Re: In IBM-land, AFP means...

Yes. It was originally Advanced Function Printing. Both are used. It has become wider than just printing, so it was changed to Presentation. See FAQ - AFP CONSORTIUM On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM Phil Smith III wrote: > Advanced Function *Presenta

Re: Does this make any sense?

Decades ago, when some of us were first learning to code in C, we found a significant improvement in performance when we switched the datasets we were using for I/O from unblocked to blocked records. So it does make sense. On Sun, Jan 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM Michael Oujesky wrote: > I would suspect

Re: What is the PDS command?

It's all built into ISPF nowadays. I would suggest that it is worth your time to go through the ISPF Tutorial every time you get a new release. On my systems the main ISPF panel has an option 11 for Workplace ISPF Object/Action Workplace. You can also get to by the ISPF command DSLIST. You ca

Re: TN3270, EBCDIC and ASCII

There are a few layers to getting the codepages right for using a terminal emulator and ISPF Edit and Browse on the host. For example, in Personal Communications I first define my host codepage. I have a lot of choices. From 420 (Arabic) to 1130 (Vietnamese). I tend to use 1047 (U.S.) to get my s

Re: IBM RCF Documentation email address?

gt; > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] on behalf > of Roger Bolan [rogerbo...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2023 12:40 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM RCF Documentation email address?

Re: IBM RCF Documentation email address?

RCF? Email? Do you mean the old "reader's comment form"?I use the "site feedback" button on the web pages. For example, see z/OS 2.5.0 - IBM Documentation I always seem to get a timely response. I haven't used the old email address in years. On Mon,

Re: BookManager

The BookManager format (on z/OS at least) is a special output format from the DCF (Document Composition Facility) SCRIPT command. With OS/390 Softcopy Print you could print from the BookManager books but I never thought the results were really great. If you have the original source text which wil

Re: BookManager

The B2H tool was BookMaster source to HTML, not BookManager On Tue, Feb 28, 2023, 11:19 AM Colin Paice wrote: > There is a very old B2H package which I think is Rexx based. It was > supported on Windows NT, OS2, VM, OS390 etc, > I think I used to use it. It is mentioned > http://afrodita.rcub

Re: Capture 3270 screen as text (was: TNZ 3270 Emulator: ... )

IBM PCOMM can capture screens as text On Sat, Nov 19, 2022, 7:14 AM Kirk Wolf wrote: > Cutting text from x3270 works fine. > You can also do File/Screen Save to text / html / RichText or printer > > Kirk Wolf > Dovetailed Technologies, LLC > http://coztoolkit.com > Dovetailed Technologies: +1 6

Re: Blank page print after upgrade Zos2.5

Those are PSF exits. If you reassembled and relinked they should work the same. A full external trace can show everything sent to the printer. On Wed, Aug 10, 2022, 2:08 AM Tommy Tsui wrote: > We didn’t change any printer definition and default line per page.we use > default separator exit on

Re: SLIP IF not working

Try adding A=SVCD, assuming that is the kind of dump you want. On Tue, Jun 7, 2022, 10:48 AM Dave Jousma < 01a0403c5dc1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 7 Jun 2022 20:19:08 +0700, Robin Atwood > wrote: > > >I wanted to get a dump of my server when the instruction at 001234 in

Re: Tracking CLIST/Exec Usage

Hello, Let me just add a little cautionary note to this thread. Do not delete anything without knowing what it is used for. Some of the products I support have CLIST or EXEC tools used to create or change resources that can be used unchanged for years and then suddenly require changes. You might ha

Re: is there any document for using shopz

Try https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/search/shopz On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 10:36 PM Jason Cai wrote: > Hi all > >I just am authorized to access IBM shopz. I had never accessed IBM > shopz before. > > Is there any document about how to order production or PTF by shopz. > > Any suggestion is gre

Re: IBM Knowledge Center down?

Just a question. Are you still using old links to the "Knowledge Center" site or new links to the "IBM Documentation" site? For example: See https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0 for the z/OS 2.40 books. I have been using the "IBM Documentation" site all day yesterday and today and haven't noticed

Re: What not to do on a z/OS system...

