Summary of commands for MRO conversations
The CICS® application programming interface provides a set of commands for use in MRO conversations.
Table 1 shows the commands used in MRO conversations.
| Use to ... | Command | More information |
|---|---|---|
| Acquire a session. | ALLOCATE | Allocating a session to the conversation |
| Build an attach header. | BUILD ATTACH | Connecting the partner transaction |
| Access session-related information. | EXTRACT ATTACH | Back-end transaction initiation |
| Send data and control information to the conversation partner. | SEND | Sending data to the partner transaction |
| Receive data from the conversation partner. | RECEIVE | Receiving data from the partner transaction |
| Send and receive data on the conversation. | CONVERSE | The CONVERSE command |
| Inform all conversation partners of readiness to commit recoverable resources. | SYNCPOINT | Syncpointing a distributed process |
| Inform conversation partners of the need to back out changes to recoverable resources. | SYNCPOINT ROLLBACK | The SYNCPOINT ROLLBACK command |
| Free the session. | FREE | Ending the conversation |
For programming information about CICS commands, see CICS command summary.