Design screens and then generate BMS maps for CICS

What tools do you recommend to design screens and then generate BMS maps for CICS? Can the same tool also convert...

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the BMS map to XML or HTML format?

I'm afraid that I cannot answer this one - as I'm an IBM person and a member of the CICS Strategy team to boot - and am so prevented from talking about non-IBM products.

All I can say is that the tool you choose should be able to generate the BMS extensions that allow for the description of the fields on the panel and the generation of HTML templates as well. Look at the APG and see what is available via the base BMS macros and check that these functions are around in the tool.

You should also have a look at some of the Java development tools which can take a COBOL-formatted structure and convert it into various interesting layouts.

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Converting XML to data structures using the CICS TRANSFORM command This tip explains how to use the new CICS TRANSFORM command for converting XML to data structures and vice versa.

Business Mapping Services (BMS) get GUI GT Software users making Business Mapping Services (BMS) maps for CICS can say goodbye to the green screens. This month, GT announced the release of its Ivory BMS Studio IDE, which allows users to build BMS maps in a Windows GUI environment.

Mainframe applications never die: Using the 3270 bridge Mainframe modernization tools have evolved from screen scrapers. Mainframe expert Robert Crawford outlines his experience in this overview of the 3270 bridge and Link3270 interface.

Securing a CICS screen Can you secure a CICS screen that is called by the application program? Phil Emrich, our CICS expert, explores this question in this tip.

Mainframe conversion to Web services IBM offers an extensive set of tools for Web-service conversion.

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