API - Application Programming Interface

All API messages are issued by TAURIP03. It is used as an interface for all TCPIP communication. Standard return codes are described in the table below. This interface is called using z/Server API calls, both internally and externally.

Return Code Meaning
00 Function completed successfully.
-4 Invalid parameter list or last parameter not 'I' or 'T' or timeout < 0.
-8 Connection closed.
-12 Timeout during receive.
-20 Program is not running in a server environment.
-24 Invalid parameter list.
-28 Function not allowed in a server environment.
-36 Only 1 TCB allowed in a non-LE environment
-40 Invalid value for compress.
-44 Invalid value for dump.
-48 Invalid value for version set.
-100*n Name/token pair not found for non-LE environment; n is the return code from macro IEANTRT.
>0 Original error number from EZASOKET call.