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The START_BROWSE_PROGRAM call
START_BROWSE_PROGRAM returns a token that enables you to begin browsing
through program definitions, optionally starting at the definition of a specified
program.
START_BROWSE_PROGRAM
DFHPGISX [CALL,]
[CLEAR,]
[IN,
FUNCTION(START_BROWSE_PROGRAM),
[PROGRAM_NAME(name8 | string | ’string’),]]
[OUT,
BROWSE_TOKEN(name4)
RESPONSE(name1 | *),
REASON(name1 | *)]
This command is threadsafe.
BROWSE_TOKEN(name4)
returns a token to be used on a GET_NEXT_PROGRAM call, to initiate a
sequential browse of program definitions.
name4
The name of a location to receive a 4-byte token.
PROGRAM_NAME(name8 | string | 'string')
specifies the name of the program whose definition you want to look at first.
The browsing sequence is alphabetical. If there is no program with the specified
name, CICS returns a token for the next definition in the alphabetic sequence. If
you do not specify a program, CICS returns a token for the first definition.
name8
The name of a location containing an 8-byte program name.
string A string of characters naming the program.
'string'
A string of characters in quotation marks. The string length is set to 8
by padding with blanks or truncating.
RESPONSE and REASON values for
START_BROWSE_PROGRAM:
RESPONSE REASON
OK None
EXCEPTION None
DISASTER ABEND
INVALID_DIRECTORY
LOCK_ERROR
INVALID None
KERNERROR None
PURGED None
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