When you run SecureFT, you may get the error, “The SecureFT license is expired or corrupt.” This is caused by registry damage to the SecureFT license. Normally TinyTERM will run properly when this happens.

To fix the damage, click on Start | Run and enter regedit, then click OK to open the Registry Editor. In the Registry Editor, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Century Software\SecureFT. You’ll see a License folder there. Delete that folder, then close the Registry Editor. SecureFT will run properly after that.

CR 764, fixed in TinyTERM Plus 4.60 with new licensing subsystem

You may need to get data from your server to your PC for another application. For example, you may need to import a UNIX report into a spreadsheet.

There are three possible ways to do this. The one to choose depends on your particular environment.

1. File transfer
   If the data is in a file on the server, you can use TinyTERM’s file transfer function to download the file to your PC. This requires that you first start the transfer on the server. After that’s done, the steps in TinyTERM are:
   1. On the Tools menu, click Get File.
   2. In the File transfer protocol list, choose the protocol the host system is using.
   3. If you want to save the file to a directory other than the current directory on your machine, enter the destination directory in the Local destination directory box.
   4. Under Transfer type, choose ASCII.
   5. In the Source files to get box, type the name of the file on the host.
   6. Click Receive File to begin receiving.
2. Data capture
   If you’re working with a report from a database, you can display that report to the TinyTERM window and capture the information. To set that up, do the following:
   1. On the Edit menu, click Session Properties.
   2. Click the Data Capture tab.
   3. In the Capture device list, click FILE.
   4. In the Capture file or device name box, type the name of the file you want to create.
   5. Click OK.

   That configures the data capture. Next, in the server database set the report up, but do not start it. Go to TinyTERM’s Tools menu and select Capture File to start the data capture. Start the report on the server. When it finishes, select Tools | Capture File again to stop the data capture. You will probably need to edit the final file with Notepad to clean up information at the beginning and end.

3. Transparent printing
   If the server application allows transparent printing, you can print the data to a file on your PC’s hard drive. To set that up, do the following:
   1. On the File menu, click Printer Setup. The Printer Setup dialog box appears.
   2. Click the File radio button.
   3. In the File Name box, type the name of the file you want to create.
   4. Click OK to close the Printer Setup dialog box.

   Once that’s done, start the print job on the server. Nothing will print at your printer. Instead, the file you need will be created on your PC’s hard drive.

The preceding instructions are for TinyTERM 4.x. Similar capabilities exist in most Century Software, Inc., products. Regardless of which method or product you use, you’ll have a text file on your PC that you can then import into any application.

All versions of TERM for UNIX, Windows or DOS include a hostmode utility that’s accessed by typing term -x, term -1x or term-2x at the command prompt. TinyTERM Application Developer version 3.3 includes a similar feature accessed through the Action menu.

Hostmode capability was added to TinyTERM 4.x in version 4.30 through the hostmode.cs script. If your copy of TinyTERM doesn’t have hostmode.cs, you can download it here. The download version includes a utility that creates the user data file. Download the file and save it to your TinyTERM install directory, which is usually C:\Program Files\Century\TinyTERM.

To use hostmode.cs, your PC needs a modem, so you can set it up to accept an incoming call. For best results, the modem must accept typed commands. If it has a Winmodem, a modem specifically designed to work only with Microsoft Windows, the hostmode.cs script won’t be able to communicate with it properly, and the script will fail.

Nex, you’ll set up a connection on the controlling PC. To do this, open TinyTERM. Click on the Edit menu and select Session Properties.

In the Session Properties dialog, change the connection type to RS232 (Serial). Under the Available devices, select the COM port your modem is on. Then click the Setup button next to that line to set the connection speed. You probably won’t need to change anything else in that dialog.

Once you’ve set up the connection, click OK until the Session Properties dialog closes. Go to the File menu and select Save Session or Save As to save the settings.

Next you’ll need to edit hostmode.cs. To do this, Go to TinyTERM’s Tools menu and select Script Editor. In the Script Editor, click the Open button and select hostmode.cs. It will will open in a separate Notepad window.

About 25 lines down you’ll see a section labeled, “Variable declaration and initial values.” Each line after that has a variable setting and a description. These need to be changed to match your PC’s requirements.

The settings in this section of the script are fairly common and may work for your modem. But then again, they may not. If they don’t work, try to get the correct settings from your modem documentation. Most modems come with a manual or other documentation that lists the best values for these functions. If you don’t seem to have the information, gather all the documentation you can for your modem and call or email our Technical Support for assistance.

The other values in this section are mainly personal preference. If you don’t like the setting, feel free to change it. Just remember to keep the quotation marks in place, and be sure the upload and download directories you choose exist on the PC.

Once that’s done, close Notepad and save the changes. You can then click the Run button to start hostmode. If everything has been set up properly, you’ll see messages telling you that hostmode is running.

To stop hostmode, wait until no one is currently dialed in, then type Ctrl-C to exit the script. You won’t need to make further changes, so to start it again, go to TinyTERM’s Tools menu and select Execute Script File. You can run hostmode.cs from there.

CR 32

This is a timing issue. To resolve it, do the following:

1. Edit the .termsys or TERM.SYS file.
2. Double the values for RTIME, STIME and ITIME.
3. Save the file.

TinyTERM Plus and TERM Professional 3.3 include an FTP server for Windows 95 and 98. Once you’ve added Century Internet Services to the Network Properties, you can configure it with these steps:

1. Right-click Network Neighborhood and select Properties.
2. Select Century Internet Services.
3. Click the Properties button.
4. Under the Services tab, click ftp to highlight it.
5. Click the Enable button.
6. Select Configure.
7. Add a new user.
8. Click OK and exit Network Neighborhood.

The FTP server is now available for use with the user you created.

Using TERM Professional 3.3 on Windows 95, if you shut down the PC, it immediately reboots. If Century NFS is removed, the machine shuts down properly.

This is usually caused by a load order issue between NFS and TCP/IP. To clear it, remove NFS from the system, then remove TCP/IP. Reinstall NFS before adding TCP/IP back in.

Using TERM Professional 3.3 on Windows 95, you may get a blue screen error after adding the NFS client. When that happens, in the network properties add Microsoft IPX/SPX. If that does not resolve the issue, add the NetWare Client as well.

If you cannot get the FTP server to work on Windows 98, disable the Internet services. Then locate the file inetd.exe in the Century directory and run it. That will allow you to access and configure the FTP server manually.

When using FTP to transfer a text file to an AS/400 system, you may see the message, “Extra data found at the end of the record.” Only one line of the file will transfer in this case.This happens when the transfer mode is set to binary. To send a text file, you must set the mode to ASCII. It will then successfully transfer the file.

Multiple file transfers in a TERM for UNIX script can cause error 1204. It usually happens after using the OK button to acknowledge that a file has been sent. The OK button sends a ^C, causing a script abort.

The workaround is to turn off the transfer status window before the transfer. The command to do that is:

set xferstat off

It can be put in the script anywhere, as long as it executes before any file transfers.