=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= SEARCH390.COM | CICS Strategies Tip September 17, 2002 Tips, tricks and shortcuts designed for CICS programmers More Tips: http://search390.techtarget.com/tips/
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSOR: - Don't just get the latest information...see the future! http://search390.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid10_gci850485,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents 1. FEATURED CICS TIP - Once scrapable, CICS screenable records now scrutable! Barely. 2. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND LINKS - Tip: CICS/ESA -- It's time to go! - Discussion: Need batch COBOL version of CICS? - Expert advice: Resources on Web-enabling CICS apps - Discussion: Need help using program copies in CICS? - Best Web Links: System Software - Poll: Are you upgrading to z/OS? ___________________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: Data Center Futures Newsletter If you pride yourself on knowing everything about your data center, you probably go to great lengths to keep up to date with the latest skills and technologies. Don't just get the latest information...see the future! Twice a month, the Data Center Futures newsletter gives you the low down on all that you need to know to be prepared for the future. Click for more info: http://search390.techtarget.com/content/0,290959,sid10_gci850485,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ONCE SCRAPABLE, CICS SCREENALBE RECORDS NOW SCRUTABLE! BARELY. | by Jim Keohane Does management sing "Don't Worry. Be EPI!" to you developers? I hope not. But if your screen scraping affliction is not in remission, then IBM recently published the pluperfect HOW TO for crafting Enterprise Services via CICS EPI (External Presentation Interface). For the detailed step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step by step ... >> Read the entire tip at http://www.search390.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci851231,00.html Got a CICS tip of your own? We'll post it on our Web site, where all your friends and contemporaries can see it. http://search390.techtarget.com/tipsSubmit/1,289485,sid10,00.html Love this tip? Send us an email to let us know: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=Tip feedback ___________________________________________________________________ :::::::::: DON'T MISS THESE IMPORTANT MESSAGES AND LINKS :::::::::: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= CICS/ESA -- IT'S TIME TO GO! | by Jim Schesvold Are you running your online systems under CICS/ESA V4.1? If you are, Jim Schesvold says it's time to move to CICS Transaction Server! He outlines steps to get you started, product information and migration tasks in this tip. >> CLICK for full tip: http://search390.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid10_gci838647,00.html?FromTaxonomy=/pr/288579 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DEVELOPER FORUM | Need batch COBOL version of CICS? Search390.com user "dfbcbssc" recently posted the following in the Developer forum: "I need a batch COBOL OS/390 version of normal CICS getmain/freemain. I want to dynamically allocate storage vs. defining variable length working storage." >> CLICK to read Jim Keohane's response, or post one of your own: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee83ff7/587 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LOOKING FOR RESOURCES ON WEB-ENABLING CICS APPS? | by Jose Flores Dear Ask the Expert, We are interested in knowing more about Web-enabling our CICS applications and would like to read some documents. Also, it would be great if you could send me some information on the basics of a CICS environment and how to integrate it with Java, which would be useful for our Java folks who have minimal CICS experience. >> CLICK for Jose's answer: http://search390.techtarget.com/ateQuestionNResponse/0,289625,sid10_cid489595_tax288468,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DEVELOPER FORUM | Need help using program copies in CICS? Search390.com user "Samaga" recently posted the following in the Developer forum and received a bunch of responses: "Can we do a new copy of a program (usually done by a CEMT SET PROG) through a job? Can we initiate a transaction in CICS through a job? How can we do a new copy of a program in multiple CICS regions simultaneously? >> CLICK for advice from your peers: http://search390.discussions.techtarget.com/WebX?[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.ee83ff7/582!viewtype=convdate&skip=&expand= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BEST WEB LINKS | System Software There are some programs that a crucial to running your system. They are more than applications, but not a complete operating system; we've classified them as "System Software." 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