Overview Using ISPF 2.x (Wally Mclaughlin’s ISPF-like product), Option 6 is a common panel utilized to execute TSO commands under ISPF on your Hercules/MVS 3.8J system. Simply, type the command plus any parameters (if any), and press ENTER. While developing CLISTs , especially one with two or three parameters where one parameter is a dataset name, retyping that command for…
Tag: MVS38J
GETMSG in MVS38J
GETMSG – Get ISPF Message for MVS38J /ISPF / Hercules(current version 0.9.00 2019-09-11) Overview GETMSG is a simple ISPF utility for use under ISPF 2.x (ISPF-like product from Wally Mclaughlin). Specifically, this utility will fetch an ISPF message from MLIB and return each message component (e.g. short and long message content) in ISPF Shared variables for CLISTs access. This utility…
ISRZ00 in MVS38J
ISRZ00 – ISPF Generic Messages for MVS38J / Hercules(current version 1.2.00 2022-07-09) When developing application dialogues under ISPF 2.0 (Wally Mclaughlin’s ISPF-like product) on a Hercules/MVS38J system, some form of error processing and messaging is most likely an application requirement. Even when quickly developing a productivity tool! ISPF 2.0 (referred to ISPF in this post) message facility displays a short…
Calendar on ISPF Panel w MVS 3.8J – Part II
Overview In the previous post, the December 2018 calendar is displayed using one color, green, including an asterisk to indicate today’s date. As a hobbyist, you always want to spruce up displays – apply new features of a tool, ISPF. ___DECEMBER 2018____ S M T W T F S . . . . . . 1 2 3 4 5…
Calendar on ISPF Panel w MVS 3.8J
Overview Adding a calendar display field to a ISPF panel without a built-in function on your MVS 3.8J hobbyist system is a simple implementation using the AREA tag to define a dynamic area in ISPF 2.x! It is assumed the reader has basic working knowledge of TSO CLISTs and ISPF services. Let’s walk through a simple design brainstorm of a…
Using ISPF Table Services in MVS 3.8J
Overview ISPF tables store organized data in virtual storage for temporary residency or DASD for permanent residency as a PDS member in the ISPTABL library. Table services are categorized as 1) table level – action impacting a table, 2) table row level – action impacting a table row, and 3) display level – impacting display of table rows. ISPF tables…