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8. Add another prompt action. Repeat step 5 on page 304. This time, set the

cursor in the Password field shown in Figure 4-12 on page 304. In the Add

Prompt Action window (Figure 4-14), complete these tasks:

a. For Name, type setPWD.

b. For Default value, type pwd.

c. Under Handle Macro Prompt, select Use Web Express Logon.

d. For Prompt type, select Password.

e. Click OK to add this action.

Figure 4-14 Add Prompt Action for password

9. You return to the HATS terminal screen. Now enter password. Press the Tab

key. The cursor moves to the Program/procedure input field in terminal

window. Press Enter to log on.

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10.You see an AS/400 program message screen (Figure 4-15) in the HATS

terminal since with the same user name is already logged on another

session. Verify the contents in the Macro Navigator pane with yours.

Figure 4-15 Enter program message screen

11.Click the Define Screen Recognition Criteria button in the toolbar as shown

in Figure 4-16.

Figure 4-16 Clicking the Define Screen Recognition Criteria button

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12.The Define Screen Recognition Criteria – Select Screen Recognition Criteria

window (Figure 4-17) opens. Follow these steps:

a. For Screen Name, type Message Screen.

b. Click and drag to draw a rectangular region.

c. Select This is a transient screen.

d. Under String position, select At a specified position.

e. Click Finish to complete the screen definition.

Figure 4-17 Define program message screen criteria

13.In the HATS terminal window, press Enter to continue the macro to the next

screen.

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14.You arrive at the AS/400 Main Menu screen. Click the Define Screen

Recognition Criteria icon in the toolbar as shown in Figure 4-18.

Figure 4-18 Clicking the Define Screen Recognition Criteria button

15.In the Define Screen Recognition Criteria – Select Screen Recognition

Criteria window (Figure 4-19), follow these steps:

a. For Screen Name, type Main Menu.

b. Click and drag to draw a rectangular region.

c. Under String position, select At a specified position.

d. Click Finish to complete the screen definition.

Figure 4-19 Defining the criteria for the Main Menu screen

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16.In the Host Terminal window (Figure 4-20), click the Stop Macro button to

end the macro recording.

Figure 4-20 Clicking the Stop Macro button

17.In the HATS terminal window Macro Navigator view, select some useless

actions captured during recording as shown in the example on the left. Press

the Delete key to remove these items. Then the macro should appear as

shown in the example on the right.

Figure 4-21 Removing useless actions in the macro

18.In Host Terminal, click the Save Macro button to save the macro and close

the window. We are finished recording the logon macro.

Figure 4-22 Save macro

It’s a good practice to test the macro after you create it. You need to verify if it

works as we expected. For our scenario, the macro we created is simple.

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