Xephon CICS Update IssuesDecember 1985 - November 2007

Volume 22Issue Date Page Title

264 November 2007 3 CICS question and answers8 CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V3.221 SOA places new demands on CICS code conversion and testing26 Installing REXX language for CICS - part 231 Viewing unformatted files49 December 2004 - November 2007 index51 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title263 October 2007 3 Updating JVM profiles for IBM CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Version 3.2

5 Defining DB2CONN, DB2ENTRY, and DB2TRAN objects via templates - part 216 Newcopy dynamic program librarary datasets27 CICS trace and problem determination35 Installing REXX language for CICS44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title262 September 2007 3 Supporting 24/7 global business with coexistent CICS and batch processing

7 Setting up transient data destination datasets10 Support for WSDL 2 in IBM CICS Transaction Server V3.216 More on Java Virtual Machines in CICS18 A tool to kill infinite loop transactions in CICS34 Defining DB2CONN, DB2ENTRY, and DB2TRAN objects via templates44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title261 August 2007 3 Using ICETOOL to extract CICS SMF data by applid

4 Session recovery for an APPC connection8 More CICS tips11 Transaction help - part 222 What transactions are in your DFHCSD?44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title260 July 2007 3 CICS Tips

7 Creating HTML templates from BMS definitions16 CICS Transaction Server for z/OS V3.228 Transaction help40 Employing CICS in SOA development44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title259 June 2007 3 CICS Transaction Server support for CICS WebSphere Service Registry and Repository

6 CICS 3.2 delivers new SOA capability to enterprises10 CICS RACF Interface Information: part 320 CICS restart and syncpointing concepts28 DFHJVMRO and CICS JVM performance33 CICS QUERY SECURITY44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title258 May 2007 3 CICS RACF Interface Information: part 2

7 CICS Recovery Concepts18 CICS RACF security overview26 Dealing with runaway transactions across multiple regions on multiple LPARs

when CPSM WUI becomes non-responsive - part 344 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title257 April 2007 3 CICS RACF Interface Information: part 1

8 CICS essentials for problem determination15 CICS Interdependency Analyzer

22 Introduction to IBM Fault Analyzer for z/OS31 Dealing with runaway transactions across multiple regions on multiple LPARs

when CPSM WUI becomes non-responsive - part 248 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title256 March 2007 3 Installation and usage of the Language Environment within CICS

6 IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE for CICS on z/OS13 CICS Enterprise Management Solutions - part 218 CICS Load module scanner utility - part 226 Dealing with runaway transactions across multiple regions on multiple LPARs

when CPSM WUI becomes non-responsive44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title255 February 2007 3 Service-Oriented Legacy Architecture

6 Static/Dynamic linking in CICS10 CICS Web Services Assistants' performance issues13 Responding to business dynamics with Web services and CICS18 CICS Enterprise Management Solutions - part 126 CICS Performance Analyzer V 1.4 for z/OS38 CICS Load module scanner utility 44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title254 January 2007 3 Debugging CICS EJBs with Rational Application Developer

8 Whatever happened to UniKix10 Relevance of COBOL/CICS16 Integrating CICS using XML and Web Services52 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title253 December 2006 3 Two-phase commit and CICS

9 CICS APAR related to CEECEOWN changes 10 Understanding some important CICS Log Manager Messages

21 Presenting DB2 Connect statistics from SMF 110 Records 40 CICS Web service security 44 CICS News

Volume 21Issue Date Page Title

252 November 2006 3 Useful CICS tools and utilities9 Symbolic substitution for DSNAME in FCT enties - you betcha!!

14 JCICS application programming interface29 CICS CORBA client support46 December 2003 - November 2006 index48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title251 October 2006 3 CICS Trace

6 CICS-Web connection architecture10 Additional CSD reports47 Web services automatic transactions48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title250 September 2006 3 CICS Java - setting up CICS to run Java programs

22 Journal Services in CICS27 Java with CICS Transaction Server - part 242 CICS Java - useful information44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title249 August 2006 3 Analysing the performance of CICS systems

9 The growft of CICS Web services17 Determining the bridge environment model for your CICS environment 34 Towards a better application architecture38 CICS and Attunity40 Java with CICS Transaction Server

44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title248 July 2006 3 CICS MRO logon and bind-time security

7 CICS subroutine to calculate a future date12 Counting the number of digits/characters in constants15 Adebugging tool - revisited21 CICS 'good night' program information25 Enhanced inter-program data transfer in CICS TS V3.135 OTE in CICS TS 3.144 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title247 June 2006 3 CICS CEMT Inquire issue

4 CICS external interfaces9 Hints and tips for processing log streams in CICS Transaction Server17 CICS 3270 Bridge27 Managing PDFs in CICS37 CICS message editing utility44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title246 May 2006 3 EZBSOH03 abends with S0C4 or CICS transactions hang

4 A debugging tool11 CICS transaction Server 3.1 channel and container overview19 Configuring CICS pipelines in CICS Transaction Server Version 3.126 CICS performance tools33 Data used by CICS Performance Analyzer44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title245 April 2006 3 CICS TS V2.2, V2.3, V3.1 and old COBOL compilers

6 CICS Transaction Server 3.1 Web security facilities - an overview14 Obtaining the description associated with a given EIBRESP value18 CICS Universal Client overview

30 Online transaction monitors - a comperative overview34 CICS Configuration Manager42 CICSPlex SM API - REXX EXECs (run-time interface) - corrections44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title244 March 2006 3 Error in CICS TS 3.1 announcement

4 Best proctices for using containers and channels under CICS TS 3.117 CICS TCP/IP sockets interface25 Finding differences between the load library contents and

what is really used and loaded in memory40 CICS TS 3.1 Web enhancements42 What does Progress Software's purchase of Neon Systems mean to CICS users?44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title243 February 2006 3 Abend management - revisited

8 An introduction to CICS pipelines in CICS Transaction Server Version 3.115 Purging tasks exceeding a user defined run time 24 Presenting file control information from the CICS system log - part 248 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title242 January 2006 3 The Open Transaction Environment - TCB considerations

9 Establishing an infrastructure for Web services atomic transactions within CICS23 CICS Transaction Gateway for z/OS V5.1 from A to Z and V6.x enhancements45 Presenting file control information from the CICS system log48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title241 December 2005 3 CICS Batch Application Control

13 Establishing a Web services infrastructure within CICS28 Big Comarea utility user guide - part 243 CICS question and answers44 CICS News

Volume 20Issue Date Page Title

240 November 2005 3 The Open Transaction Environment - history, evolution, and background15 Presenting CICS DB2 resource statistics from SMF 110 records - part 219 CICS case study22 BigCommarea utility user guide41 It was 20 years ago today…42 December 2002 - November 2005 index44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title239 October 2005 3 Zapping TCTTE by using an Assembler program

7 Fly to another planet - part 214 The CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Version 3.1 Information Center - an update23 Presenting CICS DB2 resource statistics from SMF 110 records38 Abend management43 End of an era44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title238 September 2005 3 CICS access to external LDAP server

9 Close and re-open a CICS VSAM dataset14 CICS TS 3.1 - modern-day COMMAREAs23 Monitoring transaction flow started from an LU33 Fly to another planet44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title237 August 2005 3 CICS TS 3.1 Web Services Assistant

9 Temporary Storage Analysis and tuning16 Exits XZCIN and XZCOUT to translate ASCII/EBCDIC23 CICS trace analysis program - part 248 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title236 July 2005 3 CICS Transaction Gateway - strategic JCA connector with WAS: part 2

8 A CICS exit to count CICS commands27 CICS TS 3.1 highlights28 CICS trace analysis program47 CICS questions and answers48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title235 June 2005 3 Using POVI for zapping TCTTE

8 CICS VSAM Recovery20 CICS Transaction Gateway - strategic JCA connector with

WebSphere Application Server35 3270 transactions via CICS Web Interface (CWI)44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title234 May 2005 3 List all installed global user exits - revisited

8 CICS VSAM Copy14 CICS Web Services Assistant in CICS TS V3.123 Using QMF services for printing in CICS38 CICS transaction list44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title233 April 2005 3 CICS TS 3.1: more new enhancements

12 DFHEISUP load module scanner17 CICS transaction segregation and region creation - part 238 CICS Interdependency Analyzer44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title232 March 2005 3 CICS threadsafe

8 CICS TS 3.1 highlights and an overview of new enhancements17 Threadsafe via autoinstall27 External CICS Interface (EXCI) client interface to DFHEDAP - part 237 CICS transaction segregation and region creation48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title231 February 2005 3 Programs to incorporate in your CICS PROC

10 CICS and HIS 200414 External CICS Interface (EXCI) client interface to DFHEDAP 41 .NET for CICS users44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title230 January 2005 3 Modifying DB2 in-doubt units of work at CICS shutdown

6 Get administrative and operational CICS parameters15 CICSDUMP routine - part 2 31 A simple CICS 3270 sniffer and player41 CICS and Service-Oriented Architecture44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title229 December 2004 3 A Simple CICS program to open files

6 CICS Business Event Publisher13 EXCI batch client control program - part 229 CICS - the well-known off-mainframe product?32 CICSDUMP routine48 CICS News

Volume 19Issue Date Page Title

228 November 2004 3 Designing efficient CICS screens9 Creating useful IMS buffer handler statistics16 Execute native CEMT commands from batch - part 2

27 EXCI batch client control program46 December 2001 - November 2004 index48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title227 October 2004 3 Enhanced application program debugging support in CICS Transaction Server 2.3

9 Investigating storage violations - part 221 CICS on Windows?24 Execute native CEMT commands from batch44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title226 September 2004 3 Considerations regarding the Kill function

