Rational Developer for System z

Creating a new BMS map set

The BMS Map Set wizard guides you through the creation of a new map set.

Before you begin

Before you begin, you must create a project in your local workspace or you must create on a remote system a host data set, which may also be an MVS™ subproject.

About this task

This topic mentions the EXTATT operand, which is supported for compatibility with previous releases. You can now define each of the extended attributes individually. For new maps, use the MAPATTS and DSATTS operands instead.
The MAPATTS operand specifies the attribute types to be included in the physical map. These types can be one or more of the following values:
  • COLOR
  • HILIGHT
  • OUTLINE
  • PS
  • SOSI
  • TRANSP
  • VALIDN
The MAPATTS types must include all the attribute types to be specified for individual fields in the map (DFHMDF macro).
The DSATTS operand specifies the attribute types to be included in the symbolic description map. These types can be one or more of the following values:
  • COLOR
  • HILIGHT
  • OUTLINE
  • PS
  • SOSI
  • TRANSP
  • VALIDN
Any type included in the DSATTS operand should also be included in MAPATTS operand.

Procedure

To create a new map set, complete the following steps:

  1. Click File > New > Other. You can also use the keystroke combination Ctrl+N. A "Select a wizard" window is displayed.
  2. In the "Select a wizard" window, expand the z/OS category, select z/OS > BMS > Map Set, and click Next. A "BMS map set file location" window is displayed.
  3. In the "BMS map set file location" window, browse to the folder that you want in a local project or in a PDS on the host, specify the name of the file in which the new map set is to be created, and click Next. The .bms file-name extension is automatically added to the file name.
    • To create a map set with default attributes and extended attributes, click Finish. The map set creation is complete.
    • To specify map set attributes or to link to an MVS project, click Next. A "BMS Map Set Attributes" window is displayed. Go to the next step.
  4. In the "BMS Map Set Attributes" window, specify map set attributes:
    1. You can specify the following map set attributes:
      Name
      The name of the map set
      Description
      A description of the map set
      Language
      One of the following values:
      • COBOL
      • PL/I
      • C
      • ASM
      Type
      One of the following values:
      • Physical
      • Symbolic
      • &SYSPARM
      • Template
      Terminal
      One of the following values:
      • ALL
      • CRLP
      • DISK
      • TWX
      • 1050
      • 2740
      • 2770
      • 2780
      • 3780
      • 3270-1
      • 3270-2
      • INTLU
      • 3767
      • 3770
      • SCS
      • 2980
      • 2980-4
      • 3270
      • 3601
      • 3653
      • 3650UP
      • 3650
      • BCHLU
      • 3770
      Mode
      One of the following values:
      • Input and output
      • Input
      • Output
    2. To create a map that is the size of the map set, select Create full screen map.
    3. If you want to add the new .bms file to an existing MVS subproject, select Add to MVS Project, and click the project name on the list.
    4. Choose whether you want to create a map set with default extended attributes.
    • To create a map set with default extended attributes, click Finish. The map set creation is complete.
    • To specify extended attributes, click Next. An "Extended attributes" window is displayed. Go to the next step.
  5. Make choices in the "Extended attributes" window.
    1. The Symbolic (DSECT) check boxes are as follows:
      • Extended color
      • Extended highlighting
      • Field outlining
      • Programmed symbol
      • Double byte SOSI
      • Background transparency
      • Validation
    2. The Physical (MAP) check boxes are as follows:
      • Extended color
      • Extended highlighting
      • Field outlining
      • Programmed symbol
      • Double byte SOSI
      • Background transparency
      • Validation
    3. In the Extended attributes support drop-down list, select the blank value or set the EXTATT operand by choosing one of the following values:
      No
      Is equivalent to specifying neither the DSATTS operand nor the MAPATTS operand.
      Yes
      Is equivalent to the following setting (the default):
      MAPATTS=(COLOR,HILIGHT,PS,VALIDN)
      DSATTS=(COLOR,HILIGHT,PS,VALIDN)
      Map only
      Is equivalent to the following setting:
      MAPATTS=(COLOR,HILIGHT,PS,VALIDN)
      If you select the blank value, the EXTATT operand is omitted from the new map set file.
  6. Click Finish to finish creating the map set.

Results

The result is a new map set file.

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