{"id":37,"category_id":1,"slug":"mapr","type":null,"name":"MAPR II","code":"MP2","content":"<p><strong>Create CICS maps fast<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>CICS\/MAPR II&nbsp;<\/strong>is a CICS map development product that allows screens to be designed online in CICS using an intuitive full-screen editor. Full length COBOL, PL\/I, and Assembler language field names and Basic Mapping Support (BMS) field attributes can be added on the Field Definition screen. Horizontal, vertical, and\/or two-dimensional arrays can be defined on the Array Definition screen.<\/p>\r\n<p>Other online&nbsp;CICS\/MAPR II&nbsp;facilities include a Test function for individual maps and a Demo System for a series of related maps that allows programmers to test, prototype, and demonstrate their maps online before assembling them. Batch programs are used to generate load modules and COBOL, PL\/I or Assembler copybooks for your maps. Another batch job can be used to convert BMS source macros from products such as SDF-II, BMS\/TS, and BMS\/GT to our&nbsp;CICS\/MAPR II&nbsp;VSAM file.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","summary":"","featured":1,"status":1,"passwords":1,"extended_info":"0","deleted_at":null,"created_at":"2017-11-14T23:21:27.000000Z","updated_at":"2017-12-01T01:08:59.000000Z","sorted_releases":[{"id":968,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"5.4","notes":"<p>Enhancements:<\/p><ul>  <li>Changed      the product to use our new \u201cMacKinney License Keys\u201d (MLKEYS) verification      software.&nbsp; This requires that a new MAPR II license key must be      applied with MLK batch job(s).   <\/li><li>Removed      obsolete CICS MAPR II Password Maintenance screen.&nbsp;   <\/li><li>Removed      obsolete product password update batch job      MAPJPSWD.&nbsp;   <\/li><\/ul><p>Applied      all maintenance from release 5.3<\/p>","released_on":"2024-06-11T21:27:00.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":615,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"5.3","notes":"<ul>\n<li>Improved the Password Maintenance screen by adding the Expire Date\nand Status of each password.<\/li>\n<li>Added the R function to Rename a map on two CICS menus.<\/li>\n<li>Improved uppercase translation during and when exiting CICS MAPR\nII.<\/li>\n<li>Added the ability to enter the DFHMDX macro in CICS MAPR II, which\ncan customize the HTML generated by template map assemblies.<\/li>\n<li>Improved the conversion from BMS\/GT and BMS\/TS to MAPR II by\nconverting their horizontal and two-dimensional arrays.<\/li>\n<li>Added PL-1 copybook support of two-dimensional arrays.<\/li>\n<li>Various other minor fixes and enhancements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2015-03-02T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":904,"parent_id":615,"product_id":37,"release":"5.3.37","notes":"<p>Fixes:<\/p>\r\n<ul><li>Fixes a vague CICS error      message when no valid license keys are present.\r\n  <\/li><li>Adds a warning message      to transaction MAPS when license key is within 2 weeks of expiring.\r\n  <\/li><li>Stops truncation of      multi-line constants greater than 130 bytes in CICS      MAPR.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   <\/li><li>Other minor      corrections.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>","released_on":"2022-08-02T16:39:50.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":772,"parent_id":615,"product_id":37,"release":"5.3.30","notes":"<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>","released_on":"2018-04-11T16:39:43.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":716,"parent_id":615,"product_id":37,"release":"5.3.22","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Added B-Bulk Offload to batch program MAPP020, to Offload (copy) a range of mapsets from one file to another.<\/li>\n <li>Added option 8 to CICS transaction MAPA (Admin), to unlock all locked maps, to clean up any old \"map being updated\" messages.<\/li>\n <li>Added batch job MAPJPSWD, to allow product password(s) to be updated via a batch program (MAPPUPWD).<\/li>\n <li>Applied all fixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","released_on":"2016-10-13T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":647,"parent_id":615,"product_id":37,"release":"5.3.07","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>\u00a0Improves the process for converting from GT Software\u2122s BMS\/TS to CICS\/MAPR II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpFirst\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","released_on":"2015-07-31T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":418,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"5.2","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Added a CICS to z\/OS job submission facility that enables users to submit jobs from CICS to execute site-customized z\/OS map procedures to create BMS map source, copybooks, and\/or assemble and link mapsets.<\/li>\n <li>Added support for 30-character field names in Assembler copybook DSECTs.<\/li>\n <li>Changed the product to use the new MacKinney Systems' password module.<\/li>\n <li>Applied maintenance from release 5.1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2011-02-03T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":26,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"5.1","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Increased field names from 25 to 30 characters to match the maximum field name lengths allowed by COBOL and PL\/I.<\/li>\n <li>Added an optional password field to each map's parameter screen.\u00a0 It can be a view password or an update password.