Support for DLLs

DLL support is available for applications running under the following systems:
  • z/OS batch
  • CICS®
  • IMS™
  • TSO
  • z/OS UNIX
It is not available for applications running under SP C, CSP or MTF.
Note: For CICS, all potential DLL executable modules are registered in the CICS PPT control table in the CICS environment and are invoked at run time.
DLL support is available with the compilers for the following programming languages:
  • C and C++
  • Enterprise COBOL for z/OS
  • COBOL for OS/390 & VM
  • Enterprise PL/I for z/OS and OS/390®
  • High Level Assembler (HLASM) Release 5
Note: PL/I for MVS™ & VM and OS PL/I 2.3 do not support the creation of DLLs or the calling of DLLs.