Overview of the COBOL application

This is a sample CICS COBOL application that shows Create, Read, Update and Delete records in a VSAM database.

Full details about setting up this sample is provided in Appendix A of "Designing and Programming CICS Applications".

Note: This code does not demonstrate all the techniques required for a large application. It is not a template and should not be used as the foundation for your next mission-critical application.

Prerequisites

To run the CICS COBOL application you need:

• CICS TS for OS/390 region

Installing and running COBOL application

This is a shortened version of the instructions found in Appendix A of "Designing and Programming CICS Applications".

1. Transfer the files from the CD to your OS/390 system using FTP or the application that you use on your local system for file transfer. Transfer the files as binary files with a record length of 80. Also when you receive the files on OS/390, make sure that the file extensions end in seq.
2. Receive the files into a suitable dataset.
3. Define and install the programs and files for your CICS region.
4. To test the application logon to your CICS region and enter the transaction NACT.

Full details about setting up this sample is provided in Appendix A of "Designing and Programming CICS Applications".