Setting up the request block

The request block consists of fields in which you provide information about your request, and into which the system stores information about the success of the request. The following table indicates the fields into which you must place a value and those that the system uses to return information.

RB Fields That You Must Initialize RB Fields Into Which the System Returns Information

S99RBLN
S99VERB
S99FLAG1
S99TXTPP
S99FLAG2
S99S99X

S99ERROR
S99INFO

The request block is required input to DYNALLOC. It must begin on a fullword boundary. Mapping macro IEFZB4D0 assigns it a DSECT name of S99RB. It contains the following fields (the names in parentheses are those assigned by IEFZB4D0):