Defining batch file transfer requests

Click the File Transfer icon

in the Display window.

The ActiveX File Transfer for Mainframe dialog opens.

Select a PC File, Host Files, Environment, and Transfer Options.

Follow the steps in Defining file transfer requests to fill in these fields.

The Batch Definitions drop-down menu contains the batch files (.HFB) located in C:\Documents and Settings\user ID\Application Data\Seagull Software. When you open this window for the first time, a text file named HfIndBatchFile appears.

Select an existing batch file or click New Batch.

The New Batch File dialog opens.

Type a batch name.

Click OK.

A new batch file (.HFB) is created in the Seagull Software folder.

If you want to delete a batch definition, select it from the Batch Definitions drop-down menu and click Delete.

The Transfer Definition drop-down menu contains a list of the transfers defined for the selected batch file. Each item in this list is a line in the batch file. Each line has several items delimited by a TAB character (\t) in the following order: Batch Definition name, Host Type, PC File name, Transfer Direction, Host File name, and the Scheme file.

To add a new transfer definition, type the name in the Transfer Definition field and click Save.

To remove a transfer definition, select it from the drop-down menu and click Remove.

Select either the Receive or Send Transfer Direction radio button.

The Scheme drop-down menu contains the scheme files (.HFS) located in C:\Documents and Settings\user ID\Application Data\Seagull Software.

Select an existing scheme from the drop-down menu or click New scheme.

The New Scheme dialog opens.

Type a scheme name.

Click OK.

A new scheme file (.HFS) is created in the Seagull Software folder.

To modify an existing scheme, select it from the drop-down menu and click Modify.

The scheme edit dialog opens and you can edit the Record Format, Record Length, Block Size, and file options.

Click Execute Batch Transfer to start the batch file transfer.

All of the transfers defined in the current batch execute one by one. Each transfer opens a progress dialog and when the transfer is complete, the dialog closes.

Click Cancel to cancel the current transfer. This cancels only the current transfer and not the entire batch transfer. The next defined transfer will start within a few seconds.

When all of the transfers are complete, a summary dialog opens that lists the status of each transfer and the number of successful and failed transfers with a standard error code.