Example of Point Shoot in IPCS

2009-03-29 Thread Arthur Fichtl
you might refer to ISDA on cbttape, there is an example of using point shoot in IPCS. (location: file #773 in: http://www.cbttape.org/updates.htm.) ISDA uses the ISPF variable zscreeni, which contains the whole logical screen and determines the coordinates of the cursor to locate the required

Re: 3270 Session to movie for presentation?

2009-03-29 Thread Rafa Pereira
I have used Istambul Desktop Session Recorder on a GNU/Linux system: http://live.gnome.org/Istanbul Regards. Rafa. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the

HMC API - hwmcaapi library for zLinux

2009-03-29 Thread Mauri Kanter
Good morning HMC fans: I downloaded snipl I tried to find the hwmcaapi library for zLinux in resourcelink without success. Someone that can point me to the exact url ? Thanks in advance for your help. Mauri. -- For IBM-MAIN

ENQ a member of a PDS

2009-03-29 Thread Savor, Tom
I have an issue where we a PDS library where many different TSO users are in ISPF edit and are making coding changes in this PDS library. Maybe 50 different folks are in ISPF edit (Option 2) and coding away all day long. When programmers are completed coding and code is ready to be

Re: Smoking Power Supply Alarms Net Brokerage House

2009-03-29 Thread Tony Harminc
2009/3/27 Timothy Sipples timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/27/smokey_the_power_supply/ Pure coincidence that it was an HP blade in the story, rather than, say, an IBM one... Tony H. -- For

YA SDB Question

2009-03-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
(Somewhat motivated by the recent Optimal thread.) How do I tell Allocation (JCL DD or SVC 99) that I want to allocate 1,000,000 bytes of DASD space with SDB choosing the blocksize? I want to be independent of DASD geometry. Things that will never change sometimes do. Reading the recent

Re: ENQ a member of a PDS

2009-03-29 Thread Bob Rutledge
See Appendix A in the ISPF Planning and Customizing book. Bob Savor, Tom wrote: I have an issue where we a PDS library where many different TSO users are in ISPF edit and are making coding changes in this PDS library. Maybe 50 different folks are in ISPF edit (Option 2) and coding away all day

Re: ENQ a member of a PDS

2009-03-29 Thread Edward Jaffe
Savor, Tom wrote: I have an issue where we a PDS library where many different TSO users are in ISPF edit and are making coding changes in this PDS library. Maybe 50 different folks are in ISPF edit (Option 2) and coding away all day long. When programmers are completed coding and code is ready

Re: YA SDB Question

2009-03-29 Thread Edward Jaffe
Paul Gilmartin wrote: How do I tell Allocation (JCL DD or SVC 99) that I want to allocate 1,000,000 bytes of DASD space with SDB choosing the blocksize? Using the AVGREC= keyword, you can specify your size in K or M. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century

UNABLE TO DELETE ML2 DSN

2009-03-29 Thread Andre Coelho
Hi Esmie Try this : HSEND FIXCDS D 'ZAWXPWG.ISPF.ISPPROF' DELETE and after that, DEL 'ZAWXPWG.ISPF.ISPPROF' NSCR HTH Atenciosamente / Best regards, Andre Coelho esmie moo esmie_...@yahoo.ca Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu 24/03/2009 08:12 Please respond to

Re: ENQ a member of a PDS

2009-03-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:07:56 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote: Your program should use existing ISPF serialization mechanisms. A SPFEDIT SCOPE=SYSTEMS ENQ tells you if a data set or member is currently being edited; a SPFEDIT SCOPE=SYSTEMS RESERVE is used to serialize updates to the target library for

Re: YA SDB Question

2009-03-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:14:37 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote: Using the AVGREC= keyword, you can specify your size in K or M. So, is it completely equivalent, as my experiment seems to show, to specify any of: //SYSUT2DD UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(1,100),AVGREC=M, //SYSUT3DD

Re: ENQ a member of a PDS

2009-03-29 Thread Robert A. Rosenberg
At 09:07 -0700 on 03/29/2009, Edward Jaffe wrote about Re: ENQ a member of a PDS: Your program should use existing ISPF serialization mechanisms. A SPFEDIT SCOPE=SYSTEMS ENQ tells you if a data set or member is currently being edited; a SPFEDIT SCOPE=SYSTEMS RESERVE is used to serialize

Re: ENQ a member of a PDS

2009-03-29 Thread Savor, Tom
Thanks Bob, Edward, Paul and Robert. Now, If I'm editing a different memberBatch runs like it's supposed to. And if I'm editing $ROLL member...BATCH waits because of ENQ on member. But when I exit $ROLL memberBATCH just sits in wait state. Seems like once it waits...it's stuck. Here is

Re: ENQ a member of a PDS

2009-03-29 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:56:57 -0500 Savor, Tom tom.sa...@fnis.com wrote: :Thanks Bob, Edward, Paul and Robert. :Now, If I'm editing a different memberBatch runs like it's supposed :to. :And if I'm editing $ROLL member...BATCH waits because of ENQ on member. :But when I exit $ROLL

Re: ENQ a member of a PDS

2009-03-29 Thread Savor, Tom
:* : MVC ##PRM(4),#Q#ENQ INITIALIZE ENQ PARAMTERS I would make ##PRM bigger. As it is now, the ENQ macro will overlay the dsname. Perfect, thanks Binyamin. Changed ##PRM length to cover ENQ length.WORKS PERFECTLY !!! I was probably clobbering STIMER wait timenot a

Re: YA SDB Question

2009-03-29 Thread Edward Jaffe
Paul Gilmartin wrote: If so, why doesn't the C/I let me specify, simply: //SYSUT6DD UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(1,10240),AVGREC=U, The fields in the control blocks are only 16-bits wide. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los

Re: YA SDB Question

2009-03-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:13:03 -0700, Edward Jaffe wrote: Paul Gilmartin wrote: If so, why doesn't the C/I let me specify, simply: //SYSUT6DD UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(1,10240),AVGREC=U, ITIM //SYSUT6DD UNIT=SYSALLDA,SPACE=(1,104857600),AVGREC=U, ... to correspond with the

Re: ENQ a member of a PDS

2009-03-29 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 15:39:21 -0400, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote: There is only one GOTCHA (as there is with all the SYSDSN type ENQs) since in a multi-CPU environment the DSN should be Doesn't need to be multi-CPU; multi-task is bad enough. Who has a single-CPU system nowadays,

Re: HMC API - hwmcaapi library for zLinux

2009-03-29 Thread Peter Bishop
On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:34:51 -0500, Mauri Kanter itzuv...@013.net.il wrote: Good morning HMC fans: I downloaded snipl I tried to find the hwmcaapi library for zLinux in resourcelink without success. Someone that can point me to the exact url ? Thanks in advance for your help. Mauri.

System z10 Articles in IBM Journal of RD

2009-03-29 Thread Timothy Sipples
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned yet that IBM has published a series of technical articles on the System z10 design and architecture in the IBM Journal of Research and Development: http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/rd53-1.html If you're interested in a lot of technical detail, there's

Re: ENQ a member of a PDS

2009-03-29 Thread Ed Gould
--- On Sun, 3/29/09, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com wrote: snip-- But it's worse.  Since the only hazard I perceive would occur when an extent is freed while another task has a DEB for that extent, I once proposed in these pages that at OPEN time,