BMS Screen Design is a function performed by the BMS Map
Editor. This tool provides visual creation and/or modification of
BMS map sets (a BMS map set defines a screen for a CICS® application). The BMS Map Editor is designed
for CICS developers who are
familiar with terminal-based tools (for example, SDF II) or GUI-based
tools (such as the BMS Map Editor included with VisualAge® COBOL.
For a step-by-step guide through many of the BMS Map Editor options,
see the Tutorial for the BMS Map Editor.
What's new
- Set auxiliary alignment hairlines in the BMS Map Editor
- This enhancement provides the addition of guides to the design
page. The guides can be created vertically or horizontally, by simply
clicking on the vertical or horizontal ruler. The fields can then
be attached to these guides, so that the fields can be aligned. In
addition, the guides can be moved along the design page, this causes
all the fields attached to the guide to move along with it.
- Guides can be deleted by simply selecting the guide and pressing
the Delete button. Undo/Redo is supported for the guide actions.
The guide is only shown if the ruler is visible. Turning the ruler
on/off is available as a preference option. Default for TUI-based
editors is to show rulers at all times
- Ability to copy and move a BMS field using Ctrl+mouse
- This enhancement allows the ability of selection and copy of on
or more fields and then pressing the Ctrl key. Keeping the Ctrl key
pressed, move the mouse to the desired location on the screen. Then
let go of the mouse button and then the Ctrl key. This action creates
a copy of the selected field(s) at the current mouse location. (Essentially
this is a copy-paste function). In addition, after performing this
function, the relative locations of the selected fields is retained.
Note: The
standard way of copying to clipboard and then pasting it in the design
page is still available.
Editor features
BMS map sets
and their associated projects are displayed in the Project Explorer
view. The
Palette view
provides both click-and-drop and drag-and-drop access to the BMS map
components. The editor provides additional capability with the
Outline and
Properties views.
The
BMS Map Editor provides the following pages for designing and viewing
a map set:
- Design
- Contains the Design canvas and display customization options,
including map filtering.
Contextual right-click menus provide
additional formatting and display options.
- Source
- Provides a text editor for editing the map set file code directly. This
page is optionally read-only based on a BMS Map Editor
preference.
- Preview
- Provides terminal-style and Web preview modes.
The BMS Map Editor enables you to export maps
as JavaServer Faces Web pages. For details see Generating a JSF Web page.
Working with map sets
You can
use the new
map set
wizard to create new map set files within an existing local
or remote MVS™ project. You can
also create a new BMS map set file directly on the remote host.
Within
certain perspectives (such as Enterprise Service Tools or Host Access
Transformation Services), you can import an existing file structure
into a workspace. You can also use the BMS Map Editor to work with
a map set that resides on the host.