Pathway/iTS System Management Manual (G06.24+)

PROGRAM Commands
HP NonStop Pathway/iTS System Management Manual—426748-002
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RUN PROGRAM Command
PRINTER
specifies the printer to be used for the SCREEN COBOL PRINT SCREEN verb.
An attached printer either physically plugs into the terminal (for example, a 6520 or
6530 terminal) or connects to the same line controller (for example, an IBM 3270
compatible terminal using AM3270) as the terminal on which the SCREEN COBOL
program runs.
file-name
specifies the file name for the print device. You usually use file-name when
the printer is not attached or when multiple attached printers are connected to
a line controller. This parameter overrides the current value configured for the
PRINTER parameter.
The specified file name is placed in the SCREEN COBOL special register
TERMINAL-PRINTER when the program starts running on a terminal. While a
screen program runs, it can modify the file name in its TERMINAL-PRINTER
register and then use the new file name.
If you omit file-name, the SCREEN COBOL TERMINAL-PRINTER special
register is set to SPACES (that is, ASCII blanks).
If a printer is not attached, the SCREEN COBOL verb PRINT-SCREEN obtains
the printer’s file name from the special register TERMINAL-PRINTER.
IS-ATTACHED
directs the copy of the screen image to a printer that is either physically
attached to the terminal or on the same line controller as the terminal on which
the program runs. IS-ATTACHED can be used with the following:
If you specify PRINTER IS-ATTACHED for a 6520, 6530, or 6540 terminal, the
SCREEN COBOL special register TERMINAL-PRINTER is ignored.
FILE file-name
specifies the name of a terminal or a process emulating a terminal that is used as
the I/O device for this PROGRAM object. This parameter allows an application to
write a front-end process that emulates a standard terminal type and acts as a link
between the PATHMON environment and a nonstandard terminal or an intelligent
device.
If you omit this parameter, the SCREEN COBOL program runs on the device
where the PATHCOM process is running. Control is returned to the PATHCOM
process only when the SCREEN COBOL program terminates.
T16-6530 Directs copy to a printer attached directly to the terminal.
T16-6520 Directs copy to a printer attached directly to the terminal.
IBM-3270 Directs copy to the device that is attached to the same control
unit as the terminal.