how to retain the values in cics ?

rukkunudeen · New User Joined: 16 Sep 2008 Posts: 4 Location: chennai

i have a map sfm0030 and a pgm sfofrc30 associated with it.the transaction id is sf51.

when i give sf51 it is displaying the map;[ the map actually gets 3 values from the user jobname,date,file name]

when the map is displayed, i enter the values and press enter ;the validation is done for the entered values.if successfull it goes to next map else displays the message.

PROBLEM: if i give any value wrongly ;the error msg is displayed in the map; but when i correct the value and press enter again it shows an error message[becoz the other two values are now having low-values;it is not reatining the values]

ex: jobname : aa3000n1
filaname : atest.sample.file
date : 08220008

i have given the date wrong ;so it tells invalid date and displays the map

jobname : aa3000n1
filaname : atest.sample.file
date :
invalid date

so i enter the date again and press enter
jobname : aa3000n1
filaname : atest.sample.file
date : 08222008

no it tells invalid jobname becoz jobname now has low-values? how to retain the old values

NOTE: i even tried

return transid(sf51)
commarea(ws-commarea)
length(60)

it is not working.

since this is the first map i couldn't use linkage section also

Robert Sample · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 4:42 pm

You can store the values in the commarea and use flags in the commarea to denote which value(s) need to be updated. Or you could set the MDT on all 3 fields so they come back into the map when you receive it again.

rukkunudeen · New User Joined: 16 Sep 2008 Posts: 4 Location: chennai

Robert Sample · Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:34 pm

Set MDT on all 3 fields before sending the map; you'll get back all 3 fields each time. That's the easiest solution. Or you could do something like: