CICS Wiki news
Hello everybody, 1. We got a nice addition from Leigh Compton on how to optimize web service invocations when the requester and provider programs are in the same region: http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=How_do_I_optimize_Web_service_invocations_when_the_requester_and_provider_programs_are_both_in_CICS? 2. Roland started his article on using the dynamic program library: http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=Dynamic_DFHRPL 3. Hordes of people joined this week and I look forward to their contributions on the Wiki. 4. Please check out the new blog called The Master Terminal in the Wiki sidebar. It is for Hursley people and is administrated by Chris Hodgins. The URL is: http://masterterminal.wordpress.com/ 5. My blog finally has an About Corneel section on CICSWorld ( http://www.cicsworld.com/blog/2 ). I started with a series of articles on the The uncertain future of CICS. The first is called Is COBOL like Oil? and is bound to ruffle a few feathers. Check it out at: http://www.cicsworld.com/node/559 Have a great week! Corneel. -- 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
CICS Wiki news.
Breaking a long drought on the Wiki I added the following articles: - How do I write to an HFS file from CICS? http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=How_do_I_write_to_an_HFS_file_from_CICS? - How do I authenticate a web user in CICS? http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=How_do_I_authenticate_a_web_user_in_CICS? - The Dignus vendor page at http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=Dignus The Dignus page is also the target of our vendor spotlight. Well it looks like Roland and I have been a bit busy but I have him committed to write an article for us on the new dynamic program library feature of Transaction Server 3.2 I also have another promise from Ian Steyn for an article of how to implement CPSM. Speaking of Ian - the Wiki is now fully integrated with CICS world at www.cicsworld.com . Check it out! But how about all of you? Please contact me with ideas on new articles or just jump in and get it done yourself. I hope more of you will become active in the Wiki. Have a great week. Corneel. -- 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
CICS Wiki news
Hello all, 1. Well SHARE is over and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I found most of the tracks very enjoyable. There were exceptions like the SOA track but you can read my comments about it at http://www.cicsworld.com/node/384 . 2. CICS World is alive! My friend Ian made his new site available and I will be switching the Wiki links I have to pcs305 over to cicsworld this week. Please have a look at www.cicsworld.com . 3. The vendor spotlight is on MacKinney Systems. MacKinney Systems has established itself as a leader among z/OS, VSE and CICS mainframe software vendors with software tools and technical support meeting the high standards and demands of its many Fortune 100 customers at prices affordable to even the smallest mainframe shops. MacKinney Systems is an IBM Business Partner in business for more than 25 years with over 50 z/OS, VSE and CICS software utilities to help meet your software needs. Over 6,000 sites have proven MacKinney Systems' to be the easy answer to their z/OS VSE and CICS mainframe software needs. Please visit the Wiki main page for the spotlight article and see what large collection of software they have to offer. http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=Main_Page 4. After SHARE I have the sincere promises of several Hursley folk (as well as a well-known CICS expert from IBM Dallas) that they will begin to add some articles to the Wiki. Let's hope that those promises will be kept. Have a nice week. Corneel. -- 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
CICS wiki news and and a very important question
Hello everybody, Here is some Wiki news and a very important question: 1. The vendor spotlight goes live today with the first vendor (Document Systems, Inc). Check it out on the Wiki main page or visit the vendor page at http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=Document_Systems_Inc. 2. Craig Schneiderwent wrote an article on how to find the queue manager name in a CICS program. http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=How_do_I_find_out_the_queue_manager_name_in_a_program%3F Ok so here is the very important question (well actually two): Who are developing new CICS applications and what language do you use? (Check out the poll at CICS Community: http://www.pcs305.com/ ) Have a great week. Corneel. -- 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
CICS Wiki news.
Hello all, here is some Wiki news. 1. The first old CICS website has been adopted into the Wiki. Check it out at http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=CICSCentral 2. I added the Yellow brick moment where Bob Yelavich will entertain us with CICS trivia. http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=Yellow_brick_moment 3. The first vendors for vendor spotlight are preparing their Wiki content. More information on this soon. 4. Quite a few new people have joined the Wiki. Check it out here: http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=Team Well my boss told me I had to choose between SHARE and Impact and I chose SHARE - so see you all in Orlando. Regards. Corneel. -- 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
Re: CICS Wiki news.
