Running a sample application

Follow these steps to run the sample application EciB3.

Before you begin

You must have CICS® Transaction Gateway running and defined an IPIC connection to a CICS TS server which has the sample application EC03 installed.

About this task

In this step, you will start the sample application, com.ibm.ctg.samples.eci.EciB3. The application will check which CICS TS servers are available and you will be asked to select one. You will then be asked to enter some text data which will be sent to the CICS TS server. The application will then send this data and receive a reply which it displays on the screen.

Procedure

  1. In the Windows command prompt, enter the following command to start the sample: 
    java com.ibm.ctg.samples.eci.EciB3 <ip address> <port>
    where:
    • <ip address> is the IP address of the system on which CICS TG is installed. Alternatively you can specify the fully qualified computer name.
    • <port> is the CICS TG TCP/IP protocol handler port that you specified in the Configuring step. The default is 2006.
    You have to specify these settings because the sample application can be run on the system on which CICS TG is installed or on a remote system.
  2. Select the server using the corresponding number and press Enter.
  3. At the prompt, type some text data and press Enter.

Example

The sample application will return information relating to the sending and receiving of the text data you entered:

What to do next

There are many other scenarios in this documentation which you can try. You can also try different communication protocols and other configuration options.
When you have finished, you should shut down CICS TG with the following command:
ctgadmin -a shut