RMM HSM Question
Hello listers, I have the following software stack: z/OS 1.4 DFSMS/hsm DFSMS/rmm We currently use HSM to do full incremental volume backups on a daily basis. We are looking at changing some of our hardware with a view to exploiting 3592's. Can I automatically (I can do most of the application stuff with JCL) stack cartridges to a near full capacity using DFSMS/rmm and or HSM. Is this possible? If so how? Kind Regards Mark Wilson Mob: +44 7768 617006 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: PARM Survey in Text Format
In a message dated 5/23/2005 10:21:27 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However, it worked. *I can read it*. Thank you! I noticed an anomaly: We need this feature: 66% agree or strongly agree This should be a Share req: 43% ditto Either some people use a different meaning of need than I do, or they are (or I am) confused about the reasons for Share requirements. Yipee! I sent the RTF format to Don Ault, but haven't heard back one way or the other. As I was fighting with zoomerrang composing the Survey, the thought just crossed my mind that this should really be a SHARE requirement so just hung it on at the last minute to kinda see what the group thought. Afraid I aided to the confusion in the manner and sequence of posing the questions. Guess if we do this again, I'll ask for volunteers for a test questionnaire. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: PARM=
What bank would allow people to change JCL without control? Or to implement a 'typeo' in production without testing? Certainly not the bank I work for. If every z/OS machine in the world had this option installed next Tuesday, absolutely nothing would break until someone changed something, code or JCL. In stable environments where nothing changes, well, nothing would change -- no worries. In more dynamic environments you again have two possibilities -- changes are tested for correctness or they are not. Only in the final case is there even a risk of error. A SOC4 or a harmless overlay might occur -- no worries and an easy fix or a dont-care. Or the program might not recognize the 'typeo' on the JCL parm and offer a Unknown Parameter error. In the final case -- untested changes with a harmful parm overlay -- well, you were already playing Russian roulette by not testing your changes -- you just shot yourself in the foot. Of course, if you make a habit of not testing changes your feet are full of holes already. [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm a guru, not a god. That is a completely different career path. On May 23, 2005, at 6:33 PM, John Krew wrote: I have to agree with Patrick and Peter on this. I am a bit bewildered by the attitude of those on the list that have pooh-poohed their down-to-earth objections with such academic-sounding observations as well, there would be an insignificant number of programs showing that kind of behavior. I guess they have never worked for a bank ... John Krew - Original Message - From: Patrick O'Keefe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 9:47 PM Subject: Re: PARM= On Sat, 21 May 2005 00:13:14 -0400, Joe Zitzelberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 20, 2005, at 5:16 PM, Peter Hunkeler wrote: How many of the programs designed to run in batch are coded to cope with longer than 100 byte parms? ... Many programs are. ... Ok. So Peter asked the wrong question. Forget about those that are designed for the long parms. What about all the gazillion programs that are not? All the accounting programs, manufacturing support programs, time accounting programs, etc.; the home grown life-blood of industry (or at least that part still on MVS). Imagine some typo in the JCL makes the PARM longer than 100, say 102 bytes. ... You have put the cart before the horse. None of your existing, functional, JCL passes a parm longer than 100 bytes ... ... The fix is simple. Just don't pass more than a program is expecting. Today, that is a certain error (JCL error), tomorrow it will still be an error (program not expecting error). Either way it is an error. Nothing in this change can break a program that is currently working correctly today. He said ... typo Passing the additional data is unintentional. Fine. It's an error. Only in one case you get a JCL error. In the other case you get in incorrectly executing problem that may or may not abend. It may meerly produce a totally bollixed General Ledger for the month. No problem unless your company cares about money. Pat O'Keefe -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Reading a PDS
On Tue, 24 May 2005 06:53:00 +0100 James Cotter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :I'm reading a member from a FB LRECL 80 library having first located it via BLDL and FIND. I am issuing READ macros and I'm getting the EODAD routine entered, as expected, when I get to the end of the member. :What I would like to know is, if a member doesn't completely fill a block, how do you determine this is in the program - or rather, how do you determine the actual end of the member within the partially filled block?? :I have looked in the SMF Macro and Using Data Sets manuals but I can't see anything that explains this. You have to subtract the residual count from the IOB (which is pointed to by the DECB). It should be in the using data sets manual. -- Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Reading a PDS
On Tue, 24 May 2005 07:52:32 +0100 James Cotter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :Thanks Binyamin. However, I have looked again at the z/OS v1.4 DFSMS using data sets' manual and I can't see this mentioned anywhere. I find this quite strange for something so fundamental. Look in using data sets. 3.6.7 Determining the Length of a Block when Reading with BSAM, BPAM, or BDAM :Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :On Tue, 24 May 2005 06:53:00 +0100 James Cotter :wrote: : ::I'm reading a member from a FB LRECL 80 library having first located it via BLDL and FIND. I am issuing READ macros and I'm getting the EODAD routine entered, as expected, when I get to the end of the member. : ::What I would like to know is, if a member doesn't completely fill a block, how do you determine this is in the program - or rather, how do you determine the actual end of the member within the partially filled block?? : ::I have looked in the SMF Macro and Using Data Sets manuals but I can't see anything that explains this. : :You have to subtract the residual count from the IOB (which is pointed to by :the DECB). : :It should be in the using data sets manual. -- Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: msgIEW2509S
For what it's worth, I put some notes on dbx at http://members.tripod.com/billlalonde/oehist.htm (Best viewed without JavaScript enabled). Bill On Fri, 20 May 2005 07:53:44 +0200, Barbara Nitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brian, I appreciate the help! I had gone directly to the service aids book and never looked at the PM manual. I suspect that my executable was bound at a higher release than z/OS 1.4 (which is what we still are). I don't want to re-bind, I just want to get a clearer indication (maybe a name) of the csects we're executing in. Bill, I'll ask our Domino/UNIX guys to try dbx (I am really illiterate in all things UNIX), but I don't hold my breath. I am ready to scream, anyway, as IBM level 2 tells me that In general, loops are one of the most difficult things to find in a dump since they occur over time and the dump only provides a snapshot. And in the clear face of a systrace full of entries like: 00 001D 008E1970 EXT 1005 078D2400 9473042E I am being told Also, analysis of the systrace for TCB:008E1970 does not show a loop in this 4 second period. (4 seconds is my trace table) Grr Best regards, Barbara -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Reading a PDS
In a message dated 5/24/2005 12:53:43 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What I would like to know is, if a member doesn't completely fill a block, how do you determine this is in the program - or rather, how do you determine the actual end of the member within the partially filled block?? The access method builds a CCW (Channel Command Word) to read one block with the maximum block size (aka record size) in the CCW's byte count. If it builds Format 0 CCWs, the byte count is in bytes 6-7 of the read CCW, else bytes 2-3 for a Format 1 CCW. When the I/O channel program runs, the DASD control unit attempts to read BLOCKSIZE number of bytes from the disk for that block (aka record). If exactly BLOCKSIZE bytes are contained in that block, then the residual count will be 0. If fewer than BLOCKSIZE bytes are in that block, which could occur anywhere within the member (except for the EOF block at the end), then the residual count will not be 0. In all cases, take BLOCKSIZE and subtract the residual count to determine how many bytes were read. The residual count is stored in the IOB after the I/O ends in the field IOBCSW+5 and BLOCKSIZE is in the DCB. For some reason IBM did not give the residual count field a name in the IOB DSECT. The comment simply says last two bytes of IOBCSW. The last two bytes of the CSW contain the residual count (see Principles of Operations). Expand the DCB DSECT and you should be able to find the blocksize field from the comment block size. You will know when an EOF block has been read because the Unit Exception bit (IOBUSB7) will be on in IOBUSTAT. It will not be on otherwise. The IOB is mapped with SYS1.MACLIB(IEZIOB) and the DCB with SYS1.MACLIB(DCB). I may have a field name or two wrong in the above, as it has been many years since I used an IOB, but the logic is correct: find the block size and subtract the residual count; and look for unit exception to indicate EOF. Bill Fairchild -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: RMM HSM Question
If you throw TMM into the mix, it is quite easy. TMM(Tape mount Manager) works with SMS to turn tape mounts into disk file writes, even to the point of reblocking for optimum disk use. Then you configure HSM to migrate your TMM datasets to tape when the TMM volumes are xx% full. Mark Wilson wrote: Hello listers, I have the following software stack: z/OS 1.4 DFSMS/hsm DFSMS/rmm We currently use HSM to do full incremental volume backups on a daily basis. We are looking at changing some of our hardware with a view to exploiting 3592's. Can I automatically (I can do most of the application stuff with JCL) stack cartridges to a near full capacity using DFSMS/rmm and or HSM. Is this possible? If so how? Kind Regards Mark Wilson Mob: +44 7768 617006 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: PARM=
On May 24, 2005, at 3:16 AM, Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... In a recent note, Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM said: Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 15:33:12 +0200 You don't have to change the JCL to change the PARM if it is specified by the operator on the Start-command, or is built from symbolics. How can you change a symbolic without changing JCL? By specifying in the JCL: // INCLUDE MEMBER=xxx where xxx is filled externally regularly with new values. We use is to include e.g. all sorts of date variables in our production JCL. Kees. That one routinely makes the rounds under the guise of using system symbols in JCL. So what you are saying is you have something today, perhaps this: SET LDATE='Tuesday, the 24th of May, 2005' SET SDATE='24-05-2005' And you are worried that when the date rolls to something longer, perhaps: SET LDATE='Tuesday, the 24th of December, 2005' SET SDATE='24-12-2005' That LDATE is going to push a parm past 100-bytes? This is possible, but if it could happen, your system today would provide you with JCL errors on the long named months. If your program freaks out one morning and starts putting in the include member: SET SDATE='abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' Then you have a valid point -- but I would say, you need to go back to the oft asked question: 'what changed'? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Servers Do It With Cookies -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Filezilla FTP updated 2.2.13c May 3, 2005 my last z/OS bug squash ed
