The way you specify the invocation options depends on the environment in which High Level Assembler is running.

z/OS

In z/OS batch, you select the options by specifying them on the PARM field of the JCL EXEC statement that invokes the assembler. For example:

//ASSEMBLE EXEC PGM=ASMA90,PARM=‘LIST(133),DBCS’

You can also use cataloged procedures to invoke the assembler. To override options in a cataloged procedure, you must include the PARM field in the EXEC statement that invokes the procedure. If the cataloged procedure contains more than one step, you must also qualify the keyword parameter (PARM) with the name of the step within the procedure that invokes the assembler. For example:

//   EXEC    ASMACG,PARM.C=‘LIST(133),DBCS’

For more examples on how to specify options in a cataloged procedure, see Overriding statements in cataloged procedures.

On TSO, you select the options by specifying them in the second parameter of the TSO CALL command that invokes the assembler. For example:

CALL ‘SYS1.LINKLIB(ASMA90)’ ‘LIST(133),DBCS’

z/VM

You select the options by specifying them after the left parenthesis on the CMS ASMAHL command that invokes the assembler. For example:

ASMAHL filename (LIST(133) DBCS[)]

z/VSE

In batch, you select the options by specifying them in the PARM field of the EXEC JCL statement that invokes the assembler. You can also specify some of the options on the JCL OPTION statement. For example:

// OPTION TERM
// EXEC ASMA90,SIZE=ASMA90,PARM=‘LIST,DBCS’

z/VSE ICCF: On ICCF, you select the options by specifying them in the PARM field of the job entry statement /LOAD that invokes the assembler. For example:

/LOAD ASMA90
PARM=‘LIST,DBCS’