Murach's Cics for the Cobol Programmer: Training & Reference

by Menendez, Raul

• ISBN13: 9781890774097
• ISBN10: 189077409X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Mike Murach & Associates Inc

Summary

This is an updated and expanded version of Murach's two best- selling CICS books. Now, in just one book, IBM mainframe programmers will learn everything they need to know for developing interactive programs with CICS. In addition, they will learn new design and implementation methods for distributed CICS processing. These methods also make it easy to convert CICS programs to web applications later on.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xv
Section 1 Introduction to CICS
CICS concepts and terms	3	(22)
Introduction to CICS programming	25	(48)
Section 2 How to design, code, and test CICS program
How to design a CICS program	73	(18)
How to create a BMS mapset	91	(44)
How to code a CICS program	135	(54)
How to test a CICS program	189	(30)
Section 3 Other CICS programming essentials
How to use temporary storage control	219	(14)
Additional CICS commands and programming techniques	233	(36)
How to debug a CICS abend	269	(28)
Section 4 A complete CICS application
A systems overview	297	(10)
The menu program	307	(16)
The maintenance program	323	(30)
The order entry program	353	(38)
Section 5 CICS for file and database processing
How to process files sequentially	391	(46)
How to use VSAM alternate indexes	437	(24)
How to use other file processing features	461	(14)
How to work with DB2 databases	475	(26)
Section 6 Advanced CICS features and skills
How to use other CICS control features	501	(24)
How to use CICS intercommunication features	525	(24)
How to design, code, and test a modular CICS program	549	(44)
Introduction to CICS Web programming	593	(12)
What else a maintenance programmer needs to know	605	(14)
Index	619