CICS

CICS affects whether a COBOL source program that contains CICS statements is to be processed by the integrated CICS translator.

Syntax

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramCICS=*NOYES
Default
CICS=NO
YES
If a COBOL source program contains CICS statements and has not been preprocessed by the CICS® translator, the YES option must be specified.
NO
When the NO option is specified, any CICS statements that are found in the source program are diagnosed and discarded.
Note:
  • The CICS compiler option can contain CICS suboptions. The CICS suboptions delimiters can be quotation marks or apostrophes. CICS suboptions cannot be specified as a COBOL installation default.
  • You can specify the CICS compiler option in any of the compiler option sources: installation defaults, compiler invocation, or PROCESS (CBL) statements.
  • When the LP(64) compiler option is in effect, the CICS option is not supported. A diagnostic message is emitted if the option is explicitly specified by the user.