Using C++ on z/OS

Course Number:  711-JK
Recommended Duration:  2 days

Intended Audience
C++ programmers who will be designing and coding applications that are to be run in a z/OS (MVS) environment.

Objectives
Students who complete this course will be able to code, compile, link, and run C++ programs in the z/OS (MVS) environment, including programs that reference sequential (QSAM) files, VSAM files, DB2 data, and that communicate CICS or subroutines written in COBOL, C, or other LE languages.

Prerequisites
The student entering this course should have a programming background in C++, and should be familiar with TSO/ISPF/PDF and the z/OS environment. 

Topics

• Introduction to C++ on z/OS

• Inter-Language calling (ILC)

• Trigraphs

• Compiling, binding (linking), and running

• Record I/O

• Sequential files

• VSAM files

• Processing DB2 data

• C++/DB2 data types

• CICS