Well, mine was just silly and did not involve games or using unauthorized CPU time. I was just doing my normal code development job and running PL/I compiles, links, and tests. The systems I normally used restricted the jobnames to userid + a character. Then one of the systems I was working on all

Re: HOW to use dfsort to replace these dates and times with BLANK

I have not worked this out, but I would look at dfsort FINDREP and regular expressions. On Fri, Jan 7, 2022, 1:39 AM Jason Cai wrote: > Hi all > > There are many dates and times in the input. > > Please see it below > > input > === > 06/28/2018 2018.17 AA 1

Re: Catch-22 on z/OSMF under z/OS 2.4

Tom, You can avoid conflicts between Infoprint Server up and other requirements. See Customizing the IBM HTTP Server - Powered by Apache - IBM Documentation https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0?topic=

Re: System Programmer Titles

Someone in this thread said "but I'm at a loss as to how to compare them with each other." I think that is exactly what those in charge want. On Tue, Oct 12, 2021, 10:03 AM John McKown wrote: > I prefer Arcane Wizard of Technology > > On Tue, Oct 12, 2021, 08:42 Cameron Conacher < > 03cfc5

Re: Infoprint Server, duplex option

could eliminate at least the duplex PCL code and > specify DUPLEX in the JCL. > > We do use some transforms, but we don't use them for simple text output. > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf > of Roger Bolan >

Re: Infoprint Server, duplex option

See IBM Print Transforms from AFP for Infoprint Server for z/OS Generally the DUPLEX on the OUTPUT JCL card is for AFP output through PSF, but for Infoprint Server there are as

Re: FTP distributed system EBCDIC encoded file

;| DEBLOCK LINEEND | >' fn ft 'A' On TSO starting from a dataset I used /* REXX COMMAND TO FIX UNSPLIT HFS FILES */ /* Roger Bolan May 18, 2010 */ Trace C ADDRESS tso PARSE ARG olddsn if olddsn = '?' then call explain stripdsn = Strip(olddsn,'B',"'"

Re: PPFA

As Salva said the logo itself is likely a page segment. If you browse the AFP resource itself, it probably has some lines at the top that will identify the tool that made it. It sounds like to change the logo, they would change the image, replace the page segment member with the new logo with the

Re: LPSTAT Fails

I know you fully specified the path when you gave the lpstat command, but I wonder if that's enough. There are two versions of lpstat. One is just a stub. See https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.aopu000/lps.htm where it says: " /bin/lpstat is a stub command. z

Re: [External] Re: Simple JES2 spool offload question

le, > if I have WS=(/JOBNAME=REX*), JES2 will scan through the spool looking for > jobs that start with REX and if it finds any, that's all it'll offload, but > if it doesn't find any it'll offload everything (based on any other > criteria I might have)? > > T

Re: Simple JES2 spool offload question

See Tuning work selection criteria about 2/3 of the way down the page it talks about using JOBNAME to the left or right of the slash in more detail. --Roger On Fri, Sep 4,

Re: Any shop use UNIX in a production job?

I scanned this whole thread and I was surprised not to see Infoprint Server mentioned. If the question is does anyone use Unix in a production job the answer is yes. Lots of sites use Infoprint Server for production printing. Infoprint Server uses Unix daemons and Unix files. On Friday, April 17,

Re: KC: The request cannot be fulfilled by the server

It seems to me that I get that message only when accessing KC with Chrome but not with Firefox. On Wed, Dec 11, 2019, 11:43 AM Charles Mills wrote: > Does anyone else get the above message about half the time they try to use > Knowledge Center, or is it just me? > > > > I keep hoping a company t

Re: Job abend with S722

er On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 8:36 AM Roger Bolan wrote: > See page 124 section 5.4 here > http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246377.pdf > Setting ESTBYTE OPT=0 may help. > If Unix is involved then _BPX_UNLIMITED_OUTPUT=YES might also help. > --Roger > > On Fri, Jul 5,

Re: Job abend with S722

See page 124 section 5.4 here http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246377.pdf Setting ESTBYTE OPT=0 may help. If Unix is involved then _BPX_UNLIMITED_OUTPUT=YES might also help. --Roger On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 7:46 AM raji ece wrote: > One of our job is abending with RC S722 and the erro

