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David GEST posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 15 April, 1998 at 08:55
Subject: Errors using the Implementation Toolset
It's the first time i use the Implementation Toolset for MVS.
I encounter a lot of problem but the IT dooesn't give many information.
For example, when i try to implement a server module it says to me that there
is bind problem but
there is nothing else.
Is there anybody can help me ?
I 'm looking for the best way to use the Implementation Toolset on MVS and the
way to fing errors when i try to generate a load. (compile errors, ...)
David
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Derrick Ackermann posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 15 April, 1998 at 08:55
Subject: Re: What are these .hlp files?
Can anyone please tell me about the encyclopedia help files referred to in the
previous posting? Are they the old Orchestra Series files which have been converted
to .hlp somewhere along the line, or do they get installed with the NT CSE?
We only have the toolset installed on NT (CSE is HP-UX) and these files are
not present. (This is Composer 4, not Cool:Gen).
Thanks
Derrick
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Steve posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 15 April, 1998 at 11:49
Subject: 'Warning' Exit States
I've got a slight problem with one of my windows which I hope someone can help
me with.
Should a certain set of circumstances arise, I want to display a message in
a 'Warning' box. So, I have set up the exit state message to execute when applicable.
However, no warning box appears when it should do. Instead, the exit state message
is displayed in the ERRMSG field that I've got at the bottom of the window,
which usually displays Help Descriptions and the like. But if I remove this
ERRMSG field and run it again, it works fine, ie - the message is displayed
in a 'Warning' Box.
Is there any way that I can keep the ERRMSG field, and still have my exit state
message being displayed in a 'Warning' Box.
We are using COOL:Gen on NT4.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Steve
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Samit Manjure posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 15 April, 1998 at 12:25
Subject: Re: Problems in using Cool:Gen online CICS transactions with HourGlass
product
Neil,
We have finally got successfull in using HourGlass with COOL:Gen 4.1. For this,
we have used the user exit TIRDATX, which has been originally supplied by Sterling
and then modified by CIRCLE software who are the UK distributor of HourGlass.
This modified version of TIRDATX needs to be passed through a CICS pre-processor
and then it has to be assembled and NCAL link-edited. Finally it has to be linked
with Sterling supplied module TIRDAT2C ( or TIRDAT2I for batch COOL:Gen code
).
The business application then needs to be reinstalled and that's it.
Hope you find this useful.
Samit
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Thorvald Aagaard posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 15 April, 1998 at 13:15
Subject: Re: Cool:Gen Debug 'Not Enough Memory'
Hi Caroline
A couple of years ago we had some problems with the debugger in TSO.
We found that the problems were caused by a product called PIE.
PIE is used to create multiple TSO-sessions.
Perhaps You could try to log on TSO directly from VTAM
Regards
Thorvalsd
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Patrick Evans posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 15 April, 1998 at 13:55
Subject: Re: Errors using the Implementation Toolset
The MVS IT has several limitation/restrictions probably the most serious is
that
it performs an exclusive lock on the PDS libraries it is using. Meaning that
for
pratical purposes only one person can be using it at a time.
For the bind errors, have you updated the supplied routines so they point to
the
right DB2 qualifier / DB2 subsystem etc. ?
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Chris Uttley posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 15 April, 1998 at 14:08
Subject: Re: TSN4119 PTF Alert !
You will note that Sterling has now DISABLED PTF TSN4119. For any of you that
have installed it, just restore the two files that the PTF replaced.
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Derrick Ackermann posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 15 April, 1998 at 14:28
Subject: Re: Composer 3/4 Support
We're currently on C4, and have not yet confirmed our upgrade plans. Although
we are hoping that we will make the Dec 1998 cutoff, we are concerned that this
timeframe does not leave us enough leeway to cope with (inevitable) changes
to our development schedule.
A later date would definitely be a much more acceptable to us; mid-1999 sounds
realistic.
You've got our vote!
Derrick
Safmarine
Cape Town
South Africa
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george simpson posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 15 April, 1998 at 15:21
Subject: Re: What are these .hlp files?
Howdy do there Derrick,
I learned a lot from this thread. Was quite suprised to find them there
myself, and I learned how to query the cse, when we get there. It appears
Orchestra has been replaced.
My floating points are fine, thanks to you and Karl Erik.
Am taking the liberty to mail you these guys in a zipped up format, from
our cool:gen 4.1a toolset install.
-george
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george simpson posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 15 April, 1998 at 15:52
Subject: Re: Composer 3/4 Support
Martin,
Don't want to wreck trains because of an upgrade eh ?
I heard of a similiar problem between Oracle and a railroad company
when they announced their plans on retiring O 7.3. I think they
made Oracle sign an agreement where by they would recieve support
for 2 extra years.
hth,
george
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David Mueller posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 15 April, 1998 at 17:30
Subject: Re: 'Warning' Exit States
Only Error Exit states are displayed as a message box when the message field
is on the window.
If you want to display a message either set the exitstate to error, or query
the exitstate in the cab/prad and use the messagebox function to display a message.
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Kishore posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 15 April, 1998 at 17:44
Subject: Batch Restartability
We are doing development in GUI using Cool: Gen. Database resides on the main
frame. Can somebody suggest me the methods of restartable logic ?
Thanks
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george simpson posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 15 April, 1998 at 23:09
Subject: Re: Batch Restartability
Hello Kishore,
I'm not sure I follow. If you need restartability for long running jobs,
you may want to consider not putting a window on it. Here's how we are
accomplishing restartablity here.