10 Redirecting output from Java virtual machines with CICS TS 2.320 Tuning CICS TS 2.3 EJB server utilizing enhanced EJB and Java support - part 230 Investing storage violations48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title225 August 2004 3 The CEKL transaction

8 CICSPlex SM API - Assembler programs (command-level interface): part 2 14 Automatic CICS PPT management using CICS statistics and autoinstall function.29 Tuning CICS TS 2.3 EJB server utilizing enhanced EJB and Java support47 CICS questions and answers48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title224 July 2004 3 The Kill function

8 Helpful exit for shutdown assistant users - revisited9 Hints and tips for testing a APPC program27 CICSPlex SM API - Assembler programs (command-level interface)48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title

223 June 2004 3 CICSPlex SM dynamic workload management10 A technique for writing a client/server application27 To discard definitions in CICS44 Audit trail for CICS maxtask events - part 247 CICS questions and answers48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title222 May 2004 3 Managing SMF type 110 volume with the CICS MCT

6 CICS Performance Monitor for z/OS V1.2 enhancements13 Loop analysis - hints and tips26 Helpful exit for shutdown assistant users - part 239 Audit trail for CICS maxtask events 48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title221 April 2004 3 Understanding the Open Transaction Environment

15 Helpful exit for shutdown assistant users 17 Changes to Java support in CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Version 2 Release 328 CICS TS V2.2 and V2.3 LDAP support using JNDI - configuration tips and examples47 CICS questions and answers48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title220 March 2004 3 Preventing problems with mixed-case fields in CEDA in CICS Transaction Server Version 2.3

8 Debugging CICS TS 2.2 Java applications using Java platform Debugger Architecture23 Newcopy in a CICSPlex environment - part 231 Build a homegrown adapter solution to enable CICS applications for eBusiness47 CICS questions and answers48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title219 february 2004 3 Using message DFHLG0760 in problem determination

11 TCP/IP printers under CICS: using a TSO netstat command from a CICS transaction19 CICS Transaction Gateway V5.0.1 and WebSphere V5.0

- improvements for global transaction processing

31 Newcopy in a CICSPlex environment44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title218 January 2004 3 Finding threadsafe programs

6 CICS TS V2.3 new features and Java SDK 1.4.1 planning information18 EXEC interface trace tips23 CICS USER EXIT LIST with the transaction EXIT - part 234 Automatic management of CICSPlex offsite recovery program for VSAM record-level sharing 48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title217 December 2003 3 Cold start next time - Outstanding UOW support

7 An aid to subroutine program debugging14 CICS Performance Monitor workstation client and browser interfaces28 CICS file browse - part 244 CICS USER EXIT LIST with the transaction EXIT 48 CICS News

Volume 18Issue Date Page Title

216 November 2003 3 CICS TS 2.2 threadsafe usage and performance12 Providing context-sensitive help in a CICS application15 CICS Performance Monitor for z/OS27 CICS file browse50 December 2000 - November 2003 index52 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title215 October 2003 3 SOAP support under CICS TS - a technology preview

16 Integrating your CICS messages23 Generating a job for DB2 tablespace/indexspace reorganization from CICS 40 Tracing in an open transaction environment - hints and tips48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title214 September 2003 3 CICS TS 2.2 EJB Server JVM architecture and tuning tips

13 Displaying task storage use in a CICS region during SOS to support CICS TS 1.3 regions15 MVS Logger and CICS system logs28 An EXCI application - enhanced44 CICS-XMITIP interface for sending e-mails without activating

CICS TCP/IP environment - revisited47 CICS questions and answers48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title213 August 2003 3 Killing' CICS tasks with CICS Performance Monitor for z/OS

6 Displaying task information14 Using socket programs to send e-mail from CICS 37 CICSPlex/System Manager Report Writer - part 247 CICS questions and answers48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title212 July 2003 3 A new CEMT program in COBOL to start and stop CICS

6 Exclusive control conflicts and VSAM deadlocks - hints and tips15 QMF goes on-the-fly to Adobe Acrobat Reader, MS Word, MS Excel,… - part 222 CICSPlex/System Manager Report Writer51 CICS questions and answers52 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title211 June 2003 3 Designing RCT enries

4 Implications of certain CICS log manager messages12 CICS Transaction Gateway version 5 and CICS Transaction Server 2.2: Part 3

- Visual Basic code34 QMF goes on-the-fly to Adobe Acrobat Reader, MS Word, MS Excel,… 47 CICS questions and answers48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title210 May 2003 3 CICS Resource Management using CICSPlex/SM

5 CICS Transaction Gateway version 5 and CICS Transaction Server 2.2: Part 2 - Architecture for connecting an OS/390 or z/OS CICS Transaction Gateway to CICS

16 Displaying task activity in a CICS region under stress to support CICS TS 1.3 regions19 CICS-XMITIP interface for sending e-mails without activating CICS TCP/IP environment

34 A simple interface to CICS load module Scanner Utility - part 243 CICS questions and answers44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title209 April 2003 3 CICS Resource Management using CICSPlex/SM

6 DFHRMUTL enhancements - or can I cold restart CICS?14 New CPSMCONN SIT parameter15 CICS Transaction Gateway version 5 and CICS Transaction Server 2.2: Part 1

- Architecture for connecting a workstation CICS Transaction Gateway to CICS29 A simple interface to CICS load module Scanner Utility48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title208 March 2003 3 CICS automatic restart

7 Repeat lines in BMS sources13 CICSPlex SM dynamic workload management - usage18 Journal buffer flashing and CICS shutdown assist22 CICSPlex SM API - REXX EXECs (run-time interface) - part 244 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title207 February 2003 3 Communicating between batch and CICS

9 CICSPlex SM API - REXX EXECs (run-time interface)29 Monitoring CICS resources online - part 238 CICSPlex SM dynamic workload management - workloads50 Book review - Murach's CICS Desk Reference

51 CICS questions and answers52 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title206 January 2003 3 Create COBOL copy from a BMS source

10 CICSPlex SM dynamic workload management - balancing 17 Browse and edit files under CICS - part 2

30 Monitoring CICS resources online 42 Switching from CICS to another VTAM application48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title205 December 2002 3 CICS log exit enhancements

12 Browse and edit files under CICS25 CICS and CICSPlex SM dynamic workload management model37 QMF goes to Web43 CICS questions and answers44 CICS News

Volume 17Issue Date Page Title

204 November 2002 3 Check start-up type for your production CICS8 CICS file control enhancements14 CICS and MQSeries: ReplyToQueue facility21 z/OS Version 1.4 announcement21 CICS dynamic workload management - concepts30 Automatic control for the CICS ISC connections44 CICS questions and answers46 December 1999 - November 2001 index 48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title203 October 2002 3 Opening and closing files

14 How to e-mail QMF reports (as attachments) from a QMF session

20 A poor man's CICS chargeback system - part 237 Test the 3270 bridge via batch using MQSeries44 Set a terminal to upper or lowercase 47 CICS questions and answers48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title202 September 2002 3 Opening and closing files

7 Fixing a hung terminal with XMEOUT - revisited18 A poor man's CICS chargeback system40 SYSIN checker47 CICS questions and answers48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title201 August 2002 3 CLER - a new CICS transaction for displaying and changing some LE options

6 Interpreting CICS Interval Control behavior11 Displaying transaction information24 Deactivating and reactivating CICS40 CICS Open Transaction enhancements47 CICS questions and answers48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title200 July 2002 3 CICS session reuse and the DFHSHUNT logstream

7 Managing affinities on specific terminals22 A generic CICS compiler30 A CICS template utility - part 242 Refresh user programs in a long running CICS session52 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title199 June 2002 3 A simple program to monitor CICS task storage

7 IBM's Time Machine and the CWA - revisited12 Understanding CICS Monitoring and Statistics data

40 A CICS template utility 50 CICS questions and answers52 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title198 May 2002 3 Fixing a CICS hung terminal problem using the XMEOUT message exit

11 Moving large amounts of dtat between CICS and Java (or ASP) using ECI27 Ensuring absolutely trouble-free CICS operation - revisited27 Automatic PHASEIN with a simple interface between batch jobs and CICS 43 CICS questions and answers44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title197 April 2002 3 Changes to EXEC CICS SIGNON for CICS Transaction Server V2.2

11 Upper case translation for accented characters14 Migrating from HSM to cryptographic co-processor18 Use IBM's Time Machine and the CWA 31 Maintenance of CICS DB2 entries and transactions - part 251 CICS questions and answers52 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title196 March 2002 3 A CICS log record formatting

10 Sending PCL commands to a printer20 Maintenance of CICS DB2 entries and transactions 42 Exit-enabling program 43 CICS questions and answers44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title195 February 2002 3 An introduction to CICS programming

12 Ensuring absolutely trouble-free CICS operation14 Named Counter Server26 Printing TSO files under CICS - part 234 Information point - reviews

41 CICS questions and answers44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title194 January 2002 3 Recognizing optimized temporary storage usage

10 TCP/IP programming with CICS PL/I server and VB6 client19 CICSPlex SM API program written in REXX29 Printing TSO files under CICS 44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title193 December 2001 3 Background to CICS File Control logging and journalling

9 Migrating an existing home banking application frommMicrosoft IIS to IBM WebSphere23 Description of the program CSCREATE32 Support for the COBOL SORT verb in CICS - part 244 CICS News

Volume 16Issue Date Page Title

192 November 2001 3 CICS hot-pooling for Java applications - hints and tips8 CICS load module information11 DisplayingTemporary Storage queues25 Support for the COBOL SORT verb in CICS46 December 1999 - November 2001 index48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title191 October 2001 3 Resource definition for Enterprise JavaBean-related resources in CICS TS 2.1

