Printing Gen block mode screens in CICS using PCOMM session emulator

Products

• Gen
• Gen - Workstation Toolset

Issue/Introduction

Issues concerning printing Gen 8.6 block mode screens in CICS using IBM Personal Communications (PCOMM) session emulator.

• How to change printing size of screens (A4 versus A5)? 
• Use function keys to print the designed Gen screens without opening the screens to the client, using the 'PRINTER TERMINAL IS' command.

Environment

Gen Workstation Toolset

Resolution

1. Access CICS from the PCOMM emulator and open a CICS session where your Gen application is running.
   Adjust the keyboard keys to specify which key performs the print screen and from menu item File/Printer Setup specify where the printout should be sent. This includes a selection 'Print to Disk - Separate' and you can specify a location, which prints each selection of your chosen print screen key to separate files.
   
   For further questions, consult IBM documentation related to configuring PCOMM for the CICS of deployed session Gen applications. 
   Given using IBM Personal Communications, refer to IBM's documentation regarding printing sessions. This link is for release 14 of PCOMM as that is the release most recently tested with Gen:  IBM > Printing
   Note -  The printing related to size and session is not specific to Gen applications. This would be a question for the emulator owner, in this case the Gen supported emulator PCOMM. 
   
   
2. The 'PRINTER TERMINAL IS' command, placed within the Procedure Step, is only executed at the completion/end of a Procedure Step execution that contains the 'PRINTER TERMINAL IS' statement.  You cannot execute the 'PRINTER TERMINAL IS' command without an execution pass of the Procedure Step containing the 'PRINTER TERMINAL IS' command.  See documentation for PRINTER TERMINAL IS.