Re: Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
>The IBM Information Center allows up to 100 topics to be >"printed", which gives you a single HTML page (file) with >all these topics. That file needs some manipulation to delete >the repeating footer that are not needed and maybe some more. >I'll give it a try to see what Calilre will produce wi

Re: CEEROPT

2011-01-05 Thread Frank Swarbrick
Cool! I will take a look at that. Or have my IMS DBA look at it, as IMS manuals are often terribly cryptic... Thanks, Frank On 1/4/2011 at 12:35 PM, in message , Don Leahy wrote: > For IMS, you can use the RTT (Resource Translation Table) to change the > default Plan name. > > On Mon, Jan 3,

Re: Errors in VVDS

2011-01-05 Thread Mark Pace
Thanks, Matthew, that looks exactly like what I need. On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Matthew Stitt wrote: > He could also check out the VVDSFIX program which is available for download > from IBM. I've used it to correct some catalog inconsistencies which seem > familiar to what the OP has encou

Re: Errors in VVDS

2011-01-05 Thread Matthew Stitt
He could also check out the VVDSFIX program which is available for download from IBM. I've used it to correct some catalog inconsistencies which seem familiar to what the OP has encountered. On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 12:10:50 -0600, Tom Marchant wrote: >On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 12:54:51 -0500, Mark Pace wro

Re: Errors in VVDS

2011-01-05 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 12:54:51 -0500, Mark Pace wrote: > DELETE SYS1.VVDS.VSTD001 CATALOG(CATALOG.USER.SYSTEM.ZOS19) - > NOSCRATCH FILE(DD1) >IDC3012I ENTRY SYS1.VVDS.VSTD001 NOT FOUND There is no entry in the BCS for the VVDS. You would first need to catalog the VVDS in that catalog. Then you

Re: Errors in VVDS

2011-01-05 Thread Mark Pace
Thanks for the response, but your sequence doesn't seem to work for me. DEFINE USERCATALOG (- NAME (CATALOG.USER.SYSTEM.ZOS19) - VOLUME(PCAT11) - CYLINDERS (1 1) - ICFCATALOG ) IDC0510I CATALOG ALLOCATION STATUS FOR VOLUME PCAT11 IS 0 IDC0512I NAME GENERAT

Re: Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread zSeries Systems Programmer
You may want to check out Auto Kindle. It is a free Windows only download from download.cnet.com and might be what you want. I have never used it, so I don't stand behind the results. My wife told me that I could NOT use HER kindle for such storage. On Wednesday, January 5, 2011, Hunkel

Re: OPENSSL calls from Mainframe C

2011-01-05 Thread Scott Ford
Look at the EDCCL procedure ... Here is what I do: //ADC Bernd: Look at the EDCCL procedure ... Here is what I do: //ADCDMETA JOB SYSTEMS,MSGLEVEL=(1,1),MSGCLASS=X,CLASS=A,PRTY=8, // NOTIFY=&SYSUID,REGION=0M // EXEC EDCCL, //   INFILE='.C.LIBRARY(PGRMNAME)', //   OUTFILE='X.LINKL

Re: Errors in VVDS

2011-01-05 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 10:59:57 -0500, Mark Pace wrote: >IDC11367I THE FOLLOWING VVDS REFERENCED CATALOGS WERE NOT ENCOUNTERED: > >These are old catalogs that no longer exist and I'm unsure why they are >there to begin with The VVDS is cataloged in every catalog that contains VSAM and SMS-managed da

Re: Errors in VVDS

2011-01-05 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
I have had good luck with Temporarily define the catalog Import connect it to the master catalog Run IDCAMS delete vvds-dsn catalog(temp-cat-dsn) noscr file(dd-name). The DD statement points to the volume with the VVDS. Delete the catalog. The error is due to res

Re: IEFACTRT problem - z/OS 1.11

2011-01-05 Thread Mark Zelden
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 07:07:50 -0500, Veilleux, Jon L wrote: >OK, the IEF032I (no IEF374I messages in the JES log) messages have no TCB or SRB so I guess that this is a red herring. That goes to show how close we look at our SYSOUTs...lol. >Thanks, >Jon > Well, that would mean z/OS 1.12, correct?

