BUG: Cannot Use Return Value as OCCURS DEPENDING ON Index

ID: Q182667

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft COM Transaction Integrator for CICS and IMS version 1.0 included with SNA Server version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When using Component Builder (CB), it is not possible to use a return value for the length specifier of an OCCURS DEPENDING ON (ODO) output parameter.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, obtain the hotfix mentioned in the STATUS section of this article. With the hotfix, you can use the return value as the length specifier for an ODO array. For this to work, the following conditions must be true:

• The Remote Environment (RE) must be non-link (that is, it must be IMS or CICS).
• The ODO array must be output only.
• The return value must be a simple numeric type and must occur before the array and any other variable-length tables in the buffer (as is the case with other ODO arrays).

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft COM Transaction Integrator for CICS and IMS version 1.0. This problem was corrected in the latest SNA Server version 4.0 U.S. Service Pack. For information on obtaining this Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces):

   S E R V P A C K

Keywords          : kbbug1.00 CTICB CTIData CTIProg 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

Last Reviewed: June 23, 1998