InfoConnect API Guide
Attachmate.Reflection.Emulation.IbmHosts Namespace / IFileTransfer Interface / XfrReceive8Dot3 Property


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    XfrReceive8Dot3 Property
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    Returns or specifies whether or not long file names received from an IBM mainframe are truncated.
    Syntax
    'Declaration
     
    
    Property XfrReceive8Dot3 As Boolean
    'Usage
     
    
    Dim instance As IFileTransfer
    Dim value As Boolean
     
    instance.XfrReceive8Dot3 = value
     
    value = instance.XfrReceive8Dot3
    bool XfrReceive8Dot3 {get; set;}

    Property Value

    The default value is True.
    Exceptions
    ExceptionDescription
    This exception is thrown when you modify an InfoConnect property that has been secured via the Permissions Manager, or if such a modification requires Administrator privileges.
    Remarks
    When this property is True, Host files with long names are truncated to the "8.3" format (file names have up to eight characters plus a three-digit extension) when received on the PC.
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