Preparing your EXEC DLI program for execution

You must translate, compile, and bind your EXEC DLI program before it can be executed.

You can use CICS®-supplied procedures to translate, compile, and bind your program. The procedure you use depends on the type of program (batch, BMP, or CICS online) and the language it is written in (COBOL, PL/I, or assembler language).

The steps for preparing your program for execution are as follows:

Procedure

  1. Run the CICS command language translator to translate the EXEC DLI and EXEC CICS commands. COBOL, PL/I, and assembler language programs have separate translators.
  2. Compile your program.
  3. Bind:
    • An online program with the appropriate CICS interface module
    • A batch or BMP program with the IMS interface module.