Tutorials: CICS

Assumptions

These tutorials are written from the perspective that all of the following is true. Specific instructions for setting up your environment to adhere to these assumptions is found in the Before you begin these tutorials section that follows:

• Enterprise Developer has been installed on your local machine using default installation settings.
• Enterprise Developer is started on your local machine.
• Your parent project directory is c:\tutorials\CICS. If you choose to use an alternative parent project directory, adjust the instructions accordingly.
• You are using the Micro Focus Host Access for the Cloud (HACloud) TN3270 emulator when instructed to run an application or transaction in TN3270 mode. If you choose to use an alternative emulator, adjust the instructions to accommodate your software.
• You have addressed all of the items in the Before you begin a tutorial section below.

Before you begin a tutorial

Before beginning a CICS tutorial, be sure you have addressed each of the following items:

Enterprise Server Security

In this release, the Enterprise Server security features are enabled by default. Tutorials that use enterprise server regions, however, assume that Enterprise Server security is not configured. To work though this tutorial unchanged, you need to disable any configured Enterprise Server security. See To Disable the Default Enterprise Server Security Configuration for details.

Important: Micro Focus does not recommend disabling the security permanently. Re-enable it as soon as possible after completing tutorials. See To Recreate the Default Enterprise Server Security Configuration. For more information, see also After Installing > Enterprise Server Security Considerations.

Set Windows File Explorer options

These tutorials assume that your Windows File Explorer options are set to use the Details layout, and to show file name extensions. See your Windows documentation for more information.

Create a parent project directory

Create a directory in which to store the project files imported or created while completing this tutorial, which cites a parent project directory of c:\tutorials\CICS.

Start Visual Studio

If you need instructions to get Visual Studio started on your local machine, see To start Visual Studio.

Note: If Visual Studio prompts you on startup to select an initial action, click Continue without code.

Set Host Access for the Cloud TN3270 options

1. In Visual Studio, click Tools > Options; then expand Micro Focus Tools and click TN3270 Display.
2. In the right frame, ensure that Host Access for the Cloud is selected, and then click OK.
3. Close the Options page.

Sequence

These CICS tutorials are not interdependent and may be done in any order: