Hex characters in Client Access

If you know the EBCDIC value for any character, you can enter it using this macro. The PC5250 emulation in Client Access and Personal Communications does not have a Hex function that can be mapped to the keyboard. This function existed on the 5250 keyboards, and this macro gives the user the same ability, viz., to enter any character between x40 and xFE, either by entering the decimal value 64 -254, or the hex value, x40 - xfe, either upper or lowercase. 


  
LANGUAGE=VBSCRIPT
[PCOMM SCRIPT HEADER]
LANGUAGE = VBSCRIPT
DESCRIPTION=Hex input
[PCOMM SCRIPT SOURCE]

Option Explicit

Dim input_value, hex_value

autECLSession.SetConnectionByName (ThisSessionName)

subHex_

Sub subHex_()
input_value = InputBox("Enter a decimal number between 64 and 254, or a hex value between x40 and xFE (either uppercase or lowercase")

If input_value = "" Then
     MsgBox ("invalid input")
     Exit Sub

ElseIf (IsNumeric(input_value) Or _
         (Len(Trim(input_value)) = 3 And _
          UCase(Left(input_value, 1)) = "X") And _
          IsNumeric("&H" & Mid(input_value, 2, 2))) Then

     If (UCase(Left(input_value, 1)) = "X") Then
         input_value = "&h" & Mid(input_value, 2, 2)
     End If

     If (input_value >= 64 And input_value <= 254) Then
         hex_value = Hex(input_value)

     Else
         MsgBox ("value '" & input_value & "' out of range")
         Exit Sub
     End If

Else
     MsgBox ("non numeric input '" & input_value & "'")
     Exit Sub
End If

autECLMacro "apl " & Hex(input_value)
End Sub

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