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AS400 Tab on the Transfer Settings Dialog Box

How do I get to this dialog box?

  1. Open the Transfer Settings dialog box.

    The steps depend on your user interface mode.

    User Interface Mode Steps
    Ribbon On the Session tab, from the Transfer group, click the Transfer Settings launcher:
    Reflection Browser On the Reflection menu, choose Tools and then File Transfer. In the Transfer dialog box, click the Settings button.
    TouchUx Tap the Wrench icon and then under Tools, select File Transfer. In the Transfer dialog box, click the Settings button.

  2. From the Protocol list, select AS/400.

  3. Click the AS/400 tab.

The options are:

Option Description
Transport TCP/IP is the only supported transfer type.
Host TP Select an AS/400 data transfer transaction program to use. LIPI supports more complex SQL statements.
National character set Select a character set to use for character translations during IBM System i (AS/400) data transfers.
PC characters Select a character set. This option is relevant for data that contains characters with decimal values above 127. (ANSI and ASCII character sets have the same values for characters with decimal values from 32 – 126.)
System name Type the host name to use for IBM System i (AS/400) data transfers. You can enter the name of the host your session is connected to or enter another host name.
Use Windows credentials Use your Windows credentials instead of your IBM System i (AS/400) username and password to bypass being prompted when performing a data transfer.
Username Enter the username you use to log on to the IBM System i (AS/400) to bypass being prompted for it before performing a data transfer.
Password Enter the password you use to log on to the IBM System i (AS/400) to bypass being prompted for it before performing a data transfer.
Advanced Configure advanced TCP/IP options.
Fields Set format options for the database fields you receive from the host.
Security Secure data communications with SOCKS or SSL/TLS.

Timeout (in seconds)

Option Description
Startup Set the amount of time Reflection should wait for a host response when attempting to connect. Select a value between 1-9999.
Response Set the amount of time Reflection should wait for a host response. Select a value between 1-9999.

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