On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 09:21:41 -0500, Chris Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I also wonder about the warning following the "However" which is a >separate "note" in the NCP chapter text. Given that I understand how this >works - as you will be the time you finish reading this post, I cannot see how >the SSCPFM operand can affect the Write Control Character (WCC) in 3270 >data streams created by applications. I think this is a case of double-rubbish >in VTAM manuals. This is no longer "par for the course" for VTAM manual >authors, it is a double-eagle! > >It suffices to concentrate on the "allows" and "prevents" in the first line and >ignore the following rubbish - also the introductory rubbish. You would be >excused for assuming that what was written had absolutely nothing >whatsoever in the world to do with PCOMM supporting a TN3270E client. Chris, have you submitted a Reader's Comment Form or opened a PMR to get the documentation fixed? Anyone can submit an RCF. Back in the Before Times (late 80s) when I was testing VM support for VM/VTAM, I ran into this same problem and learned from the Elders that the non-intuitive SSCPFM=USS3725 was the solution. I simply acknowledged their Wisdom, my lack of same, and moved on. After all, I was looking for defects in VM, not in VTAM itself, so I did not understand that this was a true Mystery that is part of the Art of VTAM. I mean, if you don't intuitively understand the difference between 3270 and 3275, should you be allowed to do VTAM sysprogging? :-) BTW, there are those who have blashphemed and suggested that (gasp!) VTAM change the default! They *claim* that there is no longer a requirement to power on a remote 3270-esque device (printer or display) and have a hardcopy of the logo be printed in order to confirm that the comm line is working. Harrumph, says I. Harrumph, indeed. They should burn at the stake for heresy. The VTAM books are in serious need of ... refinement ... to help the young acolytes more readily understand what they need to do. Alternatively, provide an an ATCCONxx parameter "21STCENT=YES" to get better defaults that reflect the more modern uses of VTAM, dragging it kicking and screaming out of the 70s. :-) Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
