CICS Clients V2 Current Service Status ************************************************************************ * IBM CICS Client for DOS - README v2.0.4 * ************************************************************************ This file contains important information about the IBM CICS Client for DOS that may not be available in the printed documentation. Summary of Topics ----------------- - Service Issues - Installation - Codepage conversion and Euro support - Problem Fixes - Fix Pack 06 - Problem Fixes - Fix Pack 07 - Problem Fixes - Fix Pack 08 Service Issues -------------- Customers should be aware that the latest IBM products for accessing CICS from desktop and Internet environments are the CICS Universal Clients Version 3 and the CICS Transaction Gateway Version 3. The CICS Universal Clients Version 3 are developed from the CICS Clients Version 2. The CICS Transaction Gateway Version 3 incorporates the function of the CICS Internet Gateway and the CICS Gateway for Java. All fixes which are in CICS Clients Version 2 CSD 8 are in Version 3.0.2 of the corresponding CICS Universal Clients and CICS Transaction Gateway. Customers who want to use functions which are not supported by CICS Universal Clients V3 and CICS Transaction Gateway V3, such as support for the DOS and Windows 3.1 platforms, should continue to use CICS Clients Version 2. All other customers are recommended to migrate to the Version 3 products. In future, it is intended to provide new Service Levels on the Version 3 codebase only. Customers are recommended to migrate to the CICS Universal Clients Version 3. Note: - The migration to Version 3.0 is usually as easy as applying service to Version 2 . - Version 3 offers increased function and integrity. - Version 2 is still supported. Installation ------------ The installation program for the CICS Client for DOS must be invoked from the root directory of a disk drive, it will not operate correctly if invoked from a subdirectory. If you wish to install the client from a LAN attached drive you will need to copy all the files from the install diskette to the root directory of the LAN drive. Codepage conversion and Euro support ------------------------------------ The following new parameter can be used in the Client Section of CICSCLI.INI. See the file CODEPAGE.TXT for more information on Data Conversion between the CICS Client and Server. Refer to your CICS Server documentation for configuration changes required to provide Euro symbol support. Please note that if you use the following parameter to change the codepage identifier used, data which was stored previously in the server may be modified when retrieved to the client if it includes characters for which the code points produce different characters. CCSID=nnnnn This parameter can be used on all Client platforms to overide the codepage identifier used. If the platform has been updated for Euro support, and the CICS Server has Euro support, the appropriate identifier can be given. For Latin-1 countries, use CCSID=858 to indicate that the 850 codepage includes Euro support. Note that cicsterm will always display characters based on the local codepage of the workstation, whatever the value specified in the CCSID Parameter. The Client trace includes data flow in hexadecimal and character formats. The characters displayed are only invariant ones (i.e. in all codesets). The Euro symbol is hex 80 in 1252 and hex D5 in 850. These values will be displayed in the hexadecimal data flow, but will not show as the Euro symbol in the character format. Problem Fixes - Fix Pack 06 --------------------------- The following APARs have been fixed : PQ12067 EPIGETEVENT CAUSES CCL3101 + BAD INDEX PQ02173 REPEATED PRINTLINE GIVES EXTRA FORMFEED PQ12285 PAGE FAULT ON CCLTERMINAL DISCONNECT PQ12740 2ND SERVER DOESN'T START IF 2 DEFINED PQ13788 SOME CICSPRNT TERMINALS DO NOT RESTART Problem Fixes - Fix Pack 07 --------------------------- The following APARs have been fixed : PQ14239 TCTUA IS CLEARED AFTER TASK TERMINATION PQ15421 NUM FIELDS ALLOW ALPHA DATA TO BE ENTERED PQ16015 CICSLTERM - PROGRAM TAB ONLY NULL CURRENT FIELD Problem Fixes - Fix Pack 08 --------------------------- The following APARs have been fixed : PQ16369 MOVING DATA INTO LAST ATTRIBUTE CORRUPTS MAP PQ16971 EPI HANG WHEN TRACING ACTIVE PQ19262 PASSWORD VISIBLE IN TRACE PQ18445 LOOP IN EPIGETEVENT ************************************************************************ * End of file * ************************************************************************