ViewPoint Manual

Installation, Configuration, and Startup
ViewPoint Manual—426801-001
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Logon Considerations
pathmon-name
The name that you or your system manager has given the PATHMON. The default
is ZVPT.
If the COLOR option is requested, ViewPoint loads a color map into the PCT process
during initialization and, if TACL is available, each time the user reenters block mode
from the TACL screen. When the user exits from ViewPoint, the color map is reset to
the default setting (PCT.INI). (PCT.INI is a file that contains all configurable
parameters for the Compaq 6AX or compatible terminal, including colors.)
The default ViewPoint colors are the following:
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White letters on a blue background as the basic colors. You can change this color
combination using TACL variables.
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Red letters for critical events.
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Green letters for action events.
If you prefer a different foreground/background color combination, use TACL to
#PUSH and #SET one or both of the following TACL variables:
:UTILS_GLOBALS:ViewPoint:_FOREGROUND foreground-color
:UTILS_GLOBALS:ViewPoint:_BACKGROUND background-color
The color choices for either foreground or background color are BLACK, BLUE,
GREEN, CYAN, RED, MAGENTA, BROWN, and WHITE.
Logon Considerations
If the ViewPoint application has access to TACL, the operator must be logged on to
TACL before running the VIEWPT routine. After entering ViewPoint, the operator can
change the user ID of the TACL process by using LOGON on the TACL conversational
screen.
Typing LOGOFF forces an exit from ViewPoint and termination of processes started by
the Define Process facility. It also logs you off from TACL.
Processes that are started as a part of the Define Process facility inherit the user ID of
the TACL process at the time they are started.
Processes that run in the ViewPoint Pathway application, such as servers and TCPs, run
under the user ID of the operator who executes the VIEWPT:STARTUP routine.
Define Process commands can be executed from TACL by entering the commands as
described in Section 4, “Process Definition Commands.” These commands are defined
in the DP TACL directory (:UTILS:DP). The DP directory name can be put in the
TACL #USELIST file so that the command names (DP, PINFO, and so on) can be
recognized without prefixing each command with the directory name. The TACLCSTM
file on the operator’s default subvolume could contain a TACL command to put the
directory name on the #USELIST. For example:
USE :UTILS:DP