March 2008

CICS/On Line File Utility 5.0 released
 
Display current list of Temporary Storage Queues. Select a queue from a list of TS queues to browse and update.
Add copybook information to both file and TS queues displays with field descriptions and support multiple records types.

February 2008

CHANNELS and CONTAINERS support

Support for CHANNELS and CONTAINERS was added to several of our products including CICS/Hotprint (1.9), CICS/Message (5.3), and Show and Tell II (2.1). Support for Easy Help, CICS/SPY and CICS/SWAP will be available soon. CHANNELS and CONTAINERS were made available by IBM in CICS TS 3.1 to give users a way of passing large amounts of named data.

January 2008

JES Report Broker 2.4 released

• You can now specify the sensitivity level of an EMAIL.
• Ability to control the colors of the hyperlinks to documents on the report directory web page.
• Can now display number of records in a document on the report directory web page.
• You can now control the background color of the web pages.
• Ability to turn off the scrolling effect on the status line of the report directory web page.
• A change to the ‘Send report to JES’ popup window.

JES Queue for Printers 2.4 released

• Disposition feature to retain reports in the JES Output queue by changing report attributes.
• An SDSF-like feature to manage reports in the JES Output queue.
• Re-queue feature based upon report line limits

MAPR II 5.1 – In addition to a significant amount of maintenance that has been applied to release 5.1, it also delivers some enhancements. Field names have been expanded from 25 to 30 characters to match the maximum lengths allowed by COBOL and PL/1. An optional password field has been added to each map’s parameter screen. It can be required to browse the map, update the map, or both. This password could also be used as a map check-out/check-in facility to prevent updates by others until the programmer resets the map’s password. The ability to use multiple separate MAPR files within the same CICS region has been added. The transaction-id determines the file name to be used. Lastly, release 5.1 improves maps used in web-enabling applications such as the 3270 Bridge by using the actual full-length field name (instead of a 7-character dummy name) on the MAPR-generated BMS macros and corresponding map load modules.

November 2005

SimpList 1.2 released

New! FileArc™, a high-speed logical backup and restore utility for VSAM, sequential and partitioned data sets. FileArc can be used to perform high-speed reorganizations of VSAM data sets via the archive and restore process without having to specify the existing DEFINE parameters. FileArc™ performs a logical backup and will only copy the actual data - not free space or unused space. As a result, FileArc™ is generally much faster than IDCAMS and other utilities when performing the equivalent functions. Additionally, FileArc™ offers Encryption and Compression features for securing your data files.

New! MacKinney Batch to CICS was redesigned from the ground up to replace the functionality of the MacKinney Systems' z/OS CICS/CEMT from Batch product. With MBC you can quickly send commands from your batch jobs to your CICS regions to coordinate file access, dynamically enable or disable programs and transactions, kick off transactions, send terminal messages and more.

October 2005

September 2005 New software!

VS/Cobol Interpreter allows programs written and compiled with VS/Cobol to execute in CICS Transaction Server 3.1 and above. No program changes or recompiles are required. Continue to seamlessly run your VS/Cobol programs in CICS TS V3.1 (and above)

July 2005

VTAM/Switch 6.0 - Release 6.0 incorporates major enhancements. Online administration screens may replace the assembled tables for customization. Users may customize their PFkeys, application menu list, and default printer using the new PROFILE command.  Buffer pools can be defined with automatic expansion when needed.  Added new VTAM/Switch screen to combine available and open applications on one screen. View complete list of changes.

May 2005

Release 2.0 of VTAM Virtual Printer is now available. View complete list of changes.

January 2005

Release 7.2 of LISTCAT PLUS is now available. The following changes were made:

• Added support for z/OS 1.5 and above by adding a 31-bit load library. Two load libraries are now supplied with the product. The 24-bit load library must be used with OS/390 and z/OS 1.4 and below, and the 31-bit load library must be used with z/OS 1.5 and above, in order to avoid a S0C4 abend.

• For z/OS 1.5 and above, added some fields to the LCTPCSI Catalog Search Interface program that were missing in earlier z/OS releases of the CSI. Those fields are Total Records, CI and CA Splits, and CI and CA Freespace percents.

• Fixed a VSE problem with the Volume Summary report when 3990 Model 9 type DASD is used.

• Added support for when some Statistics fields from IDCAMS are “--INVALID”.

January 2005

Version 5.0 of CICS/MAPR II is now available. The following enhancements were included:

• New and improved directory screen with more information and functionality. It now contains the date, time and user-id of the last change made to each map. New functions now available from the directory include Edit, Browse, Test, Copy, Delete.

• Added edits to ensure that only one user at a time can be updating a map.

• Added support for the DFHWBOUT (WeB OUTput) macro, which generates customized HTML from TEMPLATE map assemblies. This can help web-enable BMS maps for use with the 3270 Bridge.

• New B-Browse function on the main menu and the directory screen. Browse allows a user to look at a map without updating its last-changed statistics. It also allows browse access while another user is updating the map.

• Expanded PICIN and PICOUT maximum field lengths from 20 to 40 bytes to allow for the larger numeric fields that are possible with today’s compilers.

• New warning messages have been added when a variable field is not named, when a constant field is named, and when a field exceeds the BMS maximum of 256 bytes.

November 2004

Introducing -- SimpList!  SimpList is a productivity aid for mainframe TSO/ISPF users that provides a simple, centralized workbench instead of moving from one panel or vendor product to another. Multiple object types (e.g. datasets, DB2 tables, VSAM files etc.) can be stored in object lists and selected for a wide variety of functions (browse, edit, print etc.) by simple point-and-click selection. Based on the object type and function, SimpList automatically invokes the appropriate tool, vendor product, or built-in facility to handle the request.

October 2004

Release 1.6 of CICS/Hotprint is now available.

• Added support for interface from MacKinney Systems CICS/SPY to print spy session screens to a specified CICS printer

• Added handling for additional buffer orders

• Shipping both 24-bit and 31-bit libraries for VSE

July 2004

Release 2.7 of Easy Help for CICS is now available. The new 2.7 release makes it easier to convert help data from other CICS help products into a format that can be used by Easy Help. This release includes the following enhancements:

• The HELPUTIL program has been improved so all information needed to import help text can be provided via batch. 

• Multiple-line "fields" can be defined using the "Array Indicator" field of the *EHLOAD4 record.

• A "Debug Option" is now available on the HCFG screen for use in diagnosing datastream and other issues.

The following features were included in the new release of JES Report Broker 1.1

• Archive reports into JRB
• Access archived reports via a web browser
• Internal web server. Provides access to archived reports via a web browser without installing and maintaining a separate web server.
• SSL security for web server
• SSL security for FTP
• Adds Carriage Control Emulation including FCB support
• Adds ability to‘break up’ reports, sending only the required sections of a report.
• Adds ability to specify text to include in the body of an email
• Adds new substitution variables
• Batch maintenance utility. Backup, restore and purge archived reports.
• Adds ability to SPIN JRB logs. Provides ability to spin a JRB log to print, delete or otherwise dispose of the log without bringing down JRB.
• Fully specify ‘FROM’ field on EMAIL deliveries. Specify the entire ‘FROM’ field, not just the portion to the left of the ‘@’.