Overview PRTSCR – ISPFv2.2 Print Screen Utility(current version 0.9.00 2024-10-11) ISPF v2.2 (ISPF-like product from Wally Mclaughlin) does not include a print screen function (i.e. PRINT, PRINT-HI) as provided by the IBM ISPF product. ISPF maintains several system Z-variables for developer use. Some Z-type variables for screen information include ZSCREENW (screen width, e.g. 80), ZSCREEND (screen depth, e.g. 24) and…
Category: CLIST
GGUESS in MVS38J
GGUESS – Number Guessing Game across technology stacks from PC BASIC to MVS 3.8J TSO / ISPF / KICKS /Hercules to HTML JavaScript(current version 0.9.00 2024-05-01) One of my first programs to write (during the late 1970’s) was a number guessing game using interactive BASIC interpreters on the Altair 8800 and TRS-80 Model I microcomputers (Intel 8080 CPU). The program…
TASKLIST in MVS38J
Preview Using a daily planning application under ISPF to conveniently manage and maintain a to-do calendar list was a brilliant idea, especially in the 1980’s, before the availability of personal digital assistants (e.g. PalmPilot or Newton MessagePad)! On CBTTAPE.ORG, CBT231 contains such an application named TASKLIST written by Joe Veilleux from APC contributed circa 1985. Download CBT231 for reference and…
VSI in MVS38J
Overview VSI – VSAM Information ISPF add-on for MVS38J / Hercules(current version 0.9.00 2023-11-15) VSI provides a function to display VSAM file information on one screen as an ISPF add-on. The single display screen offers a HELP screen, but has no other processing options. This original tool (VI) has been rewritten as a TSO CLIST for MVS 3.8J and ISPF…
CATMGT in MVS38J
Overview CATMGT – Catalog Management ISPF Add-on for MVS 3.8J TSO / ISPF / Hercules(current version 0.9.01 2023-11-15) While searching for miscellaneous MVS information, I stumbled across an article from the early 1980s that described the CATLOG Management function as a TSO/ISPF option. Although limited in the use of IDCAMS commands utilized by the option, I decided to embark on…
CALISPF in MVS38J
Overview CALISPF– Calendar on ISPF Panels for MVS38J /ISPF / Hercules(current version 0.9.00 2023-01-31) Displaying a calendar view for the current month as part of the ISPF Primary Option Menu is a simple panel modification / configuration task in the current ISPF product from IBM. The calendar date is maintained within ISPF similar to the the various z-variables under ISPF.…
ISPFAUTO in MVS38J
Overview ISPFAUTO – ISPF User AUTOEXEC Processing on MVS 3.8J TSO / ISPF / Hercules(current version 0.9.01 2024-07-01) When ISPF v2.2 (ISPF-like product from Wally Mclaughlin) is installed on MVS 3.8J, the command ISPF is used to start ISPF under TSO as listed in ISPF v2.2 installation documentation after all required ISPF resources (e.g. datasets) are allocated to the user…
CPDM in MVS38J
Overview CPDM – ISPF Personal Dataset Manager on MVS 3.8J TSO / ISPF / Hercules(current version 0.9.00 2022-11-24) Many systems and application development groups create a common set of tools to accomplish repetitive tasks such as standardized compilation procedures or utilities. Such tools may be exposed to development groups in a workbench presentation using ISPF dialogues (CLISTs, Panels, Messages). I…
Repeating CLIST Logic in MVS38J
Overview There are times when the same CLIST logic is repeatedly applied where the only varying item may be one or two command statements and/or variable settings. Instead of repeating the same logic, take advantage of CLIST variable concatenation and substitution by using variables for the varying arguments in a command while using a loop control to execute the main…
RCQCAL in MVS38J
Overview RCQCAL– Perpetual Calendar application using ISPF Panels and CLIST for MVS38J /ISPF / Hercules(current version 0.9.01 2022-10-01) While searching for an application that displays a requested month/day/year in a monthly calendar view, I located a spiffy ISPF Perpetual Calendar application authored by Michael Theys in December 1987 from Rockwell International. This calendar application is contained in CBT File#182, the…