The Key Lists

The following lists of keys can be reviewed and altered by the Keyboard Configuration utility:

• Adis function key list.

  This list defines the keys which carry out specified functions when you are executing an ACCEPT statement in a COBOL program.

• Animator function key list.

  This list is used by Animator and some other Micro Focus programs.

• User function key list.

  The user function key list defines the keys that are normally returned to your program when a function key is pressed.

• Compatibility function key list.

  This list defines an alternative user key list that can be used if you want to set up keys to be compatible with another dialect of COBOL. If the values returned by such keys differ from the standard user key list, you are advised to alter the compatibility function key list rather than the user function key list. By default, the compatibility function key list is configured for compatibility with RM/COBOL V2.0 on UNIX.

  ACCEPT/DISPLAY option 22 in the Adis Configuration utility enables you to choose between using the user or compatibility key lists.

By default, the user function keys are initially disabled. In order to use these function keys during the execution of a program, you must first enable them by calling the x"AF" library routine or by altering the configuration using the Adis Configuration utility.

The CRT STATUS clause allows you to ascertain which function key was used to terminate an ACCEPT operation.