EXEC interface block (EIB)

In addition to the usual CICS® control blocks, each task has a control block called the EXEC interface block (EIB) associated with it.

An application program can access by name all the fields that are in the EIB. The EIB contains information that is useful during the execution of an application program, such as the transaction identifier, the time and date (initially when the task is started, and subsequently, if updated by the application program), and the cursor position on a display device. The EIB also contains information that is helpful when a dump is being used to debug a program.

See the EXEC interface block (EIB) fields for related information.

See the TXSeries for Multiplatforms Application Programming Reference for related information.