Pathway/XM System Management Manual

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Configuring PROGRAM Objects
type. (In a SCREEN COBOL program, the program name is the name specified in
the PROGRAM-ID paragraph of the Identification Division.)
Because your screen programs can run on many different types of devices or
processes, you can also use the TYPE attribute to specify the different options that
these devices or processes require.
In addition to the required attributes, other, optional ones can be selected:
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GROUP allows you to specify a logical name for a group of terminals that you want
to manage as a group. When you have configured your PROGRAM objects with
group names, you can perform management operations on an entire group of
terminals with a single PXMCOM command.
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SECURITY specifies which users are allowed to run the screen program.
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ERROR-ABORT specifies whether the TCP should abort the screen program task in
the event of an error.
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BREAK, an option of the TYPE attribute, specifies whether the TCP accepts the
Break key function for its PROGRAM objects running in conversational mode.
For example, the following PXMCFG statements define and add a PROGRAM object
named SALES. This PROGRAM object enables a TCP based on the TCP template
named TCP-PRIME to run a screen program named MENU-6530 on T16-6530
terminals and a screen program named MENU-3270 on IBM 3270 terminals:
SET PROGRAM TCP TCP-PRIME
SET PROGRAM TYPE T16-6530 (INITIAL MENU-6530)
SET PROGRAM TYPE IBM-3270 (INITIAL MENU-3270)
ADD PROGRAM SALES
Configuring a Template for Several Device Types
A PROGRAM object can serve as a template for several device types. The template can
optionally associate several device-related attributes with each device type. These
attributes include the initial screen program for that device type, the printers associated
with the device type, and the ability of the device type to accept the Break key function
and to echo input characters on the screen. This template can be used over and over
again to start many devices of the specified type or types. Through the PROGRAM, any
device of the appropriate type can access the application.
Defining Groups of Temporary Terminals
You can apply the GROUP attribute to a PROGRAM object to define a group of
temporary TERM objects. The group thus defined includes all temporary TERM
objects created by running the PROGRAM object. You can then use PXMCOM
commands to manage or obtain information about all the temporary TERM objects in
that group.