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Use a Different Module for Assembler Structures

When requesting an assembler structure display, you might encounter a not found condition for one of these reasons:

• The data area’s DSECT was not printed in the Assembler output listing
• The requested DSECT is in an area preceded by a PRINT OFF instruction

To handle these occurrences, do the following things:

• Create an Assembler job containing your common DSECT layouts and use the CA InterTest for CICS post processor step
• Create one program that contains all of your DSECTS with the PRINT ON option

The following considerations are important:

• Do not specify a LISTER= option
• You do not have to link edit the module
• You do not need a PPT Entry (in CICS) for this module
• The name of this module must be unique, and it must not be the same as any other module in the Symbolic File

Reference this module online by adding USE=xxxxxxxx to the CORE command. This additional option tells CA InterTest for CICS to access the named module (xxxxxxxx) instead of the program where CA InterTest for CICS is currently stopped.

• The data area’s DSECT was not printed in the Assembler output listing
• The requested DSECT is in an area preceded by a PRINT OFF instruction

To handle these occurrences, do the following things:

• Create an Assembler job containing your common DSECT layouts and use the CA InterTest for CICS post processor step
• Create one program that contains all of your DSECTS with the PRINT ON option

The following considerations are important:

• Do not specify a LISTER= option
• You do not have to link edit the module
• You do not need a PPT Entry (in CICS) for this module
• The name of this module must be unique, and it must not be the same as any other module in the Symbolic File

Reference this module online by adding USE=xxxxxxxx to the CORE command. This additional option tells CA InterTest for CICS to access the named module (xxxxxxxx) instead of the program where CA InterTest for CICS is currently stopped.

Example

The command CORE='R12.DFHTCADS',USE=TESTMAST displays the structure for the USER TCA with the DFHTCAD DSECT. The address of the USER TCA is contained in register R12 with its DSECT structure saved in the Symbolic File records named TESTMAST. If R12 is not defined in your program, CA InterTest for CICS assumes you meant register 12. (The same assumption would be made for R0 through R15.) If the field name, such as DFHTCADS, has not been defined, CA InterTest for CICS searches for the default CICS structure for the field.