<\/li>\n <li>Improved the MAPR-generated BMS macros and the assembled map load modules by including the actual, full-length field names on the DFHMDF macro (if parm User Names = Y).\u00a0 This is helpful for web applications that use the 3270 Bridge, HostBridge, etc. because these full-length field names are included in the load module's Application Data Structure Descriptor (ADSD).<\/li>\n <li>Withdrew support for CICS\/ESA version 4.1.<\/li>\n <li>Various other maintenance.<br \/>\n \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2007-04-11T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":27,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"5.0","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>Improves directory screen with more information and functionality including date, time and user-id of the last change made to each map.&nbsp; Adds new functions from the directory: Edit, Browse, Test, Copy and Delete.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\r\n <li>Adds edits to ensure only one user at a time can update a map preventing one user's changes from being overlaid by another user's updates to the same map.&nbsp; Multiple users can browse the map while another user is updating it.&nbsp; Adds an unlock capability to the Administration screen to unlock a map being updated by a user that is unavailable, in case that map must be changed by someone else.<\/li>\r\n <li>Adds support for the DFHWBOUT (WeB OUTput) macro, which generates customized HTML from TEMPLATE map assemblies.&nbsp; Aids in web-enabling legacy BMS maps for use with the 3270 Bridge.<\/li>\r\n <li>New B-Browse function on the main menu and the directory screen.&nbsp; Browse allows a user to look at a map without updating its last-changed statistics.&nbsp; It also allows browse access while another user is updating the map.<\/li>\r\n <li>Expands PICIN and PICOUT maximum field lengths from 20 to 40 bytes to allow for the larger numeric fields possible with today's compilers.<\/li>\r\n <li>Adds new warning messages when a variable field is not named, when a constant field is named, or when a field exceeds the BMS maximum of 256 bytes.<\/li>\r\n <li>Various other fixes and enhancements<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"2005-01-20T01:08:42.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":28,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"4.9","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Corrected how the Delete, Insert, and End keys work. On the 4.8 paint screen these keys affect the rest of the map. On the 4.9 paint screen these keys just affect the rest of the line, as expected.<\/li>\n <li>Enabled a map to be changed properly from a model 5 terminal. This does not work correctly in release 4.8.<\/li>\n <li>Eliminated a potential problem with copybooks generated for two-dimensional arrays by eliminating \"HV\" as a valid option for the DIR. field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2002-06-03T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":29,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"4.8","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Added support for horizontal and two-dimensional arrays.<\/li>\n <li>Added support for fields starting in column 1.<\/li>\n <li>Added support for (long) fields that wrap around from one line to the next line or lines.<\/li>\n <li>Added a new program (MAPPM08) for converting BMS source macros that were created by the CICS\/MAPGEN product.<\/li>\n <li>Added warnings in this manual and on map image paint help screen 4 concerning the use of the Delete, Insert, and Erase EOF\/End keys while on the map image paint screen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2001-11-19T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":30,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"4.7","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Added programs MAPP930 and MAPP940 for CICS 3.3 and up. Upper case translation on\/off.<\/li>\n <li>Added a provision for \"GRPNAME=\" on field definitions.<\/li>\n <li>Expanded date fields on reports and screens to include 4 digit year (mm\/dd\/ccyy).<\/li>\n <li>Added program MAPPG08 to handle BMS source input created by BMS\/GT.<\/li>\n <li>Changed MAPP010 to correctly convert BMS source created by CICS\/MAPGEN.<\/li>\n <li>Added program MAPPF08 to handle BMS source input created by Micro Focus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"1998-11-17T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":31,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"4.6","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>Added provision for SO\/SI creation to indicate that fields can contain a mixture of single and double byte character set (DBCS) data.<\/li>\r\n <li>Changed MAPP100 to not automatically lose updates in progress if master file is closed to CICS<\/li>\r\n <li>Removed program MAPP920.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"1995-11-16T00:34:21.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":32,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"4.5","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>Added new program MAPP103.<\/li>\r\n <li>Added new transaction MAPP.<\/li>\r\n <li>Added new mapset MAPMPNT.<\/li>\r\n <li>Added the capability for copying or moving individual fields or groups of fields on the painted screen.<\/li>\r\n <li>Dropped support for CICS 1.6.x.<\/li>\r\n <li>Supports CICS 1.7.x, 2.x.x, 3.x.x, 4.x.x.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"1994-10-10T22:34:42.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":33,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"4.4","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Revised MAPP008 to handle BMS macros generated by conversion utilities from IBM's SDF or SDF\/II. All BMS macros from SDF or SDF\/II must now be input to MAPP008.