M512 Using LE Services in z/OS

Course Code: M-512
Recommended Duration: 3 Days

Benefits

Students who complete this course will be able to use the major facilities of the product "Language Environment for z/OS", and will be able to describe the benefits and tradeoffs involved in using LE under z/OS.

Audience

Experienced programmers who will be designing and coding applications that are to be run in a z/OS environment.

Prerequisites

At the very least, the student entering this course should have a strong programming background in at least one of: COBOL, PL/I, C, or Assembler.

Related IBM Materials

This course is drawn from these and other IBM manuals; access to these publications in the classroom is desirable but not required:

SA22-7561 - LE Programming Guide
SA22-7562 - LE Programming Reference

Major Topics Include

Run-time environments
LE message services
The CEEBLDTX exec
Tokens, return codes, and termination
Storage management services
Dump and abend services
Condition handling services
Inter Language Communication
Assembler concerns
Preinitialization services (PIPI)
Library Routine Retention (LRR)
Date and time services
LE Math services
LE international services and locales
LE CICS, IMS, and nested enclave concerns
XPLINK considerations

Exercises

There are eight hands-on exercises, all based on a single case study.

Course Description

Using LE Services in z/OS