This Second Edition includes all relevant information regarding IBM's latest major update releases of CICS. Using a step-by-step tutorial, it shows how to develop and maintain CICS code for maximum system effectiveness. Coverage includes all commands, support functions, and VS COBOL II; detailed information on using the first microcomputer (OS/2) version of CICS; and table setup and system utilities for applications programmers developing software on personal computers. By providing a wealth of real-world examples, teaches readers a practical, streamlined approach to problem solving using the latest CICS coding techniques.

A guide for the creation of Customer Information Control System (CICS/VS) program that operate in a visual storage environment.

This book gives you tools--BMS maps, programs, JCL, etc.--you can easily copy to your own data sets, compile or assemble, and execute with little or no change. And it teaches you how to develop similar tools yourself. These utilities solve practical problems commonly faced by application and system programmers and analysts in MVS and DOS/VSE environments.