SEND (z/OS® Communications Server default)

Write data to a standard CICS® supported terminal.

SEND (z/OS Communications Server default)

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramSENDFROM( data-area)LENGTH( data-value)FLENGTH( data-value)WAIT

Conditions: INVREQ, LENGERR, NOTALLOC

 

Description

SEND writes data to a terminal. This form of the send command can be used by all CICS-supported terminals for which the other SEND descriptions are not appropriate.

Options

FLENGTH(data-value)
An alternative to the LENGTH option. For architectural reasons, this option is limited to a maximum of 32 KB for all terminal-related SEND commands.
FROM(data-area)
Specifies the data to be written to the logical unit, or a partner transaction.
LENGTH(data-value)
Specifies the length, as a halfword binary value, of the data to be written. For a description of a safe upper limit, see LENGTH options in CICS commands.
WAIT
Specifies that processing of the command must be completed before any subsequent processing is attempted.

If the WAIT option is not specified, control is returned to the application program when processing of the command starts. A subsequent input or output request (terminal control, BMS, or batch data interchange) to the terminal associated with the task causes the application program to wait until the previous request completes.

Conditions

Some of the following conditions might occur in combination. If more than one occurs, only the first is passed to the application program. EIBRCODE, however, is set to indicate all the conditions that occurred.

16 INVREQ
RESP2 values:
200
A distributed program link server application attempted to send on its function-shipping session (its principal facility).

For SEND (APPC), a distributed program link server application specified the function-shipping session (its principal facility) on the CONVID option.

Also occurs (RESP2 not set) in any of the following situations:
  • The CONFIRM option has been specified, but the APPC conversation is not sync level 1 or 2.
  • The SEND command has been used on an APPC conversation that is not a mapped conversation or that is not using the EXEC CICS interface.

Default action: terminate the task abnormally.

22 LENGERR
Occurs if an out-of-range value is supplied in the LENGTH or FLENGTH option.

Default action: terminate the task abnormally.

61 NOTALLOC
Occurs if the CONVID value in the command does not relate to a conversation that is owned by the application, or if the facility specified in the command is not owned by the application.

Default action: terminate the task abnormally.