COM+ Unleashed

Chapter 19. The COM Transaction Integrator

In This Chapter

• COMTI Requirements

• Mainframes and Windows DNA

• CICS and CICS-LINK

• The COMTI Component Builder

• The COMTI Management Console

• The COMTI Runtime

This chapter examines COMTI, which extends COM+ to the mainframe world via Microsoft Systems Network Architecture (SNA) Server. The chapter is divided into five major parts. The first and second sections cover mainframes and their role in Windows DNA. The third and fourth sections deal with the visual interfaces of COMTI (Component Builder, COBOL wizards, and the COMTI/MTS MMC). The final section explores the COMTI runtime using a hypothetical, but thorough, COMTI and SNA Server configuration. The next product in the line is Host Integration Server 2000 ...