On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:18:35 -0700, Edward E. Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>They can indeed be stored in MVS data sets. An extended shelf is not >necessary if you have a PDF that corresponds to a BOOK. In that case, >the normal bookshelf will suffice to describe them both. An extended >shelf is necessary *only* if no corresponding BOOK data set is available. And that's precisely my problem. Not all vendors are as enlightened as IBM. I have doc from several vendors that is available only in PDF format. Actually, if Bookmgr files were available, I wouldn't even be trying to serve the PDF versions. In the past, I have put these PDFs in MVS datasets and served them from the z/OS web server, in a directory separate from the BookServer structure. That works, but it's a pain, because it's nicer for users to be able to go to one central starting point for all doc. Now it seems that yet another Certain American vendor is abandoning bookmgr format and providing only PDF documentation for their new releases. (Personally, I hate that decision, but this probably isn't the time to re-open the Bookmgr vs PDF debate). I would like to be able to put these PDFs in MVS datasets, because I hate messing with the z/OS HFS stuff (maybe another religious debate). And I would like to be able to include them in the BookServer Library, so users don't have to remember to go to one site for some doc and a different site for other doc. So, if I have a bunch of MVS PDFs, without corresponding BOOK datasets, can I include them in a BookServer Library? If so, how? I assume they would need to be in an extended shelf. Can I build an extended shelf, either in an MVS dataset or an HFS file, that points to MVS PDF datasets? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
