Please remember the following when entering commands:
You must insert commas to separate the individual operands of a command, e.g.
/TRANSFER-FILE TRANSFER-DIRECTION=TO,PARTNER=ZENTRALE,LOCAL-PARAMETER=...If quotes appear in a value assignment which is itself enclosed in quotes, they must be entered twice.
If there is no default value marked (by underscoring) for an operand, then it must be specified with a valid value (mandatory operand).
A distinction is made between positional operands and keyword operands. Positional operands are uniquely determined by their position in the command. Keyword operands are uniquely determined by their keyword, for example
TRANSFER-DIRECTION=...There are a number of considerations to be borne in mind when specifying such operands (see below).You can abbreviate your entries for commands and operands, always ensuring that your entries retain their uniqueness. You can also use positional operands if you wish. Short forms and long forms can be mixed at will. Certain abbreviated forms of keywords and a number of positional operands are guaranteed for openFT. In the command representation the recommended abbreviation is shown in bold. This means that you will find these options unchanged in subsequent versions. This means, therefore, that to be “on the safe side”, you should form the habit of entering these commands in their abbreviated form. You should take particular care to use the guaranteed abbreviated forms in procedures, as this will ensure their continued executability in subsequent versions. The recommended abbreviations are used in the examples shown in this chapter. The possible abbreviations are listed for the individual command formats.
If a structure is preceded by an introductory operand value, then the opening parentheses must immediately follow this operand value. Example: *BS2000 is an introductory operand value in REM=*BS2000(...). Introductory operand values may be omitted if there is no risk of ambiguity.
The asterisk (*) that precedes constant operand values may be omitted if there is no risk of ambiguity. Please ensure that it is not a guaranteed abbreviation.
When you enter commands, the value assignments for the operands may be specified in positional form, in keyword form or in mixed form.
Please note the following:
When you perform value assignments in positional form, the first value is assigned to the first operand in the command, the second value to the second operand etc.
Values assigned in positional form are separated by commas. You must also enter a comma for each operand for which no value is assigned.
If two values are assigned to an operand, the last value to be assigned always applies. This also applies to parameter specifications in introductory operand values within the corresponding structure brackets. However, for the sake of clarity, double assignments should generally be avoided.
If you mix the different forms of operand value assignments (positional and keyword form), then you must observe the correct sequence. Note that you can start your input with positional operands and follow these with keyword operands but not the other way round!
Since there is a possibility that the sequence of operands may change in subsequent versions, only keyword operands should be used in procedures.