RSC/MP Installation and Configuration Guide

Configuring the RSC/MP Client Basic RSC.INI Configuration
Basic RSC.INI Configuration
RSC/MP configuration files can be created and adjusted using an ordinary text editor
on all platforms. Also, the RSC/MP Configuration Wizard (RscConfig.exe file) can be
used to create a basic configuration file on the Windows platform. An RSC/MP
configuration file can have any name. The default name is RSC.INI, and this name is
used throughout this subsection.
Note. In addition to the minimal set of options shown in this subsection and the complete set
of RSC/MP options given in the Remote Server Call (RSC/MP) Programming Manual, the
RSC/MP configuration file can also include configuration settings for Piccolo. For information
about creating a combined configuration file, see Combining Piccolo and RSC/MP
Configuration Settings (workstations only) on page 5-9.
Several options can be used in an RSC.INI configuration file. See the Remote Server
Call (RSC/MP) Programming Manual for a complete list of these options. These
options are also used in the corresponding TDP configuration which is discussed in
Section 10, Configuring and Managing the RSC/MP TDP Process.
A minimum RSC.INI configuration requires:
1. The TERM_NAME option. The TERM_NAME option identifies which TDP TERM
object this workstation corresponds to. Whether the TERM_NAME option is
required depends upon the TDP TERM object configuration.
a. Static TERMs. If the TDP is configured only with static TERM objects, then the
TERM_NAME option is required. It must match the name of a TDP TERM
object that is not already in use (i.e. with static TERM objects, each workstation
must have a unique TERM_NAME), for example:
TERM_NAME = term01
b. Dynamic TERMs. If the TDP is configured with a TERM object with the
TEMPLATE attribute set to YES, then use of the TERM_NAME option is
optional, and the TDP will create TERM objects dynamically upon RscConnect
requests. When the TERM_NAME option is supplied it becomes part of the
dynamically created name and can be used by the RSCCOM STATUS TERM
command to query the status of a particular workstation. The TERM object
configured with the TEMPLATE attribute is called a template. If the TERM
template is named DYNAMIC no further configuration is needed on the
workstation. If the TERM template name is other than DYNAMIC, then the
TERM_TEMPLATE option must be used in the RSC.INI file and the name
supplied must match the TERM template name in the TDP.
2. The ERROR_FILE option. This option sets the path of the RSC/MP error file. The
ERROR_FILE option is used to identify to RSC/MP the location of the RSC.ERR
file. This file is used by the RSC/MP API library when requested by the application
to translate an RSC/MP error code to the text associated with the error. If this
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