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Format Indirect Commands

Rules

Indirect commands and their arguments are free‑form. However, there are several rules to keep in mind as you format your commands:

• All arguments must be separated by at least one blank space.
• Only one indirect command displays on a line (with the exception of the IF command), but one indirect command spans several lines.
  • The first line of a command must begin with a line number followed by a blank space
  • Consecutive lines of a single command must begin with at least one blank space

Example

10 IF DATA‑COUNTER <> 0
THEN M 0 TO DATA‑COUNTER
20 BR

• New indirect commands are entered by:
  • Overtyping an existing command
  • Entering new indirect commands on blank lines below existing ones

Example

If you have indirect command 10 followed by indirect command 20, to insert commands between the two you would tab to the next blank line, enter indirect commands 11 through 19. Press Enter. CA InterTest for CICS places the commands in numeric sequence.

• Duplicate indirect commands by changing only the sequence number of an existing indirect command. The original command is not affected; it is duplicated at the specified sequence number.

  Note: Be sure to overtype the entire line number when duplicating a command. Failure to do so can result in an erroneous move. For example, if you want command 00010 to be copied to line 00045, you must overtype the entire line number 00010 with 00045 or 45 b b b (where b is a blank). If you only overtype the first two digits with 45, the command will be copied to line 45010, not 00045.

• Enter comments in place of commands. To enter a comment, specify a sequence number followed by at least one space, and then enter either an asterisk (*) or a backslash and an asterisk (/*) followed by at least one space and your comment.

Example:

00035  * THIS IS A COMMENT LINE

• Indirect commands are verified after you press Enter, but some errors might not be detected until the indirect commands are actually processed.
• Delete an entire set of indirect commands by specifying YES in the Delete ALL= field.

Delete a specific indirect command by overtyping the line number with DEL.