Keywords for External Step Statement
Keywords for External Step Statement
The following table identifies:
- Keywords for an External Step statement
- Maximum length of the associated values
- Specification for whether or not the values are required
- Any restricted value sets.
The first keyword in each table is the keyword required to start the corresponding statement.
Keyword | Length | Required | Restricted Values / Description |
|---|---|---|---|
EXTERNAL_STEP | 40 | Yes | |
STEP_NUMBER | 8 | Yes | This keyword is required (and useful) only for the Modify command. In all other cases, it is ignored and will not cause a syntax error. |
PROGRAM_NAME | 128 | Yes | |
PROGRAM_PARAMETERS | 255 | No | |
SAP_USER_NAME | 12 | No | |
TARGET_HOST | 32 | Yes | |
WAIT_FOR_TERMINATION | 1 | No | ' ' or 'W' = Don't wait. 'X' or 'C' = Wait. 'E' = The external program signals its time limitation over a Event to the SAP system. |
CONNCNTL | 1 | No | 'R' = Communication way is held after starting the external program. 'H' = Communication way is diminished after starting the external program. |
STDINCNTL | 1 | No | 'N' = No change. 'C' = Standard input closes. 'R' = Return standard input. |
STDOUTCNTL | 1 | No | 'N' = No change. 'C' = Standard output expenditure closes. 'R' = Return standard output expenditure. 'T' = Return standard output into the trace file. 'M' = Write standard output expenditure into main storage. |
STDERRCNTL | 1 | No | 'N' = No change. 'C' = Standard error expenditure closes. 'R' = Return standard error expenditure. 'M' = Write standard error expenditure into main storage. |
TRACECNTL | 1 | No | '0' = Level 0, no trace. '1' = Level 1, function call trace. '2' = Level 2, minutes trace. '3' = Level 3, expression of all messages. |