3270 ATV Scripts — Tools (ATV)

Tools links to Performance Test Script Processing tools.

1. Type T (Tools) on the ATV 3270 Scripts screen Command line. The Script Processors screen is displayed in the following figure.
   Script Processors screen
   

   ----------------------------- Script Processors -------------------------------
    Option  ===>
   
   
      1  REXX Processor              Create "Smart" Script(s)
      2  Date Change                 Change Year Formats for Date Testing
      3  Date Find                   Report Location(s) of Date Field(s)
      4  Input Field Formats         Change Input Fields to Row/Column Format
      5  MultiChange Processor       Update Scripts to Reflect Application Changes
      6  Security Script Processor   Locate and Modify Passwords
      7  Euro                        Euro Script Utility
      8  GST                         GST Testing Utility
      9  Message Filtering           Message Filtering Utility

   Warning

   Important

   See Script Processors for an overview of the script processors. See the online help or the Performance-Test-for-VTAM-User-Guide for detailed information on how to use the Performance Test script processors.

   The Performance Test script processors help you work with your scripts. You can automate:

   • REXX code generation
   • Input date changing and date field location reporting for date processing tests
   • Input field reformatting for changing script input field formats from relative sequence numbers to row and column positions
2. Type the number of the script processor you want to use on the Option line and press Enter.
   • 1. REXX Processor — helps you prepare scripts for playback. It automatically writes REXX routines into previously recorded Performance Test scripts.
   • 2. Date Change — simplifies testing for projects where date fields are changed or altered. It can change the year portion of a date to a four-digit year. It can also change dates appearing on output screens.
   • 3. Date Find — simplifies testing for projects where date fields are changed. It can search a recorded script and find date fields in its output screens. It then lists the date fields that it finds in a report.
   • 4. Input Field Formats — changes input fields from the relative sequence number format <Inn> to the row,column location format <I(rr,cc)>.
   • 5. MultiChange Processor — automates modification of scripts. You can add inputs to a screen, move input data, replace data contained in an input field, and delete input fields. You can also add scripts to existing scripts and remove specific interactions from a script.
   • 6. Security Script Processor — searches for and updates obsolete passwords so that scripts can be played back in batch mode.
   • 7. Euro — allows you to modify screens. You can change the contents of a field, delete a field, copy a field to a different part of the screen, change a currency value, add a new field to a screen, and move a field to a different part of a screen.
   • 8. GST — processes outputs in Performance Test scripts and identifies fields in the user interface to use in calculating an expected GST result.
   • 9. Message Filtering — removes unwanted screens and user inputs from a script. You can use this feature for existing scripts by running EHSFLTR or for new scripts from within Global Recording.
3. After performing your script processor tasks, press END until you return to the ATV 3270 Scripts screen.