To list the available files, select Find. To view the contents of a file, select View.
When you have specified the file you want to use, select Parse.
The records (or potential parameters) appear in the Available list.
The parameters you select appear on the external function part's public interface. Then, other parts can set or retrieve the values contained in the records.
Note: | This setting does not apply to the COBOL External Function part. |
If you are working with a C External Function, for a C header file, these are all of the data types declared with typedef or struct.
If you are working with a COBOL External Function, for a COBOL copybook file, these are the record formats declared by 01-level and 77-level declarations. The items specified in the PROCEDURE DIVISION USING statement or "ENTRY" statement should compose the list of the To be passed.