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mohanj28 · Beginner Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Posts: 1 Topics: 1

I need to call CICS subprogram from a batch driver program and pass some parms to the subprogram.
In the driver i have the call like this
CALL CICS-SUBPGM USING PARM-GROUP.
END-CALL.

I have the PARM-GROUP defined in the cics subpgm linkage section.
When the CALL statement is encontered , the CICS pgm is called but the parm values are NOT passed to the CICS pgm . Why is this happening ?

I cannot use the call in the driver like
CALL CICS-SUBPGM USING DFHEIBLK
DFHCOMMAREA
CICS-SUBPGM.
If i call like this the driver will become a CICS pgm .
I want to have the driver as a plain batch.

Any help would be of great value.

kolusu · Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:07 am Post subject:

Koleman · Beginner Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Posts: 2 Topics: 1

More doubts?

Can a batch program call a CICS sub-program by passing dummy areas with appropriate value, if CICS-subprogram has CICS statements in it??

How would batch job interact with CICS in that case?

kolusu · Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 4:34 am Post subject:

Koleman,

Did you try reading the link which was provided by me in the above post?

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semigeezer · Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 9:51 am Post subject:

I think the question is how to invoke a program from a non-cics environment (batch) and have that program run within CICS. Just calling it does not get CICS involved at all. I don't know much about CICS, but is this what EXCI is for? (or something like that)