How to Configure SNA Service TPs in the Registry (148970)

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Chapter 2 of the Microsoft SNA Server 2.0, 2.1, and 2.11 APPC and CPIC [ASCII 147]Programmer[ASCII 146]s Guide[ASCII 148] describes the configuration entries necessary to define a transaction program (TP) to SNA Server. The first eight characters of the TP name are configured as the Microsoft Windows NT or Microsoft Windows 95 service key name in the registry for 32-bit Windows applications, in the [SnaServerAutoTPs] section in Win.ini file for Microsoft Windows 3.x applications or SNA.INI for OS/2 applications.

However, SNA "service" TP names have two to four characters names where the first character starts with an EBCDIC hexadecimal number from X'00' to X'3F'. Because the names cannot be converted into a valid registry service key name or Win.ini or Sna.ini file entry, SNA Server maps the following values onto the name to represent this first non-printable character as follows: All others are prefixed by "UN" for unknown.

For example, the AS/400 communications TP name supporting 5250 display emulation is called X'30F0F0F5'. To define this name in the registry (for Windows NT or Windows 95 clients), in the Win.ini file (for Windows 3.x clients), or the Sna.ini file (for OS/2 clients), the TP name should be configured as: where "PO" represents X'30', 'X'F0 converts to the number "0" and 'X'F5 converts to the number "5".