It was also aware of ISPF stats, so on a WS to host xfer it could compare dates and only transfer changed files. It’s always mystified me that the non-GUI functionality supported by WSA never really caught on. The trifling task of installing the WSA.EXE seemed to be too big an obstacle for many people.
On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 15:02 Michael Oujesky <[email protected]> wrote: > And it had the ability to take a PDS and transfer all the members to > individual files on the target (Windows) with EBCDIC to ASCII > translation in one transfer request. > > Michael > > At 08:47 AM 6/11/2022, Don Leahy wrote: > > >I won't miss the GUI interface that WSA provides. I will miss the > >FILEXFER ISPF service. It makes it easy to incorporate file transfers > >into your ISPF dialog applications and to initiate transfers from batch > >jobs. > > > > > >On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 09:30 Steve Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I experimented with WSA back in the day; didn't find it especially > > > compelling, best I can recall. I've lately been experimenting with the > > > ISPF plugin for z/OSMF. If you like a more pointy-clicky interface, > you > > > might like it. I presume whatever customization done with WSA would not > > > apply. > > > > > > I have a list of things I don't like about the ISPF plugin, but it may > > > hopefully improve. One thing that is really good is tabbed screens. > > > Instead of 'SPLIT' (which is still there), you can enter 'START' to > get a > > > new tabbed screen. > > > > > > sas > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 12:40 AM Michael Oujesky < > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Ditto > > > > > > > > At 05:09 PM 6/10/2022, Don Leahy wrote: > > > > > > > > >I am still in mourning about the prospect of losing WSA. I built > > > several > > > > >tools around it. :-( > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
