What does it mean when EIBCALEN is equal to 1 and other
values?

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What does it mean when EIBCALEN is equal to 1 and other values?..

Answer / bikash singhal

Eibcalen is the exec interface bloc command that is used to
indicate whether a particular program has been invoked for
the first time.
I.E EIBCALEN = 0 indicates that the program has been
invoked for the first time. For e.g. if EIBCALEN = 0 send
the menu map.

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What does it mean when EIBCALEN is equal to 1 and other values?..

Answer / basha

If EIBCALEN=0 is used to check wheather the program is
executing for the first time r not.
If EIBCALEN=1 means that the program has executed for the
first time and the code look like
EXEC CICS RETURN
TRANSID (EIBTRNID)
COMMAREA (WS-COMMAREA)
LENGTH (1)
END-EXEC. 
here from the above code u r passing length with commarea
this time ur EIBCALEN changes to 1.

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What does it mean when EIBCALEN is equal to 1 and other values?..

Answer / jijith

EIBCALEN gives the lenght of the commarea
content.EIBCALEN=1 , have data with one byte.

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What does it mean when EIBCALEN is equal to 1 and other values?..

Answer / raju g

EIBCALEN stands Executable Interface Block Communication
Area Length

so it counts no.of characters passing from 1 program to
another (i.e how much data we r sending...)


if EIBCALEN = 0, -->user has not enterd any data on the Map
EIBCALEN > 0 -->indicates user has enterd the data on map

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What does it mean when EIBCALEN is equal to 1 and other values?..

Answer / ganesh

the length of the DFHCOMMAREA should be equal to 1,


usally when we r using psudo-conversatiton code will be
like this


if eibcallen=o then

send the map
return the tranid

else
recieve the map

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