Using content assist with EXEC CICS statements in assembler source files

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The z Systems® LPEX Editor provides content assistance for EXEC CICS statements specified in assembler source files.

Before you begin

The default CICS® level used by the HLASM parser is that specified in the HLASM Parser preference page. If you want to use a nondefault CICS level for the HLASM parser, do one of the following tasks before you use content assist:
  • For a z/OS® UNIX or local file in a subproject, specify the CICS level to be used by the HLASM parser. You do this in the HLASM options in the Editor Options set of the target environment. For more information on target environments and the Editor Options set, see the following topics:
  • For an MVS file, you can specify in a property group the CICS level to be used by the HLASM parser, and then you need to associate a property group with the data set or the MVS subproject that contains the source file that you are editing. For more information about property groups see the following topics:

About this task

Note: The HLASM parser does not check the syntax of EXEC CICS statements, and any preferences related to syntax checking on the EXEC CICS Statements preference page are ignored by the parser.

Procedure

To use content assist for EXEC CICS statements, complete the following step:

Position the cursor within an EXEC CICS statement and press Ctrl+Spacebar. The editor proposes tokens and CICS templates that are valid within the current statement.