Re: How can I get reports in the Output Queue in SDSF to print

Ron, Look at Output Disposition in the IBM Knowledge Center. See https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.3.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r3.ieab600/iea3b6_Subparameter_definitions1.htm You might have an output disposition of KEEP or LEAVE. You can change these with SDSF and release the job so it p

Re: Crosshair cursor

I almost never use it, but it's not a big deal. On my emulator (PCOMM) it's mapped to the ctrl-home key which toggles it on or off instantly as needed. On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 12:15 PM Seymour J Metz wrote: > What do you do when you can't see where the cursor is in order to move it > where want

Re: CA VIew Reports

Take a look at the Infoprint Server component of z/OS in the IBM Knowledge Center. With the IBM Print Transforms afpxpdf it can change AFP or line data into PDF and email it. All the documentation is online at www.ibm.com. --Roger On Wed, Dec 12, 2018, 4:01 AM venkat kulkarni Hello Group, > >

Re: IND$FILE -- where did the name come from?

YES! That's what I was trying (and failing) to remember. Now if somebody has the documentation for that it might explain the name IND$FILE. On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 9:35 AM Mike Wawiorko < 014ab5cdfb21-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Back to the IBM 3270 PC perhaps. > > https://en.wik

Re: IND$FILE -- where did the name come from?

This is a really vague memory, but I think that the name IND$FILE goes all the way back, possibly to Windows 3.1. I think the product back then was PC3270. --Roger On Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 7:36 AM Charles Mills There is a link map on that link (hmmm, two different meanings of "link" > there) that

Re: Adjust CSSMTP Translation Table

> I wanted to share the solution with you. Thank you. On Tue, Jul 10, 2018, 11:31 AM Kayhan Tanriverir < 01bdd42c15bc-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hi, > The problem is solved. > > CSSMTP fails to initialize when the configuration file contains a > TRANSLATE statement specifying a

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Connect:Direct and VOL=REF ?

The syntax you showed makes me think that preceding commas are required. On Mon, Jul 2, 2018, 9:43 AM Dyck, Lionel B. (RavenTek) wrote: > Using C:D 5.2 and yes I had tried that :-) > > The 'error' message, if that is what you want to call it, claims invalid > VOL=SER= usage. > > Banging head ag

Re: CSSMTP debug No Brackets Allowed

OK. I'm at my desk. Using a PCOMM session defaulting to 1047. In ISPF Browse, using DISPLAY CCSID 1047 I see "010:MLCFGPROCESSCONFIGSTMT:TOKENARRAYÝ0M 5 Ý1M , I 7," but if I use DISPLAY CCSID 037 I see "010:MLCFGPROCESSCONFIGSTMT:TOKENARRAY[0] 5 [1] , I 7," and I can see the brackets. Oddly, when

Re: CSSMTP debug No Brackets Allowed

There ARE brackets. Brackets are not at consistent code points in all code pages. In this line "010:mlCfgProcessConfigStmt:tokenArrayÝ0¨ 5 Ý1¨ , i 7," there are brackets. View that line using different code pages and you should see them. You will see "TokenArray[0] 5[1] ". I used to deal with t

Re: InfoPrint GUI

wever, it may be as you said ... those functions are not > available > > ~Anne > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Roger Bolan > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 3:21 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSER

Re: InfoPrint GUI

e it when we IPL. Unfortunately, I can't > include an image of the page or an attachment. > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Roger Bolan > Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 12:11 PM > To: IBM

Re: InfoPrint GUI

Hi Anne, I'm not sure what you're referring to. Can you put in a link to the statement in the documentation your question is about? Is this something you see in the IBM Knowledge Center or a Redbook or what? --Roger On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 7:53 AM, Adams, Anne (DTI) wrote: > Hello all, > > Any

Re: codepages

Not from Browse that I know of. To convert and save the file I would just use iconv. On Jan 28, 2018 9:33 AM, "Paul Gilmartin" < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Sat, 27 Jan 2018 22:14:54 -0700, Roger Bolan wrote: > > >You don't

