Function HC - Hardcopy Device Definition

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# Function HC - Hardcopy Device Definition

This function enables you to change the setting of your terminal's screen-to-hardcopy target definition. This definition is used as the default for the UCOPY utility and for the PRINT functions of many other Com-plete utilities such as UEDIT and UPDS.

If you select the HC function from the UUTIL menu, a screen is displayed showing the current screen-to-hardcopy definition for your terminal, and lists all of the hardcopy devices currently defined to Com-plete at your installation. For example:

    17:16:50     TID     4           COM-5.1.            User ID MBE        21.04.97
                                                                                USCH
                                  Select Hardcopy device

      Device name..:
      TID..........:(     0 )
      Type.........:
      Node.........:     0                    Save screen in SD-file.: N (y/n)

     Currently defined hardcopy devices
     00001 SYSOUT   BATCHC

     Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12-
                       Exit        Updt              Next

The current hardcopy device is indicated by TID number and name (for example, VTAM LU name, ACC-ESS name). The list of available hardcopy devices shows, from left to right, the TID number, name, device type, node ID, and status.

Possible values for status are:

ACT | ACTIVE: currently printing or available for printing.
ERR | ERROR status: not available until error is eliminated.
DEL | The DELETED option in the TIB entry is set to YES. This device is not available for hardcopy generation. It can be used, for example, as a dummy printer (see the Com-plete System Programming documentation). If you need this printer for your hardcopies, see your system programmer.

If there are more defined hardcopy devices than fit on one screen, press ENTER to scroll the list.

Press CLEAR to return to the UUTIL menu.

## Setting the Hardcopy Definition

To define a target hardcopy device, you can use the input fields at the top of the hardcopy definition screen as follows:

- Specify any Com-plete terminal:
  Enter the required TID number in the field labeled Specify Hard Copy TID and press ENTER. The specification is then indicated as the current hardcopy device.

- Delete a hardcopy definition:
  Enter zero in the field labeled Specify Hard Copy TID and press ENTER. The current hardcopy specification is deleted.

- Create a UEDIT workfile:
  If you specify Y in the Save screen for edit field and press ENTER, the current target hardcopy device is specified as an edit workfile.

Note
You can only use the UEDIT work file option with the UCOPY utility, which you can invoke by either entering *UCOPY or pressing the hardcopy key. You can then retrieve the screen image placed in a editor work file by invoking UEDIT with the RECOVER option. COM-PASS users must invoke UEDIT on the same level as the program that was active when they invoked UCOPY.