Menu Screens
 Primary Menu with Links to sub-Menu Screens
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  Table of Contents Version 11.11.15 
  Introduction
  Menu Programs
  The Primary Menu with Selections to Sub-Menu Screens
  Option 1, The Menu for Data Files and VSAM Data Sets
  Option 2, The Menu for Relational Data Base Management
  Option 3, The Menu for Utility Programs
  Option 9, End of Job, Sign Off
  Technical Details
  Transaction ID's
  Source Code for Primary Menu Program
  Summary
  Software Agreement and Disclaimer
  Downloads and Links to Similar Pages
  Downloads and Links, Internet Access Required
  Downloads and Links, Local Access
  Glossary of Terms
  Comments, Suggestions or Feedback
  Company Overview
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Introduction
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This example uses a suite of COBOL programs and BMS mapsets to display menu screens and transfer control to programs that will perform various application and utilitarian functions such as links between menu programs and data file inquiry or update programs. The programs use command level CICS statements and display information to a 3270 terminal or terminal emulator. The programs run on an IBM Mainframe System with CICS or a Microsoft Windows System with Micro Focus Server for Mainframe Migration.

Menu Programs
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To display the menu of options on a 3270 display a COBOL program and a BMS screen are used. The Main Menu Screen contains a list of options. Once an option is selected an EXEC CICS LINK is used to pass control to the appropriate program and perform the requested function.

The Primary Menu with Selections to Sub-Menu Screens
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The primary menu (or main menu) provides links to other menu screens. The transaction identifier (or Tran ID) to display the main menu is "MM01" and the program is "MN1APP". The following shows the main menu screen.

 MN1APP1                 Transaction Management System               2011/11/15 
 STOA                        Links to Menu Screens                  14:43:07:46
                                 Version 01.00


                        1. File Management Menu (non-relational)
                        2. Relational Data Base Management Menu
                        3. Menu for Utility and Support Programs
                        4. Reserved for Future Use
                        5. Reserved for Future Use
                        6. Reserved for Future Use
                        7. Reserved for Future Use
                        8. Reserved for Future Use
                        9. End of Job, Sign Off

                        _  Select an option, please



                                                                       PF12=Esc 

Note: The following sections describe the options available from the main menu.

Option 1, The Menu for Data Files and VSAM Data Sets
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This main menu option provides links to the data file inquiry and update programs for the Customer Master File and the Item Master File. The transaction identifier (or Tran ID) to display the menu for file and VSAM Data Set access is "OPT1" and the program name is "MN1FMS". The following shows the main menu screen.

 MN1FMS1                Data Files and VSAM Data Sets                2009/08/04 
 STOA                          Menu of Options                      17:04:58:73
                                Version 01.00


                        1. Customer File Inquiry
                        2. Item File Inquiry
                        3. Customer File Update
                        4. Item File Update
                        5. Reserver for Future Use
                        6. Reserved for Future Use
                        7. Reserver for Future Use
                        8. Return to Main Menu
                        9. End of Job, Sign Off

                        _  Select an option, please



                                                                       PF12=Esc

This example uses a suite of COBOL programs and BMS mapsets to  Access Files and VSAM Data Sets  that will do inquiries, and updates to existing records and allow adding of new records.

Option 2, The Menu for Relational Data Base Management
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The menu for relational data base management provides links to programs for reading rows, updating rows or inserting rows in a Relational Data Table. The transaction identifier (or Tran ID) to display the main menu is "AMSQ" and the program is "MN1SQL". The following shows the menu screen.

 MN1SQL1                Relational Data Base Management              2011/11/15 
 STOA                           Menu of Options                     15:03:28:38
                                 Version 01.00

                 1. Customer Table View and Update (SQL Access)
                 2. Reserved for Future Use
                 3. Reserved for Future Use
                 4. Reserved for Future Use
                 5. Reserved for Future Use
                 6. Reserved for Future Use
                 7. Reserved for Future Use
                 8. Return to Main Menu
                 9. End of Job, Sign Off

                 _  Select an option, please



                                                                        PF12=Esc 

This example uses a suite of COBOL programs and BMS mapsets to Access Relational Data Tables that will do reads, and updates to existing rows and allow for the inserting of new rows.

Option 3, The Menu for Utility Programs
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The Utilities Menu is provided for programmers and support personnel that need addition information about the application programs or data files. The transaction identifier (or Tran ID) to display the main menu is "AMUP" and the program is "MN1UTL". The following shows the menu screen for the Utility Programs.

 MN1FMS1          Utility Programs for Application Support           2007/11/11 
 STOA                          Menu of Options                      20:30:00:00
                                Version 01.00



                  1. Customer Inquiry (Hex-Dump Mode)
                  2. Reserved for Future Use
                  3. Customer Record Patch (Hex-Dump Mode)
                  4. Reserved for Future Use
                  5. File Status Codes
                  6. File Properties, Data File Information
                  7. Application Properties, Source Code Information
                  8. Return to Main Menu
                  9. End of Job, Sign Off
                  _  Select an Option, please




                  PF3=Menu                                             PF12=Esc

This example uses a suite of COBOL programs and BMS mapsets to deliver Utility Programs and Reference Information that is used to support the development, testing and deployment of business applications.

