COBOL Manual for TNS/E Programs (H06.08+, J06.03+)

EXTERNAL
enables COBOL external files to share communication with $RECEIVE.
EXTERNAL causes the compiler to create a special block, #RECEIVE, which contains the
information used when $RECEIVE is opened by a COBOL external file.
TABLE OCCURS phrase
establishes the length of the receive-control table, governing the maximum number of requesters
that can have this process open concurrently. In a Pathway environment, this number can be
decreased at execution time but not increased.
Each entry in the receive-control table records which requester opened the server process and
which open operation the requester used (if a requester opens the server process more than
once).
table-length
is an unsigned integer numeric literal in the range 1 through 255. The default value is 1.
EXTENDED-STORAGE
is ignored.
SYNCDEPTH LIMIT phrase
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