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Using CA Compress/2 Under CICS

Because the Super Express, Standard Tables, and Hardware Compression subroutines do not load FDTs or acquire storage, CICS applications can use them freely, in just the same way that batch programs do. The only additional consideration is that you MUST pass the return code parameter in order to prevent the subroutines from issuing the ABEND macro when compression or expansion is unsuccessful.

Because the use of FDTs involves program and storage management, CA Compress/2 provides special facilities to enable CICS to support the SHRINK and EXPAND subroutines. The CA Compress/2 for CICS facility supports any mainframe IBM operating system that supports the CICS Command Level interface.