Steve: I have tried this and it works well enough to be part of our product... Cobol -> calls 'irxjcl' -> linkmvs pgmname -> performs authorized functions ( in this case RACF ) Works well and is fast...I was hoping to short my development time on another product we support.. I will probably convert to C..I didnt originally write the Cobol STC, just had to create enhancements etc. Regards, Scott J Ford Software Engineer http://www.identityforge.com
________________________________ From: Steve Comstock <st...@trainersfriend.com> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 4:42 PM Subject: Re: Authorized functions On 2/16/2012 2:31 PM, Tony Harminc wrote: > On 16 February 2012 13:31, Scott Ford<scott_j_f...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Walt: > >> Are we saying Cobol cant invoke TMP ?? If so, where do i find an example > > I'm not Walt, of course. But as far as I know, no one can invoke the > TMP. Well, not quite true, obviously, but no normal program, even if > APF authorized can invoke the TMP. It wants to run as the job step > task, and that's difficult. In particular, while you can have more > than one job step task in an address space, the TMP and REXX won't > stand for it. Well, perhaps they will let it go if you don't try to > invoke anything authorized, but I don't think even that. > > The only ways I know that you can invoke the TMP are > > 1) from EXEC PGM= > > 2) from UNIX exec(), which effectively creates a new job step in a BPX > initiator address space. > > Tony H. OK, just being a little crazy, what about EXEC PGM=MYASMPGM which "does some stuff" and then does XCTL to the TMP? Would that work? -- Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc. 303-355-2752 http://www.trainersfriend.com * To get a good Return on your Investment, first make an investment! + Training your people is an excellent investment * Try our tool for calculating your Return On Investment for training dollars at http://www.trainersfriend.com/ROI/roi.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
