Document revision date: 30 March 2001

Chapter 15
15	National Character Set (NCS) Utility Routines
15.1	Introduction to NCS Routines
15.1.1	List of NCS Routines
15.1.2	Sample Application Process
15.2	Using the NCS Utility Routines: Examples
15.3	NCS Routines
Command 131	NCS$COMPARE
Command 132	NCS$CONVERT
Command 133	NCS$END_CF
Command 134	NCS$END_CS
Command 135	NCS$GET_CF
Command 136	NCS$GET_CS
Command 137	NCS$RESTORE_CF
Command 138	NCS$RESTORE_CS
Command 139	NCS$SAVE_CF
Command 140	NCS$SAVE_CS
Chapter 16
16	Print Symbiont Modification (PSM) Routines
16.1	Introduction to PSM Routines
16.2	Print Symbiont Overview
16.2.1	Components of the Print Symbiont
16.2.2	Creation of the Print Symbiont Process
16.2.3	Symbiont Streams
16.2.4	Symbiont and Job Controller Functions
16.2.5	Print Symbiont Internal Logic
16.3	Symbiont Modification Procedure
16.3.1	Guidelines and Restrictions
16.3.2	Writing an Input Routine
16.3.2.1	Internal Logic of the Symbiont's Main Input Routine
16.3.2.2	Symbiont Processing of Carriage Control
16.3.3	Writing a Format Routine
16.3.3.1	Internal Logic of the Symbiont's Main Format Routine
16.3.4	Writing an Output Routine
16.3.4.1	Internal Logic of the Symbiont's Main Output Routine
16.3.5	Other Function Codes
16.3.6	Writing a Symbiont Initialization Routine
16.3.7	Integrating a Modified Symbiont
16.4	Using the PSM Routines: An Example
16.5	PSM Routines
Command 141	PSM$PRINT
Command 142	PSM$READ_ITEM_DX
Command 143	PSM$REPLACE
Command 144	PSM$REPORT
Command 145	USER-FORMAT-ROUTINE
Command 146	USER-INPUT-ROUTINE
Command 147	USER-OUTPUT-ROUTINE
Chapter 17
17	Symbiont/Job Controller Interface (SMB) Routines
17.1	Introduction to SMB Routines
17.1.1	Types of Symbiont
17.1.2	Symbionts Supplied with the Operating System
17.1.3	Symbiont Behavior in the OpenVMS Environment
17.1.4	Writing a Symbiont
17.1.5	Guidelines for Writing a Symbiont
17.1.6	The Symbiont/Job Controller Interface Routines
17.1.7	Choosing the Symbiont Environment
17.1.7.1	Synchronous Versus Asynchronous Delivery of Requests
17.1.7.2	Single-Streaming Versus Multistreaming
17.1.8	Reading Job Controller Requests
17.1.9	Processing Job Controller Requests
17.1.10	Responding to Job Controller Requests
17.2	SMB Routines
Command 148	SMB$CHECK_FOR_MESSAGE
Command 149	SMB$INITIALIZE
Command 150	SMB$READ_MESSAGE
Command 151	SMB$READ_MESSAGE_ITEM
Command 152	SMB$SEND_TO_JOBCTL
Chapter 18
18	Sort/Merge (SOR) Routines
18.1	High-Performance Sort/Merge (Alpha Only)
18.1.1	High-Performance SOR Routine Behavior
18.1.2	Using Threads with High-Performance Sort/Merge
18.2	Introduction to SOR Routines
18.2.1	Arguments to SOR Routines
18.2.2	Interfaces to SOR Routines
18.2.2.1	Sort Operation Using File Interface
18.2.2.2	Sort Operation Using Record Interface
18.2.2.3	Merge Operation Using File Interface
18.2.2.4	Merge Operation Using Record Interface
18.2.3	Reentrancy
18.3	Using the SOR Routines: Examples
18.4	SOR Routines
Command 153	SOR$BEGIN_MERGE
Command 154	SOR$BEGIN_SORT
Command 155	SOR$DTYPE
Command 156	SOR$END_SORT
Command 157	SOR$PASS_FILES
Command 158	SOR$RELEASE_REC
Command 159	SOR$RETURN_REC
Command 160	SOR$SORT_MERGE
Command 161	SOR$SPEC_FILE
Command 162	SOR$STAT
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