Emulation Problems

If your application does not draw the screen properly when running in the FacetWin DT terminal emulator, then it is probably because it is using screen control sequences that are not recognized properly by FacetWin DT. If this is the case, you should call FacetCorp technical support. Before you call, you can gather some information about the problem by doing the following:

Turn on the “Beep Emulation Errors” option.

This setting is found on the Options Tab of the terminal emulator property sheet. When this option is turned on, the emulator will “beep” whenever it encounters an escape sequence that it does not recognize.

Turn on the “Record Errors to File” option.

This setting is also on the Options Tab of the property sheet. When this option is turned on, the emulator will record any emulation errors to a file. This file will be in the “errors” subdirectory in the FacetWin installation directory on the PC. It will have the same name as the current application title.

Turn on the “Capture to File” option.

This setting is also on the Options Tab of the property sheet. When you turn this option on, everything that your application writes to the screen will also be written to a file. The capture file will be in the “capture” subdirectory in the FacetWin installation directory on the PC. The default name of the capture file is the application title with a “.txt” extension. Note: While this option is turned on the emulator will be noticeably slowed down. This option could also use a large amount of disk space if you left it on for a long terminal session.