We have defined 3 tables step - desc step
Name Null? Type
------------------------------- -------- ----
STEP_SEQUENCE_NO NOT NULL NUMBER(3)
STEP_NAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(8)
DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(200)
COMMIT_POINT NUMBER(9)
CONTROL_FLAG_1 VARCHAR2(1)
CONTROL_FLAG_2 VARCHAR2(1)
CONTROL_FLAG_3 VARCHAR2(1)
CONTROL_DATE_1 DATE
CONTROL_DATE_2 DATE
EMAIL_IS VARCHAR2(50)
EMAIL_USER VARCHAR2(50)
EMAIL_OTHER VARCHAR2(50)
CONTROL_NUM_LONG1 NUMBER(9)
CONTROL_NUM_LONG2 NUMBER(9)
JOB_NAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(8)
SQL> desc step_execution
Name Null? Type
------------------------------- -------- ----
START_TIME DATE
END_TIME NOT NULL DATE
RECORDS_PROCESSED NUMBER(9)
TEXT_ID_1 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_2 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_3 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_4 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_5 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_6 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_7 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_8 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_9 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_10 VARCHAR2(25)
NUMERIC_ID_1 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_2 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_3 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_4 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_5 NUMBER(9)
DATE_TIME_ID_1 DATE
DATE_TIME_ID_2 DATE
DATE_TIME_ID_3 DATE
DECIMAL_1 NUMBER(18,9)
DECIMAL_2 NUMBER(18,9)
NUMBER_OF_INSERTS NUMBER(9)
NUMBER_OF_UPDATES NUMBER(9)
NUMBER_OF_DELETES NUMBER(9)
NO_NOT_PROCESSED NUMBER(9)
JOB_NAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(8)
STEP_SEQ_NO NOT NULL NUMBER(3)
DATE_ID_1 DATE
DATE_ID_2 DATE
DATE_ID_3 DATE
DATE_ID_4 DATE
DATE_ID_5 DATE
STEXESCHD_START_TS NOT NULL DATE
SQL> desc step_disposition
Name Null? Type
------------------------------- -------- ----
DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(200
SYSTEM_DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(200
RECORDS_PROCESSED NUMBER(9)
DATE_ID_1 DATE
DATE_ID_2 DATE
DATE_ID_3 DATE
DATE_ID_4 DATE
DATE_ID_5 DATE
TEXT_ID_1 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_2 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_3 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_4 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_5 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_6 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_7 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_8 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_9 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_10 VARCHAR2(25)
NUMERIC_ID_1 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_2 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_3 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_4 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_5 NUMBER(9)
DATE_TIME_ID_1 DATE
DATE_TIME_ID_2 DATE
DATE_TIME_ID_3 DATE
DECIMAL_1 NUMBER(18,9)
DECIMAL_2 NUMBER(18,9)
STEXESCHD_START_TS NOT NULL DATE
STEP_SEQ_NO NOT NULL NUMBER(3)
JOB_NAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(8)
STEP_DISP_POST_TS NOT NULL DATE
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george simpson posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 15 April, 1998 at 23:26
Subject: Re: Batch Restartability- second time lucky
Hello Kishore,
I'm not sure I follow. If you need restartability for long running jobs,
you may want to consider not putting a window on it. Here's how we are
accomplishing restartablity here.
We have defined 3 tables, a step has many execution's which may have a disposition.
What's in step are any inputs we want for the program (e.g. how often to commit).
What's in execution is the key of the last record commited,
statistics of the run and a history (meta data) of the program, so you can
say Select start_time, RECORDS_PROCESSED from execution order by 1 desc.
If it is a restart the ending timestamp there is still null....
What's in disposition is the key for a record which caused us to quit processing.
Our coders use varies slightly and sometimes a lot on how they use the table,
we're just providing a frame work for them to work. I assume your in MVS,
we're in UNIX, and Oracle, we put our batch jobs in a loop to restart
automatically if they get a deadlock or a snapshot to old, since those aren't
coding errors.
You used to be able to get a similiar template from T.I.
If you want an example program email me. What follows is our DDL.
hth,
george
desc step
Name Null? Type
------------------------------- -------- ----
STEP_SEQUENCE_NO NOT NULL NUMBER(3)
STEP_NAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(8)
DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(200)
COMMIT_POINT NUMBER(9)
CONTROL_FLAG_1 VARCHAR2(1)
CONTROL_FLAG_2 VARCHAR2(1)
CONTROL_FLAG_3 VARCHAR2(1)
CONTROL_DATE_1 DATE
CONTROL_DATE_2 DATE
EMAIL_IS VARCHAR2(50)
EMAIL_USER VARCHAR2(50)
EMAIL_OTHER VARCHAR2(50)
CONTROL_NUM_LONG1 NUMBER(9)
CONTROL_NUM_LONG2 NUMBER(9)
JOB_NAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(8)
desc step_execution
Name Null? Type
------------------------------- -------- ----
START_TIME DATE
END_TIME NOT NULL DATE
RECORDS_PROCESSED NUMBER(9)
TEXT_ID_1 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_2 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_3 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_4 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_5 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_6 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_7 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_8 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_9 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_10 VARCHAR2(25)
NUMERIC_ID_1 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_2 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_3 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_4 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_5 NUMBER(9)
DATE_TIME_ID_1 DATE
DATE_TIME_ID_2 DATE
DATE_TIME_ID_3 DATE
DECIMAL_1 NUMBER(18,9)
DECIMAL_2 NUMBER(18,9)
NUMBER_OF_INSERTS NUMBER(9)
NUMBER_OF_UPDATES NUMBER(9)
NUMBER_OF_DELETES NUMBER(9)
NO_NOT_PROCESSED NUMBER(9)
JOB_NAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(8)
STEP_SEQ_NO NOT NULL NUMBER(3)
DATE_ID_1 DATE
DATE_ID_2 DATE
DATE_ID_3 DATE
DATE_ID_4 DATE
DATE_ID_5 DATE
STEXESCHD_START_TS NOT NULL DATE
desc step_disposition
Name Null? Type
------------------------------- -------- ----
DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(200
SYSTEM_DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(200
RECORDS_PROCESSED NUMBER(9)
DATE_ID_1 DATE
DATE_ID_2 DATE
DATE_ID_3 DATE
DATE_ID_4 DATE
DATE_ID_5 DATE
TEXT_ID_1 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_2 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_3 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_4 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_5 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_6 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_7 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_8 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_9 VARCHAR2(25)
TEXT_ID_10 VARCHAR2(25)
NUMERIC_ID_1 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_2 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_3 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_4 NUMBER(9)
NUMERIC_ID_5 NUMBER(9)
DATE_TIME_ID_1 DATE
DATE_TIME_ID_2 DATE
DATE_TIME_ID_3 DATE
DECIMAL_1 NUMBER(18,9)
DECIMAL_2 NUMBER(18,9)
STEXESCHD_START_TS NOT NULL DATE
STEP_SEQ_NO NOT NULL NUMBER(3)
JOB_NAME NOT NULL VARCHAR2(8)
STEP_DISP_POST_TS NOT NULL DATE
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Murat Gungor posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 16 April, 1998 at 07:35
Subject: Re: Errors using the Implementation Toolset
Hi,
If you create an installation jcl from within IT/background utility and run
it giving your own clib name, it will run in background and produce all necessary
listings.
