Issuing any sort of SVC from a CICS task was always something that was discouraged (nothing like putting the region into a wait to make you popular with your users), but I suspect most (if not all) shops violate that rule. Given that you don't know how long the CA code will take, it might be prudent to use an OS subtask.
"Chase, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> 01/17/2007 04:36 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: CICS interface to CA-7 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Alan C. Field > > We have a CICS program that builds the parameter list and > then issues the CA-7 SVC to Demand jobs. > > This worked on CA-7 Rel 3.3, > > We have just tried (and had to fall back) to upgrade to CA-7 > 11.0 because this technique No longer works. > > CA's response id that the parameter list format changed and > they no longer document it. > > We'll pursue this further with them. > > They suggest doing a LINK EP=U7SVC but this isn't allowed under CICS. One thing you CAN do in CICS nowadays is ATTACHX a subtask, passing it the address of an ECB it can post (along with whatever other parms it will need) when it's done, then EXEC CICS WAIT ECBLIST (but NOT an MVS WAIT) for it to POST. Alternatively, you could write a TRUE to link the U7SVC (a little more complex, but saves the overhead of multiple ATTACHX / DETACH sequences). But wouldn't you still need a correct parmlist to LINK EP=U7SVC anyway? -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
