OS/390 and z/OS Freeware
by Lionel B. Dyck
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Welcome to my website which I've dedicated to making available to the 'world' software that I've written over the years. Here you will find XMITIP, the OS/390 and z/OS E-Mail application (on the TCP/IP Tools page) and many other tools for OS/390 and z/OS. These tools are primarily written in REXX with a few Assembler programs.
My name is Lionel B. Dyck and I've been in systems programming since 1972 (starting with MVT 21.6 - remember IBM APARs delivered on punch cards) and have developed a number of tools over the years. I've created this site to (1) share useful code that I've developed and (2) to return a little back to the community of mainframe systems programmers from whom I've learned so much. I've gleaned code and knowledge from the MVT Tools Tapes (remember the Blue Berets?) to the current CBT Tape and a wealth of Web Sites. I hope my contributions here are helpful to others.
Note: I am no longer actively developing but I will occasionally update a file when I receive bug reports or suggestions and find the time to implement the updates.
These files are being made available (without any warranty or guarantee). The software was working when it was uploaded and the author accepts bug reports, suggestions, comments, and occasional complaints.
You can read occasional articles that I write in the
NaSPA Technical Support magazine
(note you will have to register to access the
publications/articles from what I can see).
If you are really adventurous you can check out my beta page - last updated >>>
11/05/07 <<<.
Site Change History
| 04/12/2008 | Update to CSVEDIT version 1.1 package was updated some new capability and updated users guide (thanks to RickTurnbull) |
| 04/11/2008 | Update to XMITIP version 08.04 package was updated with several minor bug fixes |
| 04/09/2008 | Update to CSVEDIT version 1.1 package was updated some new capability |
| 02/23/2008 | Update to XMITIP version 08.02 package was updated with several minor bug fixes |
| 01/25/2008 | Update to XMITIP version 08.01 package was updated with an update to TXT2RTF to remove an extraneous trace statement. The Users Guide was updated to correct a missing tag in the table of contents for an example. |
| 01/17/2008 | Update
to XMITIP to
version 08.01 (new versioning system) with
enhanced NLS capabilities.
See the overview for the
details. The Users Guide and
Installation Guide have also
been updated. Addition of new TXT2CSV version 0.02 (Text to CSV) |
| 12/09/2007 | Update to CAVXTRT 1.25 with support for CA-View Release 11 included. |
| 11/12/2007 | Update to TXT2HTML, TXT2RTF and TXT2PDF with information on using these tools with the German Language. |
| 11/05/2007 |
Update to XMITIP
to 5.70 with several updates including improved NLS support (thanks
to Hartmut). See the overview for the
details. The Users Guide and
Installation Guide have also
been updated. Update to TXT2HTML to match the version in the XMITIP package (should have done this awhile ago as the update is from 2005) |
| 10/17/2007 | Update to LSTPROC version 2.3 to support use in batch. |
| 07/03/2007 | Updates to
CMT version 3.2 with with support for
longer comments Update to XMITIP to 5.68a to resolve a problem with the creation of the download library. |
| 06/30/2007 | Update to XMITIP to 5.68 with correction to nulls conversion, updated SDSFEXT 1.10, and more. |
| 06/15/2007 |
Update FTPBatch
to version 1.217 Update SDSFEXT to version 1.10 with option to extract all DDnames using an *. |
| 06/10/2007 | Update to XMITIP to 5.66 with one minor update correcting a bug found in 5.64 when sending a text file with imbedded nulls. |
| 05/12/2007 | Update Point to a Lotus Notes database I developed for supervisors and managers called a Managers Toolkit (hosted at http://www.openntf.org) |
| 05/03/2007 | Update to XMITIP to 5.64 with several minor updates. Updated overview, users guide and installation guide. |
| 04/19/2007 | Update to XMITIP to 5.62 with several minor updates and 3 new symbolics. Updated overview, users guide and installation guide. |
| 02/22/2007 | Update to
LSTPROC version 2.2 to correct loop if JES2
Proc in library 3 or higher. Add to Articles page 2nd article on High Reliability Organization principles. |
| 02/11/2007 | This site is now being maintained using Microsoft Expression Web (formerly used Microsoft Frontpage 2003). |
| 02/02/2007 | Update to XMITIP to 5.60 to support SLIKZIP and PDS members . Updated overview, users guide and installation guide. |
| 01/25/2007 | Update to TXT2RTF 1.06 (will be included in a future XMITIP package update) to resolve an issue using + ASA CC with the overprint record longer than the prior record |
| 01/19/2007 | Update to XMITIP to 5.58 to correct the Daylight Savings Time routine, add support for SLIKZIP and enable installation defined symbolics. Updated overview, users guide and installation guide. |
| 12/06/2006 | Update to XMITIP to 5.56 to add &Z symbolic for concatenation and update the daylight savings time detection routine for the new start/end dates for 2007. Updated overview and users guide. |
| 12/01/2006 | Update to LSTPROC version 2.1 to change the packaging to eliminate character issues during transfer. Add to Articles page new article on High Reliability Organization principles. |
