Version 6.3.8 for OpenVMS
 —  Parameter Reference  —

ETA - Error Transaction Program

This Natural profile parameter provides the name of the program which receives control if an error condition is detected during Natural program execution.

Possible settings 1 to 8 characters Program name for error transaction.
blank With ETA=' ' (blank), no error transaction program is called.
Default setting blank  
Dynamic specification yes  
Specification within session yes  
Application Programming Interface USR1041N USR1041Nis a sample error transaction program delivered in source form. See SYSEXT - Natural Application Programming Interfaces in the Utilities documentation.

The setting of this parameter can be modified by a user program by way of assignment to the system variable *ERROR-TA or, if Natural Security is installed, within the Natural Security library profile; see Components of a Library Profile in the Natural Security documentation.

For further information, see Using an Error Transaction Program in the Programming Guide.

Top of page