MFAST/ES allows users the rapid, interactive design of CICS maps and mapsets without knowledge of BMS macros. Newly created screens are available for immediate testing and subsequent embedding in Assembler, Cobol and PL/1 application programs.

Key Features

MFAST/ES Product Versions

5.10

5.9

OS/390 through Version 2.10

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PTF Level

5.10.0

5.9.0

Operating System

z/OS through Version 1.13

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z/VSE through Version 4.3

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Support for MFAST/ES version 5.9 ends 12/31/2013

System Requirements
S/390 and Compatible, VSE/ESA, z/VSE, OS/390, z/OS
all CICS-Releases incl. CICS/TS 4.2, CICS/ESA 4.1, CICS/VSE 2.3 and CICS/TS 1.1.1 for z/VSE

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comprehensive printed map documentation, incl. screen layout, data structure and field definitions

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maps may freely be combined into mapsets

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internal version control and management

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user based access control to maps and mapsets of specific projects

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screen designs can be presented to end users before programming starts. Feedback can be immediately implemented

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field names of up to 31 characters

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online submit of maintenance jobs for DSECTs, CSECTs and map documentation

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easy to use menus and active directories

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paint-the-screen technique for screen design and field definitions

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clipboard to cut and paste between maps

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import and export functions for BMS macros