I've never used Lookat as I've always found it very fast and easy to access BookManager on the mainframe using the SimpList interface. For example, let's say I'm in the middle of writing a DB2/COBOL program and I want to know the syntax for INSPECT. In this case I'd type the following on the command line:
BR .COBOL INSPECT This means 'Browse whatever object has been assigned to the COBOL label (in this case, this is the label I've given to the syntax manual on the COBOL bookshelf) and search for INSPECT'. The COBOL syntax manual instantly opens and every reference to INSPECT is displayed. When I run the program, let's say it ends with an SQL code I wasn't expecting (e.g. -415). I can go to any ISPF command line and type the following: BR .SQLCODE -415 This opens the messages and codes manual on the DB2 bookshelf and displays every reference to SQL code -415. BookManager lets you create your own personalized bookshelves, so you could (for example) create a bookshelf that lists every messages and codes manual. Lets say you give this bookshelf a label called MSGS, and later on you want to search every manual on the messages and codes bookshelf for ISPD241. You'd simply type this on any ISPF command line: BR .MSGS ISPD241 This is very fast, very easy, it works for anything (not just messages and codes), and no internet connection is required. Dave Salt SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! http://www.mackinney.com/products/program-development/simplist.html > Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 10:28:52 -0600 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Lookat > To: [email protected] > > Maybe a copy on an external disk drive? > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hunkeler, Peter wrote: > > > >>There is the strong yet wrong believe the internet has become so fast that > >>instead of returning the tiny bit I'm looking for, it's an added value to > >>throw everything at me. Shudder! With the old BookMaster interface, it took > >>me a few clicks returning few information each to go to the place I was > >>looking for. I sadly recognize these comfortable times are gone. > > > > I cannot shut up anymore! What about DRP situation? Are there any guarantee > > the books (and internet) are available during DRP tests / realistic? > > > > We have for example two or more sets of Bookmanager in CD / DVD format. The > > contents were installed on various network servers, laptop / PCs, z/OS on > > various sites including DRP sites. > > > > Just tell me how to access that library server during a DRP situation (real > > or test) and then I will sleep peacefully. > > > > Of course, it is a PITA trying to download [1] all those books, shelves and > > indexes. I'm not really up to the challenge that I missed a prized book > > during a DRP! > > > > Ok, enough ranting! :-/ > > > > Groete / Greetings > > Elardus Engelbrecht > > > > [1] - Internet is not really that fast enough here in South Africa. But it > > is improving with all those new sea cables and new sattelites as well as > > new backbones and ISPs. We can perhaps watch YouTube/CNN/Space.Com/etc > > videos, but most of the time we pause the vid in the first few seconds and > > then wait for the download bar to fill up so about 3/4 of the length, then > > we can play it without any stutterings. That is if there are NO timeouts. > > I'm talking about videos not in HD format, but lower resolution. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
