Alas, the Firefox that I'm using is the most recent version that has been ported to OS/2, and rust, the new implementation language for FF, has not been ported. There is a project to port a more recent browser, but for the time being this is what I have,
I'm fairly certain that anybody running z/OS would be using either Linux or windows on their PCs, so they would have no problem getting a current version of Chrome, Chromium or Firefox. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Susan Shumway [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 10:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Read BookManager/READ files Hi Shmuel, I'm glad that you found an environment that lets you access the content properly. Thanks for you tip about IE Explorer. I'm not an official tester - I just tried the site on all the browsers on my local system to see if I saw any immediate problems. I'm sure that the official testers ensure that the product and content works on all supported browsers. On that note, I recommend that you update your browsers to at least the minimum supported versions just to help prevent any additional compatibility issues like this in the future. For example, z/OSMF requires Firefox ESR Version 60 or later (so your Firefox 68.7 is well supported), and I'm currently running Firefox 75. The fact that you're running such an old, unsupported version with Firefox 38.8 likely caused or at least contributed to the content display problem. -Sue Shumway On 4/27/2020 5:14 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote: > I'm using Firefox 38.8.0, which is probably much older than you have. I > notice that you didn't mention IE; while I dislike it and microsoft has > deprecated it, there are still people using it due to problems with edge, so > you might want to include it in what you're testing. > > Is there enough of a difference between Chromium and Chrome to warrant > separate testing? > > It works much better on Linux, with Firefox 68.7.0esr. > > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > ________________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of > Susan Shumway [[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 2:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Read BookManager/READ files > > Hi Shmuel, > > So, there's just the page title but no contents? That's strange. It > looks okay to me on Firefox, Chrome, and Edge, so I'm not sure what the > problem is on your end. If others notice the same behavior, I'll look > into if it's a problem on the content or site end. > > In the meantime, here are direct links to the Softcopy Reader downloadables: > > IBM Softcopy Reader/Windows V4.0: > ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/ps/products/bookmanager/tools/ilrjava.exe > > Release Notes: > ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/ps/products/bookmanager/tools/swinread.txt > > -Sue Shumway > > > On 4/27/2020 1:57 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote: >> Is it browser dependent? What I get is >> >> >> IBM® >> IBM Support Offerings My support Downloads Documents Cases Communities >> Training Other >> >> Downloadable free BookManager tools and components >> >> Contact IBM Privacy Terms of use Accessibility >> >> with different values for the middle line. >> >> >> -- >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of >> Susan Shumway [[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 1:43 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Read BookManager/READ files >> >> Hi Shmuel, >> >> It's a sort of old-school site - you just need to do some clicking. From >> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/324693 , click "IBM Softcopy >> Reader", which gets you to https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/324679 >> . From there, click "Download Softcopy Reader for Windows 4.0", which >> gets you to https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/731199 . Scroll to >> the bottom for the link to download the package with FTP. >> >> -Sue Shumway >> >> On 4/27/2020 12:47 PM, Seymour J Metz wrote: >>> I assume that's under the Download tab, but none of the menu options seem >>> appropriate. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >>> http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of >>> Susan Shumway [[email protected]] >>> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2020 12:25 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Read BookManager/READ files >>> >>> See "Downloadable free BookManager tools and components" ( >>> https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/324693 ) for links to download >>> IBM Softcopy Reader and other helpful resources. >>> >>> If you ever need to access older z/OS documentation, note that we've >>> made available PDF versions of it back to V1R10, available in the IBM Z >>> Publications Library Archive: >>> https://www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zos-library-archives >>> >>> -Sue Shumway >>> >>> On 4/27/2020 5:49 AM, R.S. wrote: >>>> W dniu 27.04.2020 o 11:14, Juergen Kehr pisze: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> where just in the process to migrate our z/OS systems to V2.4. As you >>>>> know, on z/OS V2.4 BookManager/READ isn't available anymore. But >>>>> unfortunately some developers come up with a requirement to read some >>>>> very old homegrown documentation files (.BOO files). So my question >>>>> is, are there any free tools available to read and/or convert these >>>>> files to PDF or HTML? >>>> >>>> BOO files can be still read using existing tools like IBM Softcopy >>>> Reader which works nicely under Win10 x64 and older Windows versions. >>>> You can still use IBM Library Reader which is 16-bit application and >>>> will not work under 64-bit Windows, but you can run it under old Windows >>>> running under Virtual Box or other tool. Personally I prefer Library >>>> Reader, but it is simpler to use Softcopy Reader. >>>> Note: both tools were available for download and IMHO you can still use >>>> it, even if IBM removed it from webpage. If you need a copy, just look >>>> for older documentation on DVD or CD. >>>> I hope you don't want to use BOO files under z/OS. ;-) >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sue Shumway >>> z/OS Project Lead and Client Advocate >>> IBM Poughkeepsie >>> [email protected] >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 >>> >> >> -- >> Sue Shumway >> z/OS Project Lead and Client Advocate >> IBM Poughkeepsie >> [email protected] >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > -- > Sue Shumway > z/OS Project Lead and Client Advocate > IBM Poughkeepsie > [email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- Sue Shumway z/OS Project Lead and Client Advocate IBM Poughkeepsie [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
