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Status Not under consideration
Workspace CICS Transaction Server for z/OS
Categories Runtime
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 19, 2018

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Allow INITPARMs to be specified on PLT entry; allow > 60 characters

Allow an INITPARM string to be specified on the DFHPLT TYPE=ENTRY card for the program it is to be associated with. This is to accomplish three principal objectives: (1) Place the INITPARM text in the same parmlib member as the associated program name, rather than being separated to the SIT input; (2) overcome the current 60-byte limitation, via continuation syntax on the DFHPLT TYPE=ENTRY macro statement; and (3) allow the same PLT program to be invoked multiple times, with different INITPARM strings.

The EXEC CICS ASSIGN INITPARM command should be able to return an INITPARM string from either the SIT (for compatibility purposes) or from the DFHPLT TYPE=ENTRY statement.

This is a follow-on to RFE 115241, delivered with CICS TS 5.5.

Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    |     Feb 10, 2022

    This requirement has been re-assessed. It is not likely that this will be implemented in the near future and so it is being declined at this point. The requirement will be kept in the RFE system and might be reassessed in the future. You also have an opportunity to resubmit in twelve months time if you wish it to be reconsidered then.

  • Guest
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    |     Feb 4, 2019

    Our primary interest in this RFE is for allowing multiple invocations of the same PLT program, with a different parm string presented each time. Since exceeding the current 60-byte length limit would require a different mechanism (e.g., channel/container), we would be open to retaining the 60-byte limit, if that would simplify implementation/delivery. A continuation syntax could be designed into a PLT program anticipating a longer parm string, whereby the program would concatenate parm strings from successive calls, and perform the intended processing once the final substring is received (e.g, containing a termination character/string, or lacking a continuation character).

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