Output device
This item specifies where received data is to be sent.
- Display
- The received data is displayed on the screen.
- Disk
- The received data is written to a workstation diskette or hard disk file.
- Printer
- The received data is printed on the printer.
When Disk is selected as the output device,
also specify the following items.
- PC file
- This item specifies the name of the workstation disk file or diskette file to which the data is to be written.
- Replace old file
- This item is always required. It specifies whether the records
in the file specified by PC File are to be replaced
with the transferred records.
The default value is Replace old file.
- Workstation file type
- This item is always required. It specifies the type of the workstation disk
file or diskette file to which the transferred records are written.
The system default is PC code test.
- Save transfer description
- This item is always required. It specifies whether the workstation file
description is written to a workstation file. This file description describes
the transferred data and it is required to subsequently return data
to the iSeries, eServer™ i5,
or System i5®.
The system default is Save.
- Description file name
- This item is always required. It appears only when Save
Transfer Description is selected. The File Description
File Name specifies the name of the workstation disk file or diskette
file to which the file description is written.
This item automatically sets the desired file name. This file name is the same as that specified by the user for TO, but to which extension .FDF has been added. Extension .FDF indicates that this file is a file-description file.
The use of extension .FDF is recommended when using a unique file name. To specify a file name in this item, use the same format as that in TO. (Items inside brackets [ ] can be omitted.)[d:][path-name]file-name[.ext]After Save File Description File is specified or a name is specified for File Description File Name, the iSeries→PC Transfer Request window reopens after the Return key is pressed. Using this screen, a transfer request can be changed, saved, or executed.