
ADDRESS EPIC
Chapter 4. Accessing the DSN Catalog 4-11
ADDRESS EPIC
The ADDRESS EPIC command provides an interface to BIM-EPIC from BIM's Global
Subsystem (BIM-GSS) product.
Code Explanation
0 Function completed normally
-1 ADDRESS EPIC command is invalid
-2 BIM-EPIC is not active
-4 Invalid keyword on ADDRESS EPIC command line
-5 Invalid keyword value for numeric operand
-6 STEM keyword is missing
-8 ID keyword is missing
-9 Period is missing from STEM operand
-10 STEM name is invalid
-11 Insufficient getvis for VBUF work area
-12 GRXEXCOM error return
-13 GETDSA failure
The following form returns the current BIM-EPIC release. The stem n will be in the format
vv.rr.mm.
ADDRESS EPIC 'EXTRACT RELEASE STEM
n.'
The following form returns the master record for the dataset specified by the variable ii. If the
dataset name is coded as a literal and has embedded blanks, it must be enclosed in single
quotes (‘) or double quotes (“). If stem n.0 is null, the requested dataset was not found.
ADDRESS EPIC 'EXTRACT ID' ii 'STEM n.'
The following form returns the master record for datasets whose dataset name starts with the
character string ii. The stem n.0 indicates the total number of records returned as stem
variables. If n.0 is 0, there were no datasets found whose name starts with the specified
character string ii. The COUNT keyword is required describing the maximum number of
records to return. A specification of COUNT * will return all matching records. The SKIP
keyword may optionally be used specify the number of records that will be bypassed before
returning them as stem variables.
Description
Return Codes
Command Forms
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