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semigeezer

I have written a 'small' transaction, a couple of thousand lines, that is just a utility program to give some system info, search dfhrpl & steplib, etc (sort of a TASID for CICS) and to be able to make installation easy, I linked the MAPSET and program into a single load module. That works fine using the linkage editor statements below, but only if I put the single mapset first in the load module via an ORDER card. I assume that CICS does a load and then just uses the loaded address as the base for the structure of the map in storage, but... yes there is a question here... if I had more than 1 map set, would it be possible to place more than 1 mapset in a single load module? I realize that this is not something you would want to do in a production program, this is just a question out of curiosity.

kolusu · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:29 pm Post subject:

Semigeezer,

I think you want more than 1 map in a mapset and not multiple [/b]mapsets[/b]. You can have more than 1 map in a mapset. YOu just need to code a new DFHMDI after the DFHMDF for the first map. Having more than 1 map in a mapset is quite common.

Hope this helps...

Cheers

Kolusu
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Manas Biswal · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:25 pm Post subject:

semigeezer,

I never knew that you could link a mapset and a program into a single load module and make it work as a CICS transaction. Thanks for the information.
I am sorry but instead of answering your question, I am posing you a new one.

I would assume that you have defined 1 PCT and 1 PPT entry for the load in your CICS region. So, am I correct in assuming that when you run your transaction which calls the program as well as the mapset (the program displays a map of the mapset), both are run properly. This is great. Never knew that it would work that way.

Thanks,
Manas
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semigeezer · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 4:43 pm Post subject:

Thanks Kolusu. I do actually have a couple of maps in the mapset. Manas, you are correct. This is the step following the link:

Cogito-Ergo-Sum · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 12:29 am Post subject:

semigeezer.
Any particular reason why you are using DFHCSDUP ? Generally, CEDA DEFINE is used (that is the online interface for defining resources to system).
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semigeezer · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:44 am Post subject:

Yes. The only reason for using DFHCSDUP is that I put everything in the same JCL file (assembles, compiles, links, and "RDO" statements) and I want the whole build process to be both a single action (submit the job) and be self documenting. CEDA would be fine, and this really only needs to be done once, but no harm is done by deleting and redefining as far as I know, at least for a transaction that isn't used very often. The only thing I can't do in the JCL is the install or newcopy/phasein because DFHCSDUP doesn't support that. Maybe there is some way to do it that I'm not aware of (EXCI, CICS SM, etc) but that is such a minor problem so I just reload the group manually. I'm just running on test systems or on a personal z/OS system anyway. If this were a controlled or production environment, or if this was more than just a small utility program, I'm sure the build process would be more involved.

Cogito-Ergo-Sum · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 4:18 am Post subject:

semigeezer · Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 5:57 pm Post subject:

Thanks. I hadn't tried to issue a JES command in years so I didn't know about the COMMAND verb. I tried it and got

Cogito-Ergo-Sum · Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 5:27 am Post subject:

You are welcome, seemigeezer !
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