| William M. Klein 2007-10-29, 6:55 pm |
| I thought that SOME of you in CLC might be interested in this (or want to pass
it along to those they know who would be interested)
--
Bill Klein
wmklein <at> ix.netcom.com
"Steve Comstock" <steve@TRAINERSFRIEND.COM> wrote in message
news:47262BFF.2060402@trainersfriend.com...
> This past month and a half, I've been updating all the
> courses I'm responsible for to reflect changes brought
> about by z/OS 1.9 in each course's subject area. Since
> most folks don't get a chance to explore the new features,
> thought I'd list the features introduced in 1.9 that I
> think might be of interest to applications programmers.
>
> If you are not an application programmer, you might pass
> this on: some of these are very nice to know about. On
> the other hand, even if you are not an application
> programmer, some of these might be nice to know about.
>
> The usefulness of any particular feature will vary from
> person to person, of course; I figure if you see something
> that looks helpful to you that you can check the docs
> (or, of course, schedule a class!)
>
> Seems like the biggest impacts for this particular
> release are in ISPF and the Dialog Manager services.
>
>
> _TSO, CLIST, REXX, ISPF/Dialog Manager:_
>
> * ISPF: scrollable fields; introduced in 1.5,
> enhanced in 1.8 (ZCLRSFLD command), more
> widely used in 1.9
> [discussed in "ISPF Update"; details covered
> in "Developing Dialog Manager Applications
> in z/OS"]
>
>
> * ISPF Edit and View: SOURCE command allows you to
> edit and view data in ASCII; LF command lets you
> set x'0A's to EBCDIC new lines
> [discussed in "Advanced ISPF in z/OS"]
>
>
> * DSLIST can display total number of tracks in
> all datasets in the list
> [discussed in "TSO/ISPF in z/OS", "ISPF Update",
> and in "ISPF and JCL on z/OS"]
>
>
> * Two new options on Primary Option Menu:
> 12 - z/OS System programmer facilities
> 13 - z/OS application programmer facilities
> [all ISPF screen shots of Primary Option Menu
> updated]
>
>
> * Many ISPF data set name entry fields now
> support z/OS HFS UNIX files
>
> * Edit and View entry panel
> * Edit / View CREATE / REPLACE / COPY / MOVE
> [discussed in "TSO/ISPF in z/OS", "ISPF Update",
> and in "ISPF and JCL on z/OS"]
>
>
>
> * HFS file names and path names can be kept in
> personal reference lists)
> [discussed in "TSO/ISPF in z/OS", "ISPF Update",
> and in "ISPF and JCL on z/OS"]
>
>
> * ISPF profile can be set so that SAVE does not
> clear out the undo buffer; thus, UNDO might be
> able to restore data to its condition before
> the last SAVE
> [discussed in "TSO/ISPF in z/OS", "ISPF Update",
> and in "ISPF and JCL on z/OS"]
>
>
> * The UNIX Directory List Utility (3.17) now uses edit
> and browse instead of oedit and obrowse; there is
> also a view option now.
> [discussed in "ISPF Update" and "Introduction to
> z/OS UNIX"]
>
>
>
> * Dialog Manager panel language now supports system
> symbols in DSNAMEx parameters for VER statement
> [discussed in "Developing Dialog Manager Applications
> in z/OS"]
>
> * Dialog Manager panel language now supports VSYM builtin
> function and VSYM statement to process system symbols
> [discussed in "Developing Dialog Manager Applications
> in z/OS"]
>
> * Dialog Manager BROWSE, EDIT, and VIEW services now
> support z/OS UNIX files
> [discussed in "Developing Dialog Manager Applications
> in z/OS"]
>
>
>
> * Dialog Manager file tailoring adds support for the
> &VSYM function to support system symbol resolution
> during file tailoring
> [discussed in "Developing Dialog Manager Applications
> in z/OS"]
>
>
>
>
> _Program Binder_
>
> * Specify -IMMED on REPLACE and CHANGE statements
> to make changes apply to target before these
> statements instead of after
> [discussed in "Secrets of Inter-Language Communication
> in z/OS"]
>
>
> * Binder COMPAT can be specified as ZOSV1R9
> [discussed in "Secrets of Inter-Language Communication
> in z/OS"]
>
>
> - several other changes, not related to content of
> courses we offer
>
>
>
>
> _Language Environment (LE)_
>
>
> * CEEDUMP runtime parameter can request CEEDUMP
> attributes if CEEDUMP DD statement not supplied
> [discussed in "Using LE Services in z/OS"]
>
> * Message tag files may be z/OS UNIX files, the
> CEEBLDTX exec has been ported to also run under
> the z/OS UNIX shell, and the outputs can be
> z/OS UNIX files
> [discussed in "Using LE Services in z/OS"]
>
>
> * HEAPPOOLS runtime parameter can request that cells
> in certain heap pools not cross cache line
> [discussed in "Using LE Services in z/OS"]
>
>
> * CEE3DLY callable service - suspends program for
> specified number of seconds (up to an hour); can
> use under CICS
> [discussed in "Using LE Services in z/OS"]
>
>
> * CEEDLYM callable service - suspends program for
> specified number of miiliseconds (up to an hour);
> can not use under CICS
> [discussed in "Using LE Services in z/OS"]
>
>
> * CEE3MC2 callable service - returns the currency
> symbol for the current country, and the international
> currecny symbol for the current country
> [discussed in "Using LE Services in z/OS"]
>
>
> * Point to IBM link to our courses at
> http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserv...n/trainers.html
>
>
>
> * CEEDUMP traceback table format has changed
> [discussed in "Using LE Services in z/OS"
> and "Enterprise COBOL Debugging and Maintenance"]
>
>
>
> _z/OS UNIX System Services_
>
> * Support expanded for version 3 of the Single Unix
> Standard, changing the behavior of some commands
> such as ed, file, tr
> [discussed in "Introduction to z/OS UNIX" and
> "Shell Script Programming in z/OS UNIX", as
> appropriate]
>
>
>
> * Support for new versions of C code: C can be compiled
> with the METAL option, which generates C code without
> LE linkages; can also support explicit inclusion of
> assembler instructions; some z/OS UNIX commands have
> options to support this kind of program
> - not discussed in our courses, since these features
> are intended for the systems programmer; but they
> are kinda'  .-
>
>
>
> And, of course, all languages references to Assembler,
> COBOL, PL/I, and so on, are current with their release
> level.
>
>
> Do your other course authors keep this current?
>
> --
>
> Kind regards,
>
> -Steve Comstock
> The Trainer's Friend, Inc.
>
> 303-393-8716
> http://www.trainersfriend.com
>
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> + How things work
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> + Starter / skeleton code
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