Document revision date: 19 July 1999

Chapter 14
14	National Character Set (NCS) Utility Routines
14.1	Introduction to NCS Routines
14.1.1	List of NCS Routines
14.1.2	Sample Application Process
14.2	Using the NCS Utility Routines: Examples
14.3	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 15
15	Print Symbiont Modification (PSM) Routines
15.1	Introduction to PSM Routines
15.2	Print Symbiont Overview
15.2.1	Components of the Print Symbiont
15.2.2	Creation of the Print Symbiont Process
15.2.3	Symbiont Streams
15.2.4	Symbiont and Job Controller Functions
15.2.5	Print Symbiont Internal Logic
15.3	Symbiont Modification Procedure
15.3.1	Guidelines and Restrictions
15.3.2	Writing an Input Routine
15.3.2.1	Internal Logic of the Symbiont's Main Input Routine
15.3.2.2	Symbiont Processing of Carriage Control
15.3.3	Writing a Format Routine
15.3.3.1	Internal Logic of the Symbiont's Main Format Routine
15.3.4	Writing an Output Routine
15.3.4.1	Internal Logic of the Symbiont's Main Output Routine
15.3.5	Other Function Codes
15.3.6	Writing a Symbiont Initialization Routine
15.3.7	Integrating a Modified Symbiont
15.4	Using the PSM Routines: An Example
15.5	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 16
16	Symbiont/Job Controller Interface (SMB) Routines
16.1	Introduction to SMB Routines
16.1.1	Types of Symbiont
16.1.2	Symbionts Supplied with the Operating System
16.1.3	Symbiont Behavior in the OpenVMS Environment
16.1.4	Writing a Symbiont
16.1.5	Guidelines for Writing a Symbiont
16.1.6	The Symbiont/Job Controller Interface Routines
16.1.7	Choosing the Symbiont Environment
16.1.7.1	Synchronous Versus Asynchronous Delivery of Requests
16.1.7.2	Single-Streaming Versus Multistreaming
16.1.8	Reading Job Controller Requests
16.1.9	Processing Job Controller Requests
16.1.10	Responding to Job Controller Requests
16.2	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$SEND_TO_JOBCTL
Chapter 17
17	Sort/Merge (SOR) Routines
17.1	High-Performance Sort/Merge (Alpha Only)
17.1.1	High-Performance SOR Routine Behavior
17.1.2	Using Threads with High-Performance Sort/Merge
17.2	Introduction to SOR Routines
17.2.1	Arguments to SOR Routines
17.2.2	Interfaces to SOR Routines
17.2.2.1	Sort Operation Using File Interface
17.2.2.2	Sort Operation Using Record Interface
17.2.2.3	Merge Operation Using File Interface
17.2.2.4	Merge Operation Using Record Interface
17.2.3	Reentrancy
17.3	Using the SOR Routines: Examples
17.4	SOR Routines
Command 153	SOR$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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