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Configure Record Separator Dialog Box

How do I get to this dialog box?

  1. Open a VT terminal session and then open the Transfer Settings dialog box.

    The steps depend on your user interface mode.

    User Interface Mode Steps
    Ribbon On the Session tab, from the Transfer group, click the Transfer Settings launcher:
    Reflection Browser On the Reflection menu, choose Tools and then File Transfer. In the Transfer dialog box, click the Settings button.
    TouchUx Tap the Wrench icon and then under Tools, select File Transfer. In the Transfer dialog box, click the Settings button.

  2. From the Transfer Settings dialog box, select the WRQ/Reflection protocol.

  3. Click the WRQ tab.

  4. Under WRQ/Reflection protocol options, click Record Separator.

This dialog box applies only to ASCII file transfers using the WRQ/Reflection protocol.

A record separator is a character string that signifies the end of a data stream, or record. Which character string serves as a record separator can vary according to the computer.

To host

Option Description
Translate record separator Select to remove the record separators listed in the PC record separator box from the file, and replace them with the record separator appropriate for the host.
PC record separator By default, the most common record separator for PCs, carriage return/line feed ( CR/LF), is specified.
Insert special characters Select to type the character string you want Reflection to interpret as your PC's record separator. The characters you type on your keyboard will appear in the PC record separator box.

From host

Option Description
Translate record separator Select to remove the record separators for the host from the file and replace them with the record separator in the Host record separator box.
Host record separator By default, the most common record separator for PCs, carriage return/line feed ( CR/LF), is specified.
Insert special characters Select to type the character string you want Reflection to interpret as your PC's record separator. The characters you type on your keyboard will appear in the Host record separator box.

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