The compiler in MFE 3.1 reports the error "NOSUSPEND is not a valid option for write".  For Example:

Compiling CICSESDS.cbl...
COBEC1210E NOSUSPEND is not a valid option for WRITE    : C:\\MF\\Tutorials\\IBMexamples\\CICSESDS\\CICSESDS.cbl(73,22)
Compilation complete with 1 errors, 0 warnings, 0 notices and an exit code of 8

Build finished with 1 errors, 0 warnings, and 0 notices.
Completed in 0 seconds

While the NOSUSPEND option isn't supported for 'write', it is required that this statement can be compiled successfully (i.e. by treating the 'NOSUSPEND' option as a comment).

The CICS preprocessor has the 'OPTION' option which can be used to specify how to handle unsupported options of CICS functions:
OPTION=ABEND Requests that unsupported functions result in an abend at run time.
OPTION=NOOP Requests that unsupported functions are treated as comments (that is, ignored by the preprocessor).
OPTION=IGNORE Requests that unsupported functions are ignored at run time.
(The default is that the CICS preprocessor treats unsupported CICS options as Compiler errors. )

However the TREAT AS COMMENT option (NOOP) of the CICS pre-processor doesn't work in this release - it still gives this as an error and the compilation abends.

The NOOP option has been fixed in MFEE 3.1 WS 11 and later.

However it is possible to get round this problem (i.e. for releases prior to 3.1 WS11) as follows:

1. Add the following to the CICS Pre-processor:

/CICSECM(SEVERITY=1210W)

This will ensure that all 1210 messages (which is what the NOSUSPEND option is generating) will be interpretted as a warning rather than an error and will thus allow compilation to continue.


2. Specify the following pre-complier option to allow undefined parameters during the compile:

cicsecm(undef=allow)

This will ensure that any and all undefined parameters will be allowed (and not cause compiler errors).