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Connect:Direct Print Driver

Use this print driver to automatically transfer all types of CA Spool print files, including PDF/HTML/RTF wrapped text files, using Sterling Commerce's Connect:Direct file transfer product to remote Connect:Direct servers running on various platforms for further processing.

The Connect:Direct print driver provides support for:

• Text reports stored in EBCDIC without translation and with preservation of carriage control information
• Automatic conversion of text files into PDF, HTML or RTF files while being transferred to a remote Connect:Direct server.

You can specify Connect:Direct report attributes and processing options:

• On the printer level using the 64-byte TCPHOST parameter.
• On the printer level using the using the 4*60=240 bytes DRIVPRM1-4 parameters.
• On the print file level using the 4*60=240 byte OUTPUT ADDRESS parameter

You can specify this using JCL or have it be automatically assigned using CA Spool DESTID definitions.

Note: TCPHOST parameter is processed first, DRIVPRM1-4 parameters second and OUTPUT ADDRESS parameter is processed third.

If you specify an Connect:Direct print driver parameter more than once, then the last specification is used. If the TCPHOST parameter is not used to specify Connect:Direct parameters, then you must specify a dummy TCPHOST parameter to use the Connect:Direct print driver.

You can automatically generate unique identifying names; that is, you can specify that the FILENAME= remote-file-name must be synthesized from userid, destination, file name, file number, date, time, job number, job name, job class, job step, proc step, DD name, and fixed text.