NET/MASTER Network Control Language (NCL) Reference Manual

PSEND SET
Verbs
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PSEND SET The PSEND SET verb sets the current Pathway server class. PSEND SET can also set
the default map used to describe and interpret a reply message from a Pathway server
class.
PSEND SET [ ID= local-pathsend-id ]
[ FORMAT={ MAPPED | UNMAPPED } ]
[ MAP= map-name ]
ID= local-pathsend-id
identifies the Pathway server class being set and sets it to be the current Pathway
server class. If the ID operand is omitted, the Pathway server class identified in a
previous PSEND operation is assumed to be the current Pathway server class.
FORMAT
specifies the structure of the request and reply messages sent to and received from
the Pathway server class.
MAPPED
specifies that the structure of the request and reply messages is mapped. The
MAP operand specifies the name of the map used to describe and interpret the
structure of the reply message only. Symbolic names are used by Mapping
Services to access individual data structures within the reply message.
There is no default map used to map a reply message.
Note If you do not specify the name of the map, then the data is assigned to the stem of the MDO variable that
holds the reply message. If you attempt to access the reply message other than by specifying the stem
name of the MDO variable, the NCL process raises a run-time error.
Before sending a mapped request message, you must use the ASSIGN verb to create and map the MDO
variable that contains the message.
Refer to the NonStop NET/MASTER NCL Programmer's Guide for information on creating and using
maps.
UNMAPPED
specifies that the structure of the request and reply messages is unmapped.
NCL treats the reply message as a sequence of contiguous bytes. NCL does
not interpret the data in an unmapped reply message. An unmapped reply
message can contain any binary data.
MAP= map-name
specifies the name of the map used to describe and interpret the structure of a
reply message from a Pathway server class.