8 Temporary Storage trace setting12 Utilizing the power of the CICSPlex SM Web User Interface22 Monitoring system logger activity online - part 228 Collecting DB2ENTRY statistics and tuning the CICS attachment facility48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title190 September 2001 3 Minimizing resources search time through CICS CSD

11 Changing CEDA defaults12 Health check-up for he CICS subsystem16 Determining the library using PINQPGM - revisited 24 Monitoring system logger activity online 48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title189 August 2001 3 CICS Integrated Translator for COBOL and PL/I

7 Testing CICS-PL/I transactions25 CICS and faxing36 CICS/TS 1.3 Web documents in memory52 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title188 July 2001 3 CICS/ESA 4 to CICS TS 1.3 application 'gotchas'

5 Automatic CICS RDO definition from a PDS library9 Documenting CICS programs18 Creating or modifying BMS sources - part 256 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title187 June 2001 3 Testing CICS-PL/I transactions

6 A simple interface to DFHCSDUP to extract CICS objects' cross-reference data 40 CICS and LE/370 - a workshop46 Creating or modifying BMS sources 52 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title186 May 2001 3 Cleaning up 'orphaned' temporary storage queues

9 Sending messages at CICS log-on23 Displaying task storage use in a CICS region33 Displaying a list of terminals

48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title185 April 2001 3 Display the DFHVALUE CVDA

11 Update on JCHWBOS for CTS 1.312 Simple tool to manage the data extracted from CICS CSD in a DB2 environment - part 232 Utility to generate CICS maps48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title184 March 2001 3 An unwanted effect of the new MROFSE SIT parameter

5 Displaying the autoinstall-model-name and the associated terminal name10 Yet another cold start next time - revisited11 CICS dynamic hardcopy printer assignment - part 236 Simple tool to manage the data extracted from CICS CSD in a DB2 environment 48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title183 February 2001 3 Managing DFHCSD using batch

6 Monitoring command completion times19 Extract data from CSD to manage CICS resources from a DB2 environment - part 239 CICS dynamic hardcopy printer assignment48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title182 January 2001 3 Displaying task activity in a CICS region under stress

11 Yet another cold start next time17 CICS ISC/MRO session monitoring28 List all installed global user exits35 Extract data from CSD to manage CICS resources from a DB2 environment48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title181 December 2000 3 Java hot-pooling support

14 Verification of VSAM forward recovery28 Expanding COBOL COPYs before compilation32 CICS on the VSE/ESA platform: e-business support48 CICS News

Volume 15Issue Date Page Title

180 November 2000 3 Cold start next time - revisited6 CICS log stream guidance9 Wiring CICS regions for desktop sound, e-mail, and alpha paging via TCP/IP - part 238 CICS/TS 1.3 Web enhancements46 December 1997 - November 2000 index48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title179 October 2000 3 Temporary storage CPU costs

6 CICS/TS 1.3 and Wireless Mark-up Language17 TMONCICS transaction record detailed analysis - part 234 Wiring CICS regions for desktop sound, e-mail, and alpha paging via TCP/IP - part 148 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title178 September 2000 3 Rununits, enclaves, and storage management under CICS/390s

5 Resource definition display and alter commands - part 223 Simplifying AOR/FOR creation33 TMONCICS transaction record detailed analysis - part 148 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title177 August 2000 3 Selective autoinstall for programs and maps

9 Interfacing CICS to SMTP - part 217 TCP/IP and CICS sockets32 Resource definition display and alter commands - part 148 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title176 July 2000 3 Stopping people bringing up CICS regions and leaving them

9 A simple interface to DFHCSDUP to manage a CICS CSD resource26 Dynamic Transaction Routing39 Interfacing CICS to SMTP - part 148 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title175 June 2000 3 Managing CICS Shared TS Queues

14 CICS/TS 1.3 NEWCOPY facility for DOCTEMPLATES - revisited15 How to prevent CICS from opening VSAM files with wrong or inappropriate define parameters32 Getting rid of null-use resources - part 2 48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title174 May 2000 3 Buried treasure in the CICS TRACE TABLE

14 Tuning AOR/FOR Traffic in CICS/TS 1.221 NEWCOPY of programs in an MRO environment - revisited 21 CICS/TS 1.3 NEWCOPY facility for DOCTEMPLATES - part 230 Getting rid of null-use resources48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title173 April 2000 3 Practical use for EXEC CICS CREATE services

11 Listing the unreferenced groups in the CICS DFHCSD14 CICS/TS 1.3 NEWCOPY facility for DOCTEMPLATES 29 Finding DFHCSD duplicates and DFH$* groups - part 248 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title172 March 2000 3 Modern CICS application development

11 Submit jobs from CICS to batch19 Monitoring CICS activity - part 2

29 Finding DFHCSD duplicates and DFH$* groups 48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title171 February 2000 3 Duplicating SMP/E zones

13 Further CICS Log Manager enhancements26 Controlling CICS resources from a batch program using CICSPlex SM API - part 237 Monitoring CICS activity 48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title170 January 2000 3 Java support in CICS Transaction Server

12 CICS region data cloning26 Administering RDO resources in the DFHCSD30 Controlling CICS resources from a batch program using CICSPlex SM API 48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title169 December 1999 3 RDO displays sorted by date

16 Cold start next time - revisited21 NEWCOPY of programs in an MRO environment37 National language sort in CICS48 CICS News

Volume 14Issue Date Page Title

168 November 1999 3 Shutting down attached regions from TOR11 Using EXCI to control CICS resources28 Selecting the appropriate data location41 Using CEMT interface45 January 1995 - November 199948 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title

167 October 1999 3 Cold start next time7 CICS allocation problems and SMF exit IEFUSI20 Accessing CICS control blocks in COBOL - part 228 Translating the timestamp to real time36 ESDS DTB and emergency restart made simple48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title166 September 1999 3 A shutdown assist and task purge utility

10 Interpreting temporary storage behaviour 19 CEMT Logger - an alternative design - part 228 Displaying CPU usage by TCB - revisited29 Accessing CICS control blocks in COBOL 42 Listing the TMONCICS control file RLC definitions48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title165 August 1999 3 Auto-install for printers

10 Analysing DSNC abends15 Accessing CEDA from ISPF26 CEMT Logger - an alternative design37 Dealing with program abends - part 248 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title164 July 1999 3 The CICS Web Interface - serving objects

18 Simplifying CICS to JES2 spool functions25 Dealing with program abends39 Displaying CPU usage by TCB - part 247 High-values for CSP transactions48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title163 June 1999 3 CWA transaction affinity issues

12 A pattern matching algorithm

18 Displaying CPU usage by TCB 30 CICS/MVS 2.1.2 to CICS/ESA 4.1 migration - part 2 34 CICS message supression and re-routing48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title162 May 1999 3 Storing data using VSAM files

16 CICS system generator - part 3 24 CICS/MVS 2.1.2 to CICS/ESA 4.1 migration36 Further CICS V3.3 shutdown statistics - part 348 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title161 April 1999 3 Recent CICS Log Manager enhancements

13 CICS system generator - part 2 33 PL/I OPTIONS(REENTRANT) on called procedures35 Further CICS V3.3 shutdown statistics - part 248 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title160 March 1999 3 Reducing CICS use of the JES2 spool

8 Analysing abended transactions - part 416 CICS system generator34 Further CICS V3.3 shutdown statistics48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title159 February 1999 3 Anchoring a ESA address using TRUE

8 Analysing abended transactions - part 325 Exploring EXCI to manage CICS files from batch38 Using CICS 4.1 CREATE command48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title

158 January 1999 3 CICS SWAP hot key14 Using DFHDYP in a parallel SysPlex21 Analysing abended transactions - part 246 Did I do that?48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title157 December 1998 3 Submitting JCL from CICS to JES

19 Quick log-off from CICS21 Analysing abended transactions45 An enhancement to PINQPGM46 Using a transaction across several CICSs48 CICS News

Volume 13Issue Date Page Title

156 November 1998 3 Cross memory resource inguiry program17 DL/I database display and control facility - part 232 Relating response time to labor cost38 CICS task storage usage45 January 1994 - November 199848 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title155 October 1998 3 Auto-install program for APPC connections

9 A CEMT log for CICS 4.124 DL/I database display and control facility37 Automatic change from CSSN to CESN39 More on macros to define statements - part 248 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title154 September 1998 3 CICS resource maintenance systems

7 Maintaining statistics for non-CICS resources

10 An MQSeries API-exit for CICS - part 2 22 More on macros to define statements42 Flows and SYNCPOINTs in DPL48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title153 August 1998 3 Temporary Storage Queue exit

15 An MQSeries API-exit for CICS - part 2 29 An update to the screen viewing utility35 Managing CICS printers - part 248 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title152 July 1998 3 Altering CICS date and time

8 Using EIBFN codes - revisited10 Managing CICS printers26 Determining the library using PINQPGM34 SAS CICS workload manager48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title151 June 1998 3 CICS message log browser

7 Date testing CICS applications - part 224 The CICS Log Manager37 Programmable CICS DB2 attachment switch48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title150 May 1998 3 Automatic screen refresh capability

12 CICS Statement Tool - part 225 Date testing CICS applications 37 Transfering code from the Web to a mainframe38 Terminal auto-install/PRINTTO modofication48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title149 April 1998 3 Non-disrutive START command

18 EXEC CICSW ADDRESS CSA revisited21 CICS Statement Tool31 Easing the transition to STGPROT=YES38 CICS date simulator for year 2000 testing - part 248 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title148 March 1998 3 CICS date simulator for year 2000 testing

15 CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 Version 1.223 Using the LINK/XCTL commands28 Setting the VSE return code - part 339 Converting macros to define statements - part 248 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title147 February 1998 3 Little-known features of API and SPI

9 The INQUIRE START command's AT option 16 Setting the VSE return code - part 229 Converting macros to define statements46 Screen viewing utility and extended attributes48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title146 January 1998 3 Warm keypoint indicator in CICS Version 5

8 Setting the VSE return code31 EXEC CICS LINK and the External CICS Interface35 Auto-install for programs - part 247 Transient data output management - revisited48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title145 December 1997 3 EXCI - what's it all about?

20 Gathering CICS V3.3 shutdown statistics - part 232 EDF for CICS programs with embedded SQL33 Auto-install for programs 45 Placing the RCT in non-APF authorized library48 CICS News

Volume 12Issue Date Page Title

144 November 1997 3 Dynamic DFHCNV conversion7 Analysing TS requests by queue - part 215 LSRPOOL and TS on-line statistics23 What about DB2?25 Gathering CICS V3.3 shut-down statistics45 January 1994 - November 1997 index48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title143 October 1997 3 Dynamically setting the swappability of CICS

8 On-line storage statistics display (continued)33 Suppressing CICS SVC dumps36 Managing CICS Transient Data output37 Analysing TS requests by queue 48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title142 September 1997 3 On-line storage statistics display

13 CICS Automation using EXCI27 Automating the NEWCOPY process35 Web Interface sign-on/menu program set (continued)48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title141 August 1997 3 Simplifying auto-install

10 Web Interface sign-on/menu program set

22 A solution to the problem of library compressions44 CICS/ESA Version 4.1 level 2 EI trace revisited48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title140 July 1997 3 CICS shut-down driver

6 Terminal auto-install using RACF (continued)22 Changing CEDA defaults - CICS/ESA 4.1 update23 Managing temporary storage queues46 Accessing the CSA48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title139 June 1997 3 CEDA - a user's perspective

29 File characteristics in a CICS environment36 Modifying TMON's LMRK60899A WTOR message38 Terminal auto-install using RACF 52 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title138 May 1997 3 Automatic control of CICS OS/2 connections

10 CICS APPC PEM requester21 CICS dynamic allocation transaction38 Getting TRANCLASS statistics44 CICS terminal statisctics48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title137 April 1997 3 Reducing CSFE overhead

5 Abend handling in CICS26 Updating VSAM definitions in the CSD (continued)46 Transaction abend notification revisited47 Code from back-issues48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title136 March 1997 3 Displaying temporary storage information

11 Updating VSAM definitions in the CSD33 Serializing the PLTPI flow38 Duration of CICS sessions summary52 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title135 February 1997 3 CICS file and dataset enquiry program

16 A transaction priority information screen23 CICS internal tracing defaults25 Sign-on in CICS/ESA 3.3.0 37 Displaying useful information48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title134 January 1997 3 A CICS command facility using TSO/ISPF

13 Modifying DSNAMEs under CICS/ESA18 Dynamic transaction routing for started transactions36 CICS storage manager and dispatcher statistics41 COBOL numeric conversion routine48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title133 December 1996 3 Merry Christmas in CICS/ESA

7 CICS local DL/I to DBCTL conversion notes28 The discontinuance of CICS/MVS 2.1.229 A CICS routine to obtain system time35 Session status display48 CICS News

Volume 11Issue Date Page Title

132 November 1996 3 Trapping programs that invoke operating system services

12 CICS/CA-IDMS 10.2 programs under CICS/ESA 4.1 16 Displaying key CICS/ESA 4.1 SIT parameters40 Recent IBM announcements44 Internet access to CICS Update code45 January 1994 - November 1996 index48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title131 October 1996 3 A CICS inquire program

16 How to NEWCOPY an entire library22 Obtaining Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) from CICS25 Displaying file information and statistics48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title130 September 1996 3 Abend notification - an alternative solution

10 A dynamic routing test program26 Job submission from CICS32 CICS/CSP - reducing overheads33 CICS CSD - a complete analysis48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title129 August 1996 3 Suppressing unsolicited statistics

6 Displaying program information and statistics22 Easy CICS dump viewing via IPCS28 Migrating CICS 1.7 SNT to CICS/ESA and RACF38 Opening and closing CICS files by CSD group48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title128 July 1996 3 NEWCOPY function with wildcards

8 Finding terminals on the AID chain19 Displaying unlisted CSD groups42 Printing in VSE from a CICS transaction

46 Paging through the RCT47 Data encryption in CICS48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title127 June 1996 3 Assigning printers for hard copy

8 String parsing routine II14 CMS EXECs for generating BMS maps (continued)32 Transaction abend notification38 Displaying SIT parameters48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title126 May 1996 3 CICS PPT and DFHRPL information

10 Monthly transaction statistics26 CMS EXECs for generating BMS maps (continued)43 CICS availability48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title125 April 1996 3 An on-line NATURAL monitor

16 A performance problem with ISC20 Automated sign-on31 CMS EXECs for generating BMS maps 40 Debugging storage violations with SLIP trap45 Version 2.1.2 to Version 3.3.0 migration notes48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title124 March 1996 3 TCP/IP sockets for CICS

20 Field security22 Recording CICS/DB2 performance data to SMF44 Locating the RCT48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title123 February 1996 3 Modifying CICS messages

7 Dump management under CICS/ESA (continued)23 Displaying terminal-ids under TSO40 Adding abend codes to the message file48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title122 January 1996 3 Comparing DFHCSD listings

5 Dump management under CICS/ESA (continued)23 Long files and CICS IND$FILE25 Managing files in a full MRO environment47 Questions about the RCT48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title121 December 1995 3 ODM workstation initialization

7 Dump management under CICS/ESA 26 Using TCLASS to prevent sympathy sickness28 Handling errors in an MRO environment47 Correction to the October issu48 CICS News

Volume 10Issue Date Page Title

120 November 1995 3 An update to the screen viewing utility8 A task display program for MRO environments25 The cost of CICS books26 CICS for OS/2 - a personal hands-on view43 CICS automatic restart revisited44 Ten years ago45 January 1993 - November 1995 index48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title119 October 1995 3 START=LOGTERM on CICS/MVS 2.1.2 regions

4 CICS transaction menu from RACF13 Multiple printers per session40 Maintaining the dump switch status41 String parsing routine (self-defining data)48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title118 September 1995 3 CICS automatic restart

9 Beware AMXT10 CICS/ESA 3.3.0 and DW/370 1.2.135 New sign-on for CICS/ESA42 EXEC CICS commands in CICS exits46 A better NEWCOPY facility for CICS/ESA47 More about obtaining dumps in SOS situations48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title117 August 1995 3 CICS shut-down and restart automation

7 CICS journal dataset shrinkage18 Avoiding duplicate table maintenance21 A better NEWCOPY26 Using APPC to open and close files from batch44 ASREXIT SYMREC authorization exit48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title116 July 1995 3 Auditing CICS users

9 Displaying CICS statistics on-line24 A common PLTPI program33 CICS programming techniques: part III40 Killing suspended tasks45 Listing temporary storage queue names48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title115 June 1995 3 CEBR temporary storage queue purge program

4 CICS programming techniques: part II14 Monitoring CICS programs in a loop19 Using EIBFN codes22 CA-ACF2/CICS multiple-session enhancements 29 LSR pool on-line monitoring tool48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title114 May 1995 3 MRO/ISC configuration display

10 Obtaining a dump in an SOS situation12 CICS migration inhibitors22 Using XTSEREQ for temporary storage requests25 CICS programming techniques: part I32 CSD changes report48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title113 April 1995 3 Synchronizing TOD clocks using CICS

7 A Program Function key test utility10 CICS-PC file transfer front-end16 CICS shut-down hangs18 CICS/ESA - transaction and system dump tables19 A user-id based Help Desk tool (continued)48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title112 Mach 1995 3 CICS command retrieval

17 Browsing a list of temporary storage queues21 A user-id based Help Desk tool29 More about addressing the CSA in CICS/ESA 3.330 CICS shut-down statistics summary48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title111 February 1995 3 Self-resetting terminals and printers

7 Recent CICS file control problem17 A CICS-MANTIS interface20 Gathering CICS statistics36 Catching storage violations38 CICS inter-communication information48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title110 January 1995 3 Maintaining dump codes

11 RENTPGM=NOPROTECT and the ERDSA11 CICS/ESA file and LSR pool statistics (continued) 31 More on avoiding high disk response time32 Changes to CICS COBOL initialization handling42 InstallingCA-TOP SECRET 4.4 with CICS48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title109 December 1994 3 CICS dump utility

10 CICS SIT changes implemented by PN4897112 CICS/ESA file and LSR pool statistics27 Two useful CICS SNT utilities34 Duplicate entries in the CSD dataset - an update35 RDO interface48 CICS News

Volume 9Issue Date Page Title

108 November 1994 3 Automated journal management (continued)11 TIOA data trace22 Addressing the CSA in CICS/ESA 3.3 36 Automating CICS cold start revisited

37 Recent CICS temporary storage problems48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title107 October 1994 3 Printing QMF reports in CICS

6 Switching CSDs at PLTPI19 Automated journal management26 Preventing CICS/ESA from recording passwords28 Programmed shut-down for CICS/VSE 2.145 CICS/MVS forward recovery using CICS/VR48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title106 September 1994 3 CICS upper-case translation

