Flow of Events

First, reports are decollated by mainframe Control-D and designated for use by specific recipients. Each recipient’s report destination is determined by mainframe Control-D.

Next, a printing mission is activated on the mainframe Control-D that automatically distributes reports with a destination of CTDPC or CTDPCPRT to the PCs.

The printing mission distribution process bundles reports belonging to a specific PC recipient in a special compressed file called a packet. To facilitate control and tracking of packet destinations, a control record is added to the Active Transfer file (ATF) for each packet created by mainframe Control-D. Packets are then ready for transfer to the PC.

Control-D/WebAccess Server initiates the request to transfer reports and then automatically performs the following sequence of events:

• Accesses the ATF in order to determine which packets are awaiting transfer to the PC user who issued the request.
• Activates the site’s File Transfer program and transfers relevant packets to the PC.
• "Unbundles" the packets into individual reports and makes the transferred reports available for viewing, editing, and printing on the PC.
• Sends confirmation to mainframe Control-D that transfer was successful.
• Retains reports on the PC for the duration specified in mainframe Control-D and automatically deletes expired reports from the PC to free valuable disk space.