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Comparison value

numeric value or

‘alphabetic value’

Entry program

ENTRYPGM

program name

Library name

*LIBL

library name

Exit program

EXITPGM

program name

Library name

*LIBL

library name

Display status message?

DSPSTSMSG

*NO or *YES

The PWRFROM3XB command performs all functions of the FROM3XB command: it

transfers files from the AS/400 to a micro and, optionally, translates

the data. It also offers:

Record and field selection -- you may transfer selected fields and

records from a host file to the micro (FLDSEL, RECSEL).

Multiple-device transfer -- a single host file may be sent to up to

ten micro-computers simultaneously. The micros involved in a file

transfer must be of the same platform, either DO based PC or Mac, but not

both (MICLST).

Entry and exit programs -- user-defined programs can be specified to

execute before or after the transfer (ENTRYPGM, EXITPGM).
Reusable request definitions -- The current request definition can be

saved for reuse at a later time (SAVRQS).

NOTE:

The record and field selection feature within the PWRFROM3XB

command will not work properly if you define one or more additional

Auxiliary Storage Pools on the AS/400. This is because ETU creates

temporary work files in library QTEMP, which is always located in

Auxiliary Storage Pool #1 (which comes with OS/400). If you create an

additional Auxiliary Storage Pool , ETU cannot create the work files

associated with the data file that is stored in any newly created

Auxiliary Storage Pools.

If you do create a new Auxiliary Storage Pool, you can simulate record

and field selection in a file transfer by creating a logical file or and
open query file.

The parameters for the PWRFROM3XB command are described below.

FRMFILE

The file name of the AS/400 file to be transferred to the
micro.

Library name

The name of the library containing the host file
to transfer. The default, *LIBL, searches all

libraries in the user's library list.

Member name

The FRMFILE member name.

*FILE

Transfers the member with the same
name as the FRMFILE file (the

default).

*ALL

Transfers all members from a
qualified file. *ALL is not valid

with *DIF translation.

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