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Transfer Dialog Box for 3270 and 5250

How do I get to this dialog box?

  1. Connect to a 3270 or 5250 terminal session.

  2. Open the File Transfer dialog box.

    The steps depend on your user interface mode.

    User interface mode Steps
    Ribbon On the Session tab, from the Transfer group, click File Transfer.
    InfoConnect Browser From on the InfoConnect menu, choose Tools and then File Transfer.
    TouchUX Tap the Wrench icon and then under Tools, select File Transfer.
    Classic MDI From the Tools menu, select Transfer File.

The options are:

Local
File names Type the path and filename of the file you want to transfer. Separate multiple filenames with commas. Standard PC wildcard characters are supported.
Local Folders Browse for the folder containing the file or files you want to transfer.

Transfer
Transfer Click a transfer button to move the file(s) in the indicated direction.
Transfer method Select how data conversion should be handled. The options available depend on the file transfer protocol.
If file exists Select what to do when the transferred file already exists in the target location.
Record format Select the record format to use for transfers to the host:
Fixed forces the host to create fixed-length records.
Undefined forces the host to create files without a specific record format (this value is only relevant for TSO systems).
Variable forces the host to create variable-length records and preserve the format of a binary file.
Default lets the host determine the record format.
Settings Click the Settings button, and configure the file transfer settings.
Transfer Request Choose one of the following:
Open loads transfer settings that you have saved to a transfer request file.
Save saves your current transfer configuration to a transfer request file

Host
File names Type or select one or more host files for the transfer. Separate multiple filenames with commas.
Show Host Files Click to display host files in a tree view. The display you see depends on the protocol you have selected. InfoConnect displays only those files that can be transferred using the currently selected transfer protocol.
In 5250 sessions, when you click Show Host Files you are prompted for user name and password, unless you have configured these values from the AS/400 tab of the Transfer Settings dialog box.
Show Host Files is not available if you are transferring to and from a CICS host.
Refresh Click to refresh the file list. This button appears in place of the Show host files button after you have displayed the host files.
Add Library Click to view an additional library (you will need to provide the library name). This button appears only if you are connected to an IBM System i (AS/400) host, and you have displayed the host files.
Level Click to open the New Level dialog box, where you can specify the high-level qualifier or qualifiers (or filter) of the host files to display.
Note: This button appears only if you have configured File Transfer for a TSO host and you have displayed the host files.
If you enter a filter that is a subset of the files in the current view, only the files matching the filter are displayed. If the filter is not a subset of the files in the current view, the files matching the filter are added to the view.