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2.5 CICS Transaction Server User Interfaces

CICS

Interskill Learning
Training Provided by Interskill Learning This is course 5 of 5 in the CICS Transaction Server Series. The course is delivered via e-Learning. It can be accessed online, at any time, place or location with internet access, or delivered through your own internal LMS (if applicable). The course is available as part of the CICS Transaction Server Series, or in a Mainframe Bundle, comprising of the 100 most popular mainframe e-Learning titles.
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Course Level:introductory
Duration:4 hours
Training Presented in:English
2.5 CICS Transaction Server User Interfaces

Duration

4 hours

Overview

Audience

Programmers who require knowledge of application programming in the CICS environment and its user interfaces.

Prerequisites

Completion of the CICS Programming Command Level course or familiarity with CICS fundamentals and internal transaction processing, and basic knowledge of the concepts of application programming in COBOL, PL/ 1, or Assembler.

Objectives

After completing this course, the student will be able to:
• Recognize the hardware characteristics of the 3270 family of terminals
• Identify how Basic Mapping Support (BMS) is used to design and code screen display formats
• Identify how SDF II is used to create BMS macros
• Recognize the operation and facilities offered by CICS Web Support for the presentation of CICS maps and HTML pages
• Identify how the BMS Mapping function is used to generate and tailor HTML pages

Course Content

CICS TS User Interfaces

Introduction to the 3270 Interface and the Units Dealing with Presenting CICS Transactions Using This Interface

Basic Mapping Support

Maps and Map Sets
Defining a Screen Format

Basic Mapping Support - Map Definition

Map Definition
Parameters
Fields
Coding Example

Basic Mapping Support - Commands

Interpreting the Data on Input (RECEIVE MAP)
Formatting the Output Data (SEND MAP)
Techniques for Reducing Transmission Overheads
Accumulating and Paging Multi-map Messages

SDF II Introduction

Introduction to a Screen Painter
Introduction to SDF II
Configuring SDF II
SDF Libraries and Formats
SDF II Screens and Their Uses
Generating BMS MAP Source From SDF II

Using SDF II

Define a Map Layout
Define Fields
Define a Data Structure
Generate a BMS Macro

CICS TS Direct Web Interfaces

Generating HTML Templates from BMS Maps
Using Default HTML Templates
Extra BMS Macros to Customize HTML Templates
Customizing HTML Templates

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