The RECEIVE MAP command causes BMS to format terminal input data and make it accessible to your application program. It tells BMS:
The MAP and MAPSET options together tell BMS which map to use, and they work exactly as they do on a SEND MAP command.
BMS gets the input data to format from the terminal associated with your task (its principal facility), unless you use the FROM option. FROM is an alternative to TERMINAL, the default, used in relatively unusual circumstances (see Formatting other input).
BMS also translates lower case input to upper case automatically in some cases; we explain how to control translation in Upper case translation.
You tell BMS where to put the formatted input with the INTO or SET option of RECEIVE MAP.For the full syntax of the RECEIVE MAP command, see CICS® Application Programming Reference manual .
In addition to the data on the screen, the RECEIVE MAP command tells you where the operator left the cursor and what key caused transmission. This information becomes available in the EIB on completion of the RECEIVE MAP command. EIBAID identifies the transmit key (the "attention identifier" or AID), and EIBCURSR tells you where the cursor was left.
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