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

2011-01-06 Thread Martin Packer
Inspired by Peter's mention of REXX and HTML in the same post... REXX could really use a DOM Tree Walker API (DOM = Document Object Model and is how most languages process XML and HTML). Or at least some z/OS TSO scripting language could. Martin Martin Packer, Mainframe Performance

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

2011-01-06 Thread Shane Ginnane
Personally I prefer regex - it would be a doddle in perl/awk/sed ... Shane ... On Thu, Jan 6th, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Martin Packer wrote: Inspired by Peter's mention of REXX and HTML in the same post... REXX could really use a DOM Tree Walker API (DOM = Document Object Model and is how most

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

2011-01-06 Thread Martin Packer
The received wisdom is that regex has a hard time with the complexity of HTML (whether broken or not) and XML. Being less than fluent in regex's I'm biased to agree. :-) Shane Ginnane wrote: Personally I prefer regex - it would be a doddle in perl/awk/sed ... Martin Packer, Mainframe

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

2011-01-06 Thread Shane Ginnane
For a group so comfortable as a community, we should all find CPAN fits like a favourite old leather jacket. Can be done with (raw) regex, but the contributions are available as well. Shane ... On Thu, Jan 6th, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Martin Packer wrote: The received wisdom is that regex has a hard

Re: ISPF Program Edit Macro

2011-01-06 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In listserv%201101050058381249.0...@bama.ua.edu, on 01/05/2011 at 12:58 AM, Paul Gilmartin paulgboul...@aim.com said: This thread belongs in TSO-REXX or ISPF-L. No; it belongs in IBM-MAIN and ISPF-L; it does not belong in TSO-REXX. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT

REXX, the new Cobol ?

2011-01-06 Thread Shane Ginnane
Following on from my (most recent) jousting with Martin ... I find myself inexorably drifting away from REXX. Seems to be the dying language. Just me ??. Shane ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: REXX, the new Cobol ?

2011-01-06 Thread John McKown
What are you using instead? On z/OS, I now sometimes use UNIX commands where I used to use REXX. But I still use REXX for things like ISPF edit macros, HTTP CGI scripts, REXX scripts (and UNIX commands within REXX with the bpxwunix() function ) for TSO functions and even some UNIX functions. I

S5C6 Abend when run MQ Panels in ISPF

2011-01-06 Thread Terry Sambrooks
Hi, This may be the wrong list, but the mix of knowledge has helped in the past so here goes. I recently upgrade to z/OS 1.11 with WAS7. When using the Command Option (8) in the MQ Panels which drive CSQOREXX the result is an S5C6 abend which drops the user out of ISPF. Not being that familiar

CA-OPS/MVS question: OPSCAWTO

2011-01-06 Thread McKown, John
The book says that I can use OPSCAWTO to send an SNMP trap. The CA-OPS/MVS books point over to the CA Common Services (CCS) books as having more information. I am scouring them right now. And just getting confused. I did not install CA-CCS. The person who did knew we weren't using the UNIX

Re: CA-OPS/MVS question: OPSCAWTO

2011-01-06 Thread גדי בן אבי
Hi, We implemented OPSCAWTO a while back. There is a started task named ENFSNPM that gets the parameters from OPSCAWTO and sends it out to the network. The started task uses (by default) a member in the CA-CCS PPOPTION library called SNMPVARS. We made no changes to this member. Look for the

Re: S5C6 Abend when run MQ Panels in ISPF

2011-01-06 Thread McKown, John
When here: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/iea2h7b0/2.442 which pointed me, eventually, to here: http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/XKS/CSZXKS00 but I then was forced to download a PDF to read the Diagnosis Guide. quote If a problem with WebSphere

Re: CA-OPS/MVS question: OPSCAWTO

2011-01-06 Thread McKown, John
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Re: REXX, the new Cobol ?

2011-01-06 Thread Shane
Perl/awk/sed ... I can't remember how long ago it was I wrote an edit macro in anger. I don't do CGI, but if I did I'd reckon perl would be first cab off the rank. Most recently I needed to compare two catalogs - I can't recall why I forsaked the CSI, but it was easier to generated cat listings,

Re: REXX, the new Cobol ?

2011-01-06 Thread Shane
Make that eol Shane ... Despite IBMs brain dead C treatment of eof (thanks Bill). -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search

Re: S5C6 Abend when run MQ Panels in ISPF

2011-01-06 Thread Patrick Lyon
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 13:01:32 -, Terry Sambrooks terry.sambro...@btclick.com wrote: Hi, snip Not being that familiar with MQ I am unsure where to start with this. I have not found z/OS Messages and Codes or the WAS equivalent to be that helpful. Kind Regards - Terry snip Terry - Let's

Re: REXX, the new Cobol ?

2011-01-06 Thread McKown, John
I do the same for many listings. I usually download them to my Linux desktop. That way I don't use up precious and expensive MSUs on the z. One thing that I do with z UNIX and edit is a bit weird. I sometimes what to split every line in a member at a given character, or maybe column. I edit

Re: REXX, the new Cobol ?

