DELAY command

Delays the processing of a task. In Smalltalk, the parameters of the DELAY command are contained in two classes: CICSDelay and CICSDelayResult.

See CICS Application Programming Reference for the syntax of the command and a description of its parameters.

Defined instance methods

Parameters supplied to CICS in CICSDelay

 

Parameter	Instance method	Mode	Type	Notes/Exceptions
FOR	for	Input	Switch
HOURS(hh)	hours:	Input	Binary 32
MINUTES(mins)	minutes:	Input	Binary 32
REQID(name)	reqid:	Input	Fixed(8)
SECONDS(secs)	seconds:	Input	Binary 32
UNTIL	until	Input	Switch

Parameters returned by CICS in CICSDelayResult

 

Parameter	Instance method	Mode	Type	Notes/exceptions
RESP	resp	Output	Fixed(2)	Inherited from CICSResult.
RESP2	resp2	Output	Fixed(2)	Inherited from CICSResult.

Example

Delays the CICS task for 3 minutes and 15 seconds.

| result |

result := CICS delay for;

minutes: 3;

seconds: 15;

exec.