Excellent question!  I tried <PF15> (return) and <PF19> (up max) at the main 
menu and both worked.  Tried <PF19> and <PF20> (down max) in Edit, and both 
worked.  I guess it's just <PF21>.  Stranger and stranger.

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-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf 
Of Mazer Ken G
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 13:37

Are any of the PF Keys 13-24 working?  It sounds like maybe the keyboard map in 
Attachmate isn't allowing the shift-key to work.  I always use the "IBM 
3191.ekm or "IBM 3191.xkb" keyboard maps in my InfoConnect/Attachmate session.

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Bob 
Bridges
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 1:29 PM

Didn’t mean to be unclear; when I said "rchange" was assigned to <Shift-PF9>, I 
really meant to <PF21>.

However it's a good question about trying it in other apps.  I went back to the 
PDF menu - the ISPF Primary Options Menu, I mean (I guess I'm showing my age) - 
assigned HELP to <PF21> and hit <Shift-F9>.  No response.  If I hadn't 
rebooted, and if <Shift-PF9> weren't provably working in a non-mainframe app 
(ie Outlook), it would be perfectly obvious that the problem is at my end, 
either in my PC or the keyboard.

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf 
Of Itschak Mugzach
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 13:13

PF setting is ispf application sensitive. Try keys at the command line while in 
edit. What us the value of "pf21"?

--- בתאריך יום ב׳, 24 באוג׳ 2020, 19:58, מאת Bob Bridges ‏<robhbrid...@gmail.com
> This is a really weird one.  My <Shift-PF9> key is not getting any 
> response from ISPF, and before you tell me it must be my keyboard or 
> my PC, let me tell you what I've tried so far:
>
> In ISPF <PF9> is assigned the string "rfind" and <Shift-PF9> is 
> assigned the string "rchange".  I'm in ISPF Edit and attempt the 
> command "c all agt own", and start hitting <Shift-PF9> in order to 
> find and change selected instances of "agt" to "own".  Nothing happens.
>
> o  I test it by using <PF9>.  The rfind command works fine.
>
> o  I try using the right shift key instead of the left.  No response.
>
> o  I hit both shift keys a few times, in case one of them has got locked.
>    Doesn't fix the problem.
>
> o  I reboot the PC.  No change.
>
> o  Maybe there's something wrong with my ISPF change command; I "HELP" to
>    <Shift-PF9>.  Nope, <Shift-PF9> still garners no response
>
> o  I type "rchange" manually on the command line; that works, so the
>    problem isn't the command, it's that the keystroke isn't being sent.
>
> o  I check the keyboard mapping on my emulation; it claims that <Shift-F9>
>    is mapped to PF21.
>
> o  Ok, maybe it's not the keyboard but the PC itself working with <PF9 but
>    not <Shift-PF9>.  So in Outlook I mapped both <F9> and <Shift-F9> to the
>    '£' character.  Both <F9> and <Shift-F9> produced '£'.  I conclude the
>    keystroke is being sent.
>
> I'm out of ideas.  If the keystroke is being sent by my PC, and the 
> 3270 emulation is converting it to <PF21>, why does ISPF not respond 
> to it?  Any ideas out there?  I'll take anything, at this point, no matter 
> how unlikely.

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