BAL, CLIST, ISPF 2.x, MVS38J, TSO

CCOMPR in MVS38J

 Update:  Thanks to Rob Prins and Marco Verpelli, version V0R9M01 includes more information regarding ZEBCOMPR, specifically for MVS38J. No functional changes to CCOMPR, only documentation updates and additions.  The documentation changes are also reflected on this post in the help panel content HCOMPR and readme scrollable file under Installing CCOMPR Software section below.  Overview The MVS38J public domain OS is a…

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BAL, CLIST, ISPF, ISPF 2.x, MVS38J, TSO, Utility

DALCDS in MVS38J

DALCDS – Display TSO Allocations Utility for MVS38J / ISPF v 2.x / Hercules(current version 1.2.02  2024-05-01) Many file allocation listing type CPs can be found on the CBT website or various technical journals. DALCDS displays allocated datasets for the current TSO session on a ISPF panel display. DALCDS is written in assembler (IFOX00) using ISPF 2.1 (product from Wally…

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COBOL, ISPF 2.x, MVS38J, Utility

GETMSG in MVS38J

GETMSG – Get ISPF Message for MVS38J /ISPF / Hercules(current version 0.9.00  2019-09-11) Overview GETMSG is a simple ISPF utility for use under ISPF 2.x (ISPF-like product from Wally Mclaughlin). Specifically, this utility will fetch an ISPF message from MLIB and return each message component (e.g. short and long message content) in ISPF Shared variables for CLISTs access. This utility…

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ISPF, ISPF 2.x, MVS38J, Uncategorized

Using ISPF Table Services in MVS 3.8J

Overview ISPF tables store organized data in virtual storage for temporary residency or DASD for permanent residency as a PDS member in the ISPTABL library. Table services are categorized as 1) table level – action impacting a table, 2) table row level – action impacting a table row, and 3) display level – impacting display of table rows. ISPF tables…

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