You can specify the following attributes as input parameters for both
basic and extended terminals:
- Model
- For autoinstalled terminals this is the name of an existing terminal
definition on the CICS server which is to serve as a model for this terminal.
- Server name
- The name of the CICS server where the terminal is to be installed.
- Netname
- The network name of the terminal. .
The following additional attributes can be specified for extended terminals:
- Code page
- The code page used by the user application for data passed between the
terminal resource and CICS transactions.
- Install timeout
- The maximum length of time that the CICS Transaction Gateway or CICS Universal Client will wait for a terminal
to be installed on the selected CICS server. If not specified there is no
limit to the wait time. Refer to Timeout of the EPI request for more information.
- Password
- The password that is to be associated with the terminal for security
checking.
- Read timeout
- The maximum length of time that the CICS Transaction Gateway or CICS Universal Client will wait for a response
from the user application. If not specified there is no limit to the wait
time. Refer to Timeout of the EPI request for more information.
- Sign-on capability
- Whether the terminal is capable of running a CICS sign-on transaction.
If not specified, the terminal has the default sign-on capability of the CICS server
type. Sign-on capability and sign-on incapability are described in more detail
in Specifying terminal Sign-on Capability.
- Userid
- The userid that is to be associated with the terminal for security checking.
The following attributes are returned to the user application by the
CICS server
when a terminal is added:
- Color
- Whether the terminal supports color.
- Columns
- The number of columns supported by the terminal.
- Error last line
- Whether error messages are displayed on the last line of the terminal.
- Error message color
- The color used to display error messages on the terminal.
- Error message highlight
- The highlight value used to display error messages on the terminal.
- Error message intensity
- The intensity with which error messages are displayed on the terminal.
- Extended highlight
- Whether the terminal supports extended highlighting.
- Maximum data
- The maximum length of data that can be sent from and received by the
terminal.
- Netname
- The network name of the terminal.
- Rows
- The number of rows supported by the terminal.
- Server name
- The name of the CICS server where the terminal is installed.
- Sign-on capability
- The sign-on capability assigned to the terminal by the server.
- Terminal ID
- The terminal ID generated by CICS.