Enabling detectable fields

To enable detectable field processing over the CICS® Web support 3270 bridge, you must define a bridge facility with light pen support enabled.

To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Copy the following definitions to a new group. Unless all applications running on the CICS system require light pen support, you should also rename both definitions:
    • The CICS-supplied bridge facility CBRF, in group DFHTERM.
    • Its default TYPETERM, DFHLU2, in group DFHTYPE.
  2. In the TYPETERM definition, change the LIGHTPEN option under "DEVICE PROPERTIES" to YES.
  3. In the TERMINAL definition, change the TYPETERM parameter to point to the new TYPETERM.
  4. Install the definitions in the CICS region.
  5. If you have created a new bridge facility definition, update the PROFILE definition of the 3270 transaction which you are going to run with CICS Web support, so that the bridge facility will be modelled on the new TERMINAL/TYPETERM definition:
    1. Identify the PROFILE that the transaction uses by using CEDA to view the PROFILE parameter of the TRANSACTION definition.
    2. If the profile is a CICS-supplied profile, make a copy of it to your own group and rename it.
    3. Alter the new PROFILE and enter the name of your new bridge facility in the FACILITYLIKE parameter.
    4. Alter your TRANSACTION definition to use the new PROFILE definition.