Best Wishes
Murat
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Dee Wauchope posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 16 April, 1998 at 10:11
Subject: Re: Composer 3/4 Support
Martin,
We're currently stabilised on C4. We evaluated C4.1a and found some problems
so
decided not to go with it. As C4.11 is a patch on C4.1a we again are not keen
on
migrating to that but instead favour going straight to C5 due out later this
year. Hopefully this version will prove stable when we evaluate it but, if
support for C4 ceases end of December, we could very well have problems migrating
all our apps in time. We would therefore also prefer to see support for C4
continuing into 1999.
Regards, Dee
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Caroline Slack posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 16 April, 1998 at 13:50
Subject: Re: Cool:Gen Debug 'Not Enough Memory'
Thorvalsd,
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it yesterday but I'm afraid I'm still getting
the same problem.
Caroline.
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Caroline Slack posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 16 April, 1998 at 13:56
Subject: Debugging Externals
When we try to debug any COBOL externals, we just abend. I have been told that
at this site they have never been able to debug the externals in the TSO debugging
environment. I'm sure people have told me they've done this before, what are
they missing?
Caroline.
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Caroline Slack posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 16 April, 1998 at 13:59
Subject: Re: XPEDITER abends.
We now use Xpediter to debug our externals and we call it by the IEF tran code
from the clear screen within Xpediter. I was just wondering if anyone knows
why everything is fine until we try to return to the IEF procedure and we then
get an abend.?
Caroline.
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John Lavender posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 16 April, 1998 at 14:53
Subject: Dodgy Funnel
Hope someone can help ?
We've been using a Composer 3.0 client server application on Windows NT 3.51
with various clients for some time now. However, after upgrading to
version 4.0 and trying to run the funnel and daemon 24 hours a day
we've hit some problems...
Periodically (every three to four days) response progressively deteriorates
until all the clients hang. The only way to restore service is to start
and stop the funnel, everything immediately returns to normal.
None of the limits set for the daemon and funnel using the registration
parameters are even close let alone exceeded. Level 15 traces of both the
daemon and funnel have (so far) revealed nothing.
Has anyone seen anything like this before ?
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Karl Erik Bergaust posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 16 April, 1998 at 15:47
Subject: Re: Dodgy Funnel
John,
Have never run the aefad/aefuf in production on NT, so we have no production
experience on NT-boxes.
If the lgxxxxx files and aestats gets huge fast (with defult trace), then usually
there is one client manager or aefcn connecting directly to the aefad.
When they do, things will get sloooooow and stop.
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george posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 16 April, 1998 at 16:13
Subject: Renoir: Impressions of an Age in Dallas on apr 26
if your in dallas a day early for the conference you can catch this
guy at the Kimbell Art Museum here in Fort Worth (www.kimbellmuseum.org)
i know pretty pathetic,, we americans don't get this stuff every day....
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Jeff Gordon posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 16 April, 1998 at 16:30
Subject: Enterprise Model - Current Thinking
I have recently taken a position as Data Architect in my company. I
inherited an Enterprise Model that was done about a year ago which is a
mix of current state, blue sky, and other weird things.
Since that time a couple of projects have been implemented and their models
are pretty stable. One of them would fit into a subject area in the ISP and
the other one needs to be broken apart to fit the ISP. In addition we are
probably going to embark on CBD soon (next 2 months) and I have gotten some
information about component catalog models etc. I also have been hearing
that the preceived value of an ISP has been going down and in fact TI/Sterling
doesn't even teach a class anymore.
Sorry of being long winded in my explanation - Here is my request:
How are people using Enterprise Models today? What is the current thinking
about the best way to represent the overall business in a model? What has
been working for people?
Thanks - Jeff Gordon
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Glenn Smyth posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 16 April, 1998 at 20:07
Subject: Re: Debugging Externals
If your COBOL EABs contain EXEC CICS statements and have therefore been run
through the CICS pre-compiler then they will not work under TSO, no way around
it (S0C1 abend). If they do not then they should work fine unchanged.
If the later is the case and they are still abending then there is something
wrong with the
set-up and I would need more information to track down the problem (could be
related to your memory problem).
Glenn
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Mark Gandolfo posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 17 April, 1998 at 02:33
Subject: Re: Composer 3/4 Support
Martin
We are currently upgrading from C3 to Coolgen 4.1a.
We are starting a new development life cycle with Coolgen 4.1a which
goes to production late Sept. 98.
We will have to support our current C3 production and maintenance
environment in parallel until then. Therefore the Dec 98 deadline
should not be an issue for us - although I think that to be fair
to its customers support should continue into 99 as you suggest.
