Summary of changes
This book is based on the CICS Customization Guide for CICS Transaction Server
for z/OS, Version 3 Release 1, SC34-6429-00. Changes from that edition are
marked by vertical bars in the left margin.
Changes for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, Version 3 Release 2
For information about changes that have been made in CICS Transaction Server for
z/OS, Version 3 Release 2, please refer to What's New in the information center, or
the following publications:
v CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Release Guide
v CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Migration from CICS TS Version 3.1
v CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Migration from CICS TS Version 2.3
v CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Migration from CICS TS Version 2.2
v CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Migration from CICS TS Version 1.3
Changes for CICS Transaction Server for z/OS, Version 3 Release 1
The more significant changes for this edition are:
v Because of the removal of support for Java hot-pooling, the following items have
been removed:
– Information about the user-replaceable programs DFHAPH8O and DFHJHPAT.
DFHAPH8O was provided to allow you to alter the default Language
Environment
®
run-time options for the Language Environment enclave where
a Java program object was to be run. DFHJHPAT was optional and could be
used for your own purposes; it was called before a Java program object was
invoked.
– The HOTPOOL attribute is removed from the DFHPGISX XPI calls INQUIRE
PROGRAM and SET PROGRAM.
– The TCB indicator UEPTH8 is no longer available in DFHUEPAR.
v Because of the removal of support for TCAM local terminals, the following
information has been removed or rewritten:
– The sections about the XTCTIN and XTCTOUT global user exits in the
terminal control program (which were invoked on TCAM input and output
events) have been removed.
– “Using TCAM with CICS” (chapter 28 in the CICS TS 2.3 book) has been
removed.
– Chapter 8, “Writing a terminal error program,” on page 449 has been
rewritten.
v There are minor changes to the parameters passed to the exit programs at the
following global user exit points:
XICEREQC
XPCREQC
XTDEREQC
XTSEREQC
v Appendix G, “Threadsafe XPI commands,” on page 893 is a new section.
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