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Updated: 11 December 1998

OpenVMS Programming Concepts Manual


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Chapter 13
13 Distributed Name Service (VAX Only)
     13.1     DECdns Clerk System Service
         13.1.1         Using the DECdns System Service and Run-Time Library Routines
             13.1.1.1             Using the SYS$DNS System Service
             13.1.1.2             Using the Run-Time Library Routines
     13.2     Using the SYS$DNS System Service Call
         13.2.1         Creating Objects
         13.2.2         Modifying Objects and Their Attributes
         13.2.3         Requesting Information from DECdns
             13.2.3.1             Using the Distributed File Service (DFS)
             13.2.3.2             Reading Attributes from DNS
             13.2.3.3             Enumerating DECdns Names and Attributes
     13.3     Using the DCL Command DEFINE with DECdns Logical Names
Chapter 14
14 Using the Distributed Transaction Manager
     14.1     Introduction to DECdtm Services
         14.1.1         Sample Atomic Transaction
         14.1.2         Transaction Participants
         14.1.3         DECdtm System Services
         14.1.4         Default Transactions
     14.2     Calling DECdtm System Services
     14.3     Using DECdtm Services: An Example
Chapter 15
15 Condition-Handling Routines and Services
     15.1     Overview of Run-Time Errors
     15.2     Overview of the OpenVMS Condition Handling Facility
         15.2.1         Condition-Handling Terminology
         15.2.2         Functions of the Condition Handling Facility
     15.3     Exception Conditions
         15.3.1         System Service Exception Conditions
             15.3.1.1             Conditions Caused by Exceptions
         15.3.2         Exception Conditions
         15.3.3         Arithmetic Exceptions
         15.3.4         Unaligned Access Traps (Alpha Only)
     15.4     How Run-Time Library Routines Handle Exceptions
         15.4.1         Exception Conditions Signaled from Mathematics Routines (VAX Only)
             15.4.1.1             Integer Overflow and Floating-Point Overflow
             15.4.1.2             Floating-Point Underflow
         15.4.2         System-Defined Arithmetic Condition Handlers
     15.5     Condition Values
         15.5.1         Return Status Convention
             15.5.1.1             Testing Returned Condition Values
             15.5.1.2             Testing SS$_NOPRIV and SS$_EXQUOTA Condition Values
         15.5.2         Modifying Condition Values
     15.6     Exception Dispatcher
     15.7     Argument List Passed to a Condition Handler
     15.8     Signaling
         15.8.1         Generating Signals with LIB$SIGNAL and LIB$STOP
         15.8.2         Signal Argument Vector
         15.8.3         VAX Mechanism Argument Vector (VAX Only)
         15.8.4         Alpha Mechanism Argument Vector (Alpha Only)
         15.8.5         Multiple Active Signals
     15.9     Types of Condition Handlers
         15.9.1         Default Condition Handlers
         15.9.2         Interaction Between Default and User-Supplied Handlers
     15.10     Types of Actions Performed by Condition Handlers
         15.10.1         Unwinding the Call Stack
         15.10.2         GOTO Unwind Operations (Alpha Only)
     15.11     Displaying Messages
         15.11.1         Chaining Messages
         15.11.2         Logging Error Messages to a File
             15.11.2.1             Creating a Running Log of Messages Using SYS$PUTMSG
             15.11.2.2             Suppressing the Display of Messages in the Running Log
         15.11.3         Using the Message Utility to Signal and Display User-Defined Messages
             15.11.3.1             Creating the Message Source File
                 15.11.3.1.1                 Specifying the Facility
                 15.11.3.1.2                 Specifying the Severity
                 15.11.3.1.3                 Specifying Condition Names and Messages
                 15.11.3.1.4                 Specifying Variables in the Message Text
                 15.11.3.1.5                 Compiling and Linking the Messages
                 15.11.3.1.6                 Linking the Message Object Module
                 15.11.3.1.7                 Accessing the Message Object Module from Multiple Programs
                 15.11.3.1.8                 Modifying a Message Source Module
                 15.11.3.1.9                 Accessing Modified Messages Without Relinking
         15.11.4         Signaling User-Defined Values and Messages with Global and Local Symbols
             15.11.4.1             Signaling with Global Symbols
             15.11.4.2             Signaling with Local Symbols
             15.11.4.3             Specifying FAO Parameters
     15.12     Writing a Condition Handler
         15.12.1         Continuing Execution
         15.12.2         Resignaling
         15.12.3         Unwinding the Call Stack
         15.12.4         Example of Writing a Condition Handler
             15.12.4.1             Signal Array
             15.12.4.2             Mechanism Array
             15.12.4.3             Comparing the Signaled Condition with an Expected Condition
             15.12.4.4             Exiting from the Condition Handler
             15.12.4.5             Returning Control to the Program
         15.12.5         Example of Condition-Handling Routines
     15.13     Debugging a Condition Handler
     15.14     Run-Time Library Condition-Handling Routines
         15.14.1         RTL Jacket Handlers (Alpha Only)
         15.14.2         Converting a Floating-Point Fault to a Floating-Point Trap (VAX Only)
         15.14.3         Changing a Signal to a Return Status
         15.14.4         Changing a Signal to a Stop
         15.14.5         Matching Condition Values
         15.14.6         Correcting a Reserved Operand Condition (VAX Only)
         15.14.7         Decoding the Instruction That Generated a Fault (VAX Only)
     15.15     Exit Handlers
         15.15.1         Establishing an Exit Handler
         15.15.2         Writing an Exit Handler
         15.15.3         Debugging an Exit Handler
         15.15.4         Example of an Exit Handler


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