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KOA Commands and Variables Summary

A brief summary of the KOA commands and variables is shown below. These commands are in addition to the KSL commands discussed elsewhere in this chapter.

Table 10 KOA Screen Commands

Command

Description

ATTN

Equivalent to pressing the Attn key on the keyboard.

CLEAR

Equivalent to pressing the Clear key on the keyboard.

Table 11 KOA Flow Commands

Command

Description

ON SCREENERROR

Branches to a labeled script command when a communication exception condition exists.

Table 12 KOA Communication Commands

Command

Description

COLOR

Sets the terminal’s color capabilities.

GETSCREEN

Receives updated information (screens and messages) from the VTAM application.

LOGON

Logs on to a VTAM application session.

LOGOFF

Logs off (disconnects) from a VTAM application session.

SCREENMODE

Determines which screen types are received from VTAM.

SETSESS

Switches to the specified session.

TIMEOUT

Limits the number of seconds KOA waits for a response before disconnecting the session.

Table 13 KOA Special Variables

Variable

Description

%SESSID

Current session identifier.

%VTAMERR

VTAM communication error description.

%VTAMFDBK

VTAM communication error information.

%VTAMRC

VTAM communication return code.

Parent Topic

KOA Language Overview