APIs for the program-based environment

Program-based APIs are called as programs (*PGMs). They are the initial APIs on the system.

Program-based APIs use the following naming conventions:
  • Names of program APIs start with the letter Q.
  • Names of program APIs are followed by a 2-, 3-, or 4-letter internal component identifier.
  • Names of program APIs are limited to 8 characters.
  • Names of program APIs must be uppercase.