Pathway/iTS SCREEN COBOL Reference Manual (H06.10+, J06.03+)

Procedure Division
HP NonStop Pathway/iTS SCREEN COBOL Reference Manual—426750-003
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DIALOG-BEGIN
identifier-1
is a data item to be sent to the server. The data item represented by this identifier
cannot exceed 32,000 bytes. If identifier-1 is a variable length data item, the
DIALOG-BEGIN statement sends only the defined occurrence (a variable length
data item is an item defined with an OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause).
If this parameter is omitted, zero bytes are sent to the server. A reply is still
returned from the server.
server-class-name
identifies the server class for which a message is intended. The server-class-
name can be a nonnumeric literal or data item. The size of the field containing
server-class-name can vary between one to 15 characters.
This is the logical server class name used in the PATHCOM ADD SERVER
command.
pathmon-name
is the name of the PATHMON process that controls links to the server class named
in the server-class-name parameter. For TS/MP 2.3, it is the pathway domain
name, whose member pathmons have the server class (named in the server-class-
name parameter) configured under them. For more information on TS/MP 2.3, see
the TS/MP Release Supplement Manual .
The pathmon-name can be a non-numeric literal or data item. The field containing
the pathmon-name can have upto 15 characters. However, TCP uses only the
first six characters in case the PATHMON process is running on the same system
as that of TCP. TCP uses all 15 characters in case the PATHMON process is
running on a remote system. Both local and remote PATHMON process must
qualify the guardian process name nomenclature.
If this parameter is omitted, the PATHMON controlling the server class, is assumed
to have the same name as the PATHMON process that controls the TCP.
system-name
is the name of the HP NonStop system on which the named PATHMON process is
running. The system-name can be a nonnumeric literal or a data item. The field
containing system-name can have up to 15 characters, but the TCP passes only
the first eight characters in network communications.
The value specified for system-name must be a valid network system name that
begins with a \ and can be followed by one to seven alphanumeric characters. If
this parameter is omitted, the NonStop system name of the PATHMON that
controls the server class is assumed to be the same as the system name of the
PATHMON that controls the TCP.