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-----
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> 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.
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