2011-01-06 Thread Bernd Oppolzer
big grin :-) I do: download files to Win or OS/2 using FTP oder RECEIVE, then KEDIT the file (big applause to Mansfield Group) then insert a special char at the split points, e.g. % then set hex on change /%/x'0d0a'/* * then save the file and reopen (or upload to z/OS). Same technique for

Re: REXX, the new Cobol ?

2011-01-06 Thread Steve Comstock
On 1/6/2011 6:31 AM, Shane wrote: Perl/awk/sed ... I can't remember how long ago it was I wrote an edit macro in anger. I don't do CGI, but if I did I'd reckon perl would be first cab off the rank. Most recently I needed to compare two catalogs - I can't recall why I forsaked the CSI, but it was

Re: REXX, the new Cobol ?

2011-01-06 Thread zMan
On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Bernd Oppolzer bernd.oppol...@t-online.de wrote: big grin :-) I do: download files to Win or OS/2 using FTP oder RECEIVE, then KEDIT the file (big applause to Mansfield Group) then insert a special char at the split points, e.g. % then set hex on change

Guard size counts against the segments in the IARV64 macro?

2011-01-06 Thread Binyamin Dissen
Why on earth does the guard size count as part of the segments? -- Binyamin Dissen bdis...@dissensoftware.com http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the

Re: REXX, the new Cobol ?

2011-01-06 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 23:37:22 +1000, Shane wrote: Make that eol Shane ... Despite IBMs brain dead C treatment of eof (thanks Bill). How brain dead? (Other than using NEL where every UNIX otherwise uses LF? This requires a misbehavior of iconv which is documented only (sometimes) in a footnote

Re: CA-OPS/MVS question: OPSCAWTO

2011-01-06 Thread John McKown
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 15:12:01 +0200, #1490;#1491;#1497; amp;#1489;#1503; #1488;#1489;#1497; gad...@malam.com wrote: Hi, We implemented OPSCAWTO a while back. There is a started task named ENFSNPM that gets the parameters from OPSCAWTO and sends it out to the network. The started task uses (by

SMPE 3.5 and Message Severity

2011-01-06 Thread Lizette Koehler
I had an issue where the LNKEDT part of SMPE (3.5) received an IEW2556W This message for me needed to be at a Severity 8 but it was a 4. So I did not see this error. Is there a way in SMPE to select specific messages and change their severity so the Apply processing would set NOGO? Or am I

ISPF Action Bar Button

2011-01-06 Thread Dan D
I was wondering if anyone knows how to create a button on the action bar line. I don't want a pull-down but simply something to click and an action will be taken. I've tried the following but it appears that .RESP is not honored in )ABCPROC. )ABC DESC('Button') PDC DESC('Button')

Re: SMPE 3.5 and Message Severity

2011-01-06 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 15:15:16 -0500, Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com wrote: I had an issue where the LNKEDT part of SMPE (3.5) received an IEW2556W This message for me needed to be at a Severity 8 but it was a 4. So I did not see this error. Eh? Is there a way in SMPE to select

zfs files

2011-01-06 Thread Mark Steely
I have a zfs file which is over allocated. I would like to reduce the amount of space this file is using. What Is the corerect procedure to perform this ? We are z/os V1R11. Thank You *** CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE *** This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may

Re: SMPE 3.5 and Message Severity

2011-01-06 Thread Binyamin Dissen
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 15:15:16 -0500 Lizette Koehler stars...@mindspring.com wrote: :I had an issue where the LNKEDT part of SMPE (3.5) received an IEW2556W :This message for me needed to be at a Severity 8 but it was a 4. So I did not see this error. :Is there a way in SMPE to select specific

Re: SMPE 3.5 and Message Severity

2011-01-06 Thread Lizette Koehler
Great points. Unfortunately this is vendor code. So I will ask the vendor to change the RC on the Lked. Lizette -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the

Re: SMPE 3.5 and Message Severity

2011-01-06 Thread Schwarz, Barry A
A more pressing questions seems to be why are they delivering defective object modules in the first place? -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lizette Koehler Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 1:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

Re: ISPF Action Bar Button

2011-01-06 Thread Andy Robertson
this works for me )ABC DESC(Exit) pdc desc('Exit') ACTION RUN(END) )ABCINIT .ZVARS = 'EXITX' .RESP = ENTER Andy Robertson telephone mobile 0777 214 9545 home 01308 420797 -IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu

Re: zfs files

2011-01-06 Thread Roger Lowe
On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 15:02:11 -0600, Mark Steely mark.ste...@wnco.com wrote: I have a zfs file which is over allocated. I would like to reduce the amount of space this file is using. Mark, What I would do is to reallocate a temporary zFS of the size you want and mount it at a temporary

Keith is out of the office.

2011-01-06 Thread Keith Zawila
I will be out of the office starting 01/06/2011 and will not return until 01/10/2011. HCSC Company Disclaimer The information contained in this communication is confidential, private, proprietary, or otherwise privileged and is intended only for the use of the addressee. Unauthorized use,

Re: REXX, the new Cobol ?

2011-01-06 Thread Bruce Hewson
Hi John, try this, which I call cr:- /*REXX= ==*/ Address ISREDIT MACRO (PARM) (SAVE) = USER_STATE