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Is it possible during the compile to figure out that the CICS integrated translator is used, but there is no CICS statements

Is it possible during the compile to figure out that the CICS integrated translator is used, but there is no CICS statements in the source? DB2 Integrated translator throwes an error msg, if you compile and the source does not contain DB2-statements.
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

DTP over IPIC

Support for DTP over IPIC
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

SIT parms changed - when become active at warm start

When you change parameters in the CICS SIT, then some parameters become active at CICS warm start (e.g.AKPFREQ) others not (e.g. MAXOPENTCBS). With NEWSIT=YES all paramters get active. Customer wants to know which parameter get active at CICS warm...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Issue an accompanying ICH**** message with DFHAM4955

Issue an accompanying ICH**** message with DFHAM4955
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

Read/Write to a HFS (or zFS) file from CICS in a API

To natively read and write to a USS member in a HFS or ZFS file in CICS using a EXEC CICS API. These files should be dynamically allocated when invoked. This would allow a programmer to read a HTML, CSS or JavaScript file (or any other type of fil...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration

Provide documentation on auxiliary and GTF trace record formats

Provide documentation on the contents and layout of CICS Auxiliary trace and GTF trace records.
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Create a CICS CBL statement to indicate a COBOL program is threadsafe

Create a CBL statement that can be included in the COBOL source program that indicates the program is threadsafe. At compile/linked time the compiler/linkeditor should detect this CBL statement and indicate that the load module is threadsafe. If r...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 2 Not under consideration

Automatic Platform MRO Connections

If you create a Platform in the new Cloud Environment and I add Cics Regions to the Platform, I have to connect every Region by an MRO Connection. This is not very useful, as by connecting the a region to a platform I already know for sure this re...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 5 Not under consideration

AMODE(64) modules in GSA

I have an existing RFE 30605 - 64 bit COBOL for CICS. Assuming this RFE is completed, I would like this subsequent RFE considered. It would be having CICS load AMODE(64) modules into the GSA (the shared address range between 2 terabytes - 512 tera...
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 4 Not under consideration

Worldwide CICS education course about CICS Performance and Tuning

There are some Asia customers include China customers requested CICS education course for 'CICS Performance and Tuning'. IBM didn't provide available courses for world wide customers. Can IBM deliver course for this topic ?
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS / Other 3 Not under consideration