TS/MP Pathsend and Server Programming Manual (H06.05+, J06.03+)

tell message An informational message sent by PATHCOM or a management application to one or more

terminals controlled by a SCREEN COBOL program, to be displayed for the terminal operators.

TELL object A temporary object used in PATHCOM and SPI commands to define a tell message.

temporary TERM

object

A TERM object created by the PATHMON process when a PATHCOM RUN PROGRAM command

or an SPI START PROG command is issued. Temporary TERM objects are deleted by the PATHMON

process when application processing is completed or when a STOP TERM or ABORT TERM

command is issued. Names of temporary TERM objects begin with a number. See also configured

TERM object and TERM object.

TERM object A definition of a task that uses a SCREEN COBOL program to control an input/output device

such as a terminal or workstation, or an input/output process such as a front-end process. A

TERM object can be either explicitly configured with an ADD command or created by the

PATHMON process through a PATHCOM RUN PROGRAM or SPI START PROG command. TERM

objects created by the latter method are called temporary TERM objects. See also configured

TERM object and temporary TERM object.

terminal An I/O device capable of sending and receiving information over communications lines.

terminal context Data maintained by a TCP for each active terminal under its control.

terminal control

process (TCP)

A process used for terminal management and transaction control, provided by HP as part of the

Pathway/iTS product. A TCP is a multithreaded process that interprets compiled SCREEN COBOL

requester programs (screen programs) in the user’s application, executing the appropriate program

instructions for each I/O device or process the TCP is configured to handle. The TCP coordinates

communication between screen programs and their I/O devices or processes and, with the help

of the PATHMON process, establishes links between screen programs and server processes. See

also requester and SCREEN COBOL.

terminal data area

(TDA)

In SCREEN COBOL, the area that the TCP allocates for terminal context data. The MAXTERMDATA

parameter of the PATHCOM SET TCP command defines the upper limit for this data area.

thaw condition A condition in which prohibition of communication between a terminal and a server class is lifted.