INF: Using PL/I Programs with COM Transaction Integrator
ID: Q183179
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft COM Transaction Integrator for CICS and IMS, version 1.0, used with:
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Microsoft SNA Server, version 4.0
SUMMARY
PL/I is not supported by Component Builder. Nevertheless, you can use COM
Transaction Integrator for CICS and IMS (COMTI) with PL/I programs
operating in CICS or IMS. To do so, code the programs with data
declarations that define memory the same way that the equivalent COBOL
declarations do.
For example, a CICS program can perform an EXEC CICS LINK to either a PL/I
program or a COBOL program if the structure defining DFHCOMMAREA in the two
programs is equivalent. Similarly, a COMTI component could be used equally
well with either program using a CICS LINK Remote Environment (RE). The
same mechanisms hold true by extrapolation for CICS and IMS REs.
All you need to know is how to achieve the same memory mapping in PL/I and
COBOL. This article presents data type comparisons for the two languages.
MORE INFORMATION
Note that the developer who is responsible for creating components for PL/I
transaction programs (TP) should be familiar with both languages.
Data alignment is an important issue. PL/I structures are ALIGNED by
default; for example, a fullword integer (4 bytes) within a structure is
ALIGNED on a mainframe fullword boundary. This can cause a discrepancy with
similar COBOL statements and the PL/I structure should probably be declared
as UNALIGNED. This is particularly important for the DFHCOMMAREA
declaration. This data structure must be unaligned. You must, therefore,
specify the UNALIGNED keyword on the structure declaration.
You should use care when dealing with the COBOL "OCCURS DEPENDING ON"
clause. The following samples show a comparison of a COBOL construction
with a similar PL/I construction.
COBOL Sample
01 STRUCT1.
02 X PIC S9(4) COMP.
02 Y OCCURS 1 TO 100 TIMES DEPENDING ON X PIC X(10).
PL/I Sample
DCL 1 STRUCT1,
2 X FIXED BIN(15),
2 Y (1:100 REFER(X)) CHAR(10);
COMTI Data Conversion Language Mapping Lists
VB type COBOL type PL/I type
------- -------------------- ---------------
Integer PIC S9(n) COMP FIXED BIN(15)
(n <= 4)
(see NOTE)
PIC S9(n) COMP-3 FIXED DEC(n)
(n <= 4) (n <= 4)
PIC S9(n) PIC '9(n-1)T'
(n <= 4) (n <= 4)
PIC S9(n) LEADING PIC 'T9(n-1)'
(n <= 4) (n <= 4)
PIC S9(n) SIGN SEPARATE PIC '9(n)S'
(n <= 4) (n <= 4)
PIC S9(n) PIC 'S9(n)'
SIGN SEPARATE LEADING (n <= 4)
(n <= 4)
Long PIC S9(n) COMP (n <= 9) FIXED BIN(31)
PIC S9(n) COMP-3 FIXED DEC(n)
(n <= 9) (n <= 9)
PIC S9(n) PIC '9(n-1)T'
(n <= 9) (n <= 9)
PIC S9(n) LEADING PIC 'T9(n-1)'
(n <= 9) (n <= 9)
PIC S9(n) SIGN SEPARATE PIC '9(n)S'
(n <= 9) (n <= 9)
PIC S9(n) PIC 'S9(n)'
SIGN SEPARATE LEADING (n <= 9)
(n <= 9)
Single COMP-1 FLOAT BIN(21)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) COMP-3 FIXED DEC(m+n,n)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) COMP FIXED BIN(15,n)
(m+n <= 4) (See NOTE)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) COMP FIXED BIN(31,n)
(m+n <= 9)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) PIC '9(m)V9(n-1)T'
PIC S9(m)V9(n) LEADING PIC 'T9(m-1)V9(n)'
PIC S9(m)V9(n) PIC '9(m)V9(n)S'
SIGN SEPARATE
PIC S9(m)V9(n) PIC 'S9(m)V9(n)'
SIGN SEPARATE LEADING
Double COMP-2 FLOAT BIN(53)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) COMP-3 FIXED DEC(m+n,n)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) COMP FIXED BIN(15,n)
(m+n <= 4) (Footnote.)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) COMP FIXED BIN(31,n)
(m+n <= 9)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) PIC '9(m)V9(n-1)T'
PIC S9(m)V9(n) LEADING PIC 'T9(m-1)V9(n)'
PIC S9(m)V9(n) PIC '9(m)V9(n)S'
SIGN SEPARATE
PIC S9(m)V9(n) PIC 'S9(m)V9(n)'
SIGN SEPARATE LEADING
Currency PIC S9(13)V99 COMP-3 FIXED DEC(15,2)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) COMP-3 FIXED DEC(m+n,n)
(n <= 4) (m+n < 16)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) COMP FIXED BIN(15,n)
(m+n <= 4 and n <= 4)
(See NOTE)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) COMP FIXED BIN(31,n)
(m+n <= 9, n <= 4)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) PIC '9(m)V9(n-1)T'
(n <= 4)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) LEADING PIC 'T9(m-1)V9(n)'
(n <= 4)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) PIC '9(m)V9(n)S'
SIGN SEPARATE
(n <= 4)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) PIC 'S9(m)V9(n)'
SIGN SEPARATE LEADING
(n <= 4)
Decimal PIC S9(m)V9(n) COMP-3 FIXED DEC(m+n,n)
(m+n < 16)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) COMP FIXED BIN(15,n)
(m+n <= 5)
(See NOTE)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) COMP FIXED BIN(31,n)
(m+n <= 9)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) COMP Not Supported
(m+n <= 18)
PIC S9(m)V9(n) PIC '9(m)V9(n-1)T'
PIC S9(m)V9(n) LEADING PIC 'T9(m-1)V9(n)'
PIC S9(m)V9(n) PIC '9(m)V9(n)S'
SIGN SEPARATE
PIC S9(m)V9(n) PIC 'S9(m)V9(n)'
SIGN SEPARATE LEADING
Date PIC S9(7) COMP-3 FIXED DEC(7)
date in YYYYDDD format
PIC S9(7) COMP-3 FIXED DEC(7)
time in HHMMSST format
PIC S9(7) COMP-3 FIXED DEC(7)
date in YYYYDDD format
PIC S9(7) COMP-3 FIXED DEC(7)
time in HHMMSST format
String PIC X(n) CHAR(n)
padded with spaces to n bytes
PIC X(n) CHAR(n)
padded with LOW-VALUE to n bytes
Boolean PIC S9(4) COMP FIXED BIN(15)
(1 = true, 0 = false)
PIC S9(9) COMP FIXED BIN(31)
(1 = true, 0 = false)
PIC S9(n) COMP-3 FIXED DEC(n)
(1 = true, 0 = false)
Byte PIC X CHAR(1)
(no translation performed)
PIC 999 COMP FIXED BIN(15)
(value between 0 and 255)
PIC 999 COMP-3 FIXED DEC(3)
(value between 0 and 255)
NOTE: An appropriate COBOL compiler option must be set to allow numbers
between 9,999 and 32,768 to fit in a PIC 9(4) COMP number.
Additional query words:
COBOL PL/1 PL/I
Keywords : CTIData CTIProg
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,4.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo