Using TinyTERM 3.3 on Windows 3.1 with a serial connection, if you put TinyTERM in the Startup program group, you’ll get an error:

Error (4514) Bad argument to function vsetoption: expected vector, got integer

This will happen any time you use anything on the File menu. You also won’t be able to exit Windows unless you use Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

To fix this, change the icon properties to remove us.tap from the command line. Switch to default.tap instead.

Using Term for Linux version 6.2.5b, the screen does not format properly in all cases. If the display is not right, execute the following two commands at a shell prompt. You may also want to put them into your .profile:

termcap=/etc/termcap
export termcap

CR 472, not needed in TERM 6.28

Using TERM for UNIX, you may see a locked device error when connecting to a tty port. The port permissions are usually reset to 600 (-rw——-) when this happens, even if you’ve changed it to 666 (-rw-rw-rw-).

The following is a sample script. It will not execute on all UNIX systems. You will need to adjust it for your particular flavor of UNIX. It will resolve the inability of callin and callout being unable to enable and disable ports that use port monitors.

1. Place the script in /usr/bin.
2. Do a chmod 777 to make it executable and accessible to all users.

The script is very simple. It disables the port, makes it accessible to TERM, starts TERM, then re-enables the port after TERM exits.

/usr/sbin/pmadm -d -pttymon0 -s00
sleep5
chmod 0666/dev/term/00
term
/usr/sbin/pmadm -e -pttymon0 -s00


Please note: This script is from Unisys U6000 SVR4 UNIX. Other flavors of UNIX will have commands that do the same thing, but the syntax will be different.

CR 572

Using TERM for UNIX 6.2.5 on SCO Openserver 5, trying to run a script which dials the modem to make the connection may cause the modem to repeatedly redial the modem before doing the initialization string. To resolve this, increase the DTIMEOUT value, or insert a DINIT command with the correct initialization string prior to the CALL command.

If TinyTERM is not saving individual users’ settings to their TTweb directories, they have to browse to their TTweb directories manually to save and open .tpx files. As a workaround, do the following:

1. Create the configuration file (.tpx extension).
2. Manually save the .tpx file in the user’s directory.
3. Create a desktop shortcut to the tt.exe file.
4. Modify the Target parameter to point to the .tpx file in the user’s directory:
   

   “C:\Program Files\Century\TinyTerm\tt.exe” -nosplash “C:\User Directory\TTweb\configuration.tpx”

   Change “User Directory” to match the path on your Windows server. It varies with the version of Windows.

   The -nosplash parameter is optional. It disables the splash screen on startup.

Once you have opened TinyTERM from the desktop shortcut, any changes will be saved in the correct directory.

CR 261

When connected to an HP-UX 10.20 host, it may lose data when pasting over 100 lines of information. If this happens, you will need the following patches for HP-UX 10.20:

• PHNE_13413
• PHNE_13414

One patch is for telnet. The other is a kernel patch which requires a system reboot.

In TinyTERM version 4.05, the PASTE function under keyboard mapping does not work. To map a key to paste, do the following:

1. Open the keyboard editor.
2. Click on the key you want to use for paste.
3. Change the Action field to COMMAND.
4. In the Value field, enter:
   

   TEObj.Paste(0);

5. Click Set, then close the keyboard editor.
6. Click Save As to give the keyboard scheme a name.

Using TinyTERM version 4.04 on Windows NT 4, it may lock up while working in the emulation. It may also hang if you make changes to Session Properties. To troubleshoot this issue, go to TinyTERM’s Edit menu and select Preferences. Click on the “OLE Settings” tab next. Does this cause TinyTERM to lock up?

If it does lock up, the file comctl32.dll has been replaced with an earlier version. Some software installs automatically replace this DLL, regardless of the currently installed version. Running the updated comctl32.dll from the 401com subdirectory of Tiny Term will fix this problem. This will require system a reboot, so plan accordingly on Windows server.

If looking at the OLE settings does not cause TinyTERM to lock up, you have file corruption instead. Uninstall TinyTERM, then delete the Century directory out of Program files. Reboot the NT system, then reinstall TinyTERM.

Before installing TinyTERM Plus Edition 4.04.0553 (released July 1999) onto Windows 95, Windows 98, or NT 4.0, you must uninstall any previous version of TinyTERM. Use Control Panel’s Add/Remove Program utility to do this. After uninstalling, you must reboot the PC before installing version 4.04.0553.

If you do not reboot after the uninstall, or if you do not remove previous versions, you may see “unknown hardware” errors when you reboot the PC. It will then try to add this unknown hardware to your system. When this happens, do the following:

1. Close all application.
2. Go to Control Panel and run Add/Remove Programs
3. Uninstall all TinyTERM and NetUtils items.
4. Reboot the PC.
5. Reinstall TinyTERM 4.04.0553.
6. Reboot the PC when the install completes.

You may want to print the TERM or TinyTERM screen without going to the menus. In that case, you can remap a key to perform this function.

In TERM for UNIX, the F6 key is mapped to print by default. To change this, use the SETKEY script command. For example, to map printing to Shift-F6 instead, the command is:

SETKEY SF6 PRINT

In TinyTERM for DOS the Alt-P key prints the screen by default. To change this, type Alt-S for the Setup menu, then select Keyboard. Change the Print Screen line to the desired key.

There is no default key mapped to print screen in TERM for DOS. To change that, type Alt-K to get the keyboard settings. Change the Print Screen line there to the desired key.

TERM and TinyTERM for Windows require more steps:

1. Open the keyboard editor.
2. Click the Chart Open button.
3. Click the F button in the upper right.
4. Click and drag the word PRINT from the chart to the key you want to use; i.e., F8.
5. Click the Chart Close button.
6. Click the Set button.
7. Click OK.
8. Click the “Save As” button to give the new keyboard scheme a name. You can use an existing scheme name to replace it if you desire. But if you replace the “Default” scheme, there’s no way to restore it to its previous settings.
9. Click on Apply and OK.