Hi, Raymond.
I believe the answer is "yes, but....". Yes, you can port a
z/OS-TSO-ISPF panel application over to z/VM-CMS-ISPF, but you will need
to modify all the file access and i/o from TSO specific to CMS specific,
remove any advanced ISPF panel features that you might have used in the
TSO version (the version of ISPF for z/VM is very outdated now and lacks
some of the newer features introduced over the last 10 or so years for
z/OS ISPF), you'll also have to convert from z/OS PDS filesthat contain
the ISPF panels, messages, etc. to either CMS maclibs or flat files.
Yes, simple ISPF applications can be ported without a great deal of
effort, but more complex ones, that have a great deal of interaction
between panels might not be.
Raymond Noal wrote:
Dear Lists:
I am cross posting this question to the z/OS and z/VM lists due to the
nature of my question, which is -
Will z/OS, TSO ISPF panels and dialogs work under the z/VM, CMS ISPF
program product? Is there any degree of compatibility between the two
ISPF products? Is there any migration/conversion effort involved in
going from one to the other? (primarily from the TSO to CMS based ISPF
platform)
I thank you in advance for your time and assistance.
HITACHI
DATA SYSTEMS
Raymond E. Noal
Senior Technical Engineer
Office: (408) 970 - 7978
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