Errors in VVDS

2011-01-05 Thread Mark Pace
Running a Diagnose on a VVDS I get an error on missing catalogs. DIAGNOSE VVDS INDATASET(SYS1.VVDS.VSTD001) IDC11367I THE FOLLOWING VVDS REFERENCED CATALOGS WERE NOT ENCOUNTERED: CATALOG.USER.SYSTEM.ZOS19 CATALOG.MASTER.ZOS19 IDC0001I FUNCTION COMPLETED, HIGHEST CONDITION CODE WAS 4 These are

Re: Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
>You might want to check out a program called Calibre. I've got it installed lately. So far I'm impressed about its functionality. I converted the Extended Addressability Guide as a first step. Text sections looked good but code snipplets were unusable. >You may have options included with that

Re: Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread Finley, Frank
You might want to check out a program called Calibre. It is for ebook collections, and will do many different types of format changes. There is a spot where you can choose your specific device and format criteria. You may have options included with that program that may help. I have had good

Re: Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread Martin Packer
For iPad I recommend 64GB (which I did and forewent 3G). It was frustrating that iPhone 4 could only come with 32GB. (Ours are within 10GB of full at present.) But I would hope 32GB would be enough on an iPad for PDF viewing. BTW I invested in "iAnnotate PDF" for obvious reasons. Martin Packer

Re: Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
>If you want further information, I'd be delighted to talk with >you directly. Thanks for that offer, David. But I've made my decision and I don't regret it. What I'm looking for is a way to convert IBM manuals to MOBI format. If I don't succeed, I can live with the current PDF support. I don

Re: Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
>In THIS case an inept PDF reader is an inept PDF reader. >Period. :-( It is not inept; but, yes, it lacks some functions. The readability of the rendered pages, however, is excellent. It is just much, much more relaxed reading compared to any i-(straining)-Pad-like device. -- Peter Hunkeler C

Re: Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
>My humble suggestion: sell it away and buy something which is >capable to read IBM (and not only IBM) documentation. It can >be any netbook/notebook. It also provides much more features. You haven't compared readability of LCD based versus E-Ink based devices, have you? For reading just anywher

Re: Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 08:29:16 -0500, David Purdy wrote: >I have the 32GB, >probably could have gotten away with the 16 GB for z/OS library only. Just for a point of reference, I have the full softcopy collections for five z/OS releases from 1.8 through 1.12, both .PDF and .BOO, as well as OS/390

Re: Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread Finley, Frank
I love reading on my kindle, however I have found that it just is not a good format for any type of technical manual, PDF or otherwise. If you are going to read something straight through it works fine, but it is difficult to jump around within a document. I find myself doing that a lot in tec

Re: Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread David Purdy
I bit the bullet and bought an Apple iPad, and bought a $1 PDF reader. Reads IBM manuals just fine, including PDF bookmarks (called OutLine in the particular reader I installed. I didn't get the Kindle DX for exactly your reasons. Pros: - readable size, and you can zoom the full page display to g

Re: Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 05:58:03 -0600, John McKown wrote: >I really love the >Kindle's screen. Laptops wash out easily in bright sunlight. And N. >Texas often has bright sunlight. The Kindle's screen is excellent >everywhere I go. Um, it there is enough ambient light. Just like paper. I'm still looki

Re: Health Check IBMVSM,VSM_SQA_THRESHOLD

2011-01-05 Thread Dazzo, Matt
We have been getting these more often since going z1.11 about 3 months ago. We did not many if any under z1.9. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Greg Shirey Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 2:16 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Su

Re: ISPF Program Edit Macro

2011-01-05 Thread Walt Farrell
On Tue, 4 Jan 2011 21:02:19 -0500, DanD wrote: >Thanks for the suggestion Walt. > >That seems like it would cause continual overhead as each time it would be >issued the REXX would get control and it would be re-defining editsub. No, because once you've defined it as a program macro it's defined

Re: IEFACTRT problem - z/OS 1.11

2011-01-05 Thread Veilleux, Jon L
OK, the IEF032I (no IEF374I messages in the JES log) messages have no TCB or SRB so I guess that this is a red herring. That goes to show how close we look at our SYSOUTs...lol. Thanks, Jon -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of

Re: Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread John McKown
I also have a Kindle DX. And I agree that the PDF reader on it is junk. Which is surprising since the base OS is Linux and should be able to use okular for PDF. I use okular on Linux/Intel and like it. But I also admit that I don't know all the constraints imposed by the hardware. I don't like lapt

Re: Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread Martin Packer
Was having just the same debate with my Dad: He wanted to read a certain UK newspaper on a Kindle. I pointed out there were alternatives that would do what he wanted. In THIS case an inept PDF reader is an inept PDF reader. Period. :-( Martin Martin Packer, Mainframe Performance Consultant, zC

Re: Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread R.S.
Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4) pisze: I bought a Kindle DX ebook reader. One reason being that I wanted to read IBM manuals while travelling. The Kindle displays the PDFs nicely but lacks the possibility to jump from the TOC or links. For that reason and because other ebook formats, such as MOBI, hav

Reading IBM Manuals on the Kindle DX (eBook)

2011-01-05 Thread Hunkeler Peter (KIUP 4)
I bought a Kindle DX ebook reader. One reason being that I wanted to read IBM manuals while travelling. The Kindle displays the PDFs nicely but lacks the possibility to jump from the TOC or links. For that reason and because other ebook formats, such as MOBI, have other advantages, I'm looking fo