VTAM Virtual Printer 2.1.13 Release Notes

Released On: 12/04/2008

• 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.