SNAX/HLS Application Programming Manual

Contents
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About This Manual xi
Notation Conventions xiii
Section 1 SNAX/HLS Programming Standards
HLSDDS-SCOBOLX Copybook 1-1
Server and Terminal Interfaces 1-8
TAL Applications 1-13
HLSDDT-TAL Copybook 1-13
Application-to-SNAX/HLS Interfacing 1-17
Other Languages 1-20
Section 2 Connection Types
Server Connection 2-1
Section 3 Sessions
Allocating the Half-Session 3-1
Opening Communication With the Session Partner 3-2
Exchanging Data With the Session Partner 3-2
Deallocating the Half-Session 3-2
Allocation and Deallocation 3-2
Enhanced Session Opening and Closing 3-3
Simple Session Opening and Closing 3-3
Simple and Enhanced Verbs 3-4
Data-Transfer Verbs 3-4
Status Requests 3-6
Receive Type Verbs 3-6
Utility Verbs 3-7
Large Message Option 3-7
Notification 3-8
Contention 3-9
Character Mapping 3-9
Pipelining 3-10
Section 4 The Standard Verb Interface
Verb Processing 4-1
Wait Completion Mode 4-2
Queued Completion Mode 4-2
Return-Code Categories 4-3