How do I change parameters to a translator in SCLM?

There are several ways to change a parameter to a translator.

• Update the options in the language definition. This would change the parameters for everyone that uses that translator. Find the FLMTRNSL statement in the language definition, and update the OPTIONS= keyword.

  •       --COBOL 5  INTERFACE--                                        
     *                                                                       
               FLMTRNSL   CALLNAM='COBOL 5  COMPILER',                      C
                    FUNCTN=BUILD,                                           C
                    COMPILE=IGYCRCTL,                                       C
                    GOODRC=4,                                               C
                    PORDER=3,                                               C
                    VERSION=5.2,                                            C
                    DSNAME=COBOL.V5R2M0.SIGYCOMP,                           C
                    OPTIONS=(XREF(FULL),APOST,NODYNAM,LIST,NONUMBER,NOSEQ,REC
                    GION=200M)                                               
    
    

• Add parameters to an archdef. You can use the PARM keyword to add parameters to all the build translators in a language. For example, if you have a language that does a compile and a link edit, you could have a PARM statement like this:

  ---

  INCLD COB91994 SOURCE
  PARM RMODE(24),AMODE(31)
  LOAD COB91994 LOAD
  LMAP COB91994 LMAP

  ---

Since the RMODE and AMODE parameters can be used by both the compiler and the binder, PARM is a good choice.

• Add specific parameters to a translator using PARMx keywords. If you have parameters that you want to use for only one of the translators, you can add a PARMx keyword to the FLMTRNSL statement in the language definition, like this:

       FLMTRNSL   CALLNAM='C/C++ COMPILE',                          C
            FUNCTN=BUILD,                                           C
            COMPILE=CCNDRVR,                                        C
            GOODRC=4,                                               C
            PORDER=3,                                               C
            PARMKWD=PARM1,                                          C
            OPTIONS=(SOURCE,LIST,MARGINS(1,80),NOSEQ,LO,RENT,       C
            LOC(EN_US.IBM-037))                                
  

Then the archdef for the build would need a matching PARM1, like this:

 SINC   PMR80359 C         * INPUT TO THE COMPILER 
 OBJ    PMR80359 OBJ       * OBJECT                
 OUT1   PMR80359 DBRMLIB   * SQL OUTPUT            
 PARM1  CRUN='MSGF(CEEOUT),RPTO(ON)'               

Using the PARMx keywords allows flexibility for the developers to change the compile parameters in the archdefs as needed.