TRANSFER Reference Manual

GET-ITEM-DESCR
TISERV UOW Descriptions
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HDR
is the UOW header. The UOW-CODE value is 122.
ITEM-ID
identifies the item whose descriptor record is to be retrieved. To refer to an item
produced by a previous UOW within the same IPC, you can replace ITEM-ID with
ITEM-HANDLE, which is defined in the “Commonly Used Fields” subsection of
this manual.
RETN-CODE
is the return code. TISERV returns a code in this field to indicate one of the
following entries:
0 OK
4035 E-ITEM-NOT-FOUND
To indicate problems with an item handle:
4062 E-INVALID-ITEM
-4063 W-ITEM-NOT-RETURNED
RETN-CODE-DETAIL
is an error number returned by a subsystem other than the TRANSFER delivery
system or is a further qualification of an error detected by the TRANSFER delivery
system.
UPDATE-CONTROL
is the current update control count. This field contains the value 1 if the descriptor
has never been altered.
ITEM-TYPE
is the type of item, as defined by the application. Your application can set this
field with a value ranging from 1000 through 9999. Values ranging from 100
through 999 are reserved for use by Tandem. Appendix A of the TRANSFER
Programming Guide lists reserved ITEM-TYPE values.
PARENT-COUNT
is reserved for use by Tandem, and is always set to 0.
COMPNT-COUNT
is the number of component items listed in the components list for this item.