Access to Legacy Applications and Data

COM Transaction Integrator

COMTI for CICS and IMS is a technology that integrates legacy transaction processing programs (that operate on mainframes) with Web application and transaction processes (that run in the Windows 2000 Server environment). See the figure below.

COMTI reduces the effort required to develop applications, by integrating COmmon Business Oriented Language (COBOL) programs on mainframes with Automation clients running Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional, Microsoft® Windows® 95, Microsoft® Windows® 98, or any other computer that supports Automation. Specifically:

• COMTI can automatically create a recordset of the data returned from a mainframe transaction processing program. The recordset data, formatted in a tabular array, can then be accessed by scripts in ASP pages.
• COMTI coordinates legacy transaction processing programs on the mainframe, which are managed by Component Services. This extends the transaction environment to include transactions managed by CICS or IMS on an IBM mainframe computer.
• COMTI development tools map COBOL data declarations to Automation data types.

See the following:

• Functional Overview of the COM Transaction Integrator
• COMTI Development Scenarios

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