Cheers
Mark
Coolgen Support - MICA Project
IBM Global Services Australia
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FABRIZIO COEREZZA posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 17 April, 1998 at 11:24
Subject: Re: Dynamic SQL
Boguslaw,
could you please send me more addictional info about what you have just done?
Thank you.
FABRIZIO COEREZZA
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Jean-Franois THILS posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 17 April, 1998 at 12:30
Subject: Re: Composer 3/4 Support
We are relatively new in using Composer/Cool products, so we only had one project
built with Composer 3.
We are migrating this project to Cool:Gen 4.1a, and we encountered some problems
(eg: different behaviour of some functions).
In my humble opinion, migrating is not just doing the upgrade of the model and
for that reason, I think it is not a professional behaviour to stop supporting
the old versions by the end of the year.
Jean-Franois THILS
Luxembourg
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Jayson deVries posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 17 April, 1998 at 20:12
Subject: Link Flows across Models
Has anyone been able to successfully link from a client transaction in one model
to a client transaction in another model? By this I mean, to be able to pass
views back and forth (i.e. I'm not interested in NEXTTRAN).
I am attempting to use the "gateway" approach. Basically, this is
where there is a common, no display transaction in the two models. These transactions
act as an intermediate stepping block for the link. When the "Requesting"
transaction links to the gateway, it thinks that it is linking to the gateway
transaction in its own model but it is actually linking to its identical-twin
transaction in the "Target" model (you've tricked it). Now we are
in the "Target" model it does what it came to do and it can return
on the same links flowing back through the gateway.
I've got the theory down . . I'm just looking for anyone who is successfully
implementing this process (i.e. is passing data back and forth). I'm having
problems with getting back (and passing data back) to the "Requesting"
model.
Thanks,
Jayson deVries
MCM Technology Inc.
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Kieran Branagan posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 19 April, 1998 at 09:35
Subject: Re: Performance problem with tird2dec
Hi George,
I cannot help you with this specific function but we have had performance issues
with one or two of the others in the past. So much so that we re-wrote them
as an EAB. Often these functions are fine online but cause problems with
large batch jobs. The difference can be in an order of magnitude rather than
a 2 or 3 times improvement.
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Kieran Branagan posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 19 April, 1998 at 09:45
Subject: Re: Converting Blockmode applications to GUI
Hi Andrew,
We undertook just such a conversion after purchasing a blockmode template.
Our target system was a distributed process CICS-DB2 servers with NT clients.
The originating system was 3270 CICS-DB2.
Most client server systems of this type end up transferring some of the intelligence
into the client and in addition are built around a particular GUI interface
style (usually developed as a prototype in advance). This means that the client
end involves a fair amount of effort.
In our situation the originating system was well structured with most of the
business logic in well defined action blocks. We simply through away the psteps
and re wrote them. On the server side this was relatively easily accomplished
and most of the effort went into the GUI interface design, building the clients
and testing.
However, it was not a quick exercise.
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Koen Mercken posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 19 April, 1998 at 20:19
Subject: Re: Link Flows across Models
Hello,
Today I'm a consultant at a 'CBD' site. Different projects deliver components
(as applications and/or operations) towards the Public Model.
Each application has an 'interface procedure step'. This is migrated to the
public model and further on to the other models (client model). Together with
this interface the packaging information is also a part of the aggregate set
to be
migrated.
This works fine, it's also farely easy to manage change because there's
no need for any tricks.
ps: All the models belong to the same family and they have the same business
system.
Succes !
Koen Mercken
Harmony Consult
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Predrag Jukic posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 20 April, 1998 at 06:45
Subject: Re: Converting Blockmode applications to GUI
Hi,
Do you have any figures?
- What was the size of the template (in Screens)?
- How many 3270 Screen have you guified?
- What's the average time you needed for the guification of one 3270 Screen?
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Tim posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 20 April, 1998 at 13:20
Subject: Re: Link Flows across Models
Yep we do this for cross component client to client flows. I will send you our
developers guide on exactly how we implement this.
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Andy Piper posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 20 April, 1998 at 15:43
Subject: Better data model display/layout
Composer 4 does not have a very good display when dealing with large data models
- for example there is no word wrap on entity names, relationship lines sometimes
do not appear and sometimes the data model layout with re-arrange itself after
the model is checked in/out of the host encyclopedia.
Have there been any improvements to the display in COOL: Gen, or are there any
workarounds to improve this? Alternatively, is there a 3rd party tool which
will "paint" a better data model on screen, preferably from a model
from the encyclopedia (perhaps using a checkout file).
Thanks for any help offered
Andy
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David Mueller posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 20 April, 1998 at 16:21
Subject: Re: Better data model display/layout
As far as I can see COOL:gen is the same.
Ever think of using COOL:biz/COOL:dat?
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Jayson deVries posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 20 April, 1998 at 18:06
Subject: Too many windows open on Win95 taskbar
I have an application built in C3 and running in both Win95 and NT3.51. The
problem I have is the number of windows that are left open once the user gets
deep into the application. As the user flows from window to window, deeper and
deeper in the hierarchy, there can be ten or more windows shown on the taskbar
in Windows95 (with only the current window active). We investigated limiting
some of the user's functionality (where they can flow and when) but it looks
like we're pretty much stuck with this hierarchy. Our performance is taking
quite a hit once there are a number of windows open and in memory. Even if the
application is packaged together (or in bigger chunks) the performance is improved
but each window is still displayed as a task in the Windows95 taskbar. From
a cosmetic perspective, can we somehow hide these windows on the taskbar?
My second question deals with the same problem but with a more direct approach.
There are times when we DO NOT need to flow back to SOME of the previous windows
but we still need to 'link' (we don't want to do a 'transfer') because we don't
want to lose ALL of the previous windows. For example:
Main Menu O--> Sub Menu O--> List Screen O--> Manage Screen
Once we get to the 'Manage Screen' we don't need the 'List Screen' or 'Sub Menu'
open . . . can we somehow kill these but still leave the 'Main Menu' alive?
