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CICS/Hotprint Enhancements
Release 1.9 Added support for CHANNELS and CONTAINERS new with CICS Transaction Server 3.1 and up.

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Release 1.8 Added support for CICS Transaction Server 3.2

Release 1.7 Added support for CICS Transaction Server 3.1

Release 1.6 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

Release 1.5 Added 31-bit support
Added support for VSE and OS/390 Transaction Server releases

Release 1.4 Modified display date format to include 4-character year
Modified print header display to include 4-character year
Added APPLID to print header
Converted COBOL administration programs to Assembler
Enhanced general error routine messages

Release 1.3 Enhanced User and Printer Profile Directory Screens to allow specification of a prefix character(s) to speed up searches
Enhanced User Profile Directory to allow displaying in userid or name order and the Printer Profile Directory in printer or location order
Added AUTO CREATE option so create/update after prompts can be controlled (was always 'Y' before)
Added USER PROFILE option to allow control over using USERID, NETNAME, or both for User Profiles (was always both)
Added DEFAULT USER option to prevent the usage of the SIT Default User (CICS 3.x and up) or another shared Userid
Added product password support
Added FIRST and LAST NAME fields to the User Profile entry
Added CICS/FAX interface via FAX TRAN option
Added NET subparameter to GEN option to generate NETNAME in the LOCATION field for printer profiles
Increased length of LOCATION field in Printer Profile from 15 to 25 bytes

Release 1.2 Expanded conversational print support to include the usage of User Profiles for conversational print request
Added support for CICS 3.2 and 3.3
Added directory support for User and Printer profiles
Added printer prompt support (optional per user)
Added "GEN" option for Printer Profiles to automatically generate Printer Profile entries by scanning the TCT
Added ability to dynamically add User Profiles by using the prompt feature (optional)
Added ability to prevent users without a User Profile from accidentally getting screen prints

Release 1.1 Added printer profiles which make provision for the following features:
  • Allows form feed to be specified per printer
  • Allows prints routed to one printer to be re-routed to another printer
  • Allows routing to MacKinney Systems' CICS/SPOOLER to be enforced at theprinter level
  • Allows defaults to be set at the printer level for conversational tasks
Added a PRINTER DISPLAY screen to display the defined printer profiles
Added HELP screens for the profile screens

Release 1.0 Allows online update for target printer per user
Maintains original 'screen look' by not suppressing blank lines
Adds a header to prints (optional per user)
Allows control of beginning and ending form feeds per user
Interfaces with MacKinney Systems CICS/HOTKEY for menu-driven screen prints that allow you to override CICS/HOTPRINT defaults
Interfaces with MacKinney Systems CICS/SPOOLER to allow screen prints to be loaded in CICS/SPOOLER for on-line display and print of output as well as providing the ability to store the print for later printing on CICS printers or system printers
Requires CICS 1.7 or above
Uses MacKinney Systems Global Configuration File (MSXGCF$) This file will be shared by other MacKinney Systems Products