The CUA text-level application

You can use this sample application to demonstrate BMS support for the Common User Access (CUA) interface. The application uses an action bar, with associated pull-downs, pop-ups, and help panels.

The application programs demonstrate how to code COBOL programs to display, overlay, and remove CUA style windows.

Creating the data sets for the CUA text-level application

To create the data sets that the CUA text-level application requires, submit the DFH0JCUS and DFH0JHLP jobs, which are installed in the hlq.XDFHINST library.

Making the data sets available to CICS

You can cause CICS® to dynamically allocate the files for these data sets and open them after CICS initialization by installing the sample resource definitions in the group DFH$CTXT.

If no DD statement exists for these data sets in the CICS startup job stream, the files are allocated to the data sets with DSNAMEs that are specified in the resource definitions: hlq.SAMPLE.DFHCTCUS, hlq.SAMPLE.DFHCTHLP, and hlq.SAMPLE.DFHCTAIX, for the data sets and the alternate index. Alternatively, you can add DD statements for the data sets to your CICS startup job, which causes CICS to use the DSNAMEs specified on the DD statements instead of those in the resource definitions.