CMDBID: 68994 | Course Code: CM18G | Duration: 2 Days
Overview>
Learn how to write application programs that use Data Language One (DL/I) to process terminal input and output messages in an Information Management System / Data Communications (IMS/DC) system.
Audience>
This intermediate course is for individuals responsible for writing programs in Common Business Oriented Language (COBOL), or Programming Language One (PL/I) using DL/I to communicate with terminals in an IMS/DC system.
Skills Gained>
Modify an IMS batch DL/I application program to function in an IMS/DC environment: receiving a message from a terminal and sending output messages to terminals
Handle the exception conditions that may occur using DL/I functions
Work with Scratch Pad Areas (SPA) in an IMS-conversational program
Understand the application program considerations in using Message Format Services (MFS) and the system service functions data structures
Prerequisites>
You should:
complete:
IMS Fundamentals (CM010) or IMS Fundamentals -Web (CMW01)
IMS DB Application Programming (U3717)
or be able to:
Describe the basic control and flow of IMS/DC communications facilities
Understand the DL/I components and calls of a database application program
Modify a program in COBOL or PL/I to add IMS/DC functions
Outline>
IMS TM System Overview
Message Processing Programming
Get/Send Terminal Data
Message Format Services (MFS)
Create and use MFS control blocks
IMS/TM Additional Facilities
Our Clients
Our clients have included prestigious national organisations such as Oxford University Press, multi-national private corporations such as JP Morgan and HSBC, as well
as public sector institutions such as the Department of Defence and the Department of Health.