Re: codepages

; 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:25:51 -0700, Roger Bolan wrote: > > >I have to work with data in different code pages all the time. It's not > >too bad in ISPF. > > > >Here's some of the help for the ISPF Brow

Re: codepages

I have to work with data in different code pages all the time. It's not too bad in ISPF. Here's some of the help for the ISPF Browse DISPLAY command: display line 1 5 cols 20 30 ccsid 1200 will display the characters in lines 1 through 5 at columns 20 through 30

Re: codepages

If you can capture the data and use ISPF Browse DISPLAY command to view the data with different code pages you might be able to identify the one that makes sense of all the data. On Jan 26, 2018 12:02 PM, "scott Ford" wrote: > I have an issue where a customer is not forthright in providing us a

Re: LRS VPS Printer Replacment

You should also look at Infoprint Server. It's a component of z/OS. I don't know what the LRS VPS definitions look like, but I see another post here that mentions 12K definitions. If you can read those with code, Rexx perhaps, and parse them, you could create a text file of pidu create commands

Re: My attglobal.net email was moved to att.net

I"m surprised you lost emails. My experience suggests that email addresses never die. I still get email (mostly spam) that is sent to my old netscape.net email address forwarded to my current email addresses. On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 1:51 PM, Sam Golob wrote: > Hi Folks, > > To write to me

Re: Knowledge Center bugs getting creative

More creative? Yes. Bug? No. Somehow that just feels to me like a deliberate trick instead of a bug. Something in the JavaScript or other code. It also seems more likely to be in the browser than the server to me. Check Google for ways to make web pages spin or rotate. On Sep 19, 2017 11:34 P

Re: WinSCP or FileZilla to z/OS (not OMVS) ?

Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Paul Gilmartin < > 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > On Fri, 1 Sep 2017 13:42:00 -0600, Roger Bolan wrote: > > > > >I use Filezilla to connect to my z/OS systems both for MVS datasets and > > >OMVS. I have

Re: WinSCP or FileZilla to z/OS (not OMVS) ?

I use Filezilla to connect to my z/OS systems both for MVS datasets and OMVS. I have the same IP address for both site definitions. As far as I can tell the only difference is on the Advanced Tab in the Site Manager where the OMVS site definition has a default remote directory of /u/bolan defined

Re: Researching Destination z article on non-US mainframes

That's very true and it works in the other direction too. We worked on a product that started out in Japan and the manual for it had been translated into English by someone in Japan. It was completely unusable . We had to start over from scratch and rewrite the manual in English. On Aug 12, 201

Re: Attachmate Reflections 3270 Client and detecting URLs

I don't know about Attachmate, but IBM Personal Communications does this. --Roger On Feb 9, 2017 11:13 AM, "Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA)" wrote: > Is there a way to have the Attachmate Reflections 16.0 3270 client detect > a url in the 3270 data and make it clickable? > > --

Re: IEBGENER SYSIN Comments?

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.2.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r2.idau100/u1241.htm That page documents the standard format of the Utility control statements. On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 8:51 AM, Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On Wed, 21 Dec 2016 08

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: IBM PMR Entry requires an OS?

It varies by product. DCF (Document Composition Facility), for example is one product ID across z/VSE, z/VM, and z/OS, while PSF is separate products across the same three mainframe environments. --ROGER On Oct 19, 2016 7:36 AM, "Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA)" wrote: > For products that run on multip

Re: z/OS bookshelves in weird order in KC

I think the best way to use IBM Knowledge Center is to forget about books and bookshelves when looking for information. Just search for the specific terms or keywords or phrases (in quotes) that relate to the information you want. Once you have found the appropriate "hit" in the search results, t

Re: PDS / PDS/e Question

Wouldn't amblist give you what you want? On Aug 6, 2016 4:52 PM, "Steve Beaver" wrote: > I want the control information/linkedit. > > Steve > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of retired mainframer > Sent: Saturday, A

Re: ibm afp print driver for windows 10

On this page: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1018815 I found this: > The Ricoh Production Print Solutions AFP Printer Driver for Windows is > available on the InfoPrint Solutions web site at: > > *http://www.infoprint.com/internet/dcfdata.nsf/vwWeb/P4000384* >

Re: PPRC suspended - Sense code ?

