Working with Sample Projects

The plug-in packages a sample project with the installer. The sample project shows how TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Plug-in for CICS works.

After installing the plug-in, you can locate the sample project in the TIBCO_HOME/bw/palettes/bwcp/version_number/samples directory. This sample project contains three processes, and each process corresponds to a task. TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Plug-in for CICS packages the following sample projects in the BWCPSample.zip file:

  • IVPUsingCommarea.bwp

    This process shows how to use the plug-in to call a CICS program by using a DFHCOMMAREA.

    The process uses the host interface in the CICS region to run a simple commarea-based program. If the region resource is correctly configured, this process must run in debug mode.

  • IVPUsingContainers.bwp

    This process shows how to use the plug-in to call a CICS program by using a container.

    This process runs a program that takes its input in the form of a CICS container instead of a commarea. The SXCCI014 program accepts a single container as input and returns the same container for output. The container name must be SXCCI014 in both cases.

  • IVPUsingMultipleContainers.bwp

    This process shows how to use the plug-in to call a CICS program by using multiple containers.

    This process runs a program that takes its input in the form of a group of CICS containers. The program provided for this process is SXCCI0034. It accepts one container (SXCCI0034-INPUT) as input, and provides one or more containers as output. The number of containers returned is controlled by the IVP-WRITES input element in the Input tab of the Render Copybook Data activity.