Initial blank screen handling settings

Table 1 describes the initial screen handling settings for blank screens.

Table 1. Blank screen handling settings
Setting	Description	Values	Default
default.blankScreen	The system waits for a non-blank screen for the period of time specified in the connect timeout on the Advanced tab. The default.blankScreen setting specifies what to do when the connect timeout expires, if there is still only a blank screen. Valid values are: timeout Issue an error message. This is the default value. normal Display the blank screen. You can also specify a lower connect timeout if you expect a blank screen as the initial screen. sendkeys Send the host key defined on the default.blankScreen.keys setting. You can also specify a lower connect timeout if you expect a blank screen as the initial screen.	timeout, normal, or sendkeys	timeout
default.blankScreen.keys	Specifies the host key to send when `default.blankScreen` is set to `sendkeys`.	A valid host key	none

For blank screen handling after the initial screen, ZIETrans uses a defined application event. See the section titled "Blank screens" under Application events in Working with screen events for details of this application event.