WRQ had a demo cobol program they distributed with Reflection years
ago called COBDEMO that would get the file name from the user then
start PCLINK2 on the HP.  We use it in a menu program which runs
other jobs to process the file after the upload.

I don't know if WRQ still distributes the program.  You might call
them.

Regards,

Sam Knight

john edwards wrote:
>
> Hi All
>
> I would appreciate some ideas here please.
> The environment is a 3K with PC's running Reflections
> for Windows.
> The users prepare files on their PC's and transfer
> them to the 3k using relections file transfer. They
> then stream a job to process the files. The job
> expects the files to be in a special group with a
> standard naming convention. There is a menu program
> that allows them to drop into MPE for the transfer and
> to stream the job.
> I hate this.
> I want them out of MPE. Also they get the file name
> and group wrong and anything can happen.
>
> The menu program is flexible. I can set up an entry
> that will run PCLINK2 when the users start file
> transfer in relections. Also a menu entry to stream
> the job. That keeps them out of MPE, but does not
> solve the file name and destination group.
>
> What I would like is:
> 1) transfer the PC data into a temporary file of a
> specific name.
> 2) run the programs on line to process the temporary
> file.
>
> Running the programs on line is no problems, but how
> can I control the destination file name and location?
>
> Any suggestions greatfully received.
>
> Thanks
> John Edwards
>
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