The best reference for this is in the Authorized Assembler Programming Guide, pub number SA22-7608-07 Which can be viewed online at http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/IEA2A850/CCONTENT S?SHELF=IEA2BK51&DN=SA22-7608-07&DT=20040714145712
But in short, ESTAE is used to trap ABEND conditions and allow the program to recover from errors, release resources or attempt to retry processing. Wayne Driscoll Product Developer Western Metal Supply NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mary george Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 6:57 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: STAE/ESTAE Hi, Can anyone throw light on the significance of STAE and ESTAE macro on error processing. Thanks in advance, Cheers, Mary __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html