TFG2000 Message System

2000-0050-00

General Information

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Preface

The IBM Communication Oriented Messages System (CORMES) is designed to ease the information exchange within an organization. It provides a means for a paperless communication between end users and online application programs.

Objectives of the General Information Manual

This manual is an introduction to CORMES. It is written mainly for company executives, system administrators, and system programmers to provide an overview of the CORMES capabilities.

Manual Structure

The CORMES General Information Manual is organized as follows:

Chapter 1. "Introduction to CORMES" introduces the scope and the advantages of CORMES.

Chapter 2. "Structure of CORMES Messages" describes the structure of CORMES messages. There are two types of messages: action messages, which are sent by or to users, and trigger messages, which are sent by application programs to other application programs.

Chapter 3. "CORMES Services" discusses the CORMES services: user services, application programmer services, system services, and utilities.

Chapter 4. "CORMES System Overview" provides a short description of the CORMES modules which are the message handler, the action file handler, the trigger file handler, the action file monitor, and the user services.

Chapter 5. "Using CORMES" provides, by means of a manufacturing example and an insurance example, a description of the use of CORMES as a message information exchange tool.

Chapter 6. "Product Environment for CORMES" describes the operating environment and the machine and programming requirements.

Chapter 7. "Installing CORMES" lists the programs necessary to install and use CORMES. It also discusses the topics the user is responsible for and provides performance, reliability, and security considerations.

Related Publications

To be familiar with the terminologies of the IBM Customer Information Control System/Virtual Storage (CICS/VS), the IBM Data Language/I DOS/VS (DL/I DOS/VS) or the Information Management System/Virtual Storage (IMS/VS), you should refer to the following publications:

CICS/VS General Information Manual, GC33-0052
DL/I DOS/VS General Information Manual, GH20-1246
IMS/VS General Information Manual, GH20-1260

Note: The expression "OS/VS" is used in this manual as a collective term for the operating systems OS/VS1 and OS/VS2 MVS. Likewise, references to DOS/VS apply also to the operating system DOS/VSE.

Six other publications are available for CORMES:

CORMES User's Guide, SH12-5322.
This manual describes the use of the IBM Communication Oriented Message System (CORMES). It is written primarily for terminal users to provide information in sufficient detail on how to work with CORMES and how to overcome operational difficulties.
CORMES Program Reference Manual, SH12-5433.
This manual describes the functions of CORMES and their implementation. It is designed as a reference source for application and system programmers and all persons interested in detailed information on this system.
CORMES Program Logic Manual, LY12-5030.
This manual is designed to lead and guide the user of CORMES through the program listing of the CORMES modules when detailed knowledge of program structure and program logic is needed for error tracing or modification. Moreover, this manual shows which program listings you need. Since the manual and the listings complement each other, they should be used together.
TFG2000 Data Base Guide, SH19-6409.
This manual provides details of the general design and contents of all TFG2000 data bases for all currently available TFG2000 application products. It describes the structure of each TFG2000 data base, together with the segments and individual data elements which make up the data base.

Topics included in the book are as follows:
- The TFG2000 data base design.
- A review of IBM Data Language/I (DL/I) concepts and terms.
- A detailed data base description for each of the TFG2000 DL/I data bases.
- A layout of each of the TFG2000 Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) data sets.
- A product-data base cross-reference.
- A detailed data base description for each of the CORMES DL/I data bases.
The TFG2000 Data Base Guide is primarily for data processing personnel and the data base administrator. However, it could be considerably useful as a reference document to end-user management or anyone connected with the use of the TFG2000 application products. The intentions of the book are as follows:
- To assist planning by identifying the data elements you must supply for successful use of the TFG2000 application products.
- To supply general reference material to anyone involved in TFG2000 operation.
- To help in the evaluation and specification of any user-required extensions to TFG2000 programs.
- To give guidance on data base design for any manufacturing control system.
TFG2000 Installation Guide, SH12-5538 (for MVS) or SH12-5539 (for VSE).
This manual provides guidance and reference information for installing the TFG2000 Base Product. It is available in two different versions, depending upon the operating system you are using, MVS or VSE.

It discusses the following topics:
- Machine requirements
- Program requirements
- Installation validation
- Required modifications
- Data base migration
- Installation reference for TFG2000.
TFG2000 Administration, Operations, and Users' Guide, SH12-5599.
This manual provides guidance and reference information for administering the TFG2000 Base Product.

It discusses the following topics:
- Security
- Profile records
- Multiple environments
- Multiple languages
- Common TFG2000 programs
- Common TFG2000 tables
- How to modify and adapt the standard text
- How to modify and adapt the online help text.