On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:42:46 -0600, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 7:09 AM, David Crayford <dcrayf...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 12/12/2013 9:05 PM, John McKown wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Arthur Fichtl <fich...@kabelmail.de> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I'm just curious whether anybody out there has MVS Quick Reference from >>>> Chicago Soft installed. >>>> At my former assignment we had it and used it extensively. MVSQR is much >>>> more powerful than Lookat and it provides a comfortable UI. >>>> >>>> Note: I'm not affiliated with that company, just a user. >>>> >>>> Arthur >>>> >>>> >>>> Oh, yes! If we didn't have it, the programmers would be unable to do >>> their >>> job. And Production Control would be out for blood (management's). My >>> manager uses the DASD information as the corner stone of his space >>> reporting. >>> >>> >>> >> Would they be seduced by a GUI? >> > >Most likely, yes. If it had the ability to "read" the z/OS job output >somehow so that they could "double click" on something and then have the >GUI interface pop up a dialog box, or even a browser page. I am not sure, >but I think that they'd like the RD/z package. Of course, that is much more >expensive than TSO/ISPF and so it totally out of the question around here. > > We have MVS QuickRef, but it is licensed on only one of our CECs and I often find myself logged onto one of the systems where it is not available. I have a small REXX CGI program, that runs on the z/OS HTTP server that displays MVS Quickref info in a browser window. Coincidentally, today I'm working on a VISTA macro to make this cursor point and shootable Dana ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
