7.1 APPC/IMS Overview
APPC/IMS allows application programs using APPC protocols to enter IMS transactions from LU 6.2 devices supporting APPC. APPC/IMS also provides an environment that enables remote LU 6.2 devices to enter IMS local and remote transactions. In this environment, IMS application programs can insert transaction output to LU 6.2 devices without requiring coding changes to existing application programs and new application programs can make full use of existing LU 6.2 facilities. Applications enter transactions using an implicit or explicit Application Programming Interface (API).
Parent topic: APPC/IMS Programming Considerations