The following table summarizes the CICS® API commands by functional area, indicating whether or not they are supported in a program invoked by a distributed program link command. Generally, if the program issues a command that is not supported, CICS returns an INVREQ condition, with a RESP2 value of 200.
Functional area | Command | Supported? |
---|---|---|
Abend support | ABEND |
YES |
APPC mapped communication | ALLOCATE(APPC) |
NO Note: These APPC commands are restricted
only when they refer to the principal facility.
|
Signon | SIGNON |
NO |
Batch data interchange commands | ISSUE |
NO |
BMS commands | ASSIGN |
NO |
Built-in functions | BIF DEEDIT |
YES |
Condition handling | HANDLE CONDITION |
YES |
Console support | WRITE OPERATOR |
YES |
Diagnostic services | DUMP |
YES |
Environmental services | ASSIGN |
YES |
Environmental services (continued) | ASSIGN |
NO |
Environmental services (continued) | ADDRESS |
YES |
File control | DELETE |
YES |
Interval control | ASKTIME |
YES |
Journaling | WRITE JOURNALNAME |
YES |
Monitoring | MONITOR POINT |
YES |
Program control | LINK |
YES Note: LINK, RETURN and XCTL do not
support INPUTMSG.
|
Security | QUERY SECURITY |
YES |
Storage control | FREEMAIN |
YES |
Syncpoint | SYNCPOINT |
YES |
Task control | ASSIGN |
YES |
Temporary storage | DELETEQ TS |
YES |
Terminal control | ASSIGN |
NO |
Transient data | DELETEQ TD |
YES |