Corneel - I've just created myself an ID on the CICS Wiki - how do I become a member of the Team? -- Regards - Grant Grant Ward Able Senior Systems Architect DTCC Corneel Booysen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU 22/01/2008 15:49 Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject CICS Wiki news. Hello all, here is some Wiki news. 1. The first old CICS website has been adopted into the Wiki. Check it out at http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=CICSCentral 2. I added the Yellow brick moment where Bob Yelavich will entertain us with CICS trivia. http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=Yellow_brick_moment 3. The first vendors for vendor spotlight are preparing their Wiki content. More information on this soon. 4. Quite a few new people have joined the Wiki. Check it out here: http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=Team Well my boss told me I had to choose between SHARE and Impact and I chose SHARE - so see you all in Orlando. Regards. Corneel. -- 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 - DTCC DISCLAIMER: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately and delete the email and any attachments from your system. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. -- 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
CICS Wiki news.
A happy and prosperous New Year to everybody! Here is some Wiki news: http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=Main_Page 1. A new fresh Main Page view will hopefully help in navigation. - I added the CICS 3.2 Info Center in the sidebar simply because I always seem to be looking for the URL and I figured I might not be alone. 2. Announcing the Old CICS community website adoption plan. If you have an old CICS related website and would like the content to be preserved - the Wiki team will migrate your pages to the Wiki for free. This way you have your work preserved and searchable. Look here for more details: http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=Adoption_plan 3. Announcing the Vendor spotlight. Starting February - each week we will highlight the Wiki pages of a vendor on the Main Page. Vendors this is your chance - create some Wiki content and you will receive free publicity on the Wiki Main Page. 4. I wrote a new article on how to do session management in CICS. It is available here: http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=How_do_I_do_session_management_in_CICS%3F 5. I would like to invite you to the one-per-month club. Write one article a month for the Wiki. Remember - this community can not afford you retiring without sharing your knowledge. So add an item to your Bucket List: Write one article for the CICS Wiki per month. If you run out of ideas what to write about - here is a list of all the wanted pages on the Wiki: http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=Special:Wantedpages Let's make this a great year for this community. Regards. Corneel Booysen. -- 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
CICS Wiki news
Just a short note to give some Wiki news. 1. We are over 75 users on the Wiki team - this is very exciting. I hope you all will contribute much in the next year. 2. Michael and Roland contributed to an excellent article on CORBA tuning. Check it out at http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=CORBA_Tuning 3. I added the Cite extension to the Wiki. This allows you to refer to references throughout an article and then have those references listed at the end of the article. The extension is fully described at: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite/Cite.php and was masterfully used by Roland in this article: http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=How_do_I_set_or_change_LE_runtime_options%3F 4. It is clear to me that activity is winding down on the Wiki as the year draws to a close. Let me take this opportunity to wish all of you a Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, if I left out any celebration - may you have a great time in that too and finally have a prosperous New Year. 5. The how do I list of questions remain largely unanswered at: http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=How_do_I... Here is the content of the page. Programming 1. How do I store session data in applications? 2. How do I share data between two programs in CICS? 3. How do I develop reusable code in CICS? 4. How do I access my terminal's characteristics? 5. How do I communicate to another system from CICS? 6. How do I get a list of the running transactions in a CICS region? 7. How do I obtain the name of the program that called my program? 8. How do I authenticate a web user in CICS? 9. How do I do session management in CICS? 10. How do I read a member of a PDS from CICS? 11. How do I read an HFS file from CICS? 12. How do I submit a batch JOB from a program? 13. How do I web enable an existing CICS application? 14. How do I find out the queue manager name in a program? 15. How do I read a user journal with a program? 16. How do I direct the output of Send Text and Send Map to a buffer? 