That's what I was going to suggest, too. TCBUSER did serve its purpose in the day, but I can remember a time a conflict occurred in three different products that my then-employer sold.
When I had to add something similar to a product a few years, name/token was (and is) the way to go. Later, Ray -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craddock, Chris Sent: Friday August 25 2006 07:38 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: SVC Screening and TCBUSER > My question is: > Is it safe to pass the CPID from the main program to the Screen routine > through the TCBUSER ? Do I have a better alternative ? Not a chance. You should use the name/token service. It does what you need and its really fast. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html