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VTAM Virtual Printer Enhancements
Release 2.1 Enhancement to the OPEN command to allow for generic printers.
  Enhancement to close the report for logical printers using JOB=BRACKET after not receiving input after x number of seconds.
  Added an exit to replace the SCS command codes with printer control codes (PCL or PPDS).
  Added an option to process print screen applications that send all the screen literals first followed by the data fields.
  Added XWRITER field to logical printer attributes, for MVS only.
  Added an exit to allow the report’s attributes to be changed before the report is allocated, for MVS only.
  Added an option to cause a delay between VTAM RU chains to slow down VVP processing, for MVS only.
  Changed VVP to start non-swappable, for MVS only.
  Enhancement to the logical printer tracing facility.
  Enhancement to the FIND command to locate the variable in any column.
  Added an option to set the carriage control used for the first line of the report.
  Changed VVP to remove the exclusive XWRITER and Destination User restriction, for MVS only.
  Changed VVP to retry the TCP/IP INITAPI command in the event TCP/IP is not available, for MVS only.
  Combined the VVPLOG and VVPSUB logs, for MVS only.
  Replaced the Control Table buffer allocation parameters with a single buffer parameter.
  Moved more VVP control block allocation above the line.
  Enhancement to the SHOW command to display the product passwords.
  Added an option to control which VVP messages are written to the console or VVPLOG.
  Enhancement to the VVP macros to improve error checking.
  Improves the generic processing to filter VVP definitions on the Administration screens and line commands by allowing the masking character "*" to be used in any position of the definition name.
  Added an option to log the logical printer and user definition changes.
  Added file maintenance features.  Change or delete printer or user records through the VVP command line.  Execute any VVP commands in a source member through VVP command line.
  Added support for a VSE2PDF data stream.
  Added priority option for reports created by VVP in the JES Queue and VSE/Power LST Queue.
  Added exit (VVPFEXT3) to modify or suppress each print line.
  Added option to use Machine carriage control for reports created by VVP.
  Changes the console interface from WTOR to "MSG partition|jobname,DATA=command", for VSE only.

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Release 2.0 Added support for LEXImate escape sequence.
  Added support for SCS Horizontial Tabs and Set Vertical Format.
Added support for a LPD server, MVS only.
  Added support to create variable length record from each VTAM RU (raw feature).
  Added support for Lexmark Barcode commands.
  Added description field for logical printers and name field for users.
  Added option for OMITFF (omit forms feed) at the logical printer level.
  Added support to create the report under the logical printer name.
  When VVP is terminated or the logical printer is closed,
the CICS CRE attribute is not lost.
  Added support to automatically establish sessions when VVP is started.
This feature removes the requirement that logical printers be defined to CICS.
  Added option to custom for PFKeys on VVP screens.

Release 1.3 Added support for additional Buffer Control Orders.
Added feature to segment the VVPLOG for MVS installations.
Added feature to automatically expand the VVP buffer pools.
Added menu system to better control the resources defined to VVP.
Added support for the SAF security interface for VSE installations.
Added option to allow the same user to logon multiple times.
Added feature to terminate a report after a specified number of idle seconds.
For MVS installations, the parameters specified on the JES OUTPUT card will override the parameters specified in the logical terminal entry.

Release 1.2 Support for Repeat to Address control code has been added.

Release 1.1 For MVS installations, the OUTPUT JCL statement is now supported. This allows additional parameters like PAGEDEF and/or FORMDEF to be attached to the report captured by VVP.
For MVS installations, corrects the problem with the year 2000 not recognized as a leap year.