GETMAIN command

Obtains main storage. In Smalltalk, the parameters of the GETMAIN command are contained in two classes: CICSGetmain and CICSGetmainResult.

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 CICSGetmain

 

Parameter	Instance method	Mode	Type	Notes/exceptions
FLENGTH(data-value)	flength:	Input	Binary 32
INITIMG(data-value)	initimg:	Input	Fixed(1)
LENGTH(data-value)	length:	Input	Binary 32	LENGTH is an alias of FLENGTH
NOSUSPEND	nosuspend	Input	Switch
SHARED	shared	Input	Switch

Parameters returned by CICS in CICSGetmainResult

 

Parameter	Instance method	Mode	Type	Notes/exceptions
RESP	resp	Output	Fixed(2)	Inherited from CICSResult.
RESP2	resp2	Output	Fixed(2)	Inherited from CICSResult.
SET(ptr-ref)	set	Output	Variable

Example

Obtains CICS main storage.

| resultfromGetmain obtainedStorage |

resultfromGetmain := CICS getmain

length: 81;

initimg: 0;

shared;

exec.

obtainedStorage := resultfromGetmain set.