IBM CICS® Universal Client provides desktop-based application integration functions by facilitating communication between workstation applications and multiple CICS servers.
Enables access to CICS systems - including IBM CICS Transaction Server and IBM TXSeries™ - from single-user workstations.
Independently configured clients support a workstation's existing interfaces to improve usability and productivity-without changing the back-end application.
Provides programming interfaces in C/C++, Microsoft® Visual Basic and COBOL and offers IP-based or SNA-based communication.
Communicates with CICS servers through the external call interface (ECI), external presentation interface (EPI) and the external security interface (ESI).
Helps optimize client and server operation via the ECI:
Improves programmer flexibility
Keeps business logic on the server and presentation logic on the client.
Applications can be easily written to connect PC workstations with CICS servers.
The CICS Universal Client is for single users only, either for desktop application access or as a single user administrative client. It must not be installed in a server or multi-user environment.
