TRANSFER Programming Manual

Configuring an Agent
Designing and Writing an Agent
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Configuring an Agent When you configure an agent, you must supply certain information for the agent in
the depot profile record. This information is described in the discussions of the
ALTER-AGENT-SELECT and GET-AGENT-SELECT UOWs. To enable you to supply
this information, Tandem provides a standard (default) configuration program that is
sufficient for many cases.
Assigning Names to
Agents
If an agent is to run as a PATHWAY requester, you must assign it a valid SCREEN
COBOL program name. The name:
Can contain from 1 through 30 characters
Can include only alphanumeric characters or hyphens
Must not include embedded blanks
Must not begin or end with a hyphen
If an agent is to run as a PATHWAY server, you must assign it a valid server name.
The name:
Can contain from 1 through 15 characters
Can include only alphanumeric characters or hyphens
Must begin with a letter
Must be unique within the PATHWAY system in which it is defined
Must not include embedded blanks
Must not be a PATHWAY reserved word
An agent with a name longer than 23 characters cannot take advantage of the ADMIN
client's user escape sequences for agent configuration and deletion programs.
Note When processing an agent name, TISERV verifies that the name contains no embedded blanks.
TISERV, however, does not enforce the more restrictive rules and does not verify that the agent really
exists in the TRANSFER system.