Option 9, End of Job, Sign Off
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This will end the application and display the CICS transaction screen.

Technical Details
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This section provides additional detail about the menu programs and transaction ID's.

Transaction ID's
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The following is a list of the Transaction ID's provided in the suite of CICS sample programs.

 TranID  Program - Description
  AMSQ MN1SQL - Menu for Relational Data Management
  AMUP MN1UTL - Application and Data Management Utility Programs
  ANSO ZPOZPPR - Load a Table
  APU1 AP2UPD - Application Properties Repository
  CQU1 CQ2UPD - Access DB with View, Update and Insert
  CUD1 CUDUMP - Customer File Dump
  CUI1 CU2INQ - Customer Inquiry, Program Control Table
  CUM1 CUMEND - Record Patch for Customer File
  CUU1 CU2UPD - Customer File Update
  FPU1 FP2UPD - File Properties Repository
  FSC1 FILERC - File Status Codes
  ITI1 IT2INQ - Item Inquiry, Program Control Table
  JRDR CCSJCLC1 - Submit a Job to the INTRDR
  MM01 MN1APP - Main Menu with Links to sub-Menu Screens
  OPT1 MN1FMS - Menu Transaction for File Management
  User Defined Transactions for Sample Programs

Source Code for Primary Menu Program
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The following is the source code for the Main Menu Program.

       IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
       PROGRAM-ID.  MN1APP.
       AUTHOR.      SIMOTIME ENTERPRISES.
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      * PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
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      * This is the Menu program for the File Management System.
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      * 1989/02/27 Simmons, Created program.
      * 1997/03/17 Simmons, Updated for SYSID.
      *
      *****************************************************************
      *
       ENVIRONMENT DIVISION.

      *****************************************************************
       DATA DIVISION.
       WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
       01  EOJ         pic X(50)
           value '     - Session completed, Enter new Tran ID       '.

       01  XCTL-RESP-CODE      pic 9(08)  comp.
       01  LOCAL-TRAN-ID       pic X(4)   value 'MM01'.

       01  MSG-LINES.
           03  MSG-DATA        pic X(78)  value SPACES.

       01  SYS-ID              pic X(4).

       01  WORK-DATE.
           05  WORK-DATE-CC    pic X(02).
           05  WORK-DATE-YY    pic 9(02).
           05  WORK-DATE-MM    pic X(02).
           05  WORK-DATE-DD    pic 9(02).
       01  WORK-TIME.
           05  WORK-TIME-HH    pic X(02).
           05  WORK-TIME-NN    pic X(02).
           05  WORK-TIME-SS    pic X(02).
           05  WORK-TIME-TT    pic X(02).

       01  PROGRAM-NAME        pic x(8).

       01  WS-RESPONSE         pic S9(8) comp.
       01  WS-REASON-CODE      pic S9(8) comp.

       01  PROGRAM-FLAGS.
           05  P-FLAG-ANIM     pic X      value 'N'.
           05  P-FLAG-JOURNAL  pic X      value 'Y'.

       COPY MN1APP1.
       COPY DFHAID.

      *****************************************************************
       LINKAGE SECTION.
       01  DFHCOMMAREA         pic X.

      *****************************************************************
       PROCEDURE DIVISION.
      *    if  P-FLAG-ANIM = 'Y'
      *        CALL 'CBL_DEBUGBREAK'
      *    end-if

           perform CLEAR-MESSAGES

           evaluate TRUE
             when EIBCALEN = ZERO
                  perform SEND-MENU-SCREEN
             when EIBAID   = DFHPF12
                  perform END-OF-PROGRAM
             when EIBAID   = DFHENTER
                  perform GET-OPTION-NUMBER
             when other
                  move 'Please use a valid option number' to MSG-LINES
                  perform RECOVERY-ROUTINE
           end-evaluate.
      *    Should never get to here...
           perform END-OF-PROGRAM.

      *****************************************************************
       BUILD-HEADER-INFO.
           EXEC CICS ASSIGN
                SYSID(SYS-ID)
                END-EXEC.

           move 'MN1APP1 ' to SYSPAGEO
           move SYS-ID to SYS-IDO.
           perform Z-GET-DATE-AND-TIME.
           move ' ' to OPTNUMO
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       CLEAR-MESSAGES.
           move SPACES to MSG-LINES
           move SPACES to SYSMSG1O
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       END-OF-PROGRAM.
           EXEC CICS SEND
                FROM   (EOJ)
                LENGTH (50)
                ERASE
                END-EXEC

           EXEC CICS SEND
                CONTROL FREEKB
                END-EXEC

           EXEC CICS RETURN
                END-EXEC
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       GET-OPTION-NUMBER.
           EXEC CICS RECEIVE
                MAP    ('MN1APP1')
                MAPSET ('MN1APP1')
                RESP(WS-RESPONSE)
                RESP2(WS-REASON-CODE)
                END-EXEC.