On Mon, 23 May 2005 15:54:39 -0400, Knutson, Sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows with a lot of features available as GPL (free distribution source and binary) software. I like it! http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/ The latest release is 2.2.13c May 3, 2005 You should download the latest release from the project page. The project leader Tim Kosse has officially closed my last z/OS related bug report item #942941, which was opened at 2004-04-27 as resolved in the current release. I retested and it seems to be working fine to me with z/OS R4 so if you can find any problems I suggest you open a bug report with the project. FileZilla is FREE as in BEER and as in SOURCE == SPEECH SeaGull Free FTP continues to be a great, free, OCO, GUI FTP client for MVS. http://www.seagullsoftware.com/products/free_ftp.html Best Regards, Sam Knutson, GEICO Performance and Availability Management mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (office) 301.986.3574 People who deal with bits should expect to get bitten. - Jon Bentley How very apt is your cookie jar - did you borrow it from Volke? They want you to download an .EXE file! Doh! Nanny doesn't like that and won't let naughty boys play with things that might damage their toy box. That's another product I won't be trying, then. I use WFTPD from Texas Software - you can download a .zip file which Nanny doesn't mind and you don't need Administrator privileges to install it. A great little FTP Server. Dave -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Filezilla FTP updated 2.2.13c May 3, 2005 my last z/OS bug sq uash ed
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=21558 .ZIP is provided for both executable and source. I personally download the .exe with the Windows installer but you have choices including even downloading the full source and building your own executable. Thanks, Sam -Original Message- How very apt is your cookie jar - did you borrow it from Volke? They want you to download an .EXE file! Doh! Nanny doesn't like that and won't let naughty boys play with things that might damage their toy box. That's another product I won't be trying, then. I use WFTPD from Texas Software - you can download a .zip file which Nanny doesn't mind and you don't need Administrator privileges to install it. A great little FTP Server. Dave This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: RMM HSM Question
Mark, Search the DFSMShsm manuals for the word STACK. HTH, Greg Shirey Ben E. Keith Company -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Wilson Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 12:55 AM snip We currently use HSM to do full incremental volume backups on a daily basis. We are looking at changing some of our hardware with a view to exploiting 3592's. Can I automatically (I can do most of the application stuff with JCL) stack cartridges to a near full capacity using DFSMS/rmm and or HSM. Is this possible? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: PARM=
Joe Zitzelberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... On May 24, 2005, at 3:16 AM, Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... In a recent note, Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM said: Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 15:33:12 +0200 You don't have to change the JCL to change the PARM if it is specified by the operator on the Start-command, or is built from symbolics. How can you change a symbolic without changing JCL? By specifying in the JCL: // INCLUDE MEMBER=xxx where xxx is filled externally regularly with new values. We use is to include e.g. all sorts of date variables in our production JCL. Kees. That one routinely makes the rounds under the guise of using system symbols in JCL. So what you are saying is you have something today, perhaps this: SET LDATE='Tuesday, the 24th of May, 2005' SET SDATE='24-05-2005' And you are worried that when the date rolls to something longer, perhaps: SET LDATE='Tuesday, the 24th of December, 2005' SET SDATE='24-12-2005' That LDATE is going to push a parm past 100-bytes? This is possible, but if it could happen, your system today would provide you with JCL errors on the long named months. If your program freaks out one morning and starts putting in the include member: SET SDATE='abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ' Then you have a valid point -- but I would say, you need to go back to the oft asked question: 'what changed'? Yes, this an example of what I meant. I reacted to the statement that you cannot extend the parm over 100 bytes without changing the JCL. You can with INCLUDEd SET statements. The date variables are an example of how they are used today. Tomorrow they might be used for companynames, productcodes etc. etc. that can be reorganized overnigth from short cryptic to long explanatory names. Kees. ** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. ** -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: PARM=
And why would you expect an application programmer writing in COBOL to even know that manual exists? Why should he/she even know it's possible for the programs to be invoked by anything other than EXEC PGM=... )where a 100-byte parm limit has existed forever)? And why do you expect that COBOL programmer is even aware of the 100-byte JCL limitation? The JCL Reference is a big manual -- Bruce A. Black Senior Software Developer for FDR Innovation Data Processing 973-890-7300 personal: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sales info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tech support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.innovationdp.fdr.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Using IP attached printer for TMS Labels
Do you have any idea where we can get the code for EARL? Any particular place in CA we should try? Also, we're JES3, do you think this will make any difference? Thanks. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Larre Shiller Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 9:38 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Using IP attached printer for TMS Labels Ken - We just recently implemented this function. We use an IBM 4400 driven by PSF over TCP/IP to produce the labels. It's all fairly strighforward, but we had some difficulty getting TMS to spit out individual labels. I'm not the TMS support person, but I know that CA pointed us in the right direction--I think that it had something to do with EARL and adding a few lines of code to an exit. I'm sure that I can dig up the details if necessary. The only other issue that we had was trying to ensure that we got a label for the every type of CLOSE that we felt should produce a label. Larre Shiller US Social Security Administration [EMAIL PROTECTED] V/M: (410) 965-2209 If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender, delete it and do not read, act upon, print, disclose, copy, retain or redistribute it. Click here for important additional terms relating to this e-mail. http://www.ml.com/email_terms/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Varying consoles offline
Are getting any error messages from your Vary commands? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Horne, Jim - James S Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 9:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Varying consoles offline I've got a problem with consoles in my sysplex. We're trying to add a new LPAR and it's pushed us over the 99 consoles limit. I'd like to delete some consoles that I don't need but can't seem to get the VARY CN command to work. My consoles that I want to get rid of look like: SYSPP0197 COND=SS AUTH=ALL NBUF=N/A ROUTCDE=NONE Can anyone help? Thanks, Jim Horne Lowe's Companies, Inc. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Varying consoles offline
I get V CN(SYSPP01),OFFLINE IEE274I VARY CN CONSOLE SYSPP01 NOT VALID But I've checked and I've also used the console number (97) and get the same message. If I IPL that LPAR with a changed CONSOLxx member will it kick these consoles I don't want out since they will not be in any active definitions? Thanks, Jim Horne Lowe's Companies, Inc. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of salah Balboul Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 9:55 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Varying consoles offline Are getting any error messages from your Vary commands? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Horne, Jim - James S Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 9:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Varying consoles offline I've got a problem with consoles in my sysplex. We're trying to add a new LPAR and it's pushed us over the 99 consoles limit. I'd like to delete some consoles that I don't need but can't seem to get the VARY CN command to work. My consoles that I want to get rid of look like: SYSPP0197 COND=SS AUTH=ALL NBUF=N/A ROUTCDE=NONE Can anyone help? Thanks, Jim Horne Lowe's Companies, Inc. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: AW: Converting CA-MIM to GRS
On Mon, 23 May 2005 22:31:43 +0200, Jon Renton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have now also seen, that CA-MIM uses a VSAM dataset to coordinate resources across multiple Sysplexes. On Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, it's a linear dataset. Since when? It's always been a PS file as far as I know. BTW, the best method to use if you don't have a CF or can't use one because of sharing between sysplexes is CTC communications. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Programming expert at http://Search390.com/ateExperts/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Varying consoles offline
I get D C,CN=(97) IEE889I 10.26.15 CONSOLE DISPLAY 849 MSG: CURR=5LIM=3000 RPLY:CURR=5LIM=60 SYS=B090 PFK=00 CONSOLE/ALTID --- SPECIFICATIONS --- SYSPP0197 COND=SS AUTH=ALL NBUF=N/A ROUTCDE=NONE So it's a subsystem allocatable console. Do you know how I can get rid of it? Thanks, Jim Horne Lowe's Companies, Inc. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of salah Balboul Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 10:24 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Varying consoles offline Issue: D C,CN=(xx) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: PARM=
Paul Gilmartin wrote: In a recent note, Bruce Black said: Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 09:49:27 -0400 And why do you expect that COBOL programmer is even aware of the 100-byte JCL limitation? The JCL Reference is a big manual I believe Bill Klein provided the correct answer from the COBOL perspective in: http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0505L=ibm-mainD=1O=DP=152693 I yield to his expertise and dutiful research. Apparently an LE manual example presumes the 100-character limit for COBOL and PL/I. -- gil What's really wierd is that LE has a callable service for obtaining the JCL parm value and it limits the return string to 80 characters! Kind regards, -Steve Comstock -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Varying consoles offline
I think you probably need to run the IEARELCN program to completely remove the console name from the Sysplex. Martin Reeday Senior z/OS Systems Programmer GT Mainframe Services - z/OS * 30289 Team mailbox: $Main Serv - z/OS xnet site : http://xnet/xnet/teams/XNT8.nsf (Internal only) EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] group services - delivering for HBOS -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 May 2005 14:53 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Varying consoles offline I've got a problem with consoles in my sysplex. We're trying to add a new LPAR and it's pushed us over the 99 consoles limit. I'd like to delete some consoles that I don't need but can't seem to get the VARY CN command to work. My consoles that I want to get rid of look like: SYSPP0197 COND=SS AUTH=ALL NBUF=N/A ROUTCDE=NONE Can anyone help? Thanks, Jim Horne Lowe's Companies, Inc. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- -- HBOS plc, Registered in Scotland No. SC218813. Registered Office: The Mound, Edinburgh EH1 1YZ. HBOS plc is a holding company, subsidiaries of which are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. == -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
Hi John, I was sorry to see no answers come across for your question. I like Adobe just fine but for going through a set of manuals BookManager is superior. When you google it there are a lot of xxx2PDF and PDF2xxx type programs but I couldn't find any for BookManager. Bummer. You can add pdf files to your shelves and as books within BookManager but the result is less than satisfying. As an aside - Compuware is currently surveying their customers as to whether to keep books in pdf/bookmanager/html format(s). So if you're a Compuware site you can log onto Frontline (the tech support site) and vote for your favorite. I vote retain BookManager! Jim -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Varying consoles offline
To use IEARELCN program, the sub-system console must be released first. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: where this command comes from ?
Is it possible that one user has a command defined on the LOGON PANEL Lizette Koehler -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: PARM=
For PL/I there is a simple circumvention of the 100-character limit available. From the current Programming Guide: Specifying options in the EXEC statement using an options file Another way to specify options in the EXEC statement is by declaring all your options in an options file and coding the following: //STEP1 EXEC PGM=IBMZPLI,PARM=+DD:OPTIONS This method allows you to provide a consistent set of options that you frequently use. This is especially effective if you want other programmers to use a common set of options. It also gets you past the 100-character limit. John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721 U.S.A. _ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
RMM Question.
I receive a lot of RACF violation messages (sample below) that I believe to be rooted in a tape label gone bad. The RMM FM is a little confusing on what is going on. My security czar is grumping about a cluttered violation report. Q1: Am I correct? Is this nothing more than a bad tape? Q2: What, if anything, should I be doing differently? Q3: Is RMM trying to correct (rewrite) the label, and should that be allowed? IEC512I LBL ERR 0580, ,NL,PRIVAT,SL,MYJOB,FULLBKP,MY.DSN ICH408I USER(BATCH ) GROUP(BATCH ) NAME(PRODUCTION USER) 829 STGADMIN.EDG.LABEL. CL(FACILITY) INSUFFICIENT ACCESS AUTHORITY FROM STGADMIN.EDG.* (G) ACCESS INTENT(ALTER ) ACCESS ALLOWED(NONE ) EDG4042I VOLUME REJECTED. NL OR NSL VOLUME NOT SUPPORTED FOR A NON-SPECIFIC REQUEST EDG4005E VOLUME NL ON 0580 REJECTED FOR USE BY MYJOB, FULLBKP, OFFSITE Thanks!! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: where this command comes from ?
The logon proc is :
(...)
//IKJPRI06 EXEC PGM=IKJEFT01,DYNAMNBR=80,REGION=4096K,PARM='%£IKJPRIM'
(...)
/* REXX -*/
TRACE O
PARSE UPPER ARG AR1
VAR. = ' '
IF WORDS(AR1) ^= 0 THEN TRACE R /* AFFICHAGE ?? */
/**/
/* PAS DE PREFIXE*/
/**/
PROFILE NOPREFIX
/**/
/* RECUPERATION DU SMFID */
/**/
SMFID = £SMFID(SMFID)
/**/
/*DSNAME POUR DDNAME ISPPROF */
/* ISPTABL */
/**/
PROFILE = USERID()'.'SMFID'.ISPF.ISPPROF'
/**/
/*ALLOCATION FICHIER PROFILE */
/**/
X = OUTTRAP(ERR.)
ALLOC FI(ISPPROF) DA('PROFILE') REUSE SHR
IF RC ^= 0 THEN DO
IF SMFID = TSO4 THEN DO
X = OUTTRAP(OFF)
ALLOC FI(ISPPROF) DA('PROFILE') SP(15 2) TRACKS DIR(40) UNIT(3380)
DSORG(PO) RECFM(F B) LRECL(80) BLKSIZE(3120) VOLUME(B00160)
END
ELSE DO /* AUTRE = SYSALLDA */
X = OUTTRAP(OFF)
ALLOC FI(ISPPROF) DA('PROFILE') SP(30 3) TRACKS DIR(40)
UNIT(SYSALLDA) DSORG(PO) RECFM(F B) LRECL(80) BLKSIZE(3120)
END
IF RC = 0 THEN SAY '' ''PROFILE' RE-CREE'
END
ALLOC FI(ISPTABL) DA('PROFILE') REUSE SHR
UGROUP = SUBSTR(USERID(),2,2)
SELECT
WHEN (UGROUP = AD )THEN EINIT = '£IKJTEC' /* ADM RACF */
WHEN (UGROUP = AQ )THEN EINIT = '£IKJTEC' /* QUALITE*/
WHEN (UGROUP = MA )THEN EINIT = '£IKJPRO' /* MAINT PROD */
WHEN (UGROUP = DI )THEN EINIT = '£IKJPRO' /*DIO */
WHEN (UGROUP = EB )THEN EINIT = '£IKJETU' /* ETUDES*/
WHEN (UGROUP = ET )THEN EINIT = '£IKJETU' /* ETUDES*/
WHEN (UGROUP = ED )THEN EINIT = '£IKJETU' /* ARCH SYS DO*/
WHEN (UGROUP = IN )THEN EINIT = '£IKJBUR' /* BUREAUTIQUE*/
WHEN (UGROUP = ME )THEN EINIT = '£IKJETU' /* MAINT. RGV */
WHEN (UGROUP = RE )THEN EINIT = '£IKJTEC' /* RESEAU*/
WHEN (UGROUP = ST )THEN EINIT = '£IKJTEC' /* SUPPORT*/
WHEN (UGROUP = SY )THEN EINIT = '£IKJTEC' /* SYSTEME*/
WHEN (UGROUP = EB )THEN EINIT = '£IKJTEC' /* SYST. BRUX.*/
WHEN (UGROUP = GR )THEN EINIT = '£IKJPRO' /* PRODUCTION */
WHEN (UGROUP = GS )THEN EINIT = '£IKJPRO' /* PRODUCTION */
WHEN (UGROUP = PI )THEN EINIT = '£IKJBBE' /* PRODUCTION */
WHEN (UGROUP = RS )THEN EINIT = '£IKJPRO' /* PRODUCTION */
WHEN (UGROUP = RU )THEN EINIT = '£IKJETU' /* RECETTE */
WHEN (UGROUP = CT )THEN EINIT = '£IKJETU' /* COMPTA */
WHEN (UGROUP = IC )THEN EINIT = '£IKJETU' /* = COMPTA */
OTHERWISE EINIT = '£IKJDEF' /* OU DEFAUT */
END
INITIAL: /* EXECUTION */
INTERPRET 'CALL' EINIT
IF EINIT ^= £IKJTEC THEN DO
IF RESULT = 99 THEN LOGOFF/* FIN NORMALE */
IF RESULT ^= 99 THEN EINIT /*PB ? - RE-EXEC*/
END
IF EINIT = £IKJTEC THEN DO
SAY ' '
SAY ' *--*'
SAY ' * L : RE-LOGON *'
SAY ' * I : RE-INIT*'
SAY ' * X : LOGOFF *'
SAY ' *--*'
SAY ' '
END
==
member : £IKJTEC
TRACE O
IF SMFID = 'TSO2' THEN BBHELP = 'SYS3.BBE.V2R0M8.BBHELP'
ELSE BBHELP = 'SYSN.BBE.BBHELP' */
PROF INTER NOPREF MSGID WTPMSG MODE REC
PDF PANEL(£ISPMTC) OPT(ST) NEWAPPL(ISP)
EXIT 99
=
I don't see any connection to the launch of $ST ... is there any exit
launched before, and where it is configured ??
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Re: Using IP attached printer for TMS Labels
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Re: Assembler
Paul Hanrahan wrote: Hi, Anyone know where the assembler list server is ? I used to subcribe to the assembler list but lost track of it. Paul Hanrahan IBM Mainframe Assembler List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kind regards, -Steve Comstock -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: PARM=
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Tuesday 24 May 2005 07:51 What's really wierd is that LE has a callable service for obtaining the JCL parm value and it limits the return string to 80 characters! If the lengthening of PARM does go through, then I hope that all of IBM MF is tasked to check for restrictions like this. I wonder what LE for z/VSE does in this area. z/VSE has had PARMs 100 characters for a long time. Later, Ray -- M. Ray Mullins Roseville, CA, USA http://www.catherdersoftware.com/ http://www.mrmullins.big-bear-city.ca.us/ http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Fw: This is a short PARM length survey via Zoomerang
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 05/23/2005 at 12:22 PM, Ed Finnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Previously posted. Thanks; I saw a reference to it after I posted my question. No you; it puts up the questionnaire would doesn't respond when I click on a button. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: where this command comes from ?
Among other things, £XCMDS seems to search the ISPCMDS table for a command
associated with the verb LOGON and executes that command if it exists
in the table. The ISPCMDS table would be normally be found in the ISPF
profile dataset.
Bill
On Tue, 24 May 2005 10:05:13 -0500, Daniel Cremieux [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Dear all ,
I have two users, they use the same logon proc, but one has a command
issued at the beginning of the session. By tracing them i have this :
14:39 Start of ISPF Log - - - - Session £ 527
14:39 TSO - Command - - %$ST
14:39 TSO - Command - - %£XCMDS
14:39 TSO - Command - - EX 'ASY0050.TSOA.EXEC(LOGON)' EX
14:39 TSO - Command - - %£ST
14:39 TSO - Command - - %£STDBUG N
14:39 TSO - Command - - %£STDBUG N ISR
14:39 TSO - Command - - %£STDBUG N
14:39 TSO - Command - - %£MSGINF
14:39 TSO - Command - - %£ALARM
Bottom of Data ***
The difference is this line :
14:39 TSO - Command - - EX 'ASY0050.TSOA.EXEC(LOGON)' EX
I've checked the commands executed in this trace to find where this line
can come from, but there is nothing about this.
Can you help me to find where this command is coded ? Is there anyhting in
the ispf profile dataset which can launch it ?
Using ISRDDN i found the contents of these commands and here is their
contents :
Member : $ST
/* REXX */
TRACE N
ADDRESS ISPEXEC
SELECT CMD(%£XCMDS)
SELECT CMD(%£ST)
SELECT CMD(%£MSGINF)
SELECT CMD(%£ALARM)
EXIT
Member £XCMDS : i don't know whet it does .
/* REXX */ /* Extend Cmds tbl */
Parse Upper Arg Option
Interpret 'Trace' £Trace()
Address ISPEXEC
TBQUERY ISPCMDS NAMES(varname)
TBSTATS ISPCMDS STATUS2(sta2name)
If sta2name /= 4 Then Do/* ISPCMDS isn't SHARE NOWRITE */
msg = 'ISPCMDS is not Updatable'
Call Failed
End
varname = Left(varname,Length(varname)-1)!!' APPL)'
TBOPEN £USRXCMD LIBRARY(ISPPROF) SHARE
If Rc = 8 Then, /* New User */
TBCREATE £USRXCMD NAMESvarname REPLACE LIBRARY(ISPPROF) SHARE
If Rc 12 Then Do
msg = 'ISPF/PDF Table Management Error Rc=' rc
Call Failed
End
TBTOP £USRXCMD
zctverb = ''
TBSCAN £USRXCMD ARGLIST(ZCTVERB)
Do while(rc=0)
TBDELETE £USRXCMD
TBSCAN £USRXCMD ARGLIST(ZCTVERB)
End
TBQUERY £USRXCMD ROWNUM(rownum)
If rownum = 0 Then Do
Zctverb = ''
Zcttrunc = 0
Zctact = 'SELECT CMD(%) SUSPEND PASSLIB'
Zctdesc = '?'
TBADD £USRXCMD
End
If Abbrev('EDIT',Option,1) Then Do /* Edit Extend User CMDS Table */
TBDISPL £USRXCMD PANEL(£XCMDP)
Do while (Rc 8)/* Leave Edit */
Do while (Ztdsels 0)
TBPUT £USRXCMD /* Edit in place*/
Select
When (Sl = 'I') Then Do /* Create New */
Zctverb = ''
Zcttrunc = 0
Zctact = 'SELECT CMD(%) SUSPEND PASSLIB'
Zctdesc = '?'
TBADD £USRXCMD
End
When (Sl = 'R') Then, /* Repeat Line */
TBMOD £USRXCMD
When (Sl = 'T') Then Do /* Execute */
TBDELETE £USRXCMD
TBTOP £USRXCMD
TBADD £USRXCMD
End
When (Sl = 'X') Then Do /* Execute */
CONTROL ERRORS RETURN
If appl /= '' Then,
zctact = zctact 'NEWAPPL('appl')'
Zctact
If Rc 4 Then SETMSG MSG(£SRZ004)
CONTROL ERRORS CANCEL
End
When (Sl = 'D') Then Do /* Delete Line */
TBDELETE £USRXCMD
TBQUERY £USRXCMD ROWNUM(rownum)
If rownum = 0 Then Do /* Add Model Line*/
Zctverb = ''
Zcttrunc = 0
Zctact = 'SELECT CMD(%) SUSPEND PASSLIB'
Zctdesc = '?'
TBADD £USRXCMD
TBTOP £USRXCMD
End
End
Otherwise Nop
End
TBDISPL £USRXCMD POSITION(CRP)
End
If Rc 8 Then Do
If Zcmd /= '' Then Call Lcmd
Else TBDISPL £USRXCMD POSITION(CRP)
End
End
End
sadd=0
smod=0
TBOPEN £SICXCMD SHARE NOWRITE /* General Added CMDS */
If Rc = 0 Then Do
TBBOTTOM £SICXCMD
Do While (Rc=0)
If Zctverb /= '' Then Do
TBTOP ISPCMDS
TBSCAN ISPCMDS ARGLIST(ZCTVERB) NOREAD
If Rc = 0 Then Do
TBDELETE ISPCMDS
TBTOP ISPCMDS
TBADD ISPCMDS
smod = smod + 1
End
Re: where this command comes from ?
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Cremieux Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 10:05 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: where this command comes from ? Dear all , I have two users, they use the same logon proc, but one has a command issued at the beginning of the session. By tracing them i have this : 14:39 Start of ISPF Log - - - - Session £ 527 14:39 TSO - Command - - %$ST 14:39 TSO - Command - - %£XCMDS 14:39 TSO - Command - - EX 'ASY0050.TSOA.EXEC(LOGON)' EX 14:39 TSO - Command - - %£ST 14:39 TSO - Command - - %£STDBUG N 14:39 TSO - Command - - %£STDBUG N ISR 14:39 TSO - Command - - %£STDBUG N 14:39 TSO - Command - - %£MSGINF 14:39 TSO - Command - - %£ALARM Bottom of Data *** The difference is this line : 14:39 TSO - Command - - EX 'ASY0050.TSOA.EXEC(LOGON)' EX In the COMMAND field on the logon panel. See below; --- TSO/E LOGON --- ,Enter LOGON parameters below: ,RACF LOGON parameters: , Userid===,XXX999 , , ,, , Password ===,, , New Password ===,, , Procedure ===,$TSPDFT , , Group Ident ===,, , Acct Nmbr ===,H0I , , Size ===,6 , , Perform ===, , , Command ===, , ,Enter an 'S' before each option desired below:, , ,S,-Nomail, , ,S,-Nonotice, , ,S,-Reconnect, , , ,-OIDcard , PF1/PF13 == HelpPF3/PF15 == LogoffPA1 == AttentionPA2 == Reshow You may request specific help information by entering a '?' in any entry field -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: AW: Converting CA-MIM to GRS
I agree Mark. Still looks like a PS file to me. Would have to check if there is an option for a linear data set. But I don't think so. CTCs are best for communicating outside of the Sysplex. Many sites are using XCF and CF Structures. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Zelden Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 SYSN 7:19 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: AW: Converting CA-MIM to GRS On Mon, 23 May 2005 22:31:43 +0200, Jon Renton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have now also seen, that CA-MIM uses a VSAM dataset to coordinate resources across multiple Sysplexes. On Mon, 23 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, it's a linear dataset. Since when? It's always been a PS file as far as I know. BTW, the best method to use if you don't have a CF or can't use one because of sharing between sysplexes is CTC communications. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Programming expert at http://Search390.com/ateExperts/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Fw: PARM=
On Tue, 24 May 2005 11:52:35 -0500 Bill Klein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :z/VSE recognized the problem and introduced the new CEE5PRML callable :service, see: : http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/fl2pre05/3.17 300 character limit. :IBM has indicated at previous SHARE meetings that the requirement : SSLNGC0313586: Enhance CEE3PRM Callable Service :will me met in a timely manner - even though they have NOT yet marked it :as accepted. (It is still in status RC.) I would expect it to be :resolved in a semi-compatible way with the current VSE solution. : :Ray Mullins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message :news:!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACABgAn_oqCAYieUWz_YYE6QkUgMK :[EMAIL PROTECTED]... : -Original Message- : From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List : [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock : Sent: Tuesday 24 May 2005 07:51 : What's really wierd is that LE has a callable service for : obtaining the JCL parm value and it limits the return string : to 80 characters! : If the lengthening of PARM does go through, then I hope that all of IBM MF : is tasked to check for restrictions like this. : I wonder what LE for z/VSE does in this area. z/VSE has had PARMs 100 : characters for a long time. -- Binyamin Dissen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
Bravo for providing documentation ion all 3 formats. I encourage all vendors to do so and really get on their case when they decide to drop a format, which unfortunately is usually BookManager. Don Imbriale For our products, we generate HTML, PDF, and BookManager softcopy books from a common source (M$ Word documents). - | Edward E. Jaffe|| | Mgr, Research Development| [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Phoenix Software International | Tel: (310) 338-0400 x318 | | 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 | Fax: (310) 338-0801| | Los Angeles, CA 90045 | http://www.phoenixsoftware.com | - Question to the list: WTF is anyone still using BookMangler format? After Adobe created their new search feature in Adobe 6 (if you're still running Adobe 5, go download 7 NOW), there's no reason to continue to use BookMangler. The only reason to use it in the first place was the superior search capability, but now that Adobe has that function, bye-bye BM!! Regards, Tom Conley -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
