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CICS Transaction Gateway

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Extend SSL Cert "Client to Server" two way authenication Support to CTG .net functions

We have a requirement to establish an SSL connection between .net clients and a z/OS CTG instance. As with Java, the requirement is to allow the swapping, for authenication, of a pair of certificates; Server and Client, in a bi-directional autheni...
almost 13 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Other 3 Delivered

CTG 9.1 support Java 8.0

We are actually running CTG 9.1 with Java 7.1 - our Company wants to go forward to Java V8 with all applications / software. For us there is no other need to migrate to CTG 9.2. As the Senior Offering Manager for TXSeries and CICS TG - Mr. Anubhut...
over 6 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 1 Delivered

CTG .NET API support for Visual studio 2017 and .NET Framework 4.7

We're moving to Windows 10, Visual Studio V4.7, and Visual Studio 2017 - and require CTG API support in that environment
almost 7 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Delivered

CICS Explorer support for Windows 10

CICS Explorer support for Windows 10, including plugins: Debug Tool and Fault Analyzer.
over 8 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Explorer 1 Delivered

CTG for z/OS: file mode setting

It appears that all output files which are created by the CTG z/OS V9.0 and put into HFS(zFS) got the permission bits '666' (rw-rw-rw-). This can be checked for the ctg trace file or healthcenter output or logs from support pacs (e.g. CH0A or CH51).
about 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 3 Delivered

Allow cut / paste functionality in CICS TG Explorer plugin

Currently there is no way to Copy/Paste the screen contents from a CICS Explorer CICS TG Plugin Tabular Result Set Display. Customer would like to have the ability to capture resource details (IE: CTG Connection Status) and preserve it in either a...
over 10 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Explorer 2 Delivered

ctg support for OSGI bundles

We want to be able to use ctg from 3rd party osgi container. 1. Using JCA APIs to configure ctg connection pools2. Allow CICS resources to participate in XA transactions.
almost 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Delivered

CICS TG support for PowerBuilder IDE

Request the PowerBuilder IDE be added as a supported development and runtime environment for the CICS TG.
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Runtime 2 Delivered

Include CA5F in mainstream code

Functionality in CA5F should be migrated and included in the main CICS TG daemon.
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Other 4 Delivered

Request monitoring exits to permit optional read-only access to channel payload data

Currently monitoring exits only provide access to the data present within a commarea.
over 11 years ago in CICS Transaction Gateway / Other 5 Delivered