Server Guide : Appendix B. CICS Smalltalk classes : STARTBR command
STARTBR command
On a local or remote system, specifies the record in a file or in a CICS-maintained data table where you want a browse to start. In Smalltalk, the parameters of the STARTBR command are contained in two classes: CICSStartbr and CICSStartbrResult.
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 CICSStartbr
 
Parameter
Instance method
Mode
Type
Notes/exceptions
EQUAL
equal
Input
Switch
 
FILE(name)
file:
Input
Fixed(8)
 
GENERIC
generic
Input
Switch
 
GTEQ
gteq
Input
Switch
 
KEYLENGTH(data-value)
keylength:
Input
Binary 16
 
RBA
rba
Input
Switch
 
REQID(data-value)
reqid:
Input
Binary 16
 
RIDFLD(data-area)
ridfld:
Input
Variable
 
RRN
rrn
Input
Switch
 
SYSID(systemname)
sysid:
Input
Fixed(4)
 
Parameters returned by CICS in CICSStartbrResult
 
Parameter
Instance method
Mode
Type
Notes/exceptions
RESP
resp
Output
Fixed(2)
Inherited from CICSResult.
RESP2
resp2
Output
Fixed(2)
Inherited from CICSResult.
Example
Starts the browse at the end of a KSDS file so that the file can be browsed backwards.
| result |
result := CICS startbr
file: 'KSDSF1';
ridfld: ((String new) fillWith: (16rFF asCharacter) for: 20);
exec.
Last modified date: 07/09/2019