COBOL invocation (i5/OS only)

     CALL 'exitname' USING DATACONVEXITPARMS, MSGDESC, INBUFFERLENGTH,
                           INBUFFER, OUTBUFFERLENGTH, OUTBUFFER.

The parameters passed to the exit are declared as follows:

**   Data-conversion exit parameter block
 01  DATACONVEXITPARMS.
     COPY CMQDXPV.
**   Message descriptor
 01  MSGDESC.
     COPY CMQMDV.
**   Length in bytes of INBUFFER
 01  INBUFFERLENGTH     PIC S9(9) BINARY.
**   Buffer containing the unconverted message
 01  INBUFFER           PIC X(n).
**   Length in bytes of OUTBUFFER
 01  OUTBUFFERLENGTH    PIC S9(9) BINARY.
**   Buffer containing the converted message
 01  OUTBUFFER          PIC X(n).

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