What is “CWS with 3270 Bridge and Templates” and why is it a first generation connector?
3270 Bridge is a feature of CICS that makes it possible to intercept the flow of data into, and out of, a CICS transaction before a 3270 data stream is generated as output or expected as input. 3270 Bridge works by intercepting the flow of control between the user transaction and BMS (or Terminal Control), thereby allowing another software component, such as HostBridge, to handle input/output operations for the transaction. Thus, 3270 Bridge, in and of itself, is not a connector – it’s just a feature of CICS that can be used to create a connector. That’s why IBM’s definition specifically mentions “Templates”. So what are “templates”? Templates are HTML forms that reside on the host. These templates can be created manually, or they can automatically generated by a facility provided with CICS 1.2, and later. An automatically generated HTML template is generated from an existing BMS form and is roughly equivalent in layout and content. To complement these capabilities, IBM also provided a
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