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The transaction identifier (or Tran ID) for viewing the records in the Item Master File is "ITI1" and the program is "IT2INQ". This program will prompt a user for the item number. Once a item number is entered the program accesses the Item Master File (ITEMMAST) and displays the item information at the 3270 Terminal. If a item record is not found a message is displayed. A user may continue to enter item numbers or exit the program. 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.
After selecting the menu option or starting the transaction "ITI1" the following screen should be displayed. The cursor should be position at the first character for the "New Item #" field. When entering an item number it is not necessary to type the leading zeroes. For example, item number "000000000002" only requires "2 " followed by one space character (the program will remove any characters after the initial space character and right-adjust the field with leading zero-fill). Press the "Enter" key to retrieve and display the item information. The following screen shows the results after pressing the "Enter" key.
IT2INQ1 Data Files and VSAM Data Sets 2009/08/03 STOA Item Inquiry Option 14:32:51:92 New Item #: 000000000001 Item #: 000000000001 Description: Distributor Cap Unit of Measure: Each Price: 6.98 Cost: 3.29 Quantity Onhand: 24 Allocated: 0 Available: 24 Last Activity Date: 20111109 Time: 14334874 Token: 000 PF3=Menu F12=Esc |
If another item needs to be viewed simply position the cursor to the first position of the "New Item #" field and enter a new item number.
Note: PF3 will end this transaction and display the sub-Menu for "Data Files and VSAM Data Sets". PF12 will end this session and return to the CICS prompt screen.
This section provides additional detail about the COBOL Programs, BMS Screens and Data Structures.
The following (IT2INQ.cbl) is the COBOL source code for the "Inquiry" Program that accesses the Item Master File and displays record information to a 3270 device.
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Contact SimoTime Technologies, * * 15 Carnoustie Drive, Novato, CA 94949-5849. * * * ***************************************************************** * This program is provided by SimoTime Technologies * * Our e-mail address is: helpdesk@simotime.com * * Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com * ***************************************************************** * * MAINTENANCE * ----------- * 1989/02/27 Simmons, Created program. * 1997/03/17 Simmons, Updated for SYSID. * ***************************************************************** ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. ***************************************************************** DATA DIVISION. WORKING-STORAGE SECTION. 01 EOJ-MESSAGE pic X(50) value ' - Enter Tran ID . . . completed IT2INQ'. 01 LGTH pic S9(4) comp. 01 WORK-RESP-CODE pic 9(08) comp. 01 XCTL-RESP-CODE pic 9(08) comp. 01 ITEM-KEY pic X(12). 01 MSG-LINES. 03 MSG-DATA pic X(38). 03 filler pic X(38) value LOW-VALUES. 01 PROGRAM-NAME pic x(8) value SPACES. 01 WS-RESPONSE pic S9(8) comp. 01 WS-REASON-CODE pic S9(8) comp. 01 LOCAL-TRAN-ID pic X(4) value 'ITI1'. 