TRANSFER Installation and Management Guide

Configuring an Agent That Is a SCREEN COBOL Requester
Managing a TRANSFER System
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Configuring
User-Written Agents
A user-written agent can be a SCREEN COBOL requester or a PATHWAY server
written in another programming language. The following paragraphs describe how to
configure both kinds of agents.
Configuring an Agent That Is a SCREEN COBOL Requester
The following paragraphs describe steps for configuring a SCREEN COBOL agent.
The sample agent in the TRANSFER Programming Guide is an example of such an
agent.
1. Compile the agent (using the SCOBOLX command) and put the SCREEN COBOL
object into your object library.
Note If you are installing more than one SCREEN COBOL agent and the object files are in different object
libraries, you can use the SCREEN COBOL Utility Program (SCUP) to copy all the objects into a single
SCREEN COBOL object library. See the COPY command in the PATHWAY SCREEN COBOL Utility
Program Reference Manual for more information.
2. Make sure the TRAgentTclprog parameter in your DEFINETR file points to the
SCREEN COBOL object library name for the agent you want to install.
For example: If your agent is in an object library called $VOL.SUBVOL.CUST,
then your DEFINETR file would say:
TRAgentTclProg $VOL.SUBVOL.CUST
Specifying TRAgentTclProg for your object library makes your SCREEN COBOL
modules available for use by the TAREQ pseudo-terminals and TCPs.
3. Once you have your system up and running, start ADMIN to configure the agent
as follows:
Type:
3>PATHCOM $your-pathmon-name
=Run ADMIN
On the LOGON screen, type:
SYS-ADMIN
Press F16 to log on as the system administrator.
Press F6 to get the ADMIN AGENTS screen.
Type the name of the agent after NEW AGENT NAME at the bottom of the
ADMIN AGENTS screen.
Press F7 to insert and configure the agent. The ADMIN AGENT
CONFIGURATION screen appears.
Fill in an application ID for APPLICATION ID FOR LOGON. Application IDs
from 100 through 999 are reserved for Tandem agents.