Hunter,
I actually got the same impression from his original post.
Ken, Web Services provides program-to-program communications which can
be (but doesn't have to be) cross platform. So an application on Linux
for System z or Windows (for instance) can call a CICS program. A CICS
program, on the other hand, can also call a program running on other
platforms.
It's certainly not new technology, but it's very cool!
Hunter Cobb wrote:
You might want to distinguish between using CICS as a web server (check
the CICS TS 3.1 Internet Guide, SC34-6450), and using CICS as a Web
Services provider (check the CICS TS 3.1 Web Services Guide,
SC34-6458). As a web server, CICS can deliver both static web pages and
application-generated pages. As a Web Services provider, CICS responds
to program-to-program requests from the web. FWIW, CICS can also act as
a Web Services requester.
From your original posting, it sounds like CICS as a web server is more
what you have in mind. For this, you'll probably need to define several
CICS resources: TCPIPSERVICE, DOCTEMPLATE, and URIMAP. The web services
assistant programs DFHLS2WS and DFHWS2LS don't get involved when using
CICS to act as a web server.
Hope this helps. Feel free to contact me off list.
Hunter Cobb
The Trainer's Friend
Kenneth R Barkhau wrote:
Hello -
We have CICS3.1 installed (up and running) and I am trying to find
information regarding Web Services for CICS and how to implement and
use. Is WEB SERVICES for CICS installed as a part of CICS 3.1? If
so, is there some additional customization required for it? Any
good 'cook books' out there or other good documentation ?
Any hints, tips, or comments on this are greatly appreciated. I am
primarily an MVS sysprog with rather limited CICS background. Our
goal is to have users invoking CICS to go after Web pages for
information.
Thanks much.
Regards,
Ken Barkhau
Duke Medical 2424 Erwin Rd.
Durham, NC 27710
Telephone 919-681-2482
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