Technical Summary

Macro Level Interpreter is defined to CICS as a standard CICS application. It requires no modifications to CICS and has been designed to be CICS release independent.

Macro Level Interpreter supports programs written in Assembler, PL/I and COBOL. CICS version 2 support is provided so that applications can be run in command mode prior to conversion to CICS version 3 or above.

Macro Level Interpreter supports use of the prohibited EXEC CICS ADDRESS CSA call, under CICS version 3 and above.

Programs to be interpreted are defined to MLI via a VSAM linear data set that can be updated online. Wildcard definitions can be used to include or exclude programs from MLI processing.

A simple yet powerful online menu system is provided to view the current status of MLI and your applications. Updates and changes can be made online and then activated through the flexible user friendly menu interface.

Sample macro level programs are provided as source and transactions so that test can be run to see Macro Level Interpreter execute conversions from macro calls to command level.