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ravi30
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link,xctl,return

Postby ravi30 » Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:39 am

what is effect of passing data through commarea in each of the commands link,xct and return.
wen is tat a copy of commarea is created and wen not. Also pls brief me about using transid under tese commands! I have gone through the manuals but seems quite confusing!

Pls detail me!
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Re: link,xctl,return

Postby progressabhi1 » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:28 pm

The COMMAREA parameter is used with RETURN,LINK and XCTL.
With RETURN it is used by a following task;with LINK it is used by
the linked-to and the linking program;with XCTL it is used by the invoked
program(i.e. 2nd program)
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