Customization

When installing Open ServerConnect, system programmers customize the product for the customer site, defining language and program characteristics locally. Some of the customized items are used by Open ServerConnect programs.

Gateway-Library functions use the following customized items:

• An access code, which is required to retrieve a client password

  Two customization options are related to the ability to retrieve client passwords:

  • The access code is defined during customization

  • An access code flag is set to indicate whether the access code is required to retrieve the client password

• The native language used at the mainframe. The default is U.S. English.

• Support for DBCSs

  The customization module indicates whether DBCSs are supported:

  • If DBCSs are supported, this module indicates whether single-byte characters are treated as lower-case alphabetic characters or as single-byte (hankaku) katakana during DBCS processing.

  • If DBCSs are not used, this module specifies the name of the default SBCS to be used at the mainframe.

• Whether DB2 LONG VARCHAR data strings with lengths greater than 255 bytes are truncated or rejected when sent to a client

• Dynamic network drivers

  The customization module sets up support for the following network drivers:

  • LU 6.2

  • IBM TCP/IP

  • CPIC

  • Interlink TCP/IP

Customization instructions are in the Mainframe Connect Server Option Installation and Administration Guide. The customization module is loaded during program initialization (TDINIT).

To retrieve customization information, call TDGETUSR.