Server Dialog Complement tab

In this tab, you enter the information common to all of the Servers of the Server Dialog. You also specify elements related to the physical environment of the transaction.

The following information is common to all the Servers:
  • The characteristics of the communication common area which conveys the information needed between the Servers of the Server Dialog.
  • The characteristics of the error message file of the Server Dialog.
Information can be entered in this tab, regardless of the type of TP monitor in use.

Other options are selected according to the environment and TP monitor in use at the site.

More than one values can be entered in the Options field. They must be separated with a blank character. When the Screen is generated, warnings point out erroneous parameters, if any.

Common area

The communication common area constitutes the area of exchange between the various Servers of the Server Dialog.

Data Structure
By default, no common area is indicated and this field is titled No common area selected yet.

To specify the Data Structure that constitutes the common area, click Modify and select a Data Structure in the selection box.

This Data Structure stores the information that is common to all of the Screens of a Dialog and the necessary Segment access keys.

If the selected Data Structure consists of more than one Segment, the Segments are redefined in the LINKAGE SECTION (WORKING-STORAGE SECTION if appropriate).

PSB or Subschema code
This field is reserved for DL/1 database Segments.

The PCB name of the error message file (external name) must belong to the PSB.

For HP3000, you must specify the ALLBASE/SQL Database Block code for a monitor generation with a database connection.
Options
For explanations on the generation options that you can specify on a Server Dialog or Server, see -GO Lines of a Server Dialog or Server.

Error file

Enter the physical characteristics of the error message file. They must be specified to generate the file description and access.

The physical access levels are generated in function F8098. If you want to rewrite these access levels, you must overwrite this function.

Organization
Select the organization of the error message file:
  • blank: None
  • D: DL/1 database Segment

    The description of the error message file and the access to it are automatically generated. In IMS™, the description of the error message file is not automatically generated. You must describe it in a Segment called in a hierarchical Database Block.

  • S: DB2 database
  • U: Access by specific code
  • V: Indexed organization
  • Y : UNYSIS 2200 SFS indexed organization

    Segments are declared in FD and the access levels are generated in function F80.

External name
Enter the external name of the error message file. Its value varies according to the type of COBOL code to generate:
  • For IBM® CICS® - VSAM, enter a DDNAME on 8 characters.
  • For GCOS7 - UFAS, enter a file code on 2 characters.
  • For GCOS8-TP8, enter an external name on the first 4 characters (generated in the SELECT clause) and a blocking factor on the last 4 characters (generated in the FD clause).
  • For any other type of COBOL code, enter a logical name, which is generated in the SELECT clause.
For DL/1, you must enter the mnemonic code of the PCB. This code must be in the list of PCBs for the PSB of this transaction.

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