Setting up a CPI-C conversation
To set up a CPI-C conversation, first open the settings for the Proc Dialog part, then fill in the following fields on the Destination Information page of the notebook:
Partner TP name
The name of the transaction program you want to access on the remote host.
Partner LU alias
The alias or fully qualified name of the logical unit (LU) you want to connect to on the remote host. This is the LU through which the partner TP accesses the network.
Symbolic destination
The symbolic destination name of the partner you want to connect to. This must be a symbolic destination defined as an entry in your CPI-C side information. This field is required only if you want to use a symbolic destination to identify the remote partner.
A CPI-C side information entry defines the following:
• The fully qualified name or alias of the remote LU
• The partner TP name
• The security type to use
• The mode name to use
If you specify a symbolic destination, you do not need to specify values in those fields. If you do, however, the values you specify will override the values defined in the CPI-C side information.
You can also specify values in the optional security fields of the settings notebook. Fill in the following fields on the Destination page:
User ID
The user ID required to access the remote system.
Password
The password required to access to remote system.
Security type
The level of CPI-C conversation security to use. The valid values are:
• NONE (Default)
• SAME
• PROGRAM
Fill in the following fields on the Conversation page:
Mode
The transmission mode to use for the session. This can be any mode defined in the local Communications Manager configuration. The default value is #INTER.
Sync level
The level of CPI-C synchronization to use for the conversation. The valid values are as follows:
• NONE (this is the default value)
• CONFIRM
Return control
Specifies when the local LU returns control to the VA Smalltalk application following an attempt to open a connection. The valid values are as follows:
• WhenSessionAllocated (this is the default)
• Immediate
Fill in the following fields on the Data Attributes page:
Code page
The character code page used by the remote system. The default code page is the current code page for the system.
Buffer length
The size of the memory buffer VA Smalltalk allocates for the data sent to and received from the server. For a proc dialog, the buffer size must be at least as large as the total size of the record used by the remote program logic.
The default value for this field is 1024.
Big endian
A check box that determines the byte order for integers sent to the partner. If checked, the partner uses a BigEndian format; otherwise the partner uses LittleEndian format.
Last modified date: 01/29/2015