Communications/Transactions Guide and Reference

TCP/IP Connection Spec - Settings

Use the TCP/IP Connection Spec - Settings window to change the attributes of a TCP/IP Connection Spec.

Destination tab for TCP/IP Connection Spec

Use the Destination tab to specify the information necessary to access a TCP/IP host.

Hostname
In the Hostname field, type the symbolic name of the host where the remote function you want to access resides. You can specify the numeric IP address of the host instead of a symbolic name.
Port number
In the Port number field, type the port number used by the server program you want to connect to.

Data Attributes tab for TCP/IP Connection Spec

Use the Data Attributes. tab to specify program initialization parameters and data handling options for a conversation:

Code page
In the Code page field, type the character code page used by the remote system. The default code page is whatever the current code page is for the system you are developing your application on.
Buffer length
In the Buffer length field, type the size of the memory buffer VisualAge should allocate for the data sent to and received from the server. For a remote external function call, the buffer size must be at least as large as the total size of the record used by the function. The default value for this field is 1024.
Big endian
Select Big endian to specify you want the partner to use the bigEndian format. If you do not select Big endian, the partner uses littleEndian format.

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