Hunter, CICS can also act as a Web Service client. However such kind of question should be moved to CICS-L rather the IBM-Main.
Roland >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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html