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ZY24 · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:14 pm Post subject: WSDL and CICS Container program

I did a search and did not see any comments on what I am encountering.

Background : We have a .net web application it calls a CICS program. We generated a WSDL from WDZ for zOS using the comarea from the CICS program. The CICS program has no screen. Basically it is a subroutine. The .net application passes us data and we pass them back data. This all is working fine and we have two apps in production.

Problem: I need to pass more data than the 32K comarea.

To test this we did the following. Cloned a small program that takes an input from the web and passes back a list of data elements. The original program was less than 32K and we left it and changed it to use GET CONTAINER. Got a clean compile. Took that container layout and went to the WDZ and generated the WSDL and changed the parms to a container.

Used WDZ to TEST the web service and at this point it worked.

Next we bumped up the number of elements returned so we were over 32K and re-compiled and re-build the WSDL. Not we are getting CONTAINERERR on the GET CONTAINER.

Has anyone used WDZ to generate WSDL and talking to CICS using containers?

ZY24 · Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:50 pm Post subject: Have it working now.

After working on this for a day it appears that we must have been out of sync between our WSDL and the XML translation program.

We just went back to a small pass area and got it working and then increased the pass area to >50K and it works fine.

With each change we re-gened the WSDL, WSBIND, and the Cobol XML translation program. Re-compiled the CICS program and the XML translation program and tested.

IT worked.

Since there have been no replies; Does that mean that no-one else is doing this? If you are generating WSDL using WDz please leave a post. Might need some help as we get more complicated with future development.

CICS Guy · Intermediate Joined: 30 Apr 2007 Posts: 292 Topics: 3

semigeezer · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:32 am Post subject:

I haven't worked with the container support in the WDz wsdl converters though a couple of years ago I used the commarea conversions in generating and deploying service flows, but I can probably find out answers if you get really stuck. I can't guarantee quick turnaround time though since I no longer work on CICS related technologies.

ZY24 · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:30 pm Post subject:

Thanks CICSGUY and semigeezer - I haven't posted much but do search the forum because I find answers to questions. This is very helpful.

Didn't mean to sound impatient.

For now things are good...