained in a TDS. A field may be a label to display on the screen, an item of data, or special blank non-display fields. Each field has its own attributes that determine how it is displayed and if the area can be modified.

Native Environment Pane

A pane in the 3270 Component Editor that provides an emulation of an actual 3270 terminal session.

Map Screen Action

A special non-editable action that indicates the location in an Action Model where a new terminal data stream (TDS) screen is received. Any actions intended to interact with this screen must be placed subordinate to the Map Action's Screen Actions line in the Action Model.

Multi Row Transform

A special action for mapping repeating rows of data within a 3270 screen between a DOM and the 3270 screen. This action also transforms the ScreenDom and creates a hierarchical view of the screen. This action along with a Multi Row Group action, a Decision action, and additional Repeat actions are created by the Multi Row Wizard. Special care should be taken when editing any of these actions.

ScreenDoc

A special DOM in the 3270 (and 5250) component editor windows representing the current 3270 screen display as an XML document.

Send Attention Key

An action that appears in the Action Model whenever an AID key is pressed.

TDS

Terminal Data Stream