Send Files to a Mainframe
Note: If the transfer is one you'll be performing regularly, you can save your transfer settings in a transfer request file.
To transfer files to a mainframe from your PC
Open the File Transfer dialog box.- Start Reflection and log on to the host computer as usual.
The steps depend on your user interface mode.
User Interface Mode
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Steps
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The Reflection Ribbon
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On the Session tab, from the Transfer group, click File Transfer.
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The Reflection Browser
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On the Reflection menu, choose Tools and then File Transfer.
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Tablet
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On the Reflection menu, tap the wrench icon and then select File Transfer.
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- Click the Settings button, and configure the file transfer settings.
For most situations, you can configure for file transfers by selecting a preset configuration in the Protocol tab.
- Click OK.
- From the Transfer dialog box, under Local, do one of the following:
- Browse under Local folders, and then select one or more files from the list.
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- Type the path and filename into the File names box.
- Select your preferences for Transfer method, If file exists, and Record format.
- Specify the host file information:
For this host system
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Do this
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CICS
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Type a filename in the File names box.
It is not possible to perform transfers involving multiple files.
If you don't type a filename, Reflection uses the PC filename, with the period and extension, if applicable, removed. To avoid overwriting files, do not send files with the same filename and different extensions.
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CMS
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Click Show host files, and browse to select one or more host files.
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Type the file information into the File names box.
If you don't type a filename, Reflection uses the PC filename. If a PC file you are transferring does not have a file extension, the transfer fails.
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TSO
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Click Show host files, and browse to select one or more host files.
All datasets that have a high-level qualifier that equals your user ID are displayed.
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Type the file information into the File names box.
If you don't type a filename, Reflection uses the PC filename.
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- To initiate a file transfer, do one of the following:
- Click a Transfer button to move the file in the indicated direction.
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- Drag the source file, and then drop it on the desired destination file.
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