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I am pleased to announce the following ISPF (ISPF-like product from Wally Mclaughlin) add-on updates.? Below are highlights and links:

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1. VSI (VSAM Information) add-on displays VSAM file information on one screen. VSI is a transformation of VI (CBT File #137) originally authored by Steve Kleeves as a ISPF/REXX solution by ‘scraping’ a LISTCAT report. VSI is rewritten using CLIST and ISPF services from ISPF 2.2 (Wally Mclaughlin’s ISPF-like product). This function will be used as a selection code from the DVTOC VTOC Entries screen. ?See post for more details, download link, and information on accessing a demo version from your 3270 emulator.
   
   
   
2. CPRT36 (Hardcopy Utility) add-on provides a simple and elementary batch (using IEBGENER) or foreground (using PRINTOFF) dataset printing function.? It ?enables the currently inactive option 3.6 on ISPF 2.2. ?See post for more details, download link, and information on accessing a demo version from your 3270 emulator.
   
   
   
3. DVTOC (Display VTOC Entries) add-on underwent maintenance to ensure all working-storage (GETMAIN storage) was initialized and utilized accordingly per ?RENT,REUS attributes.? Other modifications included capturing all DVTOC requests to ISPF log (via CLOGIT) , content updates to help / tutorials panels and adding two new selection codes to the DVTOC VTOC Entries dataset list (L – listcat ?and VI – VSAM information). ?See post for more details, download link, and information on accessing a demo version from your 3270 emulator.
   
   
   
4. DALCDS (Display Allocations) add-on underwent a minor modification to correct resetting of DD and DSN counters display on the status line of the results display screen and ensure proper use of working-storage (GETMAIN storage) per RENT,REUS attributes.? Help and tutorial content was updated accordingly. ?See post for more details, download link, and information on accessing a demo version from your 3270 emulator.
   
   
   
5. The ISPF 2.2 primary menu has an inactive option T (Tutorial) – Display Information about ISPF.? To fill this gap, using the ISPF 2.2 primary option menu as a tutorial guide, I created a ISPF Tutorial set assembled from ISPF 2.2 content (provided in Wally’s ISPF distribution) along with REVIEW content (from Greg Price’s Z/OS panels) resulting in a foundational ISPF tutorial!? Some of the options are shell panels.? This tutorial is a starting-point and will be incrementally augmented over time. ?See post for more details, download link, and information on accessing a demo version from your 3270 emulator.
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The above add-ons include installation JCL requiring adjustments based on your MVS 3.8J system (e.g. TK3, TK4- or TK5).

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For all add-ons, please review the readme.txt file and satisfy all pre-reqs before attempting to use.

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While corresponding recently with Rob Prins, some of the above add-ons will be included in the upcoming release update of TK5.

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As always, your feedback is welcomed.?

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Enjoy!!!

Larry Belmontes

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