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 Z-WORK-12 pic X(12) value SPACES. 01 IX-12 pic 9(3) value 0. 01 WORK-14-2-GROUP. 05 WORK-14-2-VALUE pic S9(14)V9(2) value 0. 01 WORK-7-0-GROUP. 05 WORK-7-0-VALUE pic 9(7) value 0. 01 WORK-QTY-AVAILABLE pic 9(7) value 0. 01 WORK-18 pic X(18) value SPACES. 01 W18-1 pic 9(3) value 0. 01 W18-2 pic 9(3) value 0. 01 SIG-DIG pic X value 'N'. 01 DECIMAL-BYTE pic X value '.'. COPY IT2INQ1. COPY DFHBMSCA. COPY DFHAID. COPY ITEMCB01. ***************************************************************** LINKAGE SECTION. 01 DFHCOMMAREA. 03 LS-ITEMNO pic X(12). 03 filler pic X(200). ***************************************************************** PROCEDURE DIVISION. FIRST-ROUTINE. EXEC CICS HANDLE CONDITION ERROR (GEN-ERR) MAPFAIL (NO-MAP) NOTFND (NO-REC) END-EXEC. EXEC CICS ASSIGN SYSID(SYS-ID) END-EXEC. *---------------------------------------------------------------* * If Program Function Key 3 then End-Of-Job. if EIBAID equal DFHPF3 move 'MN1FMS ' to PROGRAM-NAME perform TRANSFER-CONTROL * Should never get to here EXEC CICS SEND FROM (EOJ-MESSAGE) LENGTH (50) ERASE END-EXEC EXEC CICS SEND CONTROL FREEKB END-EXEC EXEC CICS RETURN END-EXEC end-if. *---------------------------------------------------------------* * If Program Function Key 12 then End-Of-Transaction. if EIBAID equal DFHPF12 EXEC CICS SEND FROM (EOJ-MESSAGE) LENGTH (50) ERASE END-EXEC EXEC CICS SEND CONTROL FREEKB END-EXEC EXEC CICS RETURN END-EXEC end-if. *---------------------------------------------------------------* * If COMMAREA length of zero, do first time processing. In * order to have a COMMAREA next time, we must create one now. if EIBCALEN = ZERO perform BMS-HDR-1 move 'Please enter a 12 digit customer number and hit ENTER' to SYSMSG1I perform SET-PROTECT-ATTRIBUTES EXEC CICS SEND MAP ('IT2INQ1') MAPSET ('IT2INQ1') FROM (IT2INQ1I) ERASE END-EXEC move LOW-VALUES to IT2INQ1O EXEC CICS RETURN TRANSID (LOCAL-TRAN-ID) COMMAREA (IT2INQ1O) LENGTH (32) END-EXEC end-if. *---------------------------------------------------------------* * Test for the ENTER KEY * if EIBAID is not equal to DFHENTER perform BMS-HDR-1 move 'I repeat enter a 12 digit item number and hit ENTER' to SYSMSG1I perform SET-PROTECT-ATTRIBUTES EXEC CICS SEND MAP ('IT2INQ1') MAPSET ('IT2INQ1') ERASE END-EXEC move LOW-VALUES to IT2INQ1O EXEC CICS RETURN TRANSID (LOCAL-TRAN-ID) COMMAREA (IT2INQ1O) LENGTH (32) END-EXEC end-if. *---------------------------------------------------------------* * Get data from Screen * EXEC CICS RECEIVE MAP ('IT2INQ1') MAPSET ('IT2INQ1') RESP(WS-RESPONSE) RESP2(WS-REASON-CODE) END-EXEC. if REQNUMBL > ZERO move REQNUMBI to Z-WORK-12 perform Z-RIGHT-ADJUST-Z-WORK-12 move Z-WORK-12 to REQNUMBI move REQNUMBI to LS-ITEMNO else move 'Please enter a 12 digit item number' to MSG-LINES go to ERR-RTN end-if. *---------------------------------------------------------------* * Randomly read the VSAM Keyed-Sequential-Data-Set (KSDS). * READ-CUST. move LS-ITEMNO to ITEM-KEY. move 512 to LGTH. EXEC CICS read DATASET ('ITEMMAST') INTO (ITEM-RECORD) LENGTH (LGTH) RIDFLD (ITEM-KEY) KEYLENGTH (12) RESP (WORK-RESP-CODE) END-EXEC. *---------------------------------------------------------------* * If the read worked the data is moved to the screen * if WORK-RESP-CODE = ZEROS move ITEM-NUMBER to REQNUMBO move ITEM-NUMBER to ITNUMBI move ITEM-DESCRIPTION to ITDESCO move ITEM-UNIT-OF-MEASURE to ITUNITO add ITEM-PRICE to ZERO giving WORK-14-2-VALUE perform SHIFT-LEFT-14-2 move WORK-18 to ITPRCEO add ITEM-COST to ZERO giving WORK-14-2-VALUE perform SHIFT-LEFT-14-2 move WORK-18 to ITCOSTO add ITEM-QTY-ONHAND to ZERO giving WORK-7-0-VALUE perform SHIFT-LEFT-7-0 move WORK-18 to ITOHNDO add ITEM-QTY-ALLOCATED to ZERO giving WORK-7-0-VALUE perform SHIFT-LEFT-7-0 move WORK-18 to ITALOCO if ITEM-QTY-ONHAND > ITEM-QTY-ALLOCATED compute WORK-QTY-AVAILABLE = ITEM-QTY-ONHAND - ITEM-QTY-ALLOCATED else move ZERO to WORK-QTY-AVAILABLE end-if add WORK-QTY-AVAILABLE to ZERO giving WORK-7-0-VALUE perform SHIFT-LEFT-7-0 move WORK-18 to ITAVAIO move ITEM-LADATE to ITLDATEO move ITEM-LATIME to ITLTIMEO move ITEM-TOKEN to ITTOKENO move LOW-VALUES to SYSMSG1O else move SPACES to REQNUMBO ITDESCO ITUNITO ITPRCEO ITCOSTO ITOHNDO ITALOCO ITAVAIO ITLDATEO ITLTIMEO ITTOKENO SYSMSG1O move LS-ITEMNO to MSG-LINES move '* Item number not found,please try again...' to MSG-LINES(14:44) go to ERR-RTN end-if. *---------------------------------------------------------------* * Provide a new COMMAREA and send data to screen * perform BMS-HDR-1 move 'Enter another item number or hit F3 to EXIT' to MSG-LINES move MSG-LINES to SYSMSG1O. move -1 to REQNUMBL perform SET-PROTECT-ATTRIBUTES EXEC CICS SEND MAP ('IT2INQ1') MAPSET ('IT2INQ1') DATAONLY ERASEAUP END-EXEC. EXEC CICS RETURN TRANSID (LOCAL-TRAN-ID) COMMAREA (DFHCOMMAREA) LENGTH (212) END-EXEC. ***************************************************************** SHIFT-LEFT-7-0. move SPACES to WORK-18 move 'N' to SIG-DIG add 1 to ZERO giving W18-1 add 1 to ZERO giving W18-2 perform 7 times if WORK-7-0-GROUP(W18-1:1) not = ZERO move 'Y' to SIG-DIG end-if if W18-1 = 7 move 'Y' to SIG-DIG end-if if SIG-DIG = 'Y' move WORK-7-0-GROUP(W18-1:1) to WORK-18(W18-2:1) add 1 to W18-2 end-if add 1 to W18-1 end-perform exit. ***************************************************************** SHIFT-LEFT-14-2. move SPACES to WORK-18 move 'N' to SIG-DIG add 1 to ZERO giving W18-1 add 1 to ZERO giving W18-2 perform 16 times if WORK-14-2-GROUP(W18-1:1) not = ZERO move 'Y' to SIG-DIG end-if if W18-1 = 15 move 'Y' to SIG-DIG move DECIMAL-BYTE to WORK-18(W18-2:1) add 1 to W18-2 end-if if SIG-DIG = 'Y' move WORK-14-2-GROUP(W18-1:1) to WORK-18(W18-2:1) add 1 to W18-2 end-if add 1 to W18-1 end-perform exit. ***************************************************************** SET-PROTECT-ATTRIBUTES. move DFHPROTI to SYSPAGEA SYSDATEA SYS-IDA SYSTIMEA ITNUMBA ITDESCA ITUNITA ITPRCEA ITCOSTA ITLDATEA ITLTIMEA ITTOKENA SYSMSG1A exit. ***************************************************************** BMS-HDR-1. move 'IT2INQ1 ' to SYSPAGEO move SYS-ID to SYS-IDO. perform Z-GET-DATE-AND-TIME exit. ***************************************************************** * Exception routines ***************************************************************** GEN-ERR. move 'Someone GOOFED, should not be here!' to MSG-LINES. move -1 to REQNUMBL. go to ERR-RTN. *---------------------------------------------------------------* NO-MAP. move 'Please enter item number' to MSG-LINES. go to