TRANSFER Programming Manual

When to Write Your Own Configuration Program
Designing and Writing an Agent
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When to Write Your Own
Configuration Program
You can supply your own agent configuration program and tailor it to the specific
needs of your agent. The program can display a screen through which you can enter
information. The program can next determine which of the entries are appropriate for
copying to the profile record and then issue the ALTER-AGENT-SELECT UOW to
write the information to that record.
An agent configuration or deletion program must be written in SCREEN COBOL.
The AGENT-DATA field, as modified and retrieved by the ALTER-AGENT-SELECT
and GET-AGENT-SELECT UOWs, respectively, can contain up to 80 characters of
data. The Default Agent Configuration Screen displayed by the standard default
configuration program allows the viewing and modification of only the first 78
characters of this field. If you are providing an agent that requires more than 78
characters of agent data, you must furnish your own configuration program for the
agent.
When deleting an agent, the default action of the ADMIN application is not sufficient
if your agent configuration module produces special information that is not stored as
part of the agent selection criteria in the agent profile. In this case, you must provide
your own agent deletion program to delete this information.