The REXX Development System for CICS® and the REXX Runtime Facility for CICS--two program products collectively referred to as REXX for CICS--provide improved productivity for a wide range of CICS activities.
REXX for CICS enables you to write and execute REXX programs in a CICS region. These programs have access to most EXEC CICS commands, the CICS CEDA and CEMT transactions, and DB2® databases through the EXEC SQL interface.
To enable your CICS system to provide the facilities of REXX for CICS, perform the following steps:
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