Can we use NEXTTRAN in anyway?
Ideally, an MDI-type interface would be great . . is there a nice way to do
this in Cool:Gen?
Any thoughts and experiences in this area are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jayson deVries
MCM Technology Inc.
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James Vernon McCardle posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 20 April, 1998 at 20:46
Subject: Re: Too many windows open on Win95 taskbar
Are your Clients 32-bit running under WIN95?
If yes, there is a "bug" in one of the PTFs we applied to the Windows
95 runtime to correct a known problem. When we applied this PTF we noticed that
when a Composer 3 Client Manager and any Client load modules loaded, these were
taking 98+ % of the CPU. This caused us many headaches and severly affected
response time. We worked with Sterling for a fix to this "bug". They
recently found the problem and have issued a fix to correct it. It is a new
version of wrg530n.dll residing in the Client Manager directory. I just checked
and they have not issued a formal PTF. Please contact James Warren through Customer
Support for more details.
We found this out by applying a monitoring program to our WIN95 platforms, similar
to Task Manager for NT. This monitoring program is called wintop.exe and was
developed by Microsoft. Let me know if you want a copy and I will email it to
you.
Let me know if this is the cause of your problem.
Regards, Vernon
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James Vernon McCardle posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 20 April, 1998 at 20:54
Subject: Re: Composer 3/4 Support
GTE has also voiced a concern with ending support for Composer 3/4. We have
Client/Server apps running on various UNIX Servers. We share these Servers with
other non-Composer applications. When we have to change the version of the OS
or ORACLE, it is not a trivia event. A lot of coordination is involved. Unfortunately,
all vendors do not operate under the same calendar.
I too agree Sterling should extend the support.
Regards, Vernon
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Kevin Bingham posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 21 April, 1998 at 09:10
Subject: Re: Better data model display/layout
Hi,
I was visiting the Cool Support site yesterday and came across ptf TSN4122
for Coolgen 4.1a on Win95 or WinNT. It has the following info:
Problem: 10059404
Long Entity names in the Data Model are no longer wrapping across multiple
lines.
Resoultion:
the line will now be wrapped onto a subsequent line within the box displaying
the entity name. If there is not room for an additional line within the box,
the
last character of the last placed line will be replaced by a ">".
As I see it, this is a part solution to your query.
Regards
Kevin Bingham
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Doug Michael posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 21 April, 1998 at 09:42
Subject: Re: Too many windows open on Win95 taskbar
Jayson,
I don't think you can do any of what you want directly with C3. C4 and Coolgen
as I'm sure you know offer a lot more than C3 via OLE and the Windows API but
you still can't do all of what you are asking. Nevertheless, to do any fancy
GUI stuff you really need to upgrade or get heavily into EABs. Here are a few
points which may be of interest, all apply to C4/Coolgen...
1. You can't kill any windows you need to link back through, but you can hide
them by setting their Visible properties to False. Or a better way might be
to return on the links all the way back to your main menu before then flowing
to the target window - then the intermediate windows would be closed, not hidden.
2. You can't easily stop visible windows appearing on the taskbar. It can be
done but the only way we have managed to do it requires a) an edit (albeit a
very simple one) to the Coolgen-generated .RC file for the client load module
followed by b) a WinFun call in your action diagram logic (WinFun being a 3rd
party action-diagram add-in for GUI enhancement and desktop integration sold
by us).
3. Coolgen doesn't support MDI as yet but you can create an MDI-like interface
with the help of WinFun.
Hope this helps
Doug Michael
Rainier Software
http://www.rainier.co.uk
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Andy Piper posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 21 April, 1998 at 09:47
Subject: Re: Better data model display/layout
I've had a quick look at Sterling's site for info on COOL: biz but, apart from
the fact that their links are broken, there doesn't seem to be much about the
display side of things. Also, I was under the impression that it is an Analysis
tool and that the models it creates will not translate completely into Composer
/ COOL: Gen.
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Andy Piper posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 21 April, 1998 at 09:54
Subject: Re: Better data model display/layout
Thanks for pointing this out Kevin. At present we are using Composer 4, not
4.1a, but this would certainly seem to address one of the concerns (namely the
lack of word wrap). However the other problems, particularly the tendency for
models to rearrange themselves, are a bit more annoying!
Cheers
Andy
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Mike Neff posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 21 April, 1998 at 13:37
Subject: Re: Better data model display/layout
The minor fix for wrapping long entity names (Gen 4.1a)is just that: MINOR.
IEF/Composer/COOL has traditionally focused on code generation and cross-platform
support goals over usability or presentation quality. But we who build systems
would also like to work with tools that meet our usability needs. Maybe Gen
4.2
will improve usability, but don't count on it.
We use the Scoped Data Modeling tool to layout smaller models or subject areas.
This tool will also show that attribute names. Perhaps its best feature is that
it does not rearrange your model after a check-in/out. Drawbacks: we have many
subject areas with can't be shown on this type of model.
Another workaround is to export the data model to another tool like ERwin.
Enjoy
Mike
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Jayson deVries posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 21 April, 1998 at 14:32
Subject: Re: Link Flows across Models
I got it working . . it turns out that there was nothing wrong with my application,
there was a problem with my runtime environment. I applied a new PTF and everything
is working great.
Thanks for your input,
Jayson deVries
MCM Technology Inc.
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george simpson posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 21 April, 1998 at 19:40
Subject: Re: Dodgy Funnel
John,
I think, we experience the same thing here, in AIX. We have found in our
battle against this guy that the funnel would eventually free itself up !!
We had a developer assigned at Sterling to it, but he changed careers of
all things.... We have found that our ascend switch ports reveal the
problem the most,,, but are certain that it occurs else where,, just not
as much. If this is the same bug, recyling the whole shooting match will
increase your MTF (mean time to failure), but you'll still get the hangs.
