Running a Program

There are several ways to run a program in the ILE environment. You can use:

• A control language (CL) command:
  • Call (CALL) command
  • Transfer Control (TFRCTL) command
  • Start Programming Development Manager (STRPDM) command
  • user-defined CL command
• An ILE C/C++ program as a Command Processing Program (CPP)
• A high-level language CALL statement
  Note: Using ILE C/C++ Call Conventions contains information on interlanguage calls.
• The EVOKE statement in an ICF file
• The REXX interpreter
• The QCAPEXC program
• The ILE Programmer Menu

This topic describes:

• The ILE C/C++ runtime model
• Activations and activation groups
• Runtime functions and activation groups
• How to call programs
• Normal and abnormal end-of-program
• How to manage activation groups
• How to manage runtime storage