There is a phone app called IBM Doc buddy. Try it, you might like it.
Tried it. Don't much like it at all!
Ok, I've just now downloaded and installed Doc Buddy (Android
version). And the best I can say about it is, whoever designed the UI
really didn't put much effort into it. I mean seriously, doesn't IBM
put these things out for real world testing first? Then do they even
listen to the feedback???
#1) So I installed the app, and of course the very first thing I did
was type in some message ids. Nothing too esoteric. just basic
ancient stuff like, I don't know, do you think it'd be able to find
IEF450I??? Nope... ASMA033I? Nope... Anything? Nope nope nopity nope!
#2) It turns out you then have to download... I don't know what IBM
calls them... I'll just call them "message sets". These are organized
by component. But there's no mention of this, no startup tips, tricks
or just general heads-up is put in front of you.. Nothing. You
install the app, and you're on your own. [Pro-tip: Go to the "Component" page.]
#3) So once you've figured you need to download the message
definitions, the next thing you need to know is to which component a
particular message belongs. Quick... does anybody know what IEF540I
belongs to? 'Cause apparently I don't. I've downloaded a bunch, and
while other messages are now findable, the IEF messages aren't. (At
least not yet.)
#4) Maybe that message set hasn't downloaded yet. It's hard to tell
because there is no status display. The individual messages sets are
hidden in dropdowns that have the very annoying habit of going back
into hiding on you rather quickly...
#5) And that's another thing. The components list keeps jumping
around on you because dropdowns that you've opened up spontaneously
close causing the page to jump up, jump down, jump whatever. Come on
guys! Can't you stabilize a display long enough for somebody to touch
a button????
#6) Oh and the msgid entry field... So you've got your keyboard open
and you're typing away, and you decide to clear the entire field. But
when you do so, Boom! the keyboard disappears on you. Why????
#7) Googling a msgid turns out to be just plain easier.
I have not tried very many IBM apps, but so far every one I've tried
feels like it's been written by amateurs!
My kid grandson can do better than this!
Ok, I've got the IEFxxx messages now. They were where they belonged,
it just took a long time for the z/OS MVS messages set to download.
Good thing I've got a nice fat pipe.
But I still don't have the ASMAxxx messages yet. They're apparently
not in the z/OS MVS component, and I don't see an HLASM component
available. Really?
Dave Cole
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At 12/2/2016 02:29 PM, Jim Mulder wrote:
> >have they replaced it with anything?
>
> There is a phone app called IBM Doc buddy. Try it, you might like it.
>
The LOOKAT web site says:
<quote>
LookAt is no longer supported. This site is offered for use
"as is" until z/OS V1R13 goes out of service later this year.
New: IBM Doc Buddy is a Smartphone app that is available for
iPhone in iTunes and for Android in Google Play
With IBM Doc Buddy, you download only the message information that
you need. IBM Doc Buddy makes it easy to lookup message information
wherever you are without the need for an Internet connection.
<endquote>
1. I don't have an iPhone or Android.
2. If I need to look up a message, it is because I am
seeing that message via an Internet connection. I never
need to look up message information when I don't have
an Internet connection. And since then I am already
sitting in front of a workstation with a real keyboard
and mouse and dual 27 inch monitors, that is what I want
to use to look up message information, not a Smartphone
with a small screen and a small simulated keyboard.
Jim Mulder z/OS Diagnosis, Design, Development, Test IBM Corp.
Poughkeepsie NY
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