Exchange/RJE Manual

SETMODE Procedure
Exchange/RJE System Procedure Calls
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param1 .<14>
controls the inclusion of BSC control characters in the records returned to your
program by the line server, as follows:
0 RAWDATA OFF
If you specify RAWDATA OFF, the line server removes all BSC control
characters from each record before returning the record to your program.
Your program receives only the data.
1 RAWDATA ON
If you specify RAWDATA ON, the line server does not remove BSC control
characters before returning the data to your program. Your program receives
the data and the accompanying BSC control characters. Only SYN
(synchronization) characters and the BCC (error-checking) characters are not
returned to your program.
In this case, the line server does not separate the received block into records
based on BSC control characters. Instead, the line server returns the complete
block or the maximum record size for the current mode of operation,
whichever is less. Each successive READ returns the remaining data in the
block up to the maximum record size. This means that the records returned
may not be the same size as the records sent by the remote system, and the
records will include BSC control characters as well as data.
param1 .<15>
controls the translation from EBCDIC to ASCII of data received as transparent
text. This parameter applies to both ASCII and EBCDIC data communications
lines. However, while Exchange/RJE allows the use of transparent text with
ASCII data communications lines, IBM 2780 and 3780 terminals do not support the
use of transparent text with ASCII data communications lines.
This parameter does not control the translation of data received as normal text.
Whether data received as normal text is translated from EBCDIC to ASCII or not
depends on how the data communications line was defined during system
generation. If the data communications line was defined as an EBCDIC line, the
data is translated from EBCDIC to ASCII. If the data communications line was
defined as an ASCII line, the data is not translated.
This field can have the following values:
0 TRANSLATE
If you specify TRANSLATE and the remote system sends the data as
transparent text (each text block begins with DLE STX), the data is translated
from EBCDIC to ASCII before it is written to the print file. This translation
takes place even if the data communications line is defined as an ASCII line.