It's o'dark thirty. Production job down. Application developer needs access to doc. They're logged on from home directly into z/OS. BookManager is right there. Got what they need, fix the problem, job reruns, life is good. Don Imbriale -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Conley Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format? Bravo for providing documentation ion all 3 formats. I encourage all vendors to do so and really get on their case when they decide to drop a format, which unfortunately is usually BookManager. Don Imbriale For our products, we generate HTML, PDF, and BookManager softcopy books from a common source (M$ Word documents). - | Edward E. Jaffe|| | Mgr, Research Development| [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Phoenix Software International | Tel: (310) 338-0400 x318 | | 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 | Fax: (310) 338-0801| | Los Angeles, CA 90045 | http://www.phoenixsoftware.com | - Question to the list: WTF is anyone still using BookMangler format? After Adobe created their new search feature in Adobe 6 (if you're still running Adobe 5, go download 7 NOW), there's no reason to continue to use BookMangler. The only reason to use it in the first place was the superior search capability, but now that Adobe has that function, bye-bye BM!! Regards, Tom Conley *** Bear Stearns is not responsible for any recommendation, solicitation, offer or agreement or any information about any transaction, customer account or account activity contained in this communication. *** -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
Isn't it easier to select and cut a block of text (to copy into an email, say) from BM than Adobe? Greg -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Thomas Conley Question to the list: WTF is anyone still using BookMangler format? After Adobe created their new search feature in Adobe 6 (if you're still running Adobe 5, go download 7 NOW), there's no reason to continue to use BookMangler. The only reason to use it in the first place was the superior search capability, but now that Adobe has that function, bye-bye BM!! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
... 2) Some folks have no control of what applications/versions are on their desktops. ... That is a poor excuse. If you need it to do your job, you should have the capability installed. Standard desktops make administrative (read $) sense, but most IT-types need non-standard stuff. I just went through this at my new shop. Articulate your needs, rather than b*tch! [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: PDF vs BookManager
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Simpson Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 2:39 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PDF vs BookManager snip Yes, I do have Adobe Reader 7.0. And No, I still don't think it's better than BookManager. Imagine being at home trying to shoot a problem over a dial-up connection (some of us live in broad-band deprived areas), when the single manual page you need is buried in the middle of a 5MB PDF. And, I've noticed that some PDFs have a Table of Contents that you can click on to go directly to a section in the PDF. But, in my experience, this is RARE. IIRC, none of the CA manuals that I have can do this. I don't remember any IBM manuals that can do this either. So I must jump directly to some page number and hope that I get near what I need. The pgdn/pgup to try to find what I'm looking for. PDFs, IMO, are wonderful to print from. They are nice for serial reading (oh, how do I bookmark so that I come back to where I left off?). The stink for doing multi-book finds. Especially if the author of the books didn't create a search index for them. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer UICI Insurance Center Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its' content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
Hi Tom, I have Adobe 6, and searching a PDF seems to take forever. I would prefer that everyone do like IBM does - give you a CD with both Bookmanager and PDF files. If I want to print a section or chapter, I use PDF. If I need to find something, nothing beats Bookmanager. By the way, is there a way to enter 2 or 3 keywords in Adobe? I know it works in Bookmanager, but I'm not sure about Adobe. Eric Bielefeld PH Mining Equipment On Tue, 24 May 2005 15:20:17 -0400, Thomas Conley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question to the list: WTF is anyone still using BookMangler format? After Adobe created their new search feature in Adobe 6 (if you're still running Adobe 5, go download 7 NOW), there's no reason to continue to use BookMangler. The only reason to use it in the first place was the superior search capability, but now that Adobe has that function, bye-bye BM!! Regards, Tom Conley -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
Thomas Conley wrote: Question to the list: WTF is anyone still using BookMangler format? After Adobe created their new search feature in Adobe 6 (if you're still running Adobe 5, go download 7 NOW), there's no reason to continue to use BookMangler. The only reason to use it in the first place was the superior search capability, but now that Adobe has that function, bye-bye BM!! You're joking. Right, Tom? -- - | Edward E. Jaffe|| Ed, I know you have to support it, but I haven't used BookMangler format in over a year. Everything I download now is PDF format. The old argument was, Use BM for search, PDF for printing. Now that PDF has the search function, I don't need BM at all. Why did you think I was joking? Do you still have a hard time using PDF? Tom -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
This will quickly get off-topic, but On Tue, 24 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT, Ted MacNEIL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... 2) Some folks have no control of what applications/versions are on their desktops. ... That is a poor excuse. If you need it to do your job, you should have the capability installed. Preaching to the choir. But it is a fact of life at every shop I've consulted at. Can't say for every shop I've worked for since I spent my prior 10 years consulting. 13 years ago I worked from a dumb terminal. Standard desktops make administrative (read $) sense, but most IT-types need non-standard stuff. True. But at least here there are different standard images. A unix techie gets a different desktop than I do, but it is still standard for that group and has other standard apps that are for all. As far as some non-standard stuff, that is why some of us still have admin rights to our own machines (which we had to fight for). I just went through this at my new shop. Articulate your needs, rather than b*tch! Needs vs. wants. Adobe 5 works fine. I've never run across a PDF I can't open with it (although some give you a warning about not supporting newer features used). At any rate, in many (most?) cases, it doesn't matter. When I was a full time consultant, there was certainly no point in trying to fight the red tape on these types of things. It just makes you look bad to your client. I ran into road blocks all the time that affected my productivity. That was when I started developing my own tools or using freeware tools. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Programming expert at http://Search390.com/ateExperts/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
- Original Message - From: Imbriale, Donald , Exchange [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:30 PM Subject: RE: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format? It's o'dark thirty. Production job down. Application developer needs access to doc. They're logged on from home directly into z/OS. BookManager is right there. Got what they need, fix the problem, job reruns, life is good. Don Imbriale Don, Since I'm logged in from home at 0dark:30 on my PC, I usually read the doc on my PC and toggle to my 3270. Regards, Tom Conley -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: PDF vs BookManager
McKown, John wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Simpson Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 2:39 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: PDF vs BookManager snip Yes, I do have Adobe Reader 7.0. And No, I still don't think it's better than BookManager. Imagine being at home trying to shoot a problem over a dial-up connection (some of us live in broad-band deprived areas), when the single manual page you need is buried in the middle of a 5MB PDF. And, I've noticed that some PDFs have a Table of Contents that you can click on to go directly to a section in the PDF. But, in my experience, this is RARE. IIRC, none of the CA manuals that I have can do this. I don't remember any IBM manuals that can do this either. So I must jump directly to some page number and hope that I get near what I need. The pgdn/pgup to try to find what I'm looking for. Actually, I find all the IBM docs I use now seem to have the TOC and Index set up to be page jump sensitive. I no longer have any need for nor interest in BM format. PDFs, IMO, are wonderful to print from. They are nice for serial reading (oh, how do I bookmark so that I come back to where I left off?). The stink for doing multi-book finds. Especially if the author of the books didn't create a search index for them. Well, you can load several PDFs into the reader then do a search across all the docs. Kind regards, -Steve Comstock -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