<\/li>\n <li>Added a new CICS\/MAPR II system parameter 'PRINT NOGEN'. A value of 'Y' will cause 'PRINT NOGEN' to be generated in the BMS source macros (program MAPP030). A value of 'N' will cause the 'PRINT NOGEN' to not be generated.<\/li>\n <li>Added a new CICS\/MAPR II system parameter 'Stopper Length'. This parameter determines the field length (0 or 1) of the field delimiters (stopper bytes).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"1994-03-03T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]}],"releases":[{"id":26,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"5.1","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Increased field names from 25 to 30 characters to match the maximum field name lengths allowed by COBOL and PL\/I.<\/li>\n <li>Added an optional password field to each map's parameter screen.\u00a0 It can be a view password or an update password.<\/li>\n <li>Improved the MAPR-generated BMS macros and the assembled map load modules by including the actual, full-length field names on the DFHMDF macro (if parm User Names = Y).\u00a0 This is helpful for web applications that use the 3270 Bridge, HostBridge, etc. because these full-length field names are included in the load module's Application Data Structure Descriptor (ADSD).<\/li>\n <li>Withdrew support for CICS\/ESA version 4.1.<\/li>\n <li>Various other maintenance.<br \/>\n \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2007-04-11T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":27,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"5.0","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>Improves directory screen with more information and functionality including date, time and user-id of the last change made to each map.&nbsp; Adds new functions from the directory: Edit, Browse, Test, Copy and Delete.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\r\n <li>Adds edits to ensure only one user at a time can update a map preventing one user's changes from being overlaid by another user's updates to the same map.&nbsp; Multiple users can browse the map while another user is updating it.&nbsp; Adds an unlock capability to the Administration screen to unlock a map being updated by a user that is unavailable, in case that map must be changed by someone else.<\/li>\r\n <li>Adds support for the DFHWBOUT (WeB OUTput) macro, which generates customized HTML from TEMPLATE map assemblies.&nbsp; Aids in web-enabling legacy BMS maps for use with the 3270 Bridge.<\/li>\r\n <li>New B-Browse function on the main menu and the directory screen.&nbsp; Browse allows a user to look at a map without updating its last-changed statistics.&nbsp; It also allows browse access while another user is updating the map.<\/li>\r\n <li>Expands PICIN and PICOUT maximum field lengths from 20 to 40 bytes to allow for the larger numeric fields possible with today's compilers.<\/li>\r\n <li>Adds new warning messages when a variable field is not named, when a constant field is named, or when a field exceeds the BMS maximum of 256 bytes.<\/li>\r\n <li>Various other fixes and enhancements<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"2005-01-20T01:08:42.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":28,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"4.9","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Corrected how the Delete, Insert, and End keys work. On the 4.8 paint screen these keys affect the rest of the map. On the 4.9 paint screen these keys just affect the rest of the line, as expected.<\/li>\n <li>Enabled a map to be changed properly from a model 5 terminal. This does not work correctly in release 4.8.<\/li>\n <li>Eliminated a potential problem with copybooks generated for two-dimensional arrays by eliminating \"HV\" as a valid option for the DIR. field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2002-06-03T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":29,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"4.8","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Added support for horizontal and two-dimensional arrays.<\/li>\n <li>Added support for fields starting in column 1.<\/li>\n <li>Added support for (long) fields that wrap around from one line to the next line or lines.<\/li>\n <li>Added a new program (MAPPM08) for converting BMS source macros that were created by the CICS\/MAPGEN product.<\/li>\n <li>Added warnings in this manual and on map image paint help screen 4 concerning the use of the Delete, Insert, and Erase EOF\/End keys while on the map image paint screen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2001-11-19T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":30,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"4.7","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Added programs MAPP930 and MAPP940 for CICS 3.3 and up. Upper case translation on\/off.<\/li>\n <li>Added a provision for \"GRPNAME=\" on field definitions.<\/li>\n <li>Expanded date fields on reports and screens to include 4 digit year (mm\/dd\/ccyy).<\/li>\n <li>Added program MAPPG08 to handle BMS source input created by BMS\/GT.<\/li>\n <li>Changed MAPP010 to correctly convert BMS source created by CICS\/MAPGEN.<\/li>\n <li>Added program MAPPF08 to handle BMS source input created by Micro Focus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"1998-11-17T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":31,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"4.6","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>Added provision for SO\/SI creation to indicate that fields can contain a mixture of single and double byte character set (DBCS) data.