Contents

The QMF Library

About This Book

How to use this book

What you should know before you begin

How to send your comments

How to order QMF books

QMF Application Development Overview

What Is application development in QMF?

How can the end users use your application?

What QMF application development tools are available?

Using Procedures as Applications

Knowing when not to use pProcedures

Initial procedures

Using QMF CONNECT within a procedure

Substitution variables in procedures

Using REXX variables in procedures with logic

Passing arguments to a procedure with logic

Using REXX error-handling statements in procedures with logic

Calling REXX programs from a procedure with logic

The Callable Interface

What is the Callable Interface?

Defining the Interface Communications Area (DSQCOMM)

Commands for using the callable interface

Running your callable interface application

Using the callable interface from within QMF

Running callable interface programs under CICS

Using the Command Interface for Applications

Writing a program that uses the command interface: An example

Invoking the command interface

The END command

Using variables in the command interface

Command interface return codes

ADDRESS QRW: Using the QMF Command Environment

Writing QMF Applications that Use ISPF

Starting and running QMF from an ISPF application

Running queries that contain variables

Invoking a program from a QMF procedure with logic under ISPF

Using ISPF commands from a procedure with logic

Callable interface considerations

Using the EDIT command with ISPF

Using ISPF to debug applications

Writing Bilingual Applications

Creating bilingual objects for your applications

Using the command language variable

Using an initial Procedure in a bilingual application

Using English commands

Multilingual environments

QMF session environments

Creating translatable applications

QMF Commands in Applications

Using command synonyms

Importing and Exporting QMF Objects

What you can do with an exported file, data set, or CICS data queue

Exporting versus saving data

Data and table objects

Procedures and SQL queries

Encoded objects

Prompted query objects

Specifications for externalized QMF objects

Rules and considerations when using CICS queues

Debugging Your QMF Applications

Debugging your callable interface applications

Debugging errors on the START and other QMF commands

Appendix A. Sample Code for Callable Interface Languages

Assembler language interface

C Language Interface

COBOL language interface

FORTRAN language interface

PL/I language interface

REXX language interface

Appendix B. Export/Import Formats

QMF format for data

Table and field numbers for the prompted query object

Table and field numbers for the form object

Table and field numbers for the report object

HTML tags used in QMF reports

Appendix C. Integrated Exchange Format (IXF)

Header record (H)

Table record (T)

Column record (C)

Data record (D)

Column data format

Examples of IXF

Appendix D. Product Interface Macros

Appendix E. QMF Global Variable Tables

DSQ Global Variables for Profile-Related State Information

DSQ Global Variables for State Information Not Related to the Profile

DSQ Global Variables Associated with CICS

DSQ Global Variables Related to a Message Produced by the Previous Command

DSQ Global Variables Associated with Table Editor

DSQ Global Variables That Control How Information is Displayed on the Screen

DSQ Global Variables That Control How Commands and Procedures Are Executed

DSQ Global Variables That Show Results of CONVERT QUERY

DSQ Global Variables That Show RUN QUERY Error Message Information

Appendix F. Notices

Glossary of Terms and Acronyms

APPC Publications

CICS Publications

COBOL Publications

DATABASE 2 Publications

DCF Publications

DRDA Publications

DXT Publications

Graphical Data Display Manager (GDDM) Publications

HLASM Publications

ISPF/PDF Publications

OS/390 Publications

PL/I Publications

REXX Publications

ServiceLink Publications

VM Publications

VSE Publications

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