17. How do I get consumed cpu of a running transaction? 18. How do I find out which load library a program is loaded from in my program? 19. How do I know in my program whether it is running in CICS or batch? 20. How do I get RACF resource information from CICS? 21. How do I use RACROUTE? 22. How do I find whether a field is modified in the screen or not? 23. How do I single-Thread an TDQ ATI process? 24. How do I (Add your question here) [edit] Administrative 1. How do I add a VSAM file to a CICS system? 2. How do I How to display MVS storage in the CICS region using IPCS? 3. How do I optimise a VSAM KSDS file's space and I/O? 4. How do I route CSMT TDQ to SYSLOG? 5. How do I route CSMT TDQ to another TDQ? 6. How do I close/open files for Batch Jobs? 7. How do I start the ibm TCPIP listener under CICS? 8. How do I remove entries from MSGUSER log? 9. How do I handle excessive growth in MSGUSR? 10. How do I spin off JES output in MSGUSR? 11. How do I allocate a file while CICS is running? 12. How do I set or change LE runtime options? 13. How do I get rid of long running conversational tasks? 14. How do I find out which load library a program is loaded from? 15. How do I display warning before or after the user signs on with CESN? 16. How do I throttle CICS High CPU Transactions? 17. How do I obtain the client IP address from a TN3270 session terminal? 18. How do I stop 3270 VTAM traffic, but not stop LU 6.2 traffic? 19. How do I reduce CICS statistics/monitor output to minimum? 20. How do I prevent full ESDS datasets? 21. How do I determine who is using DSA? 22. How do I determine if a Typeterm is In Use? 23. How do I cause a reload of a CF data table file in CICS? 24. How do I catch a disconnected tn3270 session? 25. How do I disconnect AOR TOR from PLEX(CMAS)? 26. How do I (Add your question here) Thanks. Corneel. -- 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
CICS Wiki news.
It was a slow week on the Wiki but hopefully this week we will get more participation. Here is what happened last week and today: 1. Several good updates by Roland last week. Check it out in Recent changes. ( http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges ) 2. There is a new automated registration process available. It is at http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=Special:RequestAccount I had at least one successful registration through the new process but also one failure. Please try it out and let me know if it works. 3. I updated the Boot camp section with an article on Editing guidelines. ( http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=Boot_Camp ) 4. I am looking for the CICS Wiki team to be more active - please create some articles. If there are articles you would like to see on the Wiki - let me know. Thanks. Corneel. -- 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
CICS Wiki news.
Hello everybody,
On the CICS Wiki this past week:
- The news feed is finally working - try it at
http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=NewsFeedfeed=rss .
You need a news reader to take full advantage of the feature. (I am trying
to tune down the verbosity of the news feed)
- A few history related pages have been added. On the Category tree -
select History, expand it and check them out.
- Online training is now available on CICS Wiki. Check out
http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=Boot_Camp. I will add more
advanced training tracks this week. Members - you too can have a home page
on the Wiki - just follow the instructions in the Boot camp section.
- I have simplified the ribbon of approval award token. If you want to
award somebody's work - include this template in the article:
{{CICS_Wiki:Award}}.
- Earl Haigh gets this week's award for a great home page and for creating
the Vendor Category. Earl also added a good example of how a vendor page
could look. Check it out at
http://cicswiki.org/cicswiki1/index.php?title=BatchCICS-Connect_-_24x7_Integration.
Vendors - don't lose out on this opportunity to get free publication of
your products.
- I added a few more extensions - the News feed being one and
IncludeArticle is another. For information on IncludeArticle go to
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:IncludeArticle .
- This week there was a very good thread on the CICS list about the setup
of Consoles terminal definitions in CICS. Can I get a volunteer (not
Roland or Earl) that is willing to create an article for us?
- I am very encouraged by the number of members on the Wiki but not so
much on the number of articles that I see the members create. Remember a
Wiki is almost fool proof (hey - it tolerates me :-) ). If you mess up -
we can restore from previous versions or delete a page and try again. If
you are stuck and wonder how you would do something specific - read the
help section or contact me.
- I am very encouraged by the number of IBMers (is that a word?) that have
joined the list. Please feel free to contribute in anyway you can.
Have a great week everybody!
Regards.
Corneel.
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