DAT File for 5250 Arabic

For Arabic 5250 print sessions, selecting the 420 host code page prompts Personal Communications to load the PCSPDA.DAT file. This file ensures that the host-specified fonts map properly to the Typing Arabic print font.

If the 037 (U.S.) host code page is selected in a Win32 OS session, the PCSPD.SAM file is loaded automatically. This file replaces the Courier font with Courier New. For 5250 sessions in OS/2®, Personal Communications uses the original PCSPD.DAT file, since Euro support is implemented in Courier in OS/2®, not in Courier New (as in Windows®).

The user can specify the DAT file using the .ws parameter

DATFILE=xxxx

where xxxx is the name of the preferred DAT file.