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Call the MIMAPI1 Module

You can call the MIMAPI1 module from the API1SM01 display routine, or from any other program. Before you invoke the module from a site-defined program, note these points:

• Call the MIMAPI1 module once for each device by default. Or, you can make multiple device requests using the PARMMULT flag in the MIMAPI1 PARMLA field.
• The MIMAPI1 module does not retain information from one execution to the next.
• Member API1CPY2 of data set CAI.CBTDMAC contains a DSECT that maps the input parameter list passed to the MIMAPI1 module.
• You must define a data area to receive information returned by the MIMAPI1 module, as described in the next section.
• You can run the MIMAPI1 module in protected mode. However, this results in additional overhead for each request.