Let's see if this version gets through whatever was the unintelligible
problem with the last effort!!!!!
Mark
What... no takers, no war? I'm disappointed. An *IBM representative*
used
the "U" word not once, but twice. Does that mean it's officially ok to
use
again
casually when the context is clear?
Indeed I did spot it[1] - which is only by chance since there's no guarantee
I review each contribution in each thread in exhaustive detail. Then I
looked for the opportunity for an unwary reader to become confused over the
two possible meanings. I couldn't find it - so I - thought to - let it pass
After all, Timothy may be an IBMer but he is just human as are all IBMers,
as well as the IBM users who inhabit this hallowed space, and all - well,
nearly all - of us occasionally fall from grace. I'm sure he'll know better
next time.
Oh, btw, I'm glad to see VTAM is finally getting some improvements in
that
area. Now if they can just improve z/OS Unix. ;-)
If the enhancement to which you refer is the possibility to use "system
symbolics" in USS messages, thanks for the heads-up. This is a fascinating
enhancement since it appears to apply to the TN3270 use of the USS table but
*not* to the original VTAM use of the USS table. Is the venerated USS table
being wrested from one networking sect to another?
So, checking your comment again, it would appear not to be VTAM that is
providing the enhancement but the IP side of Communications Server since
what is described is the "run-time" scanning and insertion of text by the
TN3270 server logic. I hardly see what justifies the "finally" regarding the
"improvement". If maybe you have just noticed all the substitutions that are
possible in USS messages they have been there for the most part for well
over a decade. I even exposed an odd deficiency in the facilities available
to VTAM developers when the guy responsible for the special USS message 7
substitutions asked me to test them for him!
Incidentally, I notice that, apart from the "revised" text, the remainder of
the section into which it has been inserted has been "copy and paste"ed from
the VTAM manuals. This sort of thing is always an opportunity for leading
innocents astray. I always advise(d) going to the source rather than relying
on a copy.
I see there is also an enhancement in the "TELNET LU Exit" but I expect that
is a function for those blessed with advanced talents.
Chris Mason
[1] The heinous use of USS to mean UNIX System Services when every
right-minded person knows full well that it is ordained to mean Unformatted
System Services - a superbly rich function of VTAM which is a godsend - if
implemented correctly - for users interacting with the help desk - to say
nothing of actually assisting them to find their way to their desired
destination - and gently correcting them when their efforts fall short of
perfection.
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