Problem:

If the Transfer option in infomgr is not set up, how do you enable this within Server Express?

Resolution:

Infomgr is the Server Express Information Manager Utility and is a screen interface to the in product demo collection. Unless you have enabled the Transfer option, when you attempt to compile a demo, a warning is displayed as follows:

The data directory has no write permission or is pointing to $COBDIR/demo.

To maintain files in their original state, you should set-up the 'Transfer' option to copy the file(s) to a directory of your choice. If the 'Transfer' option is already set-up, the relevant file(s) will be transferred to the designated directory and compiled there on leaving this screen. If the 'Transfer' option is not available, you need to add the 'TRANSDIR' entry to the [mf-infomgr] section of the configuration file and restart this program.

The configuration file is $COBDIR/etc/mfcobolrc

The file is read-only so you will need to edit it as root and save with wq!

The [mf-infomgr] entry does not exist by default, so add this followed by the TRANSDIR entry. An environment variable has been used as a target to avoid being constrained by a global setting. If you do this, ensure MFXDIR has a value before starting infomgr.

[mf-infomgr]

TRANSDIR:$MFXDIR

When restarting infomgr and entering a demo, you will see the Transfer option in the key list.