This Natural profile parameter can be used to define a list of names of
non-Natural programs which are to be linked together with the Natural parameter
module (NATPARM).
| Possible settings | list of program names |
For each program name (1-8 characters) an external reference is generated for the linkage editor. If the external reference (entry name) is different from the program name, the entry name can be specified enclosed in brackets after the name as follows:
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|---|---|---|
| Default setting | none | |
| Dynamic specification | no | |
| Specification within session | no |
Each non-Natural program specified and linked to Natural can be called
from a Natural program using a CALL statement.
As the value of any parameter is limited to 256 bytes, the number of
program names specified by the CSTATIC parameter is
limited. Alternatively, the macro NTCSTAT may be used to
define more statically linked programs, see examples below.
Modules which have been statically linked can be replaced dynamically by
loading them during session initialization, see the profile parameter
RCA. Modules which
are linked neither statically nor dynamically are loaded dynamically when they
are first invoked by a CALL statement.
If you want to link programs to a shared nucleus, you have to define them
with the CSTATIC parameter in two parameter modules: One
linked to the shared nucleus and the other linked to the environment-dependent
nucleus.
For further information, see Statically Linked Non-Natural Programs in the Operations documentation.
The following topics are covered below:
CSTATIC=(PROG1,PROG7(ENTRY2),PROG12,PROG27($MAIN))
NTCSTAT PROG1,PROG7(ENTRY2),PROG12 NTCSTAT PROG27($MAIN)
