Audience
This course is for application programmers, technical and production support staff who would like to acquire knowledge of SCL. Operations analysts will also benefit from this course.
Prerequisites
You should first attend GW1: VME Groundworks Part 1, or have equivalent knowledge, before attending this course.
Duration
3 days. Hands on.
A 5-day version of this course, which includes more opportunities for hands on experience and practical learning, is also available: SCL5: VME SCL Programming (5 days).
This course can be combined with GW1: VME Groundworks Part 1 and run as a single 5 day event, please contact us for more information.
Course Objectives
This course enables mainframe users, particularly programmers, to make the most efficient and effective use of the VME operating system. It covers all the essential commands needed to develop and test applications, along with variable handling facilities and the essentials of recovery. You will return equipped with the skills and confidence to produce flexible and user-friendly procedures.
Course Content
Introduction
Virtual machine concepts
Main store
Virtual store
Filestore and the Catalogue
Users, files, libraries and groups
Security and privacy
Introduction to SCL
MAC usage
Exploring the user environment
File Handling
Creating, assigning, printing
File organisations
Currencies
Filestore maintenance
Running Programs and Procedures
The loading environment
Block structure
Compiling procedures
Variable Handling
Variable types
Built-in procedures
Parameters to procedures
Command failure testing
SCL cycles
Program - SCL Communication
Linkage section
Templates
Procedure Writing
Parameter definition
Parameter validation
EXT and REF variables
Response variables
Procedures returning a MODE
Overview of Batch Recovery
User Object Nodes
BUS Utilities