Configuring IND$FILE transfer setup
- From a Mainframe Display session, click .
The Transfer Setup window opens. This window contains
the Settings and Advanced tabs.
If the display is configured for Arabic, the Arabic tab
is also available.
- In the Settings tab, configure the
following options:
- Host System
- Select the type of mainframe operating environment. Depending
on your selection, the options in this window can change. The
- VM/CMS: Virtual Machine/Conversational
Monitor System
- TSO: Time Sharing Options
- CICS/VS: Customer Information Control System
for Virtual Storage
- Host File Options
- Enter the following host file information:
- File Type: The VM file type.
- File Mode: The VM file mode.
- File Options
- Configure the following additional file settings:
- Text: Select if the file is a text file.
- Binary: Select if the file is a binary
file.
- CR/LF: Specifies that carriage return and
line feed characters are recognized and deleted before storage within
the host or inserted before storage to the PC.
- Append: Specifies that the file data is
appended to the end of an existing file.
- Transfer Options
- Configure the following additional transfer options:
- Use local Translate Tables: If selected,
BlueZone translates characters in the file using the currently selected
translate table. The translate table is based on the currently selected
language (CCSID) that is selected in the 3270 Emulation tab
of the Session Configuration window.
Note: A separate configurable
translate table is available for IND$FILE transfers. By default,
the settings start out identical to the character translation table.
For VM/CMS host systems: Send <Clear> before
Transfer: if select, the host screen is cleared before
the file transfer is performed.
For TSO or CICS/VS host systems: Auto <Erase
Input> before Transfer: If selected, all unprotected fields
are cleared before the file transfer is performed.
- Packet Size: Select the packet size for
Write Structure fields file transfers.
- Click the Advanced tab and set the
following options:
- Record Format
- Configure the following file record format settings for a VM/CMS
or TSO file transfer upload:
- Default: Select to use the host default
record format.
- Variable: Select to specify whether the
record length of the data file is variable.
- Fixed: Select to specify that the record
length of the data file is fixed.
- Undefined: Select to specify that the record
length of the data file is undefined.
- Record Length: Specifies the length of
each logical record stored within the host.
- Block Size: Indicates the length in bytes
of a data block to be stored within the host. If Block Size is omitted
then the default is Record Length.
- Space
- Configure the following allocation parameters for a TSO file transfer
upload:
- Allocate Size: Specifies the amount of
space to allocate for the new data set. If Allocate Size is zero,
no space parameters are sent to the host system.
- Increment: Specifies the amount of additional
space allocated each time more space is necessary.
- Unspecified: Select to not specify an allocation
method.
- Avg. Blocks: Select to specify a block
size to store in blocks.
- Cylinders: Select to specify that transfers
are stored in pairs of tracks that are the same distance from the
center of the storage diskette.
- Tracks: Select to store in concentric circles.
- Options
- Configure the following additional file transfer operating parameters:
- Host File Password: Required only if password
protect is specified for a particular data set.
- Transfer Program Name: Specifies the transfer
program name on host system. The default program name is IND$FILE.
- Include Left Parenthesis: Select if the
host requires left parenthesis on the command line.
- Include Right Parenthesis: Select if the
host requires right parenthesis on the command line.
- Additional Parameters: Type any additional
data. This data will be appended to the transfer command.
- If your display is configured for Arabic, the Arabic tab
is available. Refer to Configuring IND$FILE with Arabic support for more
information.
- Click OK.
The Host File Transfer window opens.