COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.03+)

Libraries and Utility Routines

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Saved Message Utility (SMU) Overview

For descriptions of individual ZCOBDLL routines, see Non-SMU Routines.

Saved Message Utility (SMU) Overview

The Saved Message Utility (SMU) consists of several routines that manipulate saved

ASSIGN, PARAM, and startup messages. SMU routines can be used only in the

Guardian environment. The Open System Services environment does not have

ASSIGN, PARAM, or startup messages.

The internal data structures of the saved ASSIGN, PARAM, and startup messages

differ from COBOL data structures. SMU routines retrieve, replace, alter, or delete

components of saved messages and reformat them either to or from a specific external

representation. (For descriptions of the ASSIGN, PARAM, and startup messages, see

the Guardian Programmer’s Guide.)

COBOL_SET_SORT_PARAM_VALUE_

COBOL_SPECIAL_OPEN_

COBOLFILEINFO

Table 13-6. ZCOBDLL Routines (page 2 of 2)

Utility Routine

1. Replaces COBOLSPOOLOPEN routine (for level 2 spooling) and Guardian environment routines (for level 3

spooling)

2. Guardian environment only