Flags (MQLONG)

This field is a request field. The initial value of this field is MQCIH_NONE.

The value must be:

    MQCIH_NONE
    No flags.

    MQCIH_PASS_EXPIRATION
    The reply message contains:

    • The same expiry report options as the request message.
    • The remaining expiry time from the request message with no adjustment made for the processing time of the bridge.

    If we omit this value, the expiry time is set to unlimited.

    MQCIH_REPLY_WITHOUT_NULLS
    The reply message length of a CICS DPL program request is adjusted to exclude trailing nulls (X'00') at the end of the COMMAREA returned by the DPL program. If this value is not set, the nulls might be significant, and the full COMMAREA is returned.

    MQCIH_SYNC_ON_RETURN
    The CICS link for DPL requests uses the SYNCONRETURN option, causing CICS to take a sync point when the program completes if it is shipped to another CICS region. The bridge does not specify to which CICS region to ship the request; that is controlled by the CICS program definition or workload balancing facilities.

Parent topic: Fields for MQCIH