Appendix b scs/dca command summary, Overview – I-Data 5250 ALLY User Manual

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APPENDIX B

SCS/DCA COMMAND SUMMARY

Overview

The AGILE 5250 ALLY, like the IBM printers it emulates, accepts SCS

(SNA Control String) and DCA - FFT (Document Content Architecture -

Final Form Text) commands. These commands control formatting of the

text and other printer functions.
The 5250 ALLY’s IBM printer emulation uses the printer configuration

and the PFS definitions to simulate the appropriate behavior on the output

device (usually a printer).
The 5250 ALLY supports most of the commands that are available on any

of the IBM printers it emulates. These commands are not limited to the

emulations of the IBM printers that normally use those commands, but are

available in all of the IBM printer emulations. For example, the 5250

ALLY supports the DCA command, Justify Text Field, not only when it is

emulating a 5219 or 3812 (IBM printers that support that command), but

also when it is emulating a 5225 (an IBM printer that does not support that

command). This means that the 5250 ALLY implements the full command

set listed here regardless of the IBM printer emulation for which it is

configured.
This section lists the SCS and DCA commands that the 5250 ALLY

implements and also gives some information about the methods it uses in

emulating the IBM printer.
Note: All variables are entered as hexadecimal (base 16) values. The

parameter nn represents a count byte equal to the number of bytes

following the count byte plus the count byte itself, except where otherwise

specified.

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