Technical Notes

Creating a Batch Transfer Request File for 3270 and 5250 Sessions in Reflection 2008 or 2007
Technical Note 2219
Last Reviewed 13-Nov-2008
Applies To
Reflection for IBM 2008
Reflection Standard Suite 2008
Reflection for IBM 2007
Summary

This technical note lists the steps to follow to create a batch transfer request file for 3270 and 5250 terminal sessions.

Creating a Batch Transfer Request File

Reflection for IBM 2007 includes a feature that enables you to create batch transfer request files.

Before you create a batch transfer request file:

1. Open your 3270 terminal session and connect to your host.

2. On the ribbon's Transfer menu, click the File Transfer Setup icon.

3. Verify that your file transfer options (such as host system or startup command) are correctly configured on the Mainframe or AS/400 tab in the Transfer Settings dialog box (in Reflection 2008) or in the Transfer Setup dialog box (in Reflection 2007) and then click OK.

Note: When you add an item to a batch, all aspects of your current file transfer configuration are saved for this item. This includes local and host file information; your settings for Transfer method, If file exists, and Record format; and the current Transfer Setup configuration.

To create a batch transfer request file:

1. On the ribbon, click File Transfer.

2. In the Transfer dialog box, click Show Host Files.
3. On the Batch tab, click Add.
4. Select "Add a new single transfer to batch" or" Add transfers from an existing batch file," and then click Next.
5. Select the files that will be transferred from the host to your PC or from your PC to the host.
6. Select the Receive (receive files from the host) or Send (send files to the host) radio button.

7. Repeat steps 3 through 6 for each transfer operation you want to include in this batch.
8. To save the batch transfer file, Click Save, enter a batch file name, and then click Save again.