Try Google with site:ibm.com pprc sense 10901000 On Jul 24, 2016 11:22 AM, "Jake Anderson" wrote: > Hello, > > > Could someone please point me to any Manual which has the PPRC suspended > Sense code ? > > That would help me to research the error code I have received. > > The sense I am trying to

Re: jedit (Was "Windows based editor / reformatter for DOS/VSE JCL?")

Jedi-T. Picture Mr. T as a Jedi. 😂 On Jun 21, 2016 4:42 PM, "Tom Brennan" wrote: > I keep thinking of Obi-Wan. > > Charles Mills wrote: > >> >> >> Every time I see the name jedit I wonder if it is somehow related to >> JDate. >> >> >> >> Charles >> >> ---

Re: OT: got to have it! device (pen shaped) with 32 GiB flash, flashlight, stylus, & ball point pen.

Looks good. I would caution just one thing. I once had a pen that had a built-in USB flash drive. The pen had a metal case (which is what this looks like). One day, I went to plug it in and got a static electricity spark from the pen to the USB port on my desktop. That was the end for my USB

Re: rexx and tso alllocate

IBM z/OS has a component called Infoprint Server. In combination with IBM Print Transforms, Infoprint Server can select jobs from JES, transform the data into PDF and then send it to a printer or use sendmail to email it. See the IBM Knowledge Center.Try a search for infoprint server ibm print

Re: Debugging APAR statement

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/mobile/#!/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.gim2000/mcsapr.htm The IBM Knowledge Center is your friend. The above link is from my mobile phone. You can find all the topics that mention your keyword and then work your way up and down through the context of

Re: Where to set options for SFE line command in TSO ISPF DSLIST?

a new panel, and I was looking for it on an older system. --Roger On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) < shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net> wrote: > In > , > on 11/24/2015 >at 07:12 PM, Roger Bolan said: > > >But I can't seem to find where to ch

Where to set options for SFE line command in TSO ISPF DSLIST?

When I use ISPF DSLIST and the SFE line command to do a SUPER search extended in a library it uses these options: PROCESS OPTIONS USED: NOPRTCC LMTO FMSTOP I know how to get other options when I use the extended search-for utility outside of the DSLIST SFE line command. Like:

Re: Xerox Printers

Hello Mohamed, See this link in the IBM Knowledge Center for information on all the related products. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.1.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.aps/aps.htm?lang=en If the printers have IPDS support in them, the PSF can print AFP to the printers. If you want to con

Re: SMP/E Help

My suggestion, as someone who has converted application programs to SMP/E packaging in the past, is to be sure allocate your own CSI sandbox, with your own zones, distribution libraries, and target libraries, where you can play, experiment, and test without affecting anyone else on the system. --Ro

Re: FILEDATA --Who gets the SR?

I say just take your best guess and go for it. Problems often don't fall cleanly into one area or another and require separate groups to discuss the issue with each other. On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Paul Gilmartin < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > I submitted an RCF

Re: publibz->infocenter->knowledgecenter

-Roger On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 7:59 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) < shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net> wrote: > In > , > on 12/18/2014 >at 05:37 PM, Roger Bolan said: > > >The documentation itself is available in the new IBM Knowledge Center > >and you can downloa

Re: publibz->infocenter->knowledgecenter

I don't think IBM is even creating the kind of bookshelves we're familiar with anymore. At least, not for everything. For example, if I go to the Publications Center and search for "PSF Bookshelf" (without the quotes), I get a list that includes bookshelves for PSF V3R1 through V4R4, but the la

Re: Question: Possible to send email, with an attachment from the Mainframe?