4 Internal SAP task analysis11 Faxing mainframe data from CICS23 Collecting batch job statistics31 The CEDA interface and USERDEFINE34 Dynamic allocation of datasets within CICS/ESA48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title105 August 1994 3 A screen viewing utility

9 The CICS Transaction Affinities Utility21 Refreshing the load address of a CICS program23 Entering CEMT/CEDA commands from a file37 CICS/BRF38 Tidying up CSD files47 Brave new world48 CICS news

Issue Date Page Title104 July 1994 3 Storage violation information

8 Recording user exit statistics for CICS Version 318 Changing CEDA defaults

21 Temporary storage - a NATURAL perspective28 Tracking storage usage in CICS/ESA 3.341 CSD file back-up and recovery processes48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title103 June 1994 3 Automated CICS availability tracking

9 Recent CICS journalling problems20 Performance modelling based on trace analysis23 Retrieving security codes from ALERT/CICS30 A CICS user inquiry program33 Unarchived logs display47 More about IBM's CICS publications48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title102 May 1994 3 Increased auto-install facility

7 CICS/ESA 3.3 storage protection and RDO options13 Purging active tasks16 Creating edit shells from the DFHCOMMAREA26 CICS Message formatting29 Measuring CPU time within CICS transactions33 Grouped dataset open/close facility48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title101 April 1994 3 A CICS problem alert system

6 Monitoring CICS from TSO16 Adding and altering dump codes19 PLT maintenance and sequence logging32 Handling large temporary storage demands34 A look at CICS auto-install47 A warning about IBM's CICS publications48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title100 March 1994 3 One hundred issues of CICS Update

4 Accessing CICS files from a batch environment12 CICS dump selection20 Using XFCSREQC to report file contention22 CICS emergency restart enhancements34 Recent IBM announcements37 CICS automatic operation38 A forward recovery system (continued)48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title99 February 1994 3 Easing the migration to DBCTL

6 Batch mode processing15 Problem determination using AUXTRACE21 A forward recovery system31 Optimizing OSCOR on CICS with CA-ACF233 FAQE fragmentation43 Detecting looping tasks48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title98 January 1994 3 Automating CICS cold start

8 I/O errors in CICS journalling17 Improving CICS/ESA program compression 21 Following the DTA executable chain in CICS/ESA31 NATURAL and THE MONITOR revisited32 An update on CEMT from batch for VSE36 CICS and RACF - part three48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title97 December 1993 3 Consistent field verification

10 Setting DFHDMPx to autoswitch14 Releasing printers from CICS

19 CICS OS/2 and VSAM ESDS emulation20 A user exit lister for CICS/ESA Version 335 Listing SNT entries39 CICS and RACF - part two48 CICS News

Volume 8Issue Date Page Title

96 November 1993 3 Temporary storage quirks12 A transaction to list CICS signed-on users16 MRO inquiry program25 Generic printing from CICS/MVS and CICS/400 33 Issuing a POWER command from CICS34 CICS and RACF - part one44 January 1991 - November 199348 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title95 October 1993 3 Dynamic upper-case translation in CICS/ESA

10 A good way to save CPU22 MCS console sign-on - a new way31 Region size, region limit, and OSCOR35 Temporary storage performance in CICS/MVS 2.1.2 44 Using JCL to automate CICS start-up48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title94 September 1993 3 NATURAL and THE MONITOR FOR CICS

4 A global user message exit program12 Anatomy of a CICS transaction19 More on EDF on request22 Picking efficient IOAREALEN values24 Creating CICS help desk facilities34 Is CSFU finished yet?

46 More on OMEGAMON and SMF with CICS/ESA48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title93 August 1993 3 Measuring task CPU time

5 CICS/ESA 3.1 XDUCLSE dump exit15 CICS/400 - the viable alternative20 Screen printing with CICS/ESA - a postscript23 Batch NEWCOPY using APPC40 Dynamic dataset allocation in CICS45 Searching RACF groups48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title92 July 1993 3 Deleting transient data queues

8 Sending messages to users14 CMF data capture (Continued)31 Overcoming problems with IWS32 Altering transaction codes37 QMF printing under CICS47 Another way to avoid console log-on48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title91 June 1993 3 Synchronized transactions

7 AS/400 to CICS cooperative processing15 Using the CICS-JES spool interface - a response17 RACF authority checking20 CICS dumps and IPCS revisited22 CMF data capture33 CICS database deallocation47 Reader's letter48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title

90 May 1993 3 Switching physical SMF write on5 Closing files automatically11 Result of the CICS tuning tips competition13 Dealing with large temporary storage demands22 Dynamic upper-case translation in CICS/ESA25 An improved screen printing facility (continued)42 DFH1310 abends48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title89 April 1993 3 CICS GETVIS problems

6 An improved screen printing facility13 Collecting transaction counts in CICS/ESA 3.216 Forcing an emergency start27 Data interchange between CICS and an RS/600030 Auto-install and USSTABs38 Still more on CICS LINKs (continued)44 Another console log-on solution48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title88 March 1993 3 Coexistence of incompatible type 2 SVCs

4 CICS to AS/400 cooperative processing15 CICS versus VTAM 24 Enabling FCTs on a warm start of CICS 3.1.125 EDF on request33 Resetting printers by command-level instructions 38 Still more on CICS LINKs48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title87 February 1993 3 Dynamic Transaction Routing

9 Using the CICS-JES spool interface 12 A CICS resource monitor for everyone (continued)33 EDIFACT and ISC

39 CICS OS/2 - some interesting features43 COBPACK changes to reduce below-the-line DSA44 A CA-TOP SECRET interface48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title86 January 1993 3 Debugging Version 3 transaction dumps

9 Implementing mass changes on the CSD file12 NATURAL applications and THE MONITOR17 A CICS resource monitor for everyone 24 Remote screen and COMMAREA Viewing36 Faster CICS shut-down43 Reducing journalling/moonitoring I/O and CPU48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title85 December 1992 3 Recording CICS cold starts

6 FRACHECK in CICS12 Using DB2 to manage the CSD25 More on dynamically directing temporary storage28 Packaging an ODM exit as USERMOD31 User-friendly time-out under CICS 3.1 (continued)40 Batch job submission from CICS47 Reader's letter48 CICS News

Volume 7Issue Date Page Title

84 November 1992 3 Enhanced transaction switching6 CICS File Control exit structure9 More about master console sign-on11 User-friendly time-out under CICS 3.128 Shut-down during emergency start-up30 Using NEP to solve network problems

36 Message members for CICS applications46 Recent IBM announcements48 January 1990 - November 1992 index52 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title83 October 1992 3 OSCOR loss

5 Maintaining dump auto switch status7 CICS DTB exits11 TSO access to CICS resouce information32 A better way to reset printers35 load balancing - a round robin technique45 CICS IMS buffer statistics revisited47 More about case translation in CICS48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title82 September 1992 3 More on Model Terminal Support without CICS 3.2

4 Macro to Command-level conversion - the TIOA 7 Addressing the cSA under CICS/ESA8 CICS lockout diagnostic facility (continued)28 Writing to the console from a CICS program30 Monitoring VIVS from TSO46 Dynamically directing temporary storage queues48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title81 August 1992 3 Using CICS routing transaction

5 CICS on-line file integrity18 CICS lockout diagnostic facility27 More cross-reference from the CSD file34 Installing CICS objects41 Simplifying PLT maintenance 47 ZAP to continue CEDF session - 3.3 update48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title80 July 1992 3 MVS console sign-on - another solution

7 CICS JCL maintenance10 Batch to CICS LU6.2 utility23 Creating a read-only mode for VSAM and DL/I34 Defining CICS resources in batch36 A command-level CA-TOP SECRET interface43 CICS run-time PL/I message display47 ZAP to continue CEDF session - 2.1.2 update48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title79 June 1992 3 A program to submit a batch job from CICS

4 Controlling case translation with a user exit8 Dump table setter program for CICS/ESA18 Storage violation analysis28 BMS map source generator37 RDO and PA/PF key program invocation39 CICS sign-on security (continued)48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title78 May 1992 3 A brief analysis of CICS/ESA 3.3

5 Unknown DFHUAKP - alternative solutions6 Model Terminal Support without CICS/ESA 3.214 CICS sign-on security22 CICS debugging using IPCS30 Browsing the ICE/AID chains37 Automatic transaction start-up at CA-ACF2 log-on46 Setting printer to 'create' at start-up - a response48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title77 April 1992 3 CICS Version 3 and manu systems

5 Automating CICS/ESA dump printing with REXX12 Minimizing data transmission (continued)20 Annual award vinners21 Cross-reference listing of CSD - for MVS22 Protecting AORs with RACF30 On-line VSAM LISTCAT information45 An improved CEMT SET NEW command48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title76 March 1992 3 ESDS back-out exit programs under CICS/ESA

5 Unknown DFHUAKP6 The CICS System Definition file10 Using macro-level DSECTs in command level12 Monitoring data tables24 Minimizing data transmission32 Informing users of availability - local and remote46 Improving CICS shutdown statistics revisited 48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title75 February 1992 3 Maintaining CICS tables

5 Formatted dump summary15 CICS tuning - avoiding high disk response time18 Changing case within CICS24 CICS security - part five31 U0519 abend in a CICS region32 Accessing RACF via CICS38 Remote procedure calls in CICS48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title74 January 1992 3 Programmed shut-down for CICS 3.1

13 CICS and system GETVIS19 CICS tuning - avoiding physical I/O

23 CICS sympathy sickness30 CICS security - part four40 Dynamically allocated non-CICS resources44 PSB directory list47 COBOL message IKF992I issued by CICS48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title73 December 1991 3 A DFHTRAP for inefficient File Control coding

