Odd thing about CICS people is that they don't install REXX/CICS when it's basically *free* with CICS.
The DB2 interface is simple, CICS commands and CICS APIs are a snap. It can read and write a PDS or flat file. TSQ browse/write/delete is simple and it has a full screen interface similar to ISPF. I chucked most of the IVP programs into a REXX panel for CICS and DB2. If ISPF is hosed, use REXX CICS and submit your rescue jobs :) On Fri, Jun 8, 2018 at 2:49 PM, Timothy Sipples <[email protected]> wrote: > Wayne Bickerdike wrote: > >You missed REXX/CICS. Am I the only person who uses this variant? > > John McKown wrote: > >I don't have that product and so cannot code for it. > > You have it if you have CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, which includes > the functions that were previously in the CICS REXX Runtime Facility > (5655-087), CICS REXX Development System (5655-086), and CICS REXX Common > for z/OS (5655-112). Those elements have been part of the base CICS > Transaction Server for z/OS at least as far back as CICS Transaction Server > Version 3.1, which ran on z/OS 1.4 and higher. (Assuredly well before that, > too. I just stopped looking any farther back.) > > Don't have CICS Transaction Server yet? Well, you can download the CICS > Transaction Server Open Beta release for z/OS, available here: > > https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/z/cics/trials > > As I write this, Version 5.5 Beta 4 is available. You can also order the > CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Developer Trial from IBM ShopZ. Look for > IBM Program Number 5655-Y30, and that's currently at the Version 5.4 level. > The Developer Trial is a no charge limited license, and (oddly, nicely > enough) you're allowed to get a new limited term if you reinstall it, as > long as your use complies with the limited license. Both Version 5.4 and > Version 5.5 Beta 4 require z/OS 2.1 or higher. > > There's also an IBM Cloud-hosted CICS Transaction Server trial offer that's > "coming soon." Keep an eye on this page for details: > > https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/z/resources/trial > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------------------------------- > Timothy Sipples > IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z & LinuxONE, > Multi-Geography > E-Mail: [email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Wayne V. Bickerdike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