You can also use the Infoprint Server component of z/OS to send emails, and AFP or PDF documents as attachments by defining a "printer" as an email destination. See the details in the documentation here: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/zos/v2r1/topic/com.ibm.zos.v2r1.aps/aps.htm --Roger On

Re: AW: RMF Spreadsheet Reporter

Since 'BIRR.' is already your working directory, what happens if you use RETR D196.T145616.LISTING instead of RETR 'BIRR.D196.T145616.LISTING' Regards, --Roger On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Christian Birr < christian.b...@birrconsulting.de> wrote: > Miklos, > I can't tell you, the FTP proce

Re: EBCDIC viewer for Windows

Apparently TextFX is not active in Notepad++ by default, you have to activate it. See http://superuser.com/questions/519366/where-is-the-textfx-option. On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Roger Bolan wrote: > There is a plugin called TextFX for Notepad++ that you could use in this > way:

Re: EBCDIC viewer for Windows

There is a plugin called TextFX for Notepad++ that you could use in this way: Select all the text and and use the TextFX menu to choose TextFX Convert and convert EBCDIC to ASCII. That's not quite just viewing exactly what the EBCDIC is, but it will allow you to read text. Be careful about not

Re: HP P4015tn paper tray selection

Rick, You may need to broaden your testing. The books for afp2pcl and afpxpcl both contain this Tip for the AOP_TRAYID: PCL tray IDs do not match the tray numbers embossed on the actual printer trays. Test changing more than just the fourth position. For more details, see http://pic.dhe.ibm.com

Re: Dumb SMPE question

"Does IBM ever send a fixing PTF with a PRE(PE-PTF) instead of a SUP(PE-PTF)?" In my experience, Yes, but rarely. I have seen it done. There used to be limits on the size of PTFs or the number of parts they contained. Those limits have probably gone away over the years, but sometimes develope

Re: SR stupidity

Hi Dave, I don't know what the web pages on the customer end of the SR process look like, but I guess my expectation would be that there would be a check box somewhere for "notify" or something similar. If there is not, then another way to go is to say that email is your preferred method of conta

Re: Health Checker Eating My DASD

Where is that LOGSTREAM command? When I tried to look up the LOGSTREAM RETPD parameter, it said it was a REGISTER which contained a 4 byte value for the number of days. At first glance, your command would seem to want 2 day retention period, but if it is really referencing REGISTER 2, then who

Re: Infoprint Manager

Just for clarity, that link is for 4400/6400/6500/6700 Printer Management Utility (v 3.16D) and not Infoprint Manager which is different, and a supported product, not a "freebie". On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 8:14 AM, Dazzo, Matt wrote: > Of course after sending the help request I found it. For any

Re: SMP/E vs. NON SMPE Installs (Was BLKSIZE=3120)

Application programmers should be able to use SMP/E. They just should never be updating the system zones and libraries. As an application developer I have for years maintained my own "sandbox" CSI with my own global, target and dlib zones. I can do whatever I want in there with my own zones and

Re: OT: How to open a new list at UA.EDU?

Peter, I assume you meant the afp-l discussion list at http://lists.topica.com/lists/afp-l/ ? I am still able to login so it doesn't seem really "dead". On the other hand, I don't see any new posts since October of 2012. Maybe it just needs some prodding? --Roger On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:35

Re: Use of PDSE font library datasets with IP Printway

Rick, I took one little test case I had and copied all the AFP resources, including fonts, into PDSE libraries and the afpxpdf transform seemed to have no problem with it. --Roger On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 6:47 AM, Rick Stetser wrote: > We're z/OS 1.11 using IP Printway (aka Infoprint). I'm con

Re: Use of PDSE font library datasets with IP Printway

Hi Rick, I know of no problem, but I have not tried it myself either. None of the font libraries on my test system are currently PDSE. The Infoprint documentation makes no mention of the term PDSE. However, the PSF documentation does say that resources, including fonts, can be in PDSE libraries.

Re: FTP variable block dataset from z/OS to Windows and back

I'm curious about how they used RECORD or STRUC R to do what they wanted. I haven't played with it, but my initial impression was that STRUCTURE RECORD might work if you were going from z/OS FTP to another z/OS FTP, but that the structure information might be lost if there were other non-MVS system

Re: FTP variable block dataset from z/OS to Windows and back

: BROWSEBOLAN.MY.CLIST(SPLIT) - 01.02 Line Col 0 Command ===> Scroll === * Top of Data *** /* REXX COMMAND TO FIX UNSPLIT HFS FILES */ /* Roger Bolan May 18, 2010 */ Tr

Re: LOOKAT: Bookie vs. PDF?

