C\FLOW is a CICS Web Support Program that acts as a listener for TCP/IP requests made from a client, using a HTTP protocol, to a Mainframe CICS region.
The client can be running on any hardware that can make a HTTP request over TCP/IP.
Clients Circle have seen:
- Web Browser using an HTML page
- Visual Basic
- VB .NET
- Java programs
- C programs running on a PC
Machines that have connected successfully range from a standard PC to a high end UNIX server.
Clients make a standard HTTP Post request sending data in various formats. The following formats are supported:
- Standard Commarea ( Raw Data )
- Name Value Pairs ( application/x-www-form-url-encoded )
- XML
- SOAP/XML
C\FLOW listener can be configured to call a single program passing the data or reading the program name from the input stream. The latter gives you the ultimate in flexibility since you can run a single program and develop a standard for communications.
Performance - This measurement has been proven to be better than CTG ( Mainframe ), MQ and Native MVS Sockets in the area of 30% to as high as 98%. Remember: depends on your current process.