Pathway/XM System Management Manual

Configuring Clients and Requesters
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Configuring PROGRAM Objects
You can define a terminal to belong to more than one group. You do this by using
multiple SET statements, as in the following example:
SET TERM GROUP INQUIRY
SET TERM GROUP MONDAY
SET TERM GROUP WEDNESDAY
SET TERM GROUP FRIDAY
ADD TERM TERM-17, FILE $T017
Configuring PROGRAM Objects
PROGRAM objects are templates used by the PATHMON process when creating and
starting temporary TERM objects. The templates define tasks that enable TCPs to run
screen programs temporarily on one or more devices. When the task is completed, the
TERM object is automatically deleted.
The configurations you specify for your screen-program templates, or PROGRAM
objects, are stored in the SuperCTL file. You must define and add each PROGRAM
object by using the SET PROGRAM and ADD PROGRAM statements.
When a user issues a RUN PROGRAM command from PXMCOM, the associated
PROGRAM object implicitly creates a TERM object for that individual device or
process. This TERM object manages that device or process, and enables the user to
interact with the Pathway application associated with the screen program. This TERM
object, however, is only temporary; it ceases to exist when the user exits from the screen
program.
This subsection provides brief definitions of the required and optional attributes you can
configure for a PROGRAM object, gives an example of setting these attributes, and then
describes special considerations for some of the individual attributes.
For the complete syntax of the SET PROGRAM statement, including descriptions of all
the attributes you can set for a PROGRAM object, refer to SET PROGRAM
on
page 10-36. For the syntax of the ADD PROGRAM statement, refer to ADD
PROGRAM on page 10-8.
To configure a PROGRAM object, you must specify the following attributes with the
SET PROGRAM statement:
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INITIAL specifies the name of the first screen program that runs on the device or
process when the RUN PROGRAM command is issued.
This is the name specified in the PROGRAM-ID sentence of the Identification
Division in the SCREEN COBOL program.
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TCP specifies the name of the TCP that controls the screen program.
•
TYPE specifies the type of input-output device or process that the PROGRAM
object controls and the name of the screen program that runs on the device or
process when it is started.
You must specify one TYPE attribute for each type of device or process supported
by the PROGRAM object. Then, for each type, you indicate the name of the screen
program that should be executed if the PROGRAM object is run on a device of that