CRE Programmer's Guide

Common Language Utility (CLU) Library Functions
Common Run-Time Environment (CRE) Programmer’s Guide—528146-004
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COBOL Considerations
processor
is an actual parameter that evaluates to a numerica1 value appropriate for the
PROCESS_CREATE_ parameter to which it corresponds, such as a
COMPUTATIONAL, DISPLAY, or NATIVE numeric data item, a numeric literal, or
an expression enclosed in parentheses. If the parameter does not mathematically
evaluate to an integer, the compiler changes the result into an integer value.
processhandle
is a table with at least ten occurrences, where an occurrence is a NATIVE-2 data
item or a COMPUTATIONAL numeric data item described with one to four 9s
preceded by an S; for example:
01 processhandle occurs 10 times.
05 filler native-2.
error-detail
is a NATIVE-2 data item or a COMPUTATIONAL numeric data item described with
five to nine 9s preceded by an S; for example:
PICTURE S9(4)
name-option
is an actual parameter that evaluates to a numerica1 value appropriate for the
PROCESS_CREATE_ parameter to which it corresponds, such as a
COMPUTATIONAL, DISPLAY, or NATIVE numeric data item, a numeric literal, or
an expression enclosed in parentheses. If the parameter does not mathematically
evaluate to an integer, the compiler changes the result into an integer value.
name
is an alphanumeric operand containing a string value appropriate for the
PROCESS_CREATE_ parameter to which it corresponds.
The compiler implicitly computes and transmits the size, in bytes, of
name to the
function.
If a string value does not completely fill its operand, the first unused character must
be a blank (space character).
process-descr
is an alphanumeric data item.
The compiler implicitly computes and transmits the size, in bytes, of
process-
descr to the function.
If the size of the assigned value differs from the size of the data item, the text is
truncated or extended with blanks (space characters) as necessary to fill the data
item. If the data item is described with a JUSTIFIED clause, that clause is ignored.