5 Defining CICS resources in batch13 Security in CICS/ESA17 A CICS macro-coded TCT listing program19 Scanning programs for restricted statements28 CICS IMS buffer statistics32 CICS security - part three46 CICS dump and IPCS48 CICS News

Volume 6Issue Date Page Title

72 November 1991 3 PLT program sequence logger8 A cross-reference listing of the CSD file14 CICS security - part three24 STAIRS VPASL with CICS terminal auto-install29 Deadlocks - system programming considerations33 A CICS storage alteration facility41 Never again compress CICS.LOADLIB43 December 1985 - November 1991 index52 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title71 October 1991 3 User-written authorization SVC for CICS

4 IEBCOPY to control DFHRPL extents6 Conversing for terminal information

12 Deadlocks - programming considerations22 CICS security - part two (continued)36 CICS/ESA storage management41 Sending non-destructive CICS messages45 Scanning the ICE without using the CSA48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title70 September 1991 3 User-written authorization SVC for CICS

8 Enhanced shutdown statistics12 CICS security - part 219 Result of the CICS tuning tips competition20 A VSAM file report26 Global user exits under CICS Version 334 Bypassing the sign-on screen for MSA37 Compressing CICS load libraries47 CICS Transaction inquiries48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title69 August 1991 3 A TOR monitor for office system clean-up

8 Assigning significant nmes to transactions10 Console, printer, and sequential reader sign-on17 Determining the offset of an abending instruction21 CICS security - part 133 Creating a SAVE procedure from DFHCOMMAREA41 Recent IBM announcements42 Avoiding I/O operations through Hiperspaces48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title68 July 1991 3 A friendlier CEBR

5 CICS capacity planning using SNAP/SHOT11 CICS console shut-down program13 A CICS 3.1 ISC connection monitor

22 Assembler macro to command-level conversion27 How to tell whether a transaction is local or remote28 CEDF ZAP to continue session - 3.1.1 update 35 A CICS session manager (continued)48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title67 June 1991 3 An approach to CICS on-line report generation

7 Duplicate entries in the CSD dataset12 Displaying currently logged-on CICS users15 A CICS session manager31 A dump suppression exit for CICS/ESA36 Converting from macto level to command level44 Using a Node Error Program to re-route print46 UCTRAN re-visited48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title66 May 1991 3 Deleting temorary storage queues

6 A program to issue AR commands from CICS7 Displaying CICS/BMS maps under CMS (continued)19 Dataspace access via Task Related User Exit23 Job submission from CICS to VSE/POWER28 The minimal standard random number generator29 The SHARE CICS performance tutorial41 Reconstructing transaction screen images48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title65 April 1991 3 Deleting outstanding AIDs

5 Shared storage subpool analysis15 Annual award winners16 Speed up those CICS COBOL compiles19 Displaying CICS/BMS maps under CMS 28 Resetting a printer's attributes

31 CICS/ESA 3.2 and other recent announcements40 CICS start-up and shutdown45 Statistics for auto-installed terminals48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title64 March 1991 3 Switching between transactions

10 Displaying critical CICS information14 Invalid transaction-ids15 CEMT from batch for VSE (continued)24 CICS PD/MVS28 Exploiting the CICS-JES interface42 A ZAP to improve CICS statistics43 Sequential terminal dataset open/close program48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title63 February 1991 3 Displaying logged-on terminals

6 A solution to potential CICS shutdown problems14 Controlling 'simultaneous' updates16 The results are unpredictable22 CEMT from batch for VSE (continued)28 Controlling CICS transaction counts from RMF30 Converting from CA-ACF2 to RACF38 Setting printers to 'create' at start-up43 Reader's letter44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title62 January 1991 3 Purging a running task

5 A CICS command processor15 CICS automatic master console sign-on18 Accessing CICS from ISPF (continued)20 The SEGMENT option in DFHDUP21 CEMT from batch for VSE

31 Subroutine to enhance testing33 A better NEWCOPY facility44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title61 December 1990 3 A CICS/RACF signon program

8 Auto-install in an MRO environment14 DB2 queries for CSD data under CICS 3.117 More on CICS links - a warning18 CICS log message suppression22 Accessing CICS from ISPF 33 Distributed processing under CICS40 A CICS sign-off transaction44 CICS News

Volume 5Issue Date Page Title

60 November 1990 3 Starting a CICS transaction from a clear screen4 A CICS sort utility11 CEDF ZAP to continue session - 2.1.1 update 12 Experiences with automatic back-up of journals20 Expanding the DL/I storage pools - an update22 Maximizing CICS capacity26 CP commands under CICS29 CA-ACF2 security in CICS for LU6.239 IBM announcements - a postscript40 December 1995 - November 1990 index48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title59 October 1990 3 Automatic journal archiving for CICS/ESA 3.1

8 DFHZNEP Node Error Program13 CSA storage relief15 Creating the DFHCOMMAREA from a BMS map

24 CICS year-to-date usage statistics (continued)31 The CICS auto-install feature35 Encoding the Sign-On Table42 IBM announcements 44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title58 September 1990 3 Laser printing in CICS using a VT100

7 CICS/DOS 1.7 file availability10 Displaying the Page Allocation Map15 Enhancing RACF security under CICS (cont)25 Program to generate passwords27 Variable length COMMAREA28 An automatic print re-routing utility33 CICS year-to-date usage statistics 43 Correction to the June issue44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title57 August 1990 3 CSD batch updates revisited

11 CICS shut-down checklist14 Issuing CEMT commands from VS/COBOL II16 Extended options for CICS AUTO start26 Using a 1K DSA page size27 Temporary storage queues - mass delete29 Enhancing RACF security under CICS 38 A new way to NEWCOPY programs42 VTAM cancelling and bringing down CICS43 Reader's letter44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title56 July 1990 3 More on CICS screen prints

8 Cold starting sequential terminals - a response10 Automatic CICS journal back-up

15 Locating the CICS CSA in a dump16 Sending messages to CICS terminals24 A poor man's CICS monitor (continued)31 CICS PLT processor35 More on CICS LINKs36 Displaying temporary storage information44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title55 June 1990 3 More about remote start requests

9 Determining physical device characteristics13 A poor man's CICS monitor (continued)19 DFHCOMMAREA suggestions24 Starting a CICS transaction from a clear screen25 Relating printers to users of the print facility31 BTAM line monitor40 Resetting the status of VSAM files43 Reader's letter44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title54 May 1990 3 Sign-on security

8 Solving the auto-install printer problem16 DFHMSCAN - comments and improvements19 Automatic transaction initiator21 A poor man's CICS monitor28 Master terminal commands for dump autoswitch31 CICS internals revisited40 Echoing CRLP terminal input to the VSE console44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title53 April 1990 3 A CICS assembler tidier

10 Enquiring on programs in DFHRPL - an update15 Annual award winners

16 Multiple MPS systems under VSE17 A menu program generator (continued)25 CEDF ZAP to continue session - an update26 Task priorities and performance tuning31 DTB and TBP exits34 ISC sessions monitoring program44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title52 March 1990 3 Using DFHTM for table entries in CICS 1.6.1

6 Speeding up CICS start-up time6 Interface fr printing in CICS14 CEDF and other key-driven utilities (continued)21 A preliminary look at CICS OS/2 Version 1.2026 A menu program generator34 Maintaining useful file statistics42 More about ISC, APPC, and LU6.2 sessions43 Reader's letter44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title51 February 1990 3 Installing MRO - a user's experiene

10 Displaying SIT suffixes14 Alternative for restricted COBOL verb INSPECT16 Another look at avoiding duplicate sign-ons19 CICS 3270 - PC file transfer program exits (cont)30 DFHCOMMAREA revisited31 Apparent loss of DFHCOMMAREA33 CEDF and other key-driven utilities39 Cold starting sequential terminals40 An improvement to the RACF-CICS interface44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title50 January 1990 3 Creating maps for a data entry system

7 Master terminal commands in batch - a reply11 Dynamic DL/I statistics14 CICS 3270 - PC file transfer program exits23 Using CA-VOLLIE as an SQL monitor27 CICS LINK versus standard CALL to subroutine28 THE MONITOR FOR CICS - data collection30 Updating the CSD in batch37 Trapping storage violations40 On-line CICS message display44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title49 December 1989 3 ISC, APPC, and LU6.2 sessions in CICS

11 Extracting information from the CSD - a response12 The search for macro-level code14 VSAM ESDS back-out17 CICS print function revisited24 A DL/I utility for CICS (continued)34 CICS 1.7 and the shared storage subpool38 Automatically switching dump datasets 44 CICS News

Volume 4Issue Date Page Title

48 November 1989 3 Quick and easy on-line file mode changing7 Problems with DFHCOMMAREA9 Protectibg your CICS journals19 Remote start requests - a solution23 A DL/I utility for CICS28 Sign-on changes for CICS 1.7 - a response29 CEDF ZAP to continue session31 Gathering information on CICS37 An XGMTEXT exit for CICS39 December 1985 - November 1989 index44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title47 October 1989 3 CICS automatic master console sign-on

7 A PLT processor - some words of caution9 TSO/ISPF CICS dump dataset utility (continued)13 Close file status display15 More about CSP printing18 DFHZNEP to clean up sign-offs in ACF224 An implementation of the auto-install facility29 Displaying CICS enque waits and lock-outs37 Who linked to me?40 Systems programmer MVS commands via CICS 44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title46 September 1989 3 CICS upper-case user exit

