CONVERSE (3790 full-function or inquiry)
Communicate on a 3790 full-function or inquiry logical unit.
Description
CONVERSE communicates on a 3790 full-function or inquiry logical unit.
Options
- DEFRESP
- indicates that a definite response is required when the output operation has been completed.
- FMH
- specifies that a function management
header has been included in the data to be written. If the ATTACHID
option is specified as well, the concatenated FMH flag is set in the
attach FMH.
The use of FMH is optional and is not supported for all terminal types. If not supplied, CICS® takes no action, except for 3600/4700 terminals, where an FMH is mandatory. In this case, if FMH is not specified, CICS supplies one and places it in the first 3 bytes of the message, which you must reserve for this purpose.
- FROM(data-area)
- specifies the data to be written to the terminal or logical unit, or sent to the partner transaction. This option may, when relevant, be omitted if ATTACHID is specified.
- FROMFLENGTH(data-value)
- is a fullword alternative to FROMLENGTH.
- FROMLENGTH(data-value)
- specifies the length, as a halfword binary value, of the data. For a description of a safe upper limit, see LENGTH options in CICS commands.
- INTO(data-area)
- specifies the receiving field for the data read from the terminal or logical unit, or the application target data area into which data is to be received from the application program connected to the other end of the current conversation.
- MAXFLENGTH(data-value)
- is a fullword alternative to MAXLENGTH.
- MAXLENGTH(data-value)
- specifies the maximum amount
(halfword binary value) of data that CICS is
to recover in response to a CONVERSE (default) command. If INTO is
specified, MAXLENGTH overrides the use of TOLENGTH as an input to CICS. If SET is specified, MAXLENGTH
provides a way for the program to limit the amount of data it receives
at one time.
If the value specified is less than zero, zero is assumed.
If the length of data exceeds the value specified and the NOTRUNCATE option is not present, the data is truncated to that value and the LENGERR condition occurs. The data area specified in the TOLENGTH option is set to the original length of data.
If the length of data exceeds the value specified and the NOTRUNCATE option is present, CICS retains the remaining data and uses it to satisfy subsequent RECEIVE commands. The data area specified in the TOLENGTH option is set to the length of data returned.
If no argument is coded for MAXLENGTH, CICS defaults to TOLENGTH.
- NOTRUNCATE
- specifies that, when the data available exceeds the length requested, the remaining data is not to be discarded but is to be retained for retrieval by subsequent RECEIVE commands.
- SET(ptr-ref)
- specifies the pointer reference
to be set to the address of the data read from the terminal. pointer
reference, unless changed by other commands or statements, is valid
until the next CONVERSE (default) command or the end of task.
If DATALOCATION(ANY) is associated with the application program, the address of the data can be above or below the 16MB line.
If DATALOCATION(BELOW) is associated with the application program, and the data resides above the 16MB line, the data is copied below the 16MB line, and the address of this copy is returned.
If TASKDATAKEY(USER) is specified for the running task, and storage protection is active, the data returned is in a user-key. If TASKDATAKEY(CICS) is specified and storage protection is active, the data returned is in a CICS-key.
- TOFLENGTH(data-area)
- is a fullword alternative to TOLENGTH.
- TOLENGTH(data-area)
- specifies the length (halfword
binary value) of the data to be received. If you specify INTO, but
omit MAXLENGTH, “data-area” specifies the maximum length that the
program accepts. If the value is less than zero, zero is assumed.
If the length of the data exceeds the value specified, but NOTRUNCATE is omitted, the data is truncated to that value, and the LENGERR condition occurs. When the data is received, the data area is set to the length of the data.
For a description of a safe upper limit, see LENGTH options in CICS commands.
Conditions
- EODS
- INBFMH
- EOC
- 06 EOC
- occurs when a request/response
unit (RU) is received with the end-of-chain indicator set. Field EIBEOC
also contains this indicator.
Default action: ignore the condition.
- 05 EODS
- occurs when an end-of-data-set
indicator is received.
Default action: terminate the task abnormally.
- 07 INBFMH
- occurs if a request/response
unit (RU) contains a function management header (FMH). Field EIBFMH
contains this indicator and it should be used in preference to INBFMH.
The IGNORE CONDITION command can be used to ignore the condition.
Default action: terminate the task abnormally.
- 22 LENGERR
- occurs in any of the following
situations:
- Data received is discarded by CICS because its length exceeds the maximum that the program accepts (see TOLENGTH and MAXLENGTH options), and the NOTRUNCATE option is not specified.
- An out-of-range value is supplied in one of the options, FROMLENGTH, FROMFLENGTH, MAXLENGTH, MAXFLENGTH, TOLENGTH, or TOFLENGTH.
Default action: terminate the task abnormally.
- 24 SIGNAL
- occurs when an inbound SIGNAL
data-flow control command is received from a logical unit or session,
or the partner transaction. EIBSIG is always set when an inbound signal
is received.
Default action: ignore the condition.
- 81 TERMERR
- occurs for a terminal or session-related
error. Any action on that conversation other than a FREE causes an
ATCV abend.
A CANCEL TASK request by a user node error program (NEP) may cause this condition if the task has an outstanding terminal control request active when the node abnormal condition program handles the session error.
Default action: terminate the task abnormally with abend code ATNI.