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Format 6 (Attribute Data)

Description
Format 6 of the ACCEPT statement retrieves information (attribute data) about a particular program device associated with a TRANSACTION file.

You can only use this format of the ACCEPT statement for files with an organization of TRANSACTION.

Program device attributes are moved into identifier-1 from the appropriate attribute data format, according to the rules for the MOVE statement for a group move without the CORRESPONDING phrase.

The attribute data retrieved by the ACCEPT statement depends on whether the data and the associated fields are applicable to a workstation or to a communications device.

Format 6 (Attribute Data)
 
->->--ACCEPT identifier-1 FROM mnemonic-name------------------>
 
->---*---------------------------------------------*---------><-
    *-FOR-*-identifier-2-*--*------------------*--*
          *-literal-1----*  *-FOR--file-name-1-*
 

mnemonic-name

Mnemonic-name must be associated with an environment-name of ATTRIBUTE-DATA in the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph.

You can only use the ATTRIBUTE-DATA mnemonic name to obtain information about a program device acquired by a TRANSACTION file. Attribute data does not provide information about the status of a completed or attempted I-O operation. Use the Format 3 ACCEPT statement with the I-O-FEEDBACK or OPEN-FEEDBACK mnemonic names to obtain information about I-O operations.

FOR

If you omit both FOR phrases:

identifier-2 or literal-1

Literal-1 or the contents of identifier-2 indicates the program device name for which attribute data is made available.

If you specify literal-1, it must be nonnumeric and 10 characters or less in length. The contents of identifier-2, if specified, must be an alphanumeric data item 10 characters or less in length.

file-name-1

File-name-1 is the TRANSACTION file with which the interactive device is associated.

If file-name-1 is not specified, the default file for the ACCEPT statement is the first TRANSACTION file specified in a SELECT clause of the FILE-CONTROL paragraph.


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