<\/li>\r\n <li>Changed MAPP100 to not automatically lose updates in progress if master file is closed to CICS<\/li>\r\n <li>Removed program MAPP920.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"1995-11-16T00:34:21.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":32,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"4.5","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>Added new program MAPP103.<\/li>\r\n <li>Added new transaction MAPP.<\/li>\r\n <li>Added new mapset MAPMPNT.<\/li>\r\n <li>Added the capability for copying or moving individual fields or groups of fields on the painted screen.<\/li>\r\n <li>Dropped support for CICS 1.6.x.<\/li>\r\n <li>Supports CICS 1.7.x, 2.x.x, 3.x.x, 4.x.x.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"1994-10-10T22:34:42.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":33,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"4.4","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Revised MAPP008 to handle BMS macros generated by conversion utilities from IBM's SDF or SDF\/II. All BMS macros from SDF or SDF\/II must now be input to MAPP008.<\/li>\n <li>Added a new CICS\/MAPR II system parameter 'PRINT NOGEN'. A value of 'Y' will cause 'PRINT NOGEN' to be generated in the BMS source macros (program MAPP030). A value of 'N' will cause the 'PRINT NOGEN' to not be generated.<\/li>\n <li>Added a new CICS\/MAPR II system parameter 'Stopper Length'. This parameter determines the field length (0 or 1) of the field delimiters (stopper bytes).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"1994-03-03T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":418,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"5.2","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Added a CICS to z\/OS job submission facility that enables users to submit jobs from CICS to execute site-customized z\/OS map procedures to create BMS map source, copybooks, and\/or assemble and link mapsets.<\/li>\n <li>Added support for 30-character field names in Assembler copybook DSECTs.<\/li>\n <li>Changed the product to use the new MacKinney Systems' password module.<\/li>\n <li>Applied maintenance from release 5.1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2011-02-03T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":615,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"5.3","notes":"<ul>\n<li>Improved the Password Maintenance screen by adding the Expire Date\nand Status of each password.<\/li>\n<li>Added the R function to Rename a map on two CICS menus.<\/li>\n<li>Improved uppercase translation during and when exiting CICS MAPR\nII.<\/li>\n<li>Added the ability to enter the DFHMDX macro in CICS MAPR II, which\ncan customize the HTML generated by template map assemblies.<\/li>\n<li>Improved the conversion from BMS\/GT and BMS\/TS to MAPR II by\nconverting their horizontal and two-dimensional arrays.<\/li>\n<li>Added PL-1 copybook support of two-dimensional arrays.<\/li>\n<li>Various other minor fixes and enhancements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2015-03-02T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":904,"parent_id":615,"product_id":37,"release":"5.3.37","notes":"<p>Fixes:<\/p>\r\n<ul><li>Fixes a vague CICS error      message when no valid license keys are present.\r\n  <\/li><li>Adds a warning message      to transaction MAPS when license key is within 2 weeks of expiring.\r\n  <\/li><li>Stops truncation of      multi-line constants greater than 130 bytes in CICS      MAPR.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   <\/li><li>Other minor      corrections.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>","released_on":"2022-08-02T16:39:50.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":772,"parent_id":615,"product_id":37,"release":"5.3.30","notes":"<p>Maintenance release.<\/p>","released_on":"2018-04-11T16:39:43.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":716,"parent_id":615,"product_id":37,"release":"5.3.22","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Added B-Bulk Offload to batch program MAPP020, to Offload (copy) a range of mapsets from one file to another.<\/li>\n <li>Added option 8 to CICS transaction MAPA (Admin), to unlock all locked maps, to clean up any old \"map being updated\" messages.<\/li>\n <li>Added batch job MAPJPSWD, to allow product password(s) to be updated via a batch program (MAPPUPWD).<\/li>\n <li>Applied all fixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","released_on":"2016-10-13T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null},{"id":647,"parent_id":615,"product_id":37,"release":"5.3.07","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>\u00a0Improves the process for converting from GT Software\u2122s BMS\/TS to CICS\/MAPR II.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormalCxSpFirst\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","released_on":"2015-07-31T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":968,"parent_id":null,"product_id":37,"release":"5.4","notes":"<p>Enhancements:<\/p><ul>  <li>Changed      the product to use our new \u201cMacKinney License Keys\u201d (MLKEYS) verification      software.&nbsp; This requires that a new MAPR II license key must be      applied with MLK batch job(s).   <\/li><li>Removed      obsolete CICS MAPR II Password Maintenance screen.&nbsp;   <\/li><li>Removed      obsolete product password update batch job      MAPJPSWD.&nbsp;   <\/li><\/ul><p>Applied      all maintenance from release 5.3<\/p>","released_on":"2024-06-11T21:27:00.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]}]}