| 10/26/2006 | Update to XMITIP to 5.54 to add &YEAR2 and &YEAR4 symbolics. Updated overview and users guide. |
| 10/09/2006 | Update to XMITIP to 5.52 to add &SYSPLEX symbolic. Updated overview and users guide. Update to LSTPROC Update to System Library Manager (SLM) version 1.05 |
| 09/12/2006 | Update to XMITIP to 5.50 to resolve an issue with the LANG keyword in a CONFIG file. Updated users guide included. |
| 08/11/2006 | Update to XMITIP to 5.48a to include the latest copy of TXT2RTF in the distribution package. |
| 07/14/2006 | Update to XMITIP to 5.48 with several minor updates. Updated overview and users guide and installation guide. |
| 06/23/2006 | Updates to CMT version 3.1 with support for PL/I and minor bug fixes. |
| 06/05/2006 | Updated ABCs of OS/390 and z/OS page with a link to a the ABC's of Systems Programming Volume 7 which was just released today. |
| 05/16/2006 | Update to XMITIP to 5.46 with updates to XMITBULK. Updated overview and users guide. |
| 05/11/2006 | Update to LSTPROC Update to System Library Manager (SLM) version 1.04a |
| 03/07/2006 | Update to TXT2RTF 1.04 (will be included in a future XMITIP package update) |
| 02/01/2006 | Update to TXT2RTF 1.03 Update to XMITIP to 5.44a to include the updated TXT2RTF |
| 01/26/2006 | Update to LSTPROC to resolve an issue under z/OS 1.6 thanks to Ian Ramage |
| 01/20/2006 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.44 file with several updates including an updated User Guide and updated Installation Guide. See XMITIP Overview for more information. |
| 01/22/2006 | Updates to CMT |
| 01/03/2006 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.42 file with a correction when the confirmation message is on the bottom plus a new routine (exit) for supporting 8 character userids. |
| 11/19/2005 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.40 file with correction when using more than 3 escape characters in the MSGT text. |
| 10/25/2005 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.38 file with corrected User Guide which would not print completely because of a PDF corruption (it viewed fine but had a problem on page 25) |
| 10/18/2005 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.38 file with several minor updates. |
| 08/10/2005 | Update to CAVXTRT 1.23 to better support larger files. |
| 07/05/2005 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.36a file with updated SDSFEXT package 1.09 |
| 06/23/2005 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.36 file with corrected User Guide which would not print completely because of a PDF corruption (it viewed fine but had a problem on page 25) |
| 06/12/2005 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.36 minor cleanup and updated User Guide and Installation Guide. |
| 05/20/2005 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.34 to correct counting file size twice for zip attachments and ensure better uniqueness in the zip work file name. |
| 05/12/2005 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.32 to correct Subject Date NLS issue and improve Sender field for MS Exchange |
| 05/02/2005 | Updated ABCs of OS/390 and z/OS page with a link to a new IBM publication. Update to FTPB to version 2.16 - Correction for space for ADRDSSU unloads |
| 04/19/2005 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.30 to correct IgnoreSuffix and a few other minor updates. |
| 03/26/2005 | Restored Forum. |
| 03/24/2005 | Removed the Bulletin Board as it had been hacked. Will rebuild at a future date. |
| 03/08/2005 | Update to TRYIT 2.2 (add check being called as a ISPF macro) |
| 03/07/2005 | Update to TRYIT 2.1 (add support for ISPF Skeletons) |
| 01/25/2005 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.28 to correct mime attachment for CSV and the report in XMITIPSP. |
| 12/06/2004 | Updated the ABCs page with a link to the IBM Systems Journals electronic archive. |
| 11/03/2004 | Update to SpellC to version 2.2 to verify it is being called as an ISPF Edit command and not a TSO command |
| 11/01/2004 | Added new article on the ISPF Edit Spell Checker to the Articles page. |
| 10/13/2004 | Update to XMITIP version 5.26 with minor updates. Update to TXT2HTML to version 2.9 with minor updates. |
| 10/03/2004 | Update to XMITIP version 5.24 with updated users guide and installation guide |
| 08/12/2004 | Refresh of SPELLC version 2.1 with yet more additional words and a minor bug fix |
| 07/16/2004 | Refresh of SPELLC version 2.0a with yet more additional words. |
| 07/15/2004 | Refresh of SPELLC version 2.0 with additional words. |
| 07/12/2004 | Update to TryIt to version 2.0 - Scrollable Panel and more. Added a new article to My Articles page on Packaging Software. |
| 07/08/2004 | Update to TryIt to version 1.8 - minor message correction. |
| 07/07/2004 | Update to TryIt to version 1.7with support for JCL Syntax checking products. Update to XMITIP to version 5.22 (new keyword RC0) |
| 07/02/2004 | Update to TryIt to version 1.6. Several enhancements for Assembler thx to Hartmut |
| 06/25/2004 | Update to TryIt to version 1.5. Many changes and improve ability to try ISPF Panels. Update to XMITIP to version 5.20 Update to SPELLC to version 2.0 to give option for dynamic ISPF panels. |
| 06/14/2004 | Update to TryