Yeah, guys this what I thought ECVT entry was the way to go..Rob I agree very 80s. We have a ECVT table entry, so this much better way to go. I wanted to make sure i know my options before I try to design it. Thanks one and all, it’s very much appreciated.
On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 3:18 PM Charles Mills <[email protected]> wrote: > Let me recommend that vendor word approach. We use it and it works well. > You just want to define the structure that the word will point to in such a > way that you do not paint yourself into an upward compatibility corner. The > word is zero if you have not initialized it. > > Access could not be easier: > > L R1,FLCCVT-PSA(,0) Point to CVT > L R1,CVTECVT-CVT(,R1) Point to ECVT > L R8,ECVTCTBL-ECVT(,R1) Point to Cust Anchor Table > L R7,CZ_from_CTBL(,R8) Load our word > LTR R7,R7 Is it there? > > I believe our own @Peter Relson is the custodian of the word assignments. > > Charles > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Christopher Y. Blaicher > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 10:52 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: External dsect > > If you are an ISV, then I would contact IBM and ask to get an ECVTCTBL > word assigned to your company. That word can be used to point to a CSA > structure of your own making. You can have a program that reads a parm > file and sets appropriate values. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