           evaluate OPTNUMI
             when '1'   move 'MN1FMS  ' to PROGRAM-NAME
                        perform TRANSFER-CONTROL
             when '2'   move 'MN1SQL  ' to PROGRAM-NAME
                        perform TRANSFER-CONTROL
             when '3'   move 'MN1UTL  ' to PROGRAM-NAME
                        perform TRANSFER-CONTROL
             when '9'   perform END-OF-PROGRAM
             when other
                  move 'Please use a valid option number' to MSG-LINES
                  perform RECOVERY-ROUTINE
           end-evaluate.
      *    Should never get to here...
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       RECOVERY-ROUTINE.
           move MSG-LINES to SYSMSG1O.
           move -1 to OPTNUML
           move ZERO to OPTNUML.

           perform SEND-MENU-SCREEN
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       SEND-MENU-SCREEN.
           perform BUILD-HEADER-INFO

           EXEC CICS SEND
                MAP    ('MN1APP1')
                MAPSET ('MN1APP1')
                ERASE
                END-EXEC

           move LOW-VALUES to MN1APP1O

           EXEC CICS RETURN
                TRANSID (LOCAL-TRAN-ID)
                COMMAREA (MN1APP1O)
                LENGTH    (32)
                END-EXEC.
      *    Should never get to here...
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       TRANSFER-CONTROL.
           EXEC CICS XCTL
                PROGRAM(PROGRAM-NAME)
                RESP(XCTL-RESP-CODE)
                END-EXEC.

      *    Should never get to here...
           move 'Program not found, &&&&&&&&' to MSG-LINES.
           inspect MSG-LINES replacing first '&&&&&&&&'
                                          by PROGRAM-NAME
           move -1 to OPTNUML.
           perform RECOVERY-ROUTINE.
           exit.

      *****************************************************************
       Z-GET-DATE-AND-TIME.
           accept WORK-DATE from DATE YYYYMMDD
           accept WORK-TIME from TIME

           move 'ccyy/mm/dd'   to SYSDATEO
           move WORK-DATE(1:4) to SYSDATEO(1:4)
           move WORK-DATE(5:2) to SYSDATEO(6:2)
           move WORK-DATE(7:2) to SYSDATEO(9:2)

           move 'hh:mm:ss:dd'  to SYSTIMEO
           move WORK-TIME(1:2) to SYSTIMEO(1:2)
           move WORK-TIME(3:2) to SYSTIMEO(4:2)
           move WORK-TIME(5:2) to SYSTIMEO(7:2)
           move WORK-TIME(7:2) to SYSTIMEO(10:2)

           exit.

Summary
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The purpose of this suite of program is to provide examples that use command level CICS in COBOL programs to access VSAM, Key-Sequenced-Data-Sets (KSDS) and display the information using standard BMS screen definitions to a 3270 terminal or terminal emulator.

Software Agreement and Disclaimer
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Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software, documentation or training material for any purpose requires a fee to be paid to SimoTime Enterprises. Once the fee is received by SimoTime the latest version of the software, documentation or training material will be delivered and a license will be granted for use within an enterprise, provided the SimoTime copyright notice appear on all copies of the software. The SimoTime name or Logo may not be used in any advertising or publicity pertaining to the use of the software without the written permission of SimoTime Enterprises.

SimoTime Enterprises makes no warranty or representations about the suitability of the software, documentation or learning material for any purpose. It is provided "AS IS" without any expressed or implied warranty, including the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. SimoTime Enterprises shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special or consequential damages resulting from the loss of use, data or projects, whether in an action of contract or tort, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this software, documentation or training material.

Downloads and Links to Similar Pages
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This section includes links to documents with additional information that is beyond the scope and purpose of this document. The first sub-section requires an internet connection, the second sub-section references locally available documents.

Note:  A SimoTime License is required for the items to be made available on a local server.

Downloads and Links, Internet Access Required
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The following links will require an internet connect.

A good place to start is The SimoTime Home Page for access to white papers, program examples and product information.

You may download this example at  the download list of evaluation packages.

Explore The ASCII and EBCDIC translation tables. These tables are provided for individuals that need to better understand the bit structures and differences of the encoding formats.

Explore The File Status Return Codes to interpret the results of accessing VSAM data sets and QSAM files.

Explore The Micro Focus Web Site for more information about products and services available from Micro Focus.

Downloads and Links, Local Access
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The following links may be accessible without an internet connection.

Check out The CICS Connection for more examples of mainframe CICS coding techniques and sample code.

Explore The File Status Return Codes to interpret the results of accessing VSAM data sets and QSAM files.

Glossary of Terms
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Check out  The SimoTime Glossary  for a list of terms and definitions used in the documents provided by SimoTime.

Comments, Suggestions or Feedback
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Company Overview
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