Check the reflection manual for specifics, but there IS an "escape sequence"
that allows you to "initiate" a transfer just as if the user had clicked the
"send" button and filled in all the details.  [see also references to the
older "command line" that was accessible via alt-Y]  You can create a menu
item that transmits this command, then reads the next line of data from the
PC which SHOULD be the "run pclink[2].pub.sys" command.  At this point, your
menu runs the given program, and everyone is happy.

For that matter, there are a number of escape seqs that let you control most
aspects of the terminal -- from setting the window title to coloring the
background...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: john edwards [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 11:04 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: PC File Transfer
>
>
> 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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