The Basic Mapping Support (BMS) Map Editor enables you
to create and modify BMS map sets visually. It is designed for CICS® developers who are familiar
with terminal-based tools (for example, SDF II) or GUI-based tools,
such as the BMS editor included with VisualAge® COBOL.
For a step-by-step guide through many of the BMS Map Editor options,
see the Tutorial.
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.
- 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 JSF Web page generation.
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 Service Flow Modeler 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.