Last week we had a funnel lock right after a recycle !!
Let me know if there is anything we can do,,, if we have the same bug
we've been battling this thing for almost a year now,, and would really
like to resolve it.
-george
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Darius Panahy posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 21 April, 1998 at 21:24
Subject: Re: Converting Blockmode applications to GUI
We have successfully added a GUI interface to our GuardIEn configuration management
tool and IRIS reporting product. We retained the block mode interface and added
a distributed process client/server interface as an additional option.
The conversion went very smoothly. The database design was unchanged, and most
of the logic in called action blocks also remained unchanged. After considering
the various options, we decided to design the clients and servers to best achieve
a good GUI c/s design rather than try and force the 3270 design into c/s since
we felt that the end result (in terms of dialog structure and presentation)
would not be the best GUI design.
We built some prototype GUI procedures for clients and servers, and decided
what infrastructure changes would be required for c/s, for example user validation,
exit state handling, reporting, error handling, etc. These then became standard
templates and used as the starting point for the GUI procedure steps. The application
logic was then cross copied from the 3270 proc step into the client or server
as appropriate.
We managed to achieve a conversion of 4 procedure steps/day for simple data
maintenance to 2-3 days for complex transactions. We did this with Composer
3 and tried to stay within the capabilities of the tool, ie, did not resort
to using complex EABs to perform GUI functions.
The original GuardIEn block-mode system is 120 on-line and 15 batch procedure
steps.
Hope this helps.
Darius
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David posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 22 April, 1998 at 07:04
Subject: Re: Link Flows across Models
Hi Tim,
How's it going?
Could you send the DG to me as well pretty please.
One of the guys here has just encountered what sounds like the same problem.
Probably view matching but I'd like to check and see if we're doing something
wrong or different.
take care
David.
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John Lavender posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 22 April, 1998 at 10:00
Subject: Re: Dodgy Funnel
Thanks to George and Karl for their suggestions.
Because it's causing us so much grief we've decided to :
1. Change the daemon port (just in case Karl....)
2. Install a second daemon and funnel to give us some
resilience and to seperate intranet users.
3. If 1 and 2 don't help we're going to stop and start the
services each night while SSw investigate further.
Implemented 1 and 2, we've had uninterupted service for 3 days now, fingers
crossed.
I'll keep you posted.
Regards,
John.
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Thomas Andersen posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 22 April, 1998 at 11:17
Subject: Re: automated setup of Composer3 on WinNT-4.0
About Composer 3...
Here at Maersk Data we found out that Composer 3 does not really need the registry
entries... We have simply copied the files and set up the environment..
We have not experienced any problems whatsoever with this setup....
Currently I have made an automated CoolGen 4.1a setup for NT... That one was
a bit more tricky though... I seem to have it working now... At least no one
has reported any problems related to the installation of Cool... But again Like
with Composer 3 I patch the registry copy files and set environment vars automatic...
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Kevin Bingham posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 23 April, 1998 at 09:46
Subject: The IEFMDDIR env var in Unix
Hi
I am trying to find out what parts of the CSE environment use the IEFMDDIR
environment variable. So far, I know that it is the root directory for the
user directories where temporary tran files are places during seamless uploads
and downloads. Is there anything else that it is used for?
Thanks
Kevin
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Mike Scott posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 23 April, 1998 at 13:13
Subject: Re: Enterprise Model - Current Thinking
Hi Jeff,
This may not be current thinking - it is just my observations.
I have been talking to a number of people about CBD over the last couple of
years or so. The general consensus seems to be that you need an enterprise component
model at some stage. Most people also seem to agree that you do not need to
do a 'traditional' two year ISP to get it. The current sound bite is 'just enough
architecture'. To me this seems to say identify the sort of things your enterprise
is concerned about but do not try to analyse them. The detail of the architecture
can be fleshed out when you want to build applications. The architecture will
change as you develop or buy in components anyway.
Regards,
Mike
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Kishore posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 23 April, 1998 at 14:31
Subject: clear screen input
Has anybody used the utility Clear Screen Input in any version of the IEF/Composer/Coolgen
?
If so, i want to know how it is defined in the procedure and how it is executed.
I am also interested as how in can be executed in JCL environment.
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Richard Ovenden posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 23 April, 1998 at 14:45
Subject: Re: Composer 3/4 Support
Martin,
I had a meeting with our SSw support rep (Mike Cook) in February, the minutes
of the meeting state that Mike said support end dates for C3/C4 have been
withdrawn and he was actioned to get a statements from Mark Griffiths and/or
Graham Utton. We are still waiting for the statement. He also said that as
GCA dates slip for C5 support for C3/4 would equally move on. The Post Office
would require support of C4 for 12 months from C5 GCA. As use of the tool
grows so does the task of moving projects on.
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David Mueller posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 23 April, 1998 at 15:44
Subject: Re: clear screen input
It's been a while since I've done this so I might be a bit rusty.
So here goes...
Clear screen inputs are used to pass values into the procedure step as it is
being started.
The clear screen inputs are assigned within Dialog Design, Select the procedure(step)
you require, selecte Menu DETAIL,CLEAR SCREEN.
Add the import attributes that you want to the list by selecting menu EDIT,
ADD IMPORT.
E.g.
__________________________________________________________________________________
Clear screen without user input
executes the procedure step
Clear screen with user input
I_SELECTED PRICE IDENTIFIER
I_SELECTED CUSTOMER NAME
_________________________________________________________________________________
You can assign key names to your imports by selecting the import and selecting
KEYWORD from the EDIT menu.
Eg.
