Reference information for converter programs
This section provides: reference information for the Decode function of a converter program, and, reference information for the Encode function of a converter program.
The names of the parameters and constants in the COMMAREA passed to a converter program, translated into appropriate forms for the different programming languages supported, are defined in files supplied as part of CICS® web support. The files for the various languages are listed in the following table.
| Language | Parameters file | Constants file |
|---|---|---|
| Assembler | DFHWBCDD | DFHWBUCD |
| C | DFHWBCDH | DFHWBUCH |
| COBOL | DFHWBCDO | DFHWBUCO |
| PL/I | DFHWBCDL | DFHWBUCL |
These files give language-specific information about the data types of the fields in the COMMAREA. If you use these files you must specify XOPTS(NOLINKAGE) on the Translator step; failure to do this causes the compilation to fail.