Preprocessing Exit Program for Remove

The Preprocessing Exit Program for Remove allows for processing to take place before an exit program is removed from an exit point. The preprocessing exit program will notify the registration facility through the return code parameter whether or not to remove the exit program from the exit point.

Authorities and Locks

None.

Required Parameter Group

Exit point name

INPUT; CHAR(20)

The exit point name from which the exit program is being removed.

Exit point format name

INPUT; CHAR(8)

The exit point format name from which the exit program is being removed.

Exit program number

INPUT; BINARY(4)

The exit program number of the exit program being removed. The following values are allowed:

-1	All exit programs associated with the specified exit point name and exit point format name will be removed.
exit program number	Only the exit program with the specified exit program number, exit point name, and exit point format name will be removed.

Return code

OUTPUT; BINARY(4)

A return code to notify success or failure. The following values are allowed:

0	The registration facility should not remove the exit program from the exit point and should return an error to the caller of the Remove Exit Program API.
1	The registration facility should remove the exit program from the exit point. If the exit point provider has specified a Preprocessing Exit Program for Retrieve and returns this return code, an error will be issued to the caller of the Remove Exit Program API.
2	The registration will not remove the exit program information. The exit point provider removed the exit program information. If the exit point provider has not specified a Preprocessing Exit Program for Retrieve and returns this return code, an error will be issued to the caller of the Remove Exit Program API.

Error Messages

Error notification is done through the return code parameter. No error messages will be accepted.