The final option on the Download Data Set to Workstation (option 3.7) panel is called "Data Set — Download/upload ISPF library, partitioned, or seq data set". This option provides a panel-driven interface to the ISPF FILEXFER service, enabling you to transfer data between the host and the workstation. This is a manually controlled alternative to using the Workstation Tool Integration (see Workstation tool integration).

Selecting option 2 displays the panel shown in Figure 1:

   Menu  RefList  RefMode  Help
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
                  Download/Upload Data Set To/From Workstation

 ISPF Library:
    Project . . . MYPROJ  
    Group . . . . DEV      . . .          . . .          . . .         
    Type  . . . . SOURCE  
    Member  . . .               (Blank or pattern for member selection list)

 Other Partitioned or Sequential Data Set:
    Data Set Name . . .                                                       
    Volume Serial . . .         (If not cataloged)

 Workstation File:
    File Name . . . . .                                                       

 Transfer Option                       Options
    1. Download to workstation            Generate statistics on upload
    2. Upload from workstation            Transfer in text mode
                                          Replace existing member/file
 Command ===>                                                                 
  F1=HELP      F2=          F3=END       F4=DATASETS  F5=FIND      F6=CHANGE
  F9=SWAP     F10=LEFT     F11=RIGHT    F12=SUBMIT

Use the Download or Upload selections to indicate whether you want to download host data to the workstation, or upload workstation data to the host. Enter 1 for "download to workstation". Enter 2 for "upload from workstation".

You can transfer data from either PDS or sequential host data sets. The host data set must exist before attempting a transfer, but a PDS member is created if it does not already exist. Workstation files need not exist before downloading data from the host, but the specified directory must be there.

For downloading only, you can specify an asterisk (*) character in the workstation file name. ISPF substitutes the member name of the data being downloaded for the *. This enables you to select multiple members from the member list to be downloaded as separate files.

"Generate Statistics on Upload" indicates whether ISPF member statistics should be generated when a workstation file is uploaded to a member of a PDS. Statistics are only generated when the host data set is record format F or V.

The "Transfer in Text mode" field determines whether the file transfer is done in text mode (with ASCII to EBCDIC translation) or in binary mode (without any translation). When transferring in text Mode, the ispf filexfer service provides a one-to-one mapping of all 256 code points between the host code page and the workstation code page. Most other file transfer utilities (for example, ftp) only provide a one-to-one mapping of displayable characters.