The CD-ROM accompanying this book contains the source code of the sample application that is discussed in this book. This can save you a lot of time by not having to enter the code. Some of the code has been compiled for use with CICS Transaction Server Version 1.3. If you want to use it with other CICS releases, you will have to re-compile the source code. Appendix A describes how to transfer the code from the CD-ROM to your OS/390 system, to install the files and programs, and configure your CICS region so that you can run the application. The remaining components of the application access and use the COBOL programs you install on your mainframe.
In addition to the sample code, the CD-ROM contains the entire CICS Transaction Server Version 1.3 library in Portable Document Format (PDF) format. Together with this is a copy of the Adobe Acrobat reader. Other software includes the Java Development Kit (JDK) Version 1.1.8.
Refer to Appendix B for detailed descriptions of the contents of the CD-ROM. The README files contains important information about running the sample application.
We’ve also made the code sample available on the O’Reilly web site: