For information on specifying collection with user routines enter the following commands: $ PCA PCAA> HELP SET SERVICES /NOUSER_ROUTINE PCAA> HELP SET SERVICES /USER_ROUTINE PCAA> HELP SET IO_SERVICES /NOUSER_ROUTINE PCAA> HELP SET IO_SERVICES /USER_ROUTINE
1 – Restrictions
- PCA will not call, or invoke, your user routine image if it is linked with warnings or errors. - You must define a logical name to access the user routine image if it is not found in SYS$SHARE. - A system service routine which is invoked from a user- supplied routine should be written in the C language (as referenced by the /USER_ROUTINE qualifier in the glossary of the DIGITAL Performance and Coverage Analyzer for OpenVMS Reference Manual). If written in some other languages, it may have the effect of locking up PCA. Examples are provided in PCA$EXAMPLES.
2 – Side Effects
Lost Data Indications will occur in the PCA Analyzer if the user supplied routines instructs PCA not to write some data records;