How to specify load library for a called program

ranjitbhingare · New User Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 94 Location: PUNE

Hi,

I am calling a batch program from a CICS-COBOL program by using Call statement.

I want to know how to specify the load library for the called program so that my cics program takes the load module only from that particular library.

Thanks,

Ranjit...

mallikiran · New User Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 49

I think the load module of the program should be present in the one of load libraries listed in the DDNAME //DFHRPL. You can find //DFHRPL in the job that brings up your CICS region.

Normally in a test environment you would have all the test libraries concatenated at the top and the production libraries at the bottom. Select your library accordingly.

ranjitbhingare · New User Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 94 Location: PUNE

Thanks for the reply.

But we do not have access to that job. Is there anyway to specify a load library from CICS for a called program ?

Thanks & Regards,

Ranjit....

mallikiran · New User Joined: 07 Sep 2005 Posts: 49

No. you cannot specify the load library in the program.

Regarding the JCL, you may not have access to it, but what you can do is go to SDSF (or it's equivalent in your installation), type PRE "CICSREGI", where CICSREGI is the name of your region, hit enter and then type the command OWNER * and hit enter again. You will see a job running with the name of your CICS region. You can see the JCL over here.

ranjitbhingare · New User Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 94 Location: PUNE

Thanks a lot!

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