Can HostBridge be used to automate access to a sequence of CICS transactions?
Yes, and without forcing customers to use proprietary scripting languages. A more detailed answer follows. While HostBridge changes the way a CICS BMS transaction communicates (XML instead of 3270), it does not change the way a CICS application is organized internally (that would require changing the application). Stated differently, HostBridge changes the way a CICS application “speaks”, but not the way it “thinks” Various factors guide a CICS application developer in how transactions are organized (e.g., workflow, processing efficiency, display screen capacity and ease of programming). Transactions are usually designed to be either “conversational” or “pseudo-conversational”. Once started, a conversational transaction interacts with the end user multiple times before it terminates. Because they can run for an extended period of time, conversational transactions are usually discouraged for reasons of processing efficiency. Pseudo-conversational transactions appear to the end user to b