_________________________________________________________________________________
Clear screen without user input
executes the procedure step
Clear screen with user input
I_SELECTED PRICE IDENTIFIER
Keyword is IDENTIFIER
I_SELECTED CUSTOMER NAME
Keyword is NAME
__________________________________________________________________________________
If you don't add keywords the application is started:
LOADMODULE TRANCODE valueforimport1,valueforimport2
and if you have keywords
LOADMODULE TRANCODE NAME'value',IDENTIFIER'value'
I hope that helps you.
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Pallab Sanyal posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 23 April, 1998 at 19:43
Subject: server specs
Hi ,
Can somebody send me a template spec. for server procedures ( to be coded using
IEF ) ???
thanks & regards
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Kishore posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 23 April, 1998 at 23:26
Subject: Re: clear screen input
Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
I just followed the same steps.
But still i am not receving the values into the procedure which i have passed
as a parmeter to the program.
I have also checked the delimiters for the bussiness system.
Can U please check on this ?
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Phil Clarke posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 24 April, 1998 at 07:32
Subject: Testing with Data Composer
I can recommend Data Composer for efficient generation of realistic test data.
This is the latest Composer/COOL:Gen product from Canam Software Labs, Inc.
Visit their booth at the Sterling Conference, or check out their Web Site:
http://www.canamsoftware.com/
Phil Clarke
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Keith Taylor posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 24 April, 1998 at 14:17
Subject: Re: IEF Edit Pattern Error Appear once or twice
We have a ticket and an issue on this with Sterling. We have C4.1A/NT4.0. Our
occurs when we use MSGBOX function in an change event in conjuction with a MAKE
field ERROR statement. Instead of the MAKE ERROR statement, try using the MAKE
field RED containing cursor.
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Marie-Agnes Pilon posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 24 April, 1998 at 16:17
Subject: C++ externals targeting Oracle 7.3
I have recently converted a model to Cool:gen. I saw in dome of the archive
of the BBS that there were some talks about externals.
So far my externals targeting Oracle are not working. They all worked properly
using Composer 3 and Microsoft C++ 2.0.
When executing my external I get a return code of SQL -02115: Code interpretation
problem -- Check COMMON_NAME usage. Both my external and Cool:gen procedure
compile and link successfully.
I have opened a ticket with Sterling however so far no answer has come.
I am using Microsoft C++ version 5.0
If you have inofrmation or ideas, I am open for any insights and placess to
look.
Thank you
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Miae Lee posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 24 April, 1998 at 17:33
Subject: Using ADO in Cool:Gen
I am trying to use ADO object to connect to SQL server which is used by other
system to retreive certain information to our Oracle database. I know I can
do this in Visual Basic, however, I am trying to make it work in Cool:Gen using
createobject and bring in right method. I am able to get the ADODB.Recordset
object handler, however, I cannot find the method called "OPEN". If
anybody tries this in Cool:Gen and make it work, please let me know. Thank you.
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Miae Lee posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 24 April, 1998 at 20:59
Subject: Using DAO.35 in Cool:Gen
I am trying to figure out what are the files and how to deploy DAO version 3.5
with COOL:Gen application. I read the Set up instructions came with Visual C++
and followed that instructions, COOL:Gen application still cannot find the DAO.35
and do not return the handler value (it returns 0). I created a small application
using Visual Basic 5.0 to do the same thing which accessing MS ACCESS database
using DAO.35 and displays the data to the window. Created the setup diskettes
using VB SETUP Wizard, and test that application in the same machine. The Visual
Basic application runs without problem, however, the COOL:Gen still doest not
find the DAO 35 handler. Checked the registry and it seems OK. What can be the
problem? My development workstation did not work until I installed the Visual
Basic 5.0. (I hope that I do not need to install Visual Basic to every user's
workstation to make it work.) Please let me know if anybody knows how to solve
this problem. I already conta!
cted the Sterling Software Hot Line and waited for almost 3 weeks.
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boni l. david posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 27 April, 1998 at 06:29
Subject: Re: IEF Edit Pattern Error Appear once or twice
Thank you very much Keith. We will do your suggestion.
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Britt-Marie Kronfjall posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 27 April, 1998 at 08:06
Subject: Re: clear screen input
Hi,
Are you trying to do this with a Batch Pstep?
Clear screen input does not work for batch. It only works for online Psteps.
The only way I can think of to pass parameters to a Batch Pstep is through
an EAB, i.e. put the parameters in a file and have the EAB read the file.
Regards
Britt-Marie
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John Lavender posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 27 April, 1998 at 10:16
Subject: Re: Dodgy Funnel
George,
Latest here is that SSw have identified a possible problem with the funnel.
This appears when a heavy work request coincides with 60+ connections. Our last
lock up was on 67 connections.
Further investigation showed that if client machines are switched off without
closing Client Manager, the connection remains. If the same client restarts,
it opens a new connection.
This perhaps explains the cumulative nature of our problem, but doesn't explain
your immediate lock up. We're putting a scheduled funnel restart in overnight
to
clean up the connections, while SSw work on a solution.
John.
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Patrick Hahn posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 27 April, 1998 at 13:42
Subject: Re: clear screen input
I too tried 'Clear Screen Input' for C4.1a/NT4.0 by following the instructions,
and had not the desired result!
Whatever I type as ClearScreenInputs in BuildTool or as 2nd parameter
(the first is for trancode) in a commandline,
the first word of it is passed to COMMAND, the rest is ignored.
But COMMAND can contain 80 characters, and I can enclose the ClearScreenInputs
of BuildTool or the 2nd parameter from commandline into quotes,
thus the whole string is passed to COMMAND.
Next, I would parse COMMAND with normal PseudoCode to fill my input views.
I do not know whether a COMMAND can be passed to a Batch procedure (JCL).
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David GEST posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 27 April, 1998 at 16:41
Subject: Getting the exit state value
I' heard about some external action block in cobol which it translates
the current exit state (value, type, description) in a work set.
I have this specific need because i have some process on mvs which they need
to send some message in case of errors. Of course i don't want to code a case
of exit state
for this purpose.
Is there anybody know something about some external action block to get
the current exit state ?
Best Regards
David
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Anthony Megie posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 27 April, 1998 at 18:37
Subject: COOL:Gen GUI/Client-Server and Block Mode Conversion
Hi,
Can someone give me advise on a conversion issue. We recently converted our
Legacy systems to COOL:Gen GUI/Client-Server in a CICS/DB2 environment. We have
one application still remaining to complete our conversion. This is an application
written in Native CICS/IDMS. In this Legacy application, 3270 Terminals are
used to update IDMS via CICS we then have to migrate the changes to our NEW
DB2 database. This application will continue for about 6 months or so until
we upgrade the OLD Hardware with NEW Hardware to utilize or new system. In the
mean time we have to keep this application going by migrating the changes from
our OLD System IDMS database to our New System DB2 database. This is a long
and tedious process (over our network) that does not work very well. We have
been considering the following temporary solutions (until the hardware for this
last application is upgraded). They are as follows:
Option I. Duplicate this last Legacy application by creating a Block Mode application
in our New Environment (To update our DB2 Database).
Option II. Change our Old CICS/IDMS application to Update DB2 also.
Which option do you think is better or is there something I've overlooked?
I know COOL:Gen (Block Mode & Gui/Client-Server) and Native CICS/DB2 but not
IDMS. How difficult would it be to update the Native CICS/IDMS system to update
DB2 (Option II)? Or is it better to just incorporate a BLOCK MODE application
into our existing COOL:Gen GUI/Client-Server environment until we upgrade the
hardware for the Old System (Option I)? Any help/experience on this would be
greatly appreciated.
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Tor Jacobsen posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 27 April, 1998 at 18:58
Subject: Re: Getting the exit state value
Hi.
First of all you will have to define the exit state variables as a work attribute
set:
OBJECT_ID NUMBER 8, MSG_TEXT CHAR(80), ROLLBACK CHAR (1), MESSAGE_TYPE(1).
Define en external action block with this view as import(if you are going to
set the exit state) or export (if you are fetching it).
Specify high performance view passing. This will generate a definition of COLL:gen's
communication area. Here you will find the following fields:
PSMGR-EXIT-STATE (object id of the exit state), PSMGR-EXIT-INFOMSG (Message
text), furter down: PSMGR-EXIT-MSGTYPE and PSMGR-ROLLBACK-RQSTED.
Again, depending of whether you are fetching or setting the exit-state, yo move
data from psmgr-fields to the view, or the other way.
Regards Tor
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Marie-Agnes PIlon posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 27 April, 1998 at 19:01
Subject: Re: C++ externals targeting Oracle 7.3
Problem resided with exec include SQLCA being commented out and the actual sqlca
definition being hard coded.
Used the exec include and everything worked find.
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Chris Uttley posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 27 April, 1998 at 21:55
Subject: Re: clear screen input
Rather than a file, you could also put the parameters in a table. Just define
the entity/data record in Composer and then read it in.............
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Kishore posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 28 April, 1998 at 14:14
Subject: Re: clear screen input
My requirement is if i give a runtime account number along with the executable,
a list box on the window should be populated with the details of the account
number.
This number i cannot store it in a flat file or in a table cos this might vary
randomly and it depend on the user as which account he wants to look into
Thanks
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Tatiana posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 28 April, 1998 at 14:38
Subject: IMS 4.0 with IEF 5.0
Is there any problem using the IMS version 4 with IEF 5.0?
Has anyone tested it?
Thanks,
Tatiana
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Britt-Marie Kronfjall posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 28 April, 1998 at 16:36
Subject: Re: clear screen input
Hi
I am afraid that the clear screen input option is only available for
procedure steps with screens (i.e. not for batch psteps or windowed psteps).
(See online help for clear screen input.) Can't you build a window with one
input field (the account no) and have the user input the account no there before
the pstep is invoked?
Regards
Britt-Marie
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Marie-Agnes Pilon posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 28 April, 1998 at 17:48
Subject: Re: Testing applications and components (cool:Gen)
For client server application, my previous account used a tool called SQA Robot.
This tool will record all your test cases and then you can run them. It gives
you a result of pass or fail, plus it will tell you any difference found between
the recorded test cases and the application you are testing. This will work
with any type of Windows application. The great thing about SQA Robot is that
if you make changes to your program and the test results for before and after
should be the same, you can just rerun the test cases you recorded before. It
also provides a go benchmark and documentation to test your application or system.
In my present account, we use test databases that mirror the productive environment.
If the database need to be changed, we make are changes on the test database
server and connect to it will running our applications. If all tests are successful,
we make the changes to the productive environment and promote the application.
We use the check-in Check-out to make modification to the applications.
Also I have the Cool:gen trace facility easier to use then the prior versions.
It has serve me well to verify value from my On-line and Batch application.
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Caroline Slack posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 28 April, 1998 at 19:07
Subject: Foreign ABs with Debug..
Can foreign action blocks only be generated with debug for TSOD from their 'home'
business system?
If this is true we have some big trouble because somone seems to have deleted
some foreign ABs from their Business System which are being referenced elsewhere
and now we can't get them into debug.
Any suggestions?
Caroline.
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Angela Farley posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 29 April, 1998 at 16:53
Subject: Access to Committee Messages
Access to committee messages required.
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raymond ip posted the following article on the ISSUG Bulletin Board
Dated : 30 April, 1998 at 03:44
Subject: Enhanced Security of Client/Server
Hi,
Are there any existing users deploying the enhanced security feature in a
client/Server environment ? My scenario is that the frontend - Windows NT
3.5.1, Commbridge - Windows NT 3.5.1 and SNA Server and the backend -
IBM/MVS (via LU6.2).
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