5 Macro-level and command-level programs11 CICS emergency restart - the solution15 Enquiring on programs in DFHRPL (continued)21 CICS/DB2 ATTACH request handler25 CICS and VTAM VPBUF storage27 TSO/ISPF CICS dump dataset utility 37 Executing master terminal commands in batch38 Extracting information from the CSD42 VSAM information from your FCT - a response44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title45 August 1989 3 Formatting TCTUA for auto-install terminals

9 Using SDF to define arrays12 Who's using this file?15 A third look at conversational programming20 Enquiring on programs in DFHRPL (continued)28 Printing CINIT BIND information on CSSL30 Faster printing for CICS CSP transactions

35 CICS clear key modification36 Improved linkage to command-level programs 40 CICS and RSCS printer sharing43 CICS/ESA Version 3 Release 144 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title44 July 1989 3 A CICS table update system

10 Controlling FCT start-up12 Conversational or pseudo-conversational?18 Programmable call of DFHEDAP (CEDA)22 Controlling CICS dataset names26 CICS VTAM terminal passing28 CICS capacity planning - modelling or intuition?35 Enquiring on programs in DFHRPL44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title43 June 1989 3 A method of purging unwanted tasks

4 VSAM information from your FCT12 Segmenting the print output for a CICS partition14 MRO STARTs with shippable terminals17 Enhanced addressability22 Creating BMS maps from DMS/CMS31 CICS emergency restart - a cry for help34 Adding update security to CICS files37 A PLT processor39 CICS write host transfer file43 Reader's letter44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title42 May 1989 3 VTAM secondary program operator

9 CMS EXECs for monitoring CICS (continued) 13 CSP CICS printing considerations

17 Displaying Automatic Initiate Descriptors23 CSD record formats32 Temporary storage queues34 Using VOLLIE as monitor for batch37 CICS print function44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title41 April 1989 3 CICS file placement

10 CMS EXECs for monitoring CICS (continued) 13 CICS screen capture and display facility22 Communicating after an AKCT time-out24 More about conversational programming - 126 More about conversational programming - 233 On-line PSB display40 Sign-on changes for CICS 1.7 44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title40 March 1989 3 Printing through the CICS/JES interface

7 On-line PSB display14 Locating CICS table entries15 Dynamic dump option alteration22 Keeping BTAM lines in service28 A useful CICS routine30 Restricting the CEMT transaction38 CMS EXECs for monitoring CICS (continued) 41 Calling COBOL modules in CICS applications43 Reader's letter44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title39 February 1989 3 DFHPEP transaction abend message

5 Controlling printers under BMS10 Invoking CICS commands from batch

19 Performance problems and the CICS dispatcher23 CICS looping task detection27 CMS EXECs for monitoring CICS (continued) 30 Apparent loss of DFHCOMMAREA contents33 Dynamic allocation of files at CICS initialisation38 CICS message routing - further thoughts39 Date-stamping the CSMT log44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title38 January 1989 3 An alternative to ADYN transaction

9 The CICS/DB2 interface13 CMS EXECs for monitoring CICS (continued) 17 A second look at conversational programming19 Cleaning up temporary storage21 Submitting jobs to VSE/POWER from PCs30 The Third Annual CICS Technical Conference35 COMMAREAs in an XA environment (continued)41 Multiple operator-ids in ADR/VOLLIE 44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title37 December 1988 3 A coding technique for the SNT and PCT

5 CSP to CICS transfer facilities12 Solving virtual storage constraints using SSDs15 COMMAREAs in an XA environment 22 VSAM performance tuning basics27 Tips for ADS users30 CMS EXECs for monitoring CICS (continued) 34 IMS database information display39 CICS Statement of Direction41 More about sharing VSAM files under VM - 142 More about sharing VSAM files under VM - 244 CICS News

Volume 3Issue Date Page Title

36 November 1988 3 Dynamically choosing MPS or non-MPS phases4 CICS 1.7 DCT warm start USERMOD6 A CICS dump front-end program8 CMS EXECs for monitoring CICS (continued) 16 Expanding the CICS-DL/I storage pools24 Cross-reference of PCT and SNT (continued)30 Locating entries in FCT under CICS 1.732 A task attach exit for transaction routing40 December 1985 - November 1988 index44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title35 October 1988 3 Batch verification that CICS files are closed

8 A user-enhanced DFHPEP12 SIT overrides - a warning13 U2803 abend with upgraded CSD17 CMS EXECs for monitoring CICS (continued) 21 CICS and VSE directory entries23 Cross-reference of PCT and SNT30 CICS sign-on panel enhancements33 Sharing VSAM files between separate VSE-ids36 Invoking a CSP application through CICS44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title34 September 1988 3 Printing screens from mapset load modules

7 CMS EXECs for monitoring CICS12 RECEIVE and RETRIEVE in one transaction14 Locating the RACF user-id17 Conversational programming considerations24 Executing CICS commands from batch27 Another method of keeping programs resident

29 Deleting a single specific item from a TS queue37 An auto-install exit44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title33 August 1988 3 CICS terminal status display

7 A CICS-VSE/POWER interface15 Improving the flexibility of PLTPI programs17 CICS bubble sort revisited20 CICS run-time message handling30 CMS EXECs for monitoring CICS (continued)33 Resident program loader35 CICS availability notification36 A front-end program for CEDA42 A new reason for INVREQ under 1.7.043 Reader's letter44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title32 July 1988 3 Migrating from a Macro TCT to auto-install

11 Displaying local terminals14 CICS SVC screening (continued)21 CICS 1.7 DCT warm start local modification23 A CICS attributes library member25 Using CRLP under CICS26 CMS EXECs for monitoring CICS (continued)36 CICS statistics file history44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title31 June 1988 3 Good morning with CICS 1.7

4 A bit map manipulation routine12 CICS 1.7 and ACF2 problems16 CICS SVC screening23 Some problems with SDF

29 CMS EXECs for monitoring CICS32 A CICS print program34 Informing users of CICS availability40 Swapping address spaces - a simpler solution41 Recent IBM announcements44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title30 May 1988 3 Automatic sign-off program

7 Changing CICS sign-on names dynamically10 Pseudo-conversational transaction monitoring11 Some further comments on INTERTEST17 VSE/SP 2.1 operator console under CICS26 Controlling CICS performance under VM/VSE33 Extended attributes and remote viewing34 CICS 1.6 dynamic installation of terminals36 Password expiration warnings for CICS users43 CICS tuning parameters - a further comment44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title29 April 1988 3 Printing screens from mapset load modules

7 Avoiding use of shut-down PLT8 Displaying dataset characteristics14 Closing VSE/VSAM user catalogs18 Compressing 3270 data sreams28 Control Interval Size for VSAM datasets30 Controlling the flow of started tasks38 Sign-ons. operator-ids, and passwords 41 A USERMOD for DFHRTE43 Readers' letters44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title28 March 1988 3 Locating the VSE/SP log-on user-id

4 Dynamic Storage Area allocation display (continued)11 A potential problem with RDO13 Task termination at CICS shut-down25 Swapping the CICS address space30 Problems with making CRTE user friendly35 Updating RDO external security flag in batch40 Finding where users are signed on43 An undocumented INVREQ under 1.6.144 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title27 February 1988 3 LSR considerations

6 Dynamic Storage Area allocation display13 Recording character data with THE MONITOR14 Shutting down CIC21 Some thoughts on 'A terminal input exit'28 A solution to the CICS print facility problem29 Making CICS programs resident32 Closing VSAM files dynamically36 Writing your own terminal error program43 Reader's letter44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title26 January 1988 3 Tuning IMS/DB VSAM buffer pools for CICS

7 A VM-based message collecting system13 Continious CICS17 Circumventing DHTK abends20 CICS tuning parameters33 CICS journal exits38 BMS SKR enhancement39 Automatically verifying DL/I files43 CICS Message routing - further comments44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title25 December 1987 3 Remote screen viewing

8 Installing IMS modules into the Link Pack Area14 Checking security bits17 Auto-install terminal-id assignment20 Monitoring exit messages to CSSL21 CICS COBOL compile option tip23 Tuning DL/I buffers in CICS30 Tuning VSAM to recover space35 Controlling CICS resources37 More about forward recovery40 PLT program to set up directory pointers42 An analysis of CICS/VM44 CICS News

Volume 2Issue Date Page Title

24 November 1987 3 Eliminating the SNT under RACF7 THE MONITOR - features and experiences12 Displaying the CICS Dynamic Storage Area18 Locating the PRINTTO-id of a terminal19 Integrated map generator28 CICS HANDLE commands versus RESP/RESP231 A bit manipulation program35 A VSAM initialisation program for VSE users40 Reader's letter41 December 1985 - November 1987 index44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title23 October 1987 3 Saving storage with CICS and SVA

4 A CSD program finder6 Measuring CICS line traffic13 Easier CICS sign-on

14 Keeping remote BTAM lines in service24 Balancing CICS response times26 CICS batch debugging aid31 Making CRTE user friendly40 Correction to the September issue43 Scanning the TCT46 Reader's letter48 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title22 September 1987 3 Automatically switching dump files

4 Using XPCCB macros11 Defining VSAM files with IMBED13 A problem with CICS print facility15 Communicating by temporary storage17 Restoring DFHCOMMAREA19 CLISTs for unformatted system dumps24 Keeping remote BTAM lines in service29 CICS bubble sort33 A CICS sign-on program34 An MVS Display Active (DA) for CICS42 Reader's letters44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title21 August 1987 3 Issuing Master Terminal commands from batch

5 Avoiding a blank screen in CICS9 Handling Gregorian current date under CICS11 Automatically connecting auto-install terminals13 Forward recovery in a CICS site16 A tip for COBOL programmers18 On-line IRC statistics display program29 CICS non-conversational sign-on transaction33 Security violations35 Displaying DL/I return codes

