Server Guide : Appendix B. CICS Smalltalk classes : LINK command
LINK command
Passes control from an application program at one logical level to an application program at the next lower logical level. In Smalltalk, the parameters of the LINK command are contained in two classes: CICSLink and CICSLinkResult.
See CICS Application Programming Reference for the syntax of the command and a description of its parameters.
Defined instance methods
Parameters supplied to CICS in CICSLink
 
Parameter
Instance method
Mode
Type
Notes/exceptions
COMMAREA(data-area)
commarea:
Input
OSMemory
 
DATALENGTH(data-value)
datalength:
Input
Binary 16
 
LENGTH(data-value)
length:
Input
Binary 16
 
PROGRAM(name)
program:
Input
Fixed(8)
 
SYNCONRETURN
synconreturn
Input
Switch
 
SYSID(systemname)
sysid:
Input
Fixed(4)
 
TRANSID(name)
transid:
Input
Fixed(4)
 
Parameters returned by CICS in CICSLinkResult
 
Parameter
Instance method
Mode
Type
Notes/exceptions
RESP
resp
Output
Fixed(2)
Inherited from CICSResult.
RESP2
resp2
Output
Fixed(2)
Inherited from CICSResult.
Example
Calls the specified program and passes the address of the communication area, MyCommarea, which is a subclass of OsPtr.
| thisComm result |
thisComm := MyCommarea calloc.
result := CICS link
program: 'LINKER';
commarea: thisComm;
length: 40;
exec.
Last modified date: 07/09/2019