ERR-RTN. *---------------------------------------------------------------* NO-REC. if EIBDS is equal to 'CUSTMAST' move 'Item not found' to SYSMSG1O move -1 to REQNUMBL move DFHBMBRY to REQNUMBL end-if. *---------------------------------------------------------------* ERR-RTN. perform BMS-HDR-1 move MSG-LINES to SYSMSG1O. * move DFHBMBRY to SYSMSGA move -1 to REQNUMBL EXEC CICS SEND MAP ('IT2INQ1') MAPSET ('IT2INQ1') * DATAONLY CURSOR END-EXEC. EXEC CICS RETURN TRANSID (LOCAL-TRAN-ID) COMMAREA (DFHCOMMAREA) LENGTH (212) END-EXEC. ***************************************************************** TRANSFER-CONTROL. EXEC CICS XCTL PROGRAM(PROGRAM-NAME) RESP(XCTL-RESP-CODE) END-EXEC move 'Program not found, &&&&&&&&' to MSG-LINES. inspect MSG-LINES replacing first '&&&&&&&&' by PROGRAM-NAME move -1 to REQNUMBL. go to ERR-RTN. * exit. ***************************************************************** * Delete all characters to the right of the first space then * right-adjust with zero fill. This routine works with a single, * twelve character field and does not require a work area. ***************************************************************** Z-RIGHT-ADJUST-Z-WORK-12. inspect Z-WORK-12 replacing CHARACTERS by ' ' after initial ' ' perform until Z-WORK-12(12:1) not = SPACE if Z-WORK-12(12:1) = SPACE add 11 to ZERO giving IX-12 perform 11 times move Z-WORK-12(IX-12:1) to Z-WORK-12(IX-12 + 1:1) subtract 1 from IX-12 end-perform move ZERO to Z-WORK-12(1:1) end-if end-perform 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.
The following (IT2INQ1.bms) is the BMS source code for the "Inquiry" screen map that is used to display the Item Master Record to a 3270 device.
*********************************************************************** * This BMS Member is provided by SimoTime Technologies * * (C) Copyright 1987-2019 All Rights Reserved * * Web Site URL: http://www.simotime.com * * e-mail: helpdesk@simotime.com * *********************************************************************** IT2INQ1 DFHMSD CTRL=(FREEKB), - EXTATT=YES, - LANG=COBOL, - MODE=INOUT, - STORAGE=AUTO, - TIOAPFX=YES, - TYPE=&&SYSPARM * IT2INQ1 DFHMDI SIZE=(24,80) * SYSPAGE DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,FSET,NORM), - LENGTH=8, - POS=(1,1), - INITIAL='IT2INQ1 ' DFHMDF LENGTH=0, - POS=(1,10) DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,BRT), - LENGTH=29, - POS=(1,25), - INITIAL='Data Files and VSAM Data Sets' * UPDATE-MAP-DATE SYSDATE DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,NORM), - LENGTH=10, - POS=(1,69) SYS-ID DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,BRT), - LENGTH=4, - POS=(2,1) DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,BRT), - LENGTH=24, - POS=(2,28), - INITIAL='Item File Inquiry Option' * UPDATE-MAP-TIME SYSTIME DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,NORM), - LENGTH=11, - POS=(2,68) * Get New Item Number DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,BRT), - LENGTH=11, - POS=(4,9), - INITIAL='New Item #:' REQNUMB DFHMDF ATTRB=(BRT,FSET,IC,UNPROT), - LENGTH=12, - POS=(4,21) DFHMDF LENGTH=0, - POS=(4,34) * Display Old Item Number DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,NORM), - LENGTH=7, - POS=(6,13), - INITIAL='Item #:' ITNUMB DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,BRT), - LENGTH=12, - POS=(6,21) * Display Item Description DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,NORM), - LENGTH=12, - POS=(8,8), - INITIAL='Description:' ITDESC DFHMDF ATTRB=(BRT,PROT), - LENGTH=48, - POS=(8,21) * Display Unit of Measure DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,NORM), - LENGTH=16, - POS=(9,4), - INITIAL='Unit of Measure:' ITUNIT DFHMDF ATTRB=(BRT,PROT), - LENGTH=16, - POS=(9,21) * Display Price DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,NORM), - LENGTH=6, - POS=(10,14), - INITIAL='Price:' ITPRCE DFHMDF ATTRB=(BRT,PROT), - LENGTH=18, - POS=(10,21) * Display Cost DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,NORM), - LENGTH=5, - POS=(10,41), - INITIAL='Cost:' ITCOST DFHMDF ATTRB=(BRT,PROT), - LENGTH=18, - POS=(10,47) * Display Quantity Onhand DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,NORM), - LENGTH=16, - POS=(12,4), - INITIAL='Quantity Onhand:' ITOHND DFHMDF ATTRB=(BRT,PROT), - LENGTH=7, - POS=(12,21) * Display Quantity Allocated DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,NORM), - LENGTH=10, - POS=(12,32), - INITIAL='Allocated:' ITALOC DFHMDF ATTRB=(BRT,PROT), - LENGTH=7, - POS=(12,43) * Display Quantity Available DFHMDF ATTRB=(ASKIP,NORM), - LENGTH=10, - POS=(12,54), - INITIAL='Available:' ITAVAI DFHMDF ATTRB=(BRT,PROT), - LENGTH=7, - POS=(12,65) * Display Last Activity Information DFHMDF LENGTH=19, - POS=(17,1), - INITIAL='Last Activity Date:' ITLDATE DFHMDF ATTRB=(BRT,PROT), - LENGTH=10, - POS=(17,21) DFHMDF LENGTH=5, - POS=(17,33), - INITIAL='Time:' ITLTIME DFHMDF ATTRB=(BRT,PROT), - LENGTH=11, - POS=(17,39) DFHMDF LENGTH=6, - POS=(17,52), - INITIAL='Token:' ITTOKEN DFHMDF ATTRB=(BRT,PROT), - LENGTH=3, - POS=(17,59) * UPDATE-ERROR-MESSAGE SYSMSG1 DFHMDF ATTRB=(BRT,PROT), - LENGTH=78, - POS=(21,1) DFHMDF LENGTH=59, - POS=(23,20), - INITIAL='PF3=Menu - PF12=Esc' DFHMSD TYPE=FINAL END
The following (ITEMCB01.cpy) is the source code for the COBOL Copy File that defines the record structure for the Item Master File.
***************************************************************** * ITEMCB01.CPY - a COBOL Copy File * * An Item Master File used by the Demo programs. * * This is a VSAM Keyed-Sequential-Data-Set or Key-Indexed File. * * Copyright (C) 1987-2019 SimoTime Technologies * * All Rights Reserved * * Provided by SimoTime Technologies * * Our e-mail address is: helpdesk@simotime.com * * Also, visit our Web Site at http://www.simotime.com * ***************************************************************** * 01 ITEM-RECORD. 05 ITEM-NUMBER PIC 9(12). COL-A 05 ITEM-DATA. 10 ITEM-DESCRIPTION PIC X(48). COL-B 10 ITEM-QTY-ONHAND PIC 9(7) COMP. COL-C 10 ITEM-QTY-ALLOCATED PIC 9(7) COMP. COL-D 10 ITEM-UNIT-OF-MEASURE PIC X(16). COL-E 10 ITEM-COST PIC S9(7)V9(2) COMP-3. COL-F 10 ITEM-PRICE PIC S9(7)V9(2) COMP-3. COL-G 10 ITEM-LADATE PIC X(8). COL-H 10 ITEM-LATIME PIC X(8). COL-I 10 ITEM-TOKEN PIC X(3). 10 ITEM-DISCOUNT OCCURS 3 TIMES. 15 ITEM-D-CODE PIC X. 15 ITEM-D-PERCENT PIC S9(3)V9(4). 10 FILLER PIC X(375). * *** ITEMCB01 - End-of-Copy File - - - - - - - - - - - ITEMCB01 * ***************************************************************** *
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