3. Facilities Provided by TP1/Message Control

This chapter explains the facilities which are available to application programs that use the message exchange facility (TP1/Message Control).

The facilities are explained using C-language function names. For each function, the name of the equivalent COBOL-language API function is indicated in brackets [ ] when the function appears first in this chapter. After that, only the C-language function name is written.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Organization of this chapter

3.1 MCF communication service operations

3.2 Connection establishment and release

3.3 Application-related operations

3.4 Shutdown and release of logical terminals

3.5 Communication protocol products and functions available in operations

3.6 Message exchange processing

3.7 MCF transaction control

3.8 MCF extended facilities

3.9 User exit routines

3.10 MCF events

3.11 MCF processes used by application programs