{"id":45,"category_id":8,"slug":"morning-news","type":null,"name":"Morning News","code":"NWS","content":"<p><strong>Send company or departmental news<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>CICS\/Morning News<\/strong> allows you to broadcast <strong>news<\/strong>&nbsp;to all or selected CICS users when they logon to the region or after they sign on to CICS. News is also available throughout the day by entering a CICS transaction.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n <li>News can be generated for broadcast to all CICS users, to selected groups or to individuals on one or more CICS regions.<\/li>\r\n <li>News can be directed to CICS users by operator id, terminal id, netname or user id. Only those authorized can generate news.<\/li>\r\n <li>The entered starting date, ending date and time determine when the news item is in effect.&nbsp; It can be displayed the first time or every time a user logs on.<\/li>\r\n <li>The most current news is always displayed first, but the user is then free to browse forward or backward chronologically through unexpired news he is authorized to read.<\/li>\r\n <li>A reader can go directly to news for a specified date, or to the oldest or newest (most current) news.<\/li>\r\n <li>A program or transaction of your choosing can be started after the news is read.<\/li>\r\n <li><strong>CICS\/Morning News<\/strong> help screens are available throughout the system whether creating, changing or just reading news.<\/li>\r\n <li>A batch program is included to delete news based on age, or print selected news.<\/li>\r\n <li>User group lists can be shared between MacKinney Systems CICS\/Message and CICS\/Morning News. CICS\/Message messages can be automatically sent to Morning News.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/accounts\/register.html\"><br>\r\n<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>","summary":"","featured":0,"status":1,"passwords":1,"extended_info":"0","deleted_at":null,"created_at":"2017-11-14T23:21:27.000000Z","updated_at":"2017-12-02T02:39:18.000000Z","sorted_releases":[{"id":987,"parent_id":null,"product_id":45,"release":"3.3","notes":"<p>Enhancements:<\/p><ul>  <li>Uses our new MacKinney License Keys administration,      including News license key information on a couple of CICS Morning News      Administration screens.\r\n  <\/li><li>Added support for dynamic update of our shared MSXGCF$      file on News Administrative screens.&nbsp; This allows better sharing of      the MSXGCF$ file with Message 5.5, and other new product releases that use      this file.  <\/li><li>Added new file NWSLOGF, used when installation option \u201cNew Items Only\u201d is Y (Display new items only after sign-on).&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\r\n","released_on":"2024-12-18T22:05:50.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":1026,"parent_id":987,"product_id":45,"release":"3.3.01","notes":"<p>Enhancements:<\/p><ul><li>Uses MLK 3.0.06 license key verification program (MLPVFY)<\/li><li>Fixes an error message text.<\/li><\/ul><p><\/p>","released_on":"2025-10-31T18:53:30.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":312,"parent_id":null,"product_id":45,"release":"3.2","notes":"\n<p>Uses new MSPVER password routine, and 3.1.xx maintenance<\/p>\n","released_on":"2009-08-25T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":774,"parent_id":312,"product_id":45,"release":"3.2.10","notes":"<p>Added minor fixes and enhancements, including allowing mixed-case News, even when the user\u2019s terminal definition has UCTRAN YES.<\/p>","released_on":"2018-04-25T16:40:35.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":48,"parent_id":null,"product_id":45,"release":"3.1","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Support for CICS Transaction Server for VSE 1.1 and above has been added.<\/li>\n <li>Support for CICS\/VSE releases prior to 2.3 and CICS\/MVS releases prior to 4.1 has been dropped.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2000-02-24T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":49,"parent_id":null,"product_id":45,"release":"3.0","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>CICS\/Morning News is year 2000 compatible beginning with release 3.0.<\/li>\r\n <li>Release time can be specified to determine when a news item is available for viewing.<\/li>\r\n <li>Priority can be assigned to each news item.<\/li>\r\n <li>Userids and\/or Opid can be specified in the exclusion list.<\/li>\r\n <li>(Optional) The exclusion list can only be used during the signon process.<\/li>\r\n <li>The Signon program has been enhanced for compatibility with CICS 4.1 and up.<\/li>\r\n <li>(Optional) Added the feature to only view the news items created or changed since the last time the user accessed the news system via the signon process.<\/li>\r\n <li>Provided a new program as the ACF2 appendage program.<\/li>\r\n <li>An API has been made available to add news items from a CICS program.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"1998-01-30T00:48:35.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]}],"releases":[{"id":48,"parent_id":null,"product_id":45,"release":"3.1","notes":"\n<ul>\n <li>Support for CICS Transaction Server for VSE 1.1 and above has been added.<\/li>\n <li>Support for CICS\/VSE releases prior to 2.3 and CICS\/MVS releases prior to 4.1 has been dropped.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","released_on":"2000-02-24T23:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":49,"parent_id":null,"product_id":45,"release":"3.0","notes":"<ul>\r\n <li>CICS\/Morning News is year 2000 compatible beginning with release 3.0.<\/li>\r\n <li>Release time can be specified to determine when a news item is available for viewing.<\/li>\r\n <li>Priority can be assigned to each news item.<\/li>\r\n <li>Userids and\/or Opid can be specified in the exclusion list.<\/li>\r\n <li>(Optional) The exclusion list can only be used during the signon process.<\/li>\r\n <li>The Signon program has been enhanced for compatibility with CICS 4.1 and up.<\/li>\r\n <li>(Optional) Added the feature to only view the news items created or changed since the last time the user accessed the news system via the signon process.<\/li>\r\n <li>Provided a new program as the ACF2 appendage program.<\/li>\r\n <li>An API has been made available to add news items from a CICS program.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","released_on":"1998-01-30T00:48:35.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[]},{"id":312,"parent_id":null,"product_id":45,"release":"3.2","notes":"\n<p>Uses new MSPVER password routine, and 3.1.xx maintenance<\/p>\n","released_on":"2009-08-25T21:21:27.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":774,"parent_id":312,"product_id":45,"release":"3.2.10","notes":"<p>Added minor fixes and enhancements, including allowing mixed-case News, even when the user\u2019s terminal definition has UCTRAN YES.<\/p>","released_on":"2018-04-25T16:40:35.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]},{"id":987,"parent_id":null,"product_id":45,"release":"3.3","notes":"<p>Enhancements:<\/p><ul>  <li>Uses our new MacKinney License Keys administration,      including News license key information on a couple of CICS Morning News      Administration screens.\r\n  <\/li><li>Added support for dynamic update of our shared MSXGCF$      file on News Administrative screens.&nbsp; This allows better sharing of      the MSXGCF$ file with Message 5.5, and other new product releases that use      this file.  <\/li><li>Added new file NWSLOGF, used when installation option \u201cNew Items Only\u201d is Y (Display new items only after sign-on).&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\r\n","released_on":"2024-12-18T22:05:50.000000Z","deleted_at":null,"children":[{"id":1026,"parent_id":987,"product_id":45,"release":"3.3.01","notes":"<p>Enhancements:<\/p><ul><li>Uses MLK 3.0.06 license key verification program (MLPVFY)<\/li><li>Fixes an error message text.<\/li><\/ul><p><\/p>","released_on":"2025-10-31T18:53:30.000000Z","deleted_at":null}]}]}