- Original Message - From: Greg Shirey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:30 PM Subject: RE: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format? Isn't it easier to select and cut a block of text (to copy into an email, say) from BM than Adobe? Greg, I have the same problems with both PDF and BookMangler. The box characters mess up the Cut/Paste, the proportional fonts mess things up (although Vista's PasteFlow function really helps with that). Tom -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
- Original Message - From: Mark Zelden [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:31 PM Subject: Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format? 1) IMO, Bookmanager search is still better and faster. 2) Some folks have no control of what applications/versions are on their desktops. Until 3 weeks ago I was running WinNT with Adobe 5. 7 isn't even supported on NT. New laptops are being rolled out with XP, but my new one still came with Adobe 5. Later this year a refresh of standard applications on the desktop is being done and I'm sure that will include Adobe 6 or 7. I am lucky that I actually have admin authority to my own machine and installed Adobe 7 (which BTW, is quicker than 6). But that is only because of the apps I need to download from the mainframe and install (HMC, RMF, etc.). Mark, 1. I've found that a lot of companies aren't distributing the PDF indexes yet like they do with the .bki stuff. PDF search can go cross bookshelf depending on the index you use. Without the index, the search does take some time. 2. This is the biggest problem I've found with people using Adobe. They're stuck at 5 (or worse) and can't get 6 or 7 installed. Granted, the early 6 releases were buggy, but 7 is the bomb. I haven't used BM format in over a year and I have no intention of going back. Tom -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
Mark Zelden wrote: 1) IMO, Bookmanager search is still better and faster. Much, much - *much* better -- especially across multiple books, bookshelves, bookcases, and collections. Yes, Acrobat 7.0 reintroduced the Acrobat 5.0 sequential find capability (which was ruined in Acrobat 6.0) and retains the Acrobat 6.0 book-wide Search capability. Big whoop. It still can't begin to touch the fuzzy matching capability inherent in all manifestations of BookManager in which different word forms (plurals, alternate endings, etc.) can be considered for a match. There are other issues as well. For example, not all PDF documents can be successfully searched. Depending on how they are built, many appear to not contain text but rather images of text. (One of the most frustrating aspects of the Acrobat PDF model!) This is *never* a consideration for BookManager. Acrobat has no analog for the bookshelf, bookcase, or collection concepts. All you get are a bunch of PDF documents in a file system. Add in superior cross-book linking capabilities, much better speed for all operations (it takes a while just to initialize Acrobat!), an excellent organizational infrastructure provided by Library Reader (choose either the multiplatforms edition or the z/OS edition), and the ability -- in an emergency -- to read/process softcopy books on the mainframe without any workstation involvement, and you can make a pretty strong case for continued BookManager use. Our largest customers have made it clear that they want and need continued support of BookManager softcopy format. We have heard them loud and clear! -- - | Edward E. Jaffe|| | Mgr, Research Development| [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Phoenix Software International | Tel: (310) 338-0400 x318 | | 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 | Fax: (310) 338-0801| | Los Angeles, CA 90045 | http://www.phoenixsoftware.com | - -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
- Original Message - From: Eric Bielefeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:54 PM Subject: Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format? Hi Tom, I have Adobe 6, and searching a PDF seems to take forever. I would prefer that everyone do like IBM does - give you a CD with both Bookmanager and PDF files. If I want to print a section or chapter, I use PDF. If I need to find something, nothing beats Bookmanager. By the way, is there a way to enter 2 or 3 keywords in Adobe? I know it works in Bookmanager, but I'm not sure about Adobe. Eric Bielefeld PH Mining Equipment Eric, The problem is that vendors are not yet distributing the PDF indexes like they are the .bki files for BM. Once they do, the multiple keyword searches should work similar to BM. Tom -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
Probably the *only* thing I like Bookmangler format Better for is that I can search across books for what I Am looking for. I still cannot do that with PDF (at least I cannot see how). Show me how to do that And I'll ditch B/M. I usually use PDF books if I know Exactly where I am going. Dave Dave Jousma Principle Systems Programmer Fifth Third Bank Information Technology (Phone) 616-653-8429 (Fax) 616-653-8497 This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: JCL Utility for PDS changes
If you have File-Aid MVS, you should be able to do all using the batch component. If you have question feel free in contacting me, or the Compuware's hotline at 1-800-538-7822 Robert Galambos Compuware Senior Technical Specialist IBM Certified Solutions Expert - DB2 UDB for OS/390 V7 Database Administration [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +1 905 866 7000 Toll Free: +1 800 263 7189 Fax: +1 905 886 7023 Quebec: +1 877-281-1888 Compuware Canada Service is our best product Les renseignements contenus dans le présent message électronique sont confidentiels et concernent exclusivement le(s) destinataire(s) désigné(s). Il est strictement interdit de distribuer ou de copier ce message. Si vous avez reçu ce message par erreur, veuillez répondre par courriel à l'expéditeur et effacer ou détruire toutes les copies du présent message. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hylton Tom P Sent: May 24, 2005 1:32 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: JCL Utility for PDS changes I'm trying to do some pds manipulation thru JCL but haven't come up with a suitable method. 1st, I'd like to delete only the members starting with Z in PDS1. DELETE SYS3.PDS1(Z*) Then I'd like to copy all of the Z members in PDS2 into PDS1. COPY SYS3.PDS2(Z*) into SYS3.PDS1 I've tried IEBGENER and others, but nothing seems to be able to deal with wildcards, or else I'm just being too dense to see it. Can I do what I want using any native ibm utilities? Or can I do what I want using the PDS freeware tool? Or is there some other CBT utility that will do it? Thanks, tom -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the named addressee or an authorized designee, you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you received it in error please notify us immediately and then destroy it. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
Poor excuse or not, it is political reality in many shops. The people who make the decisions to lock down the desktops don't always think these things through clearly and don't want to listen to non-standard requests. It wasn't too long ago that it took me 3 weeks (at a job I no longer am at for obvious reasons) to get the PC support staff to unlock my screen so I could even hide the taskbar to allow me to see the OID line on my full-screen 3270 emulator! Rex -Original Message- From: Ted MacNEIL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 7:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format? ... 2) Some folks have no control of what applications/versions are on their desktops. ... That is a poor excuse. If you need it to do your job, you should have the capability installed. Standard desktops make administrative (read $) sense, but most IT-types need non-standard stuff. I just went through this at my new shop. Articulate your needs, rather than b*tch! [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html E-MAIL CONFIDENTIALITY USE NOTICE: The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and any attachments. In addition, you are strictly prohibited from using, disseminating, distributing, copying, or storing this message and any attachments. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
... That works if you have copies of every manual you need on your PC or burned on to a CD or DVD. ... I have a HUGE directory on my corporate (and personal) laptop. It's called: Resource Material It has PDF's of Red Books, Manuals Papers. And, it's not restricted to IBM. I follow the copyright laws, and ensure that whereever I'm working we are licensed for the products, or poof! It has grown over the years, and right now, it is slightly bigger than it should be. This is because we are in the process of converting from 2.10 to 1.4. I make an effort, at least once a month, to search for new (or updated) stuff. And, I have found the ADOBE search adequate. I don't burn them because they change. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
TSS
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In the vein of Juan's much missed queries, how did TSS come about???
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There was a discussion a couple of months ago on this.
DataCrown, then CrownTech, then DataCrown, then ISM, then IGS, all in Canada.
A few SYSPROGs wrote a security system called ACCESS.
It, in general, used RACF interfaces,
prior to SAF.
It was cumbersome, but they managed to improve it.
It was eventually acquired by CA.
Need I say more?