37 Managing groups of VSAM clusters41 Reader's letter42 CICS reader survey44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title20 July 1987 3 CICS 1.7.0 auto-install for printers

7 INTERTEST - a product view11 CICS to POWER/VS application interface (cont)16 User exit for UFO performance monitoring19 A CICS terminal input exit21 BTAM and VSE to VTAM and MVS conversion30 Modifying the CICS print program31 An alternative to CICS HANDLE commands39 A problem with VSE/SP Version 2 libraries40 Avoiding duplicate sign-ons43 Reader's letter44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title19 June 1987 3 CICS message routing

4 CICS programmable operator12 Generate your own symbolic maps15 Processing VTAM log-on messages in CICS 1.716 CICS to POWER/VS application interface27 MXXX and CICS30 Editing numeric data in COBOL programs33 Transient data remote print spooler41 Reader's letter41 Balancing CICS response times44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title18 May 1987 3 Automatically installing SNA terminals

4 Obtaining details of a local 3270 environment

9 User exits for disk journals under CICS 1.6.110 Obtaining DFHRPL dataset name information16 DTP using 1.7 INQUIRE/SET commands27 Defining maps under RDO28 Preventing CICS system crashes and lock-out30 Resetting log-ons under GENER/OL35 A ZAP to DFHSFP36 Master terminal enquiry only43 Correction to Issue 1444 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title17 April 1987 3 Upper case translation of user transaction codes

4 A ZAP for Europé part 2 5 A self-tuning system8 Opening and closing CICS remote terminals12 CICS-DL/I abend handling program (continued)19 CICS message routing - a practical solution24 An overview of CICS/MVS 2.127 BMS - the DDS parameter28 Dynamic length and address calculation30 OSCOR display transaction36 Implementing an entry menu system43 Reader's letter44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title16 March 1987 3 A generalised VSAM initialisation program

8 CICS-DL/I abend handling program (continued)16 CICS BMS terminal paging modification17 Displaying Temporary Storage Queues20 Processing the dump dataset29 Multi-function sign-on35 How to improve CICS program loads37 Dynamic transaction backout with CICS RDO

41 How to find the CICS CSA under OS/VS143 A reader's letter44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title15 February 1987 3 Automatic sign-on for given CICS terminals

8 A CICS-DL/I abend handling program14 Transactional availability17 BMS input mapping19 Creating VTAM menus for CICS24 A BMS problem under CICS 1.6.125 High Private Area use in MVS/SP 1.3.529 Establishing colour support31 Automatic dump file switching32 A review of the ODE data entry system34 Printing BMS maps42 A single sign-on modification to DFHSNP44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title14 January 1987 3 Enhanced RACF resource control

7 Program isolation scheduling9 Changing the PRINTTO identifier10 Getting at CICS storage under MVS 14 Monitoring single transaction applications19 CICS MRO - an alternative to MVS/XA23 Journal utilization display31 STABILIZE/CICS - a product overview38 Improved CICS shutdown statistics40 Storage violations41 A problem in matching a VTAM bind image42 Dynamic length calculation in PL/I44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title

13 December 1986 3 Accessing CICS from another address space6 VSAM file forward recovery15 CICS program libraries in VSE/SP216 Handling applications under MRO22 Automatically saving CICS log datasets25 The future of CICS in the Information Centre27 Copying the contents of CICS dump files 33 GETVIS problems in CICS - a response35 Displaying the CICS address space39 Editing numeric terminal input43 Segmenting CICS SYSLST output44 CICS News

Volume 1Issue Date Page Title

12 November 1986 3 The automatic switching of dump files4 System integrity in a multi-CPU installation6 Using CEMT commands from a sequential terminal11 Reduction of MVS CSA usage by VSAM files14 Displaying current auxiliary TS queues17 Partitioning a CICS region25 Sign on short-cut for RACF users of Personal Manager28 Stabilising CICS response times34 Batch verification of CICS datasets being closed38 Logging CSMT commands to SYSLST40 Conversational transaction looping41 December 1985 - November 1986 index43 Readers' letters44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title11 October 1986 3 Additional CICS system recovery table entry

4 Accessing VTAM information under CICS7 An erroneous message in CICS 1.79 CICS availability

11 VSA lock file restrictions14 CICS/COBOL restricted words16 Conversational transactions17 GETVIS problems in CICS24 CICS 1.7.0 auto-install hints and tips25 CICS storage violation display31 Effect of bad key compression on a KSDS33 Displaying Interval Control Elements36 The performance implications of PUTSPOOL, GETSPOOL, and CTLSPOOL36 A program to copy CICS journals44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title10 September 1986 3 DL/I statistics and hardcopy (continued)

13 Speeding up CICS program loads14 CICS - the next five years17 A hard-to-find bug19 Conversion of CICS function and return code21 Pseudo-conversational updating24 Automatic job scheduling29 Tuning on-line VSAM files33 Dynamic transaction backout exits36 Displaying program interrupt information40 Ghosts in the computer???42 Dynamically allocating AUXTRACE datasets43 Readers' letters44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title9 August 1986 3 DL/I statistics and hardcopy

8 Dynamically altering UVTRAN under VTAM10 Restting sequential disk terminals12 Displaying the page allocation map13 A problem with SLR15 Message switching

16 Helping the Help Desk28 Dynamically choosing MPS or non-MPS phases29 CICS 1.7 NOTAUTH EDF bug31 Accessing an unloaded KSDS34 More GETVIS problems35 Allocation of real storage in a VSE environment37 Converting BTAM 3270s to non-SNA VTAM44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title8 July 1986 3 Subroutine to include or exclude new code

5 CICS shutdown verification11 CICS virtual storage problem13 A ZAP for Europé15 The CICS table manager macro DFHTM17 CICS journal status display22 CICS storage monitoring with CMS EXECs32 VSAM performance in CICS37 CICS to POWER job submission43 A reader's letter44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title7 June 1986 3 Programs to issue AR commands through CICS

5 Dynamic modification of BMS maps8 CICS abending with U02039 Displaying pseudo-conversational transactions16 Concentrating reference patterns17 CICS DOS console display23 Optimising VSAM performance under CICS27 Dynamic length calculation29 Opening and closing groups of DL/I databases37 Writing messages to the operator console38 An evaluation of performance monitors41 A reader's letter

42 Correction to the May issue44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title6 May 1986 3 Dynamically altering UCTRAN

6 VSAM tuning tips9 Dynamic file allocation13 Terminal/control unit in-service notification 18 Getting even more from OMEGAMON/CICS20 Automatic start of SQL/DS24 Timer driven shutdown29 Stopping a CICS print task31 Program residency - an optimisation technique34 Fast sign-on and drop under VM38 CICS/COBOL restricted words43 Program residency - group entries44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title5 April 1986 3 Displaying CSMT/CSTL messages

7 OMEGAMON versus THE MONITOR: the choice10 SOS - knowing if it's happened12 CICS GETVIS problems14 Purging tasks at CICS shutdown19 SNADS for CICS users21 Displaying DL/I buffer pool statistics25 CICS logging and IMS/DB recovery utilities26 Making a new copy of a program in CICS28 Deadly embraces/VSAM strings30 Eliminating mnotes for OCT entries starting C31 Dynamic allocation sample user program USERMOD32 CICS 1.6.1 implementation problems34 A CICS - POWER/VS interface37 CICS transactions and numeric entry fields43 CICS/DBOMP performance

44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title4 March 1986 3 VSE/POWER to CICS printing

8 CICS performance tuning11 Speedy sign-on transaction for CICS13 CICS performance in VSE17 CICS dump selection24 A problem with CICS dynamic storage29 Terminal Control Program exits31 Handling PL/I task abends 32 A screen copying transaction35 BIMODIS in practice37 Display enabled global user exit programs40 Tabular data structures in BMS Assemblies44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title3 February 1986 3 Forcing idle users off CICS

7 CICS 1.5 security key extension9 Improving the value of CICS statistics14 Assembler subroutines in a PL/1 environment15 Screen size modification16 Keep those remote lines up18 An overview of CICS recovery and restart24 Virtual storage constraint relief (CICS)27 Recording RACF resource violations29 CICS applications out of control?32 Misuse of the task abend exit in DFHPEP33 CICS prophecies - three years on36 CICS and 4GLs as system software40 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title2 January 1986 3 Open/close DOS DL/1 databases

5 The system programmer's toolkit7 Resetting a VM terminal dialled into CICS9 Signing off remote terminals10 Workload analysis 12 An inquiry-only master terminal transaction 16 CICS problems in a high paging environment18 Enhancing CICS security facilities28 Simplifying TCT generation30 CICS performance tools34 Simplifying maintenance under RDO37 Improved DFHTDWT$39 Hints and tips on PLT40 CICS message routing - a total answer42 Suggested CICS programming standards44 CICS News

Issue Date Page Title1 December 1985 3 CICS 1.6.1 dynamic logon

10 SLIP traps and CICS debugging12 Resource security level checking13 A problem with alternate index buffers15 Grouping IBM entries in RDO16 CICS 1.7 - answering users' needs?18 OMEGAMON/CICS in practice 20 A CICS batch diagnostic aid21 CICS message routing22 Issuing AR commands through CICS23 CMF performance24 CICS operator timeout system29 Print key substitution30 A problem with VSE BUFSIZE parameter31 CICS dynamic dump (online)34 CICS forward recovery - a Xephon survey36 CICS COBOL programming guidelines39 PL/1 storage in a DOS/CICS environment44 CICS News