Rational Developer for System z, Version 7.6

Using the BMS Map Editor

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.

Object properties

You can view field properties, map properties, or map set properties by selecting the item in the Outline view; the information is displayed in the Properties view. You can also view and configure a map set component by using the Design page pop-up menu.

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