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... Poor excuse or not, it is political reality in many shops. The people who make the decisions to lock down the desktops don't always think these things through clearly and don't want to listen to non-standard requests. ... It took me six months. My boss was on my side. He wanted me to do my job. Some of it had to be approved at the SVP level. We shall overcome! Go forth and install! If they don't want you to do your job, then what can you do? Remember, any SYSPROG-type who hasn't P*SSED somebody off today, isn't doing their job. All platitudes aside, push and get it done, or go become a web-weenie. Sometimes, it takes rude. I can do rude! [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
In a message dated 5/24/2005 3:36:42 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: do not have the manuals on their home PCs. Yes, I know, it's easy to get them over the web, but when it's crunch time every second counts. Even better have a Doc server for everything, then block it from all dialup! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: This is a short PARM length survey via Zoomerang
In a recent note, Ed Finnell said: Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 19:05:44 EDT Finally heard back from their tech support and it was basically 'Browser problems', with Active-X, JAVA and cookies thrown in for good measure. Maybe I should just hang it up and wait for the abends. Title: Which browsers do you support? URL: http://zoomerang.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/zoomerang.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=52p_created=1049472279 Wherein I read, ... take the survey using a standard browser. Most of the features mentioned above are not, AFAIK, in the W3C HTML standard. They really mean, take the survey using a NON-standard browser. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
I gave up the fight and moved on. ;-) -Original Message- From: Ted MacNEIL [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 7:00 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format? ... Poor excuse or not, it is political reality in many shops. The people who make the decisions to lock down the desktops don't always think these things through clearly and don't want to listen to non-standard requests. ... It took me six months. My boss was on my side. He wanted me to do my job. Some of it had to be approved at the SVP level. We shall overcome! Go forth and install! If they don't want you to do your job, then what can you do? Remember, any SYSPROG-type who hasn't P*SSED somebody off today, isn't doing their job. All platitudes aside, push and get it done, or go become a web-weenie. Sometimes, it takes rude. I can do rude! [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html E-MAIL CONFIDENTIALITY USE NOTICE: The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and any attachments. In addition, you are strictly prohibited from using, disseminating, distributing, copying, or storing this message and any attachments. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
... I gave up the fight and moved on. ;- ... I got downsized from IBM. My wife left me for another man. I'm paying child support. I got a new job. I intend to keep it. I fought the good fight and won. Rude rules (in some cases). [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: PDF vs BookManager
- Original Message - From: Steve Comstock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 4:02 PM Subject: Re: PDF vs BookManager SNIP Well, you can load several PDFs into the reader then do a search across all the docs. Kind regards, -Steve Comstock But then you have to wait 15 minutes for a hit. Bookie can search an entire bookshelf in seconds. And if you have Book Manager/MVS installed you can point and shoot from SDSF to look up message numbers and reason codes. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
- Original Message - From: Taddei, Cathy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 6:23 PM Subject: RE: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format? Ditto everything below, plus: I like being able to have a lot of manuals open at one time, and usually I can remember which one is which in my taskbar (and if not, hovering over it gives me the name), so I just click on the manual I want to look at -- very fast! With Acrobat, and maybe this is just me, but no matter how many manuals I open, I get only the one instance of Acrobat. To switch from one manual to another, I have to use the clumsy Window drop-down, and I can't look at two manuals at once. Has anyone gotten around that? My Acrobat 7 reader opens multiple instances. Regards, Tom Conley -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
On Tue, 24 May 2005 14:55:02 -0700, Jeff Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I also recommend you loose version 5. You must have been incredibly lucky to not have run into 'some' PDF files that version 5 can't handle. I guess you weren't paying close attention to what I said. It's not what *I* want, it's what is dictated to be on the standard desktop image. But as I also said, I personally have the authority to get around that restriction, but not everyone does and there is a push to take that authority away with the next image roll out. It 'may' open them, but some PDF files now take advantage of capabilities that version 5 simply cannot handle. I don't know if I've run into this reading IBM documentation, but I certainly have for other things. Needs vs. wants. Adobe 5 works fine. Well unless I could prove that there was documentation only readable by a acrobat reader above V5, then I wouldn't have a good case to force the desktop support to upgrade me. That is all I meant. So far, I've not run across that issue (yet) doing my job. I would also think a vendor would be careful in creating documentation that could not even be opened/read by Adobe 5, but perhaps that is giving them too much credit. Cheers, Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Programming expert at http://Search390.com/ateExperts/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
Thomas Conley wrote: My Acrobat 7 reader opens multiple instances. Tom, You must live right! Please describe _in detail_ how you make this happen. Also, I'm still waiting to hear how you run multiple instances of your TSO/E session in a sysplex with a shared profile data set. Remember this post? http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0502L=ibm-mainP=R12561 -- - | Edward E. Jaffe|| | Mgr, Research Development| [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Phoenix Software International | Tel: (310) 338-0400 x318 | | 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 | Fax: (310) 338-0801| | Los Angeles, CA 90045 | http://www.phoenixsoftware.com | - -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
How do TSO TCPIP Commands really work?
When I do a netstat telnet command it works, and several other commands as well. NETSTAT TELNET EZZ2350I MVS TCP/IP NETSTAT CS V2R10 TCPIP NAME: TCPIP 16:45:50 EZZ2800I Internal Telnet Server Status: EZZ2801I Conn Foreign Socket StateBytesIn BytesOut ApplName LuName EZZ2802I -- ---- -- EZZ2803I 0018 136.239.3.89..2119 Establsh 2307 00089143 A06TSO02 TCP1 But I have checked and re-checked the syntax in the IBM manual, and these following commands LOOK like they should work. What is wrong with them??? NETSTAT TELNET IPADDR 136.239.3.89..2119 EZZ2351I Incorrect option: IPADDR NETSTAT TELNET PORT 23 EZZ2351I Incorrect option: PORT NETSTAT TELNET APPLNAME A06TSO02 EZZ2351I Incorrect option: APPLNAME NETSTAT TELNET LUNAME TCP1 EZZ2351I Incorrect option: LUNAME *** -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: How do TSO TCPIP Commands really work?
It's missing a '('.
Try 'NETSTAT TELNET ( IPADDR 136.239.3.89'
and 'NETSTAT TELNET ( PORT 23'
and 'NETSTAT TELNET ( APPLNAME A06TSO02'
and 'NETSTAT TELNET ( LUNAME TCP1'
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Subject: How do TSO TCPIP Commands really work?
When I do a netstat telnet command it works, and several other
commands as
well.
NETSTAT TELNET
EZZ2350I MVS TCP/IP NETSTAT CS V2R10 TCPIP NAME: TCPIP 16:45:50
EZZ2800I Internal Telnet Server Status:
EZZ2801I Conn Foreign Socket StateBytesIn BytesOut
ApplName LuName
EZZ2802I -- ----
--
EZZ2803I 0018 136.239.3.89..2119 Establsh 2307 00089143
A06TSO02 TCP1
But I have checked and re-checked the syntax in the IBM
manual,
and these following commands LOOK like they should work. What is
wrong
with them???
NETSTAT TELNET IPADDR 136.239.3.89..2119
EZZ2351I Incorrect option: IPADDR
NETSTAT TELNET PORT 23
EZZ2351I Incorrect option: PORT
NETSTAT TELNET APPLNAME A06TSO02
EZZ2351I Incorrect option: APPLNAME
NETSTAT TELNET LUNAME TCP1
EZZ2351I Incorrect option: LUNAME
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Re: How do TSO TCPIP Commands really work?
On my OS/210 and Z/OS 14 systems I only see NETSTAT TELNET DETAIL TSO HELP NETSTAT shows (on both systems) |-TELnet-..| |'-DETAIL-'| I have seen some differences between how NETSTAT works on OS210 and ZOS John Mattson wrote: When I do a netstat telnet command it works, and several other commands as well. NETSTAT TELNET EZZ2350I MVS TCP/IP NETSTAT CS V2R10 TCPIP NAME: TCPIP 16:45:50 NETSTAT TELNET IPADDR 136.239.3.89..2119 EZZ2351I Incorrect option: IPADDR -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: PARM=
Joe Zitzelberger wrote: On May 24, 2005, at 10:40 AM, Jon Brock wrote: I can guarantee that the majority of our application programmers would not know it is possible. And that includes the good ones. [snip] I find that amazingly unbelievable. Learning how to invoke separate compile units is usually taught in basic-intro-to-programming-101 classes somewhere after providing output to the user (hello world, my name is variable) and before opening a file. Humor me. Take this snippet to some of your COBOL programmers, good and bad, and ask them if they can write a program that will invoke it. IDENTIFICATION DIVISION. PROGRAM-ID. PGMRTEST. ENVIRONMENT DIVISION. DATA DIVISION. LINKAGE SECTION. 01 INPUT-PARMS. 05 INPUT-PARM-LEN BINARY PIC S9(4). 05 INPUT-PARM-DATAOCCURS 0 TO 100 DEPENDING INPUT-PARM-LEN PIC X. PROCEDURE DIVISION USING INPUT-PARMS. IF INPUT-PARM-LEN 0 DISPLAY 'Application programmers are not really that stupid after all.' ELSE DISPLAY 'OK, maybe they are really stupid.' END-IF GOBACK. - You might find yourself surprised at how capable they can be. I suspect that even the 'bad' ones will be able to invoke this with ease, without using 'EXEC PGM='. I doubt it. You get 'em with the word invoke. And besides, that wasn't the point being made. The point was most COBOL programmers do not know you can get parm data from a main program. Kind regards, -Steve Comstock -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
Show documents in taskbar is a big help. And I was able to view PDF's side by side by making the Acrobat window really large, and then pressing the Restore Down box (next to the Close box for the document), then resize the document windows and place them next to each other. Not exactly what I had in mind, but better than copy and paste into a word processor. The search function in 7.0 is also a whole lot better than prior Acrobat versions, but still vastly inferior to BookManager, in my opinion. Cathy Taddei -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward E. Jaffe Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:34 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format? snip I've been able to get the different documents to appear in the taskbar by checking the Show documents in taskbar choice under General Preferences (Ctrl+K then G). I have not been able to get two documents to appear side by side. -- - | Edward E. Jaffe|| | Mgr, Research Development| [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Phoenix Software International | Tel: (310) 338-0400 x318 | | 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 | Fax: (310) 338-0801| | Los Angeles, CA 90045 | http://www.phoenixsoftware.com | - -- This email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else, unless expressly approved by the sender or an authorized addressee, is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action omitted or taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you believe that you have received this email in error, please contact the sender, delete this e-mail and destroy all copies. == -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
