Designing and Programming CICS Applications

Appendix A. Configuring Your CICS for OS/390 Environment

Up until now we have described the individual components in the KanDoIT business application. This appendix explains how to configure your CICS region on OS/390 so that you can run the sample application. The CD-ROM that accompanies this book contains both compiled code and source code.

Warning

The COBOL code has been compiled and is ready to run with CICS TS for OS/390 Version 1.3 and Language Environment (LE) for OS/390 2.8. If you are running any earlier version of CICS or LE you need to compile the source files that are provided.

This chapter is solely concerned with the installation of the compiled sample code.

Before you start to use the application you need to check the systems requirements in Getting Ready.

The COBOL business logic is the core of the sample and is mandatory if you are to use any of the presentation interfaces. Installing the COBOL code supplied includes the 3270 interface so you will be able to use the application (see Configuring the COBOL Component). The other options for the presentation logic are:

• The CORBA Server and the web component as described in Configuring the CICS Java Component and “Programming the Web Component” in Chapter 9.

• The customer services frontend using Visual Basic as described in Accessing Applications on the CICS Server in Chapter 13.

• The MQSeries-CICS bridge as described in Setting Up MQSeries and CICS in Chapter 15.

You will find a complete list of the programs that are provided ...