| Release 2.9 |
Added support for programs using CICS TS V3's CHANNEL facility. |
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Download Easy Help for CICS 2.9 upgrade |
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| Release 2.8 |
Modified to reduce the likelihood of storage
violations in the HELPDISP program. Coded changes and included
the SSRANGE compiler option. |
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Upgraded the components used to create the z/OS
loadmods to Enterprise Cobol Release 3.4, with the LE components
from z/OS 1.4. The z/VSE version was generated using IBM COBOL
for VSE/ESA Release 1.1.1, with the version of LE that shipped
with z/VSE Release 3.1. If you are not running at least z/OS
1.4 or z/VSE 1.1, you may want to continue to run release 2.7. |
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| Release 2.7 |
The *EHLOAD function of the HELPUTIL
batch program has been replaced with 4 different formats of the
*EHLOAD function. Now, all information for a screen and fields can be supplied
using HELPUTIL, not just field help text. |
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Multiple-line “fields” can be defined
using the “Array Indicator” field of the *EHLOAD4 record. |
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A “Debug Option” on the HCFG screen
that can be used to help diagnose datastream and other issues |
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This release is the first OCO release
of Easy Help. |
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Release 2.6 |
Introduces support for the Graphic
Escape (x’08’) 3270 datastream character. |
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Release 2.5 |
A ‘Find’ function has been added to
the help display, to allow users to find a string within the
help text for the field being displayed. |
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The "Sticky Cursor" function has been
enhanced by allowing you to specify which text can be used for a
field by surrounding it with a ‘~’ (tilde) or other specified
character. The user can tab directly to text indicated as
"sticky". Optionally, you can specify that the user can only
select "sticky" text to be copied to a screen input field. |
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When creating or updating help text,
MacKinney Systems’ CICS/QEDITOR can optionally be used, which
provides several additional editing options. A configuration
option allows you to switch between the "native" and the QEDITOR
editor. |
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Help text for a particular field or
for the screen overview is no longer limited to a maximum of 25
17-line screens. (425 lines). Up to 5000 lines of help text can
be created and updated if using the QEDITOR editor. |
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The HELPUTIL program has been enhanced
to allow loading, unloading, and deleting of help text for a
specified field. This allows for editing of help text using
editors other than the native and CICS/QEDITOR editors. |
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Release 2.4 |
This is a maintenance release only. |
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Fix EZH2301 is included, without which
some installations were limited to only 50 terminals using help
without disabling/enabling the Easy Help exit program |
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An RDO file containing definitions
(including EXECKEY options) is now included. |
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Release 2.3 |
This is a maintenance release only. |
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A version of the CICS attach exit
program (HELPXZCP) is now supplied for CICS Transaction Server. |
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For MVS, support for CICS releases
prior to CICS 4.1 has been discontinued, and the 24-bit version
of the loadlib is no longer included on the installation tape. |
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For VSE, support for releases of CICS
prior to CICS 2.3 has also been discontinued, and the phases in
the distributed sublibrary have also been compiled as 31-bit
programs. |
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Release 2.2 |
A 'sticky cursor' feature has been
added to allow help text to be picked up by the cursor and
copied into a users' application field. |
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Easy Help is now compatible with COBOL
II and may run above the line. |
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All BLL cells have been removed. |
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All windows with paging capability
allow the user to go directly to any page by typing in the page
number. This covers the text display, text update, screen
directory, and field directory windows. |
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Users with the proper authorization
can change application field row, column, and length definitions
from a field directory window. |
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An exit facility has been incorporated
that links to a user supplied CICS program to provide help text
for specific fields. |
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Release 2.1 |
Upper and lower case help text is now
supported on all terminals, including those whose text is
converted to upper case by CICS |
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When paging to the next or previous
field's help text, the cursor and help window also move
correspondingly. |
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Easy Help may be invoked from
application programs for installations wanting only a limited
number of applications to use Easy Help and for installations
not wanting to use the Terminal Control Exit programs. |
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The PF key used to display the Easy
Help menu (default is PF3) now causes a return to the previous
screen. This makes it easier to navigate through the screen and
field directories without returning to the menu. |
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For applications that support multiple
screen sizes, requests for help are now independent of the
actual screen size used, if the fields are defined on row/column
combinations that are valid for both screen sizes. |
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Release 2.0 |
All Easy Help displays are now
contained in windows within users' application screens. |
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The number of steps to define screens
and fields has been significantly reduced |
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Easy Help displays now take full
advantage of extended color and highlighting on terminals
supporting those features. |
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Release 1.2 |
Easy Help configuration parameters are
now maintained in an online configuration file. |
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Upper and lower case help text is
supported. Selective highlighting of help text is also
supported. |
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Utility program HELPUTIL allows
selective restores by screen name |
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Easy Help now runs under CICS releases 3.1 and 3.2. |
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Release 1.1 |
Easy Help now works with BMS paging if
the RETAIN parameter is not used in the SEND PAGE command. |
