Can I access the same application using both HostBridge and 3270 terminals (real or emulated)?
Absolutely. Remember that HostBridge requires no changes to your existing CICS applications: no changes, no recompiling, nothing. As a result, CICS applications can be used from real 3270 terminals, PC’s with emulators, and HostBridge simultaneously. The application will never know the difference. While we would like to take credit for this feat we really can’t. This is just how the CICS 3270 Bridge feature works. If you care to know why, read on… A transaction is started under CICS when a program issues a START request specifying the name of the transaction. When you access CICS from a 3270 terminal (real or emulated), your session is being managed by special program within CICS (we will refer to it as the “terminal handler”). It is the terminal handler that interacts with you at the terminal and allows you to specify the name of the transaction in the upper left corner of the screen. The terminal handler receives the information from the terminal and issues the START request to invok