LibraryServer bookcase autocreate
I just installed LibraryServer V1.0. I believe it has the ability to search across books. In order for it to search across multiple books, I believe that I need to create a bookcase. Once a bookcase is created, I should be able to search across multiple books by using a Library Center pointed at the bookcase. I have created by hand a bookcase called zoscase.bkc It looks like this: BKCASE=zoscase BKCTITLE=Z/OS Documentation BKCDATETIME=05/24/053 03:26:00 SHELF install Install Shelf SHELF ioa2bk32 IOA Shelf XKS ioa2bk32 IOA Extended Shelf You can see I have only added 2 bookshelves and one extended bookshelf, You can also see the title informaiton for each shelf is not very meaningful. Question: Is there a program to automatically create a bookcase from all the .BKS and .XKS files in a directory? I would like it to automatically provide the title information that is available in the BKSTITLE line of the .BKS files and from the TITLE stanza line of the .XKS files. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
Taddei, Cathy wrote: Show documents in taskbar is a big help. And I was able to view PDF's side by side by making the Acrobat window really large, and then pressing the Restore Down box (next to the Close box for the document), then resize the document windows and place them next to each other. Not exactly what I had in mind, but better than copy and paste into a word processor. Yeah. You still have a single instance of Acrobat. You're just manually repositioning the inner sub-windows from the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) within the outer frame. Tom says he knows how to invoke multiple instances of Acrobat. I'm waiting to hear how that's done. -- - | Edward E. Jaffe|| | Mgr, Research Development| [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Phoenix Software International | Tel: (310) 338-0400 x318 | | 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 | Fax: (310) 338-0801| | Los Angeles, CA 90045 | http://www.phoenixsoftware.com | - -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
TSO/E REXX
To all you TSO/E - Rexx gurus: Doesn't REXX under TSO/E have a function similar to REXX under CMS (which I am more accustomed to) for storing/retrieving variable data across REXX routine invocations? In REXX under CMS you have the LASTING GLOBALV option for the VALUE function which lets you save variable settings from one REXX program to another REXX program HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS Raymond E. Noal Lab Manager, San Diego Facility Office: (858) 537 - 3268 Cell: (858) 248 - 1172 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: TSO/E REXX
TSO/REXX does not provide a global variable option. One could be written, though, that would be fairly transparent to the programmer. I wrote one a few years ago that used a naming convention, such that any variable that started with global. became a global variable. All information on how to do it can be gleaned from the TSO/E Rexx Reference. Todd To all you TSO/E - Rexx gurus: Doesn't REXX under TSO/E have a function similar to REXX under CMS (which I am more accustomed to) for storing/retrieving variable data across REXX routine invocations? In REXX under CMS you have the LASTING GLOBALV option for the VALUE function which lets you save variable settings from one REXX program to another REXX program HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS Raymond E. Noal Lab Manager, San Diego Facility Office: (858) 537 - 3268 Cell: (858) 248 - 1172 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: TSO/E REXX
From: Raymond Noal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Doesn't REXX under TSO/E have a function similar to REXX under CMS (which I am more accustomed to) for storing/retrieving variable data across REXX routine invocations? In REXX under CMS you have the LASTING GLOBALV option for the VALUE function which lets you save variable settings from one REXX program to another REXX program I'm not familiar with CMS, but if the REXX is running under ISPF there are 2 pools available where variables can be stored. One is the SHARED and the other is the PROFILE. The SHARED pool is created when an application is entered, and persists right up until the application is exited. It's ideal for passing variables from one program to another. The PROFILE pool survives even after logging off. It's ideal for storing values entered in panel fields, so that the values are remembered from one session to the next. Because the PROFILE is saved on disk, it has a fixed size; i.e. like anything else, it can run out of space. Stuffing too much into it can cause problems. So, the SHARED pool should be always be used unless a value really, really needs to be available tomorrow (and the day after that, and the day after that...) Here's an example where a program accepts 2 values, puts them in the SHARED pool, and calls another program to add the values together: /* REXX PGM1 */ say Enter first value pull value1 say Enter second value pull value2 address ispexec VPUT (VALUE1 VALUE2) SHARED address ispexec SELECT CMD(PGM2) address ispexec VGET (TOTAL) SHARED say Total = total exit /* REXX PGM2 */ address ispexec VGET (VALUE1 VALUE2) SHARED total = value1 + value2 address ispexec VPUT (TOTAL) SHARED exit Hope that helps, Dave Salt SimpList(tm) - The easiest, most powerful way to surf a mainframe! http://www.mackinney.com/products/SIM/simplist.htm -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
- Original Message - From: Edward E. Jaffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 7:43 PM Subject: Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format? Thomas Conley wrote: My Acrobat 7 reader opens multiple instances. Tom, You must live right! Please describe _in detail_ how you make this happen. Also, I'm still waiting to hear how you run multiple instances of your TSO/E session in a sysplex with a shared profile data set. Remember this post? http://bama.ua.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0502L=ibm-mainP=R12561 -- - | Edward E. Jaffe|| | Mgr, Research Development| [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Phoenix Software International | Tel: (310) 338-0400 x318 | | 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 | Fax: (310) 338-0801| | Los Angeles, CA 90045 | http://www.phoenixsoftware.com | - Ed, You want detail, you got it. I click on a pdf file in Explorer, then I click on another one. I get two instances of Acrobat and toggle between them with Alt-Tab (seriously, that's all I do. Do you not get multiple instances with your version of Acrobat 7?) As far as the shared profile for ISPF in a SYSPLEX, just do it. The last image to log off wins. Check out Lionel's article in TechSupport http://www.naspa.com/PDF/2004/0504/T0405002.pdf (talk about ironic, it's a PDF! ;-) Tom -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Reading a PDS
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 05/24/2005 at 01:20 PM, Bill Fairchild [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: In my previous post, I said to take the block size and subtract the residual count to determine how many bytes were read in. This is the only way to do it, No. You can get it from DCBLRECL for RECFM=U. Note also that there are restrictions[1] on using the residual count. [1] Though not, IMHO, onerous. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
on 5/23/05 7:00 PM, Ted MacNEIL at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP_ All platitudes aside, push and get it done, or go become a web-weenie. --SNIP--- Ted, I think its all over the place as far as locking down the desk top. I was at one place where you had to get permission to FTP a PDF manual and at anopther place any request was promptly ignored. NO MATTER HOW much you screamed and cussed. AT one place I refused to use the computer provided and bought my own. That did not go over well. Once in a while I get my revenge on the PC weenies... and do I gloat. Ed -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
Thomas Conley wrote: You want detail, you got it. I click on a pdf file in Explorer, then I click on another one. I get two instances of Acrobat and toggle between them with Alt-Tab (seriously, that's all I do. Do you not get multiple instances with your version of Acrobat 7?) No. On my Windows XP desktop, both documents appear under the same instance of Acrobat. Are you sure you're running native Acrobat Reader and not firing it up underneath a browser or something? As far as the shared profile for ISPF in a SYSPLEX, just do it. The last image to log off wins. Check out Lionel's article in TechSupport http://www.naspa.com/PDF/2004/0504/T0405002.pdf According to Lionel's article, you don't just do it. Rather, his article says you must change the SPFEDIT ENQ from SCOPE=SYSTEMS to SCOPE=SYSTEM, but only for data sets that match your ISPF profile data set naming convention using the GRS wildcard facility. (talk about ironic, it's a PDF! ;-) What else would you expect it to be??? -- - | Edward E. Jaffe|| | Mgr, Research Development| [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | Phoenix Software International | Tel: (310) 338-0400 x318 | | 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 | Fax: (310) 338-0801| | Los Angeles, CA 90045 | http://www.phoenixsoftware.com | - -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Impossible? convert PDF to Book/Manager format?
On Tue, 24 May 2005 15:20:17 -0400, Thomas Conley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question to the list: WTF is anyone still using BookMangler format? After Adobe created their new search feature in Adobe 6 (if you're still running Adobe 5, go download 7 NOW), there's no reason to continue to use BookMangler. The only reason to use it in the first place was the superior search capability, but now that Adobe has that function, bye-bye BM!! Regards, Tom Conley -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html My question for all of you. I get an error message in my output, I put the cursor under it in SDSF, I hit PF6, BookManager opens up the correct book and displays the error message and associated text. Please explain how you do that in Adobe? Similarly, please explain why your shop is PAYING for a product to do that? (If you are using another product, I'm not talking about Adobe here) Cheers, Mark -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: PARM=
In a recent note, Joe Zitzelberger said: Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 00:56:23 -0400 The original point was that an application programmer writing in COBOL...should not know it is possible for programs to be invoked by anything other than EXEC PGM=. Considering the prevalence of the CALL statement in common COBOL usage, that claim cannot be valid. There are may ways, other than EXEC PGM=, for a program to receive control -- and programmers know it. I can't really answer your 'main program' comment because there is no such thing in the z/OS COBOL world. There is nothing special that distinguishes a main program from any other program. If a program can be invoked via JCL it can be invoked via call. The parms, as shown above, can easily be identical for either JCL or call, and there is no special way for a callee to know how it was invoked. Does COBOL's CALL, like TSO's CALL limit the PARM passed to 100 characters? There is an odd, unusual, COBOL keyword that can force a program never to return -- not exactly a 'main', but halfway there in spirit. If you use 'STOP RUN' instead of 'GOBACK' or 'EXIT PROGRAM' you convert the effect of a CALL into an XCTL. The effect isn't noticed when a program is invoked via EXEC PGM=. Is this analogous to issuing SVC 3? (BTW, what RM documents SVC 3?) -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