Inside IBM, the "Bookie" nickname always referred to the BookMaster product and the tagged source documents, rather than the formatted files for BookManager Read. BookMaster is a system of GML (Generalized Markup Language) tags that was used with DCF (Document Composition Facility) using a specia

Re: Products to produce/modify AFP resources for use on z

Yes. I agree with that recommendation. One of the links I gave earlier was to http://www.infoprint.com/internet/ipww.nsf/vwWebPublished/sw_create_en#h1 and if you scroll down on that page, you will find the Elixir Design Pro Tools in the list of products for creating and managing AFP resources an

Re: mainframe batch jobs in output queue with USER in status column

There are probably lots of ways for an output job to get a user hold. Are there any messages in the syslog about these messages? Are they print jobs where a printer definition or a job or a user might have requested a hold or a retain time?It might not be a problem (look for error messages).

Re: Why would TRSMAIN end with RC=0 but not unpack the data?

I think on almost all systems nowadays TRSMAIN is just an alias for AMATERSE. On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 12:42 PM, R.S. wrote: > W dniu 2012-12-18 18:51, Binyamin Dissen pisze: > > >> Wild guess: Customer used AMATERSE and yo are using TRSMAIN. > AFAIK AMATERSE support more data formats than TRSMA

Re: Products to produce/modify AFP resources for use on z

For free, you can download the AFP Printer Driver from IBM.com. One of the things you can do with it is to "print" to files to create overlays and page segments. Tools available for creating AFP documents and AFP resources are also found on the www.infoprint.com pages. See this page.

Re: Why would TRSMAIN end with RC=0 but not unpack the data?

Uploading (from workstation to MVS data set) is a step where unintentional changes can easily happen. Using either FTP or a terminal emulator like Personal Communications, you may have to send SITE commands or set values to control the allocation, both size and DCB attributes) of the host data s

Re: Why would TRSMAIN end with RC=0 but not unpack the data?

Could the original data set have been truncated before it was tersed? Can you verify that the original data set was okay before tersing, and that the PACK step also got return code 0? On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Binyamin Dissen < bdis...@dissensoftware.com> wrote: > I am only getting pa

Re: Why File transfer through TSO IND$FILE is slower than TCP/IP FTP ?

On my systems FTP is still faster than IND$FILE, but let me just throw out a little tidbit for consideration. On my own Personal Communications sessions that use IND$FILE for transfers, I found a very noticeable increase in speed if I defined my connections using the numeric dotted IP address for

Re: Print Option from Mainframe to Microsoft Note

Jake, Arthur's example is for calling the transform by itself, without using a Printway printer definition. You are correct that you do have to have the separate FMID for the transform installed.There is an older Infoprint Transforms product (afp2pdf) which is no longer marketed by IBM, but w

Re: Can't get output to print with Infoprint

Rick, If you are using Printway Extended Mode, try using Infoprint Central to handle the job. If your printer definition is matching on DEST, CLASS, and FORMS, and you have changed those, you might need to change the DEST, CLASS, and FORMS on the held job to match the printer definition again. It'

Re: Rexx Exec Help Desperately Sought!

The XMITIP doc says that it will handle dsnames the same as TSO, that is, partially qualified names get your prefix added, and fully qualified dsnames must be inside single quotes. I think you are just running into the way TSO parses the quotes. You may need to make sure the quotes get passed in

Re: Print Option from Mainframe to Microsoft Note

With Infoprint Server Printway you can define a "printer" which transforms your files into PDF and then either prints or emails them. The IBM Print transform afpxpdf can transform AFP or line data to PDF. For more information see these links: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/She

Re: Printing barcodes on mainframe generated reports

If you are using AFP, you can create BCOCA (Bar Code Object Content Architecture) bar codes instead of using fonts. See how to use the AFP Toolbox from COBOL applications to create bar codes. The AFP Toolbox documentation is in the PSF bookshelf.Here is the latest level bookshelf: http://publi