Setting options with the regular binder API

Options can be specified in a number of different ways. Besides those defined in this topic, you can find other ways to specify options in z/OS MVS Program Management: User's Guide and Reference.

Table 1 provides a list of options that can be specified by the following sources, all of which are defined in this manual:

Parameter 1 on ATTACH, LINK, XCTL, or CALL as defined in Invoking the binder program from another program
The PARMS operand of either SETO (SETO: Set option) or STARTD (STARTD: Start dialog)
The OPTION and OPTVAL operands of SETO (SETO: Set option)
The OPTIONS operand of STARTD (STARTD: Start dialog)
The ability to pass options on the IEWBIND_OPTIONS envar when STARTD ENVARS= is used (STARTD: Start dialog)