ALLOCATE command
Acquires a session to a remote APPC logical unit for use by an APPC mapped conversation. In Smalltalk, the parameters of the ALLOCATE command are contained in two classes: CICSAppcallocate and CICSAppcallocateResult.
See CICS Application Programming Reference for the syntax of the command and a description of the parameters.
Defined instance methods
Parameters supplied to CICS in CICSAppcallocate
 
Parameter
Instance method
Mode
Type
Notes/exceptions
NOQUEUE
noqueue
Input
Switch
 
NOSUSPEND
nosuspend
Input
Switch
 
SYSID(name)
sysid:
Input
Fixed(4)
 
Parameters returned by CICS in CICSAppcallocateResult
 
Parameter
Instance method
Mode
Type
Notes/exceptions
RESP
resp
Output
Fixed(2)
Inherited from CICSResult.
RESP2
resp2
Output
Fixed(2)
Inherited from CICSResult.
STATE(cvda)
state
Output
Binary 32
 
Example
Initiates an APPC session using the NOSUSPEND option.
| result state |
result := CICS appcallocate
sysid: 'SYSA';
nosuspend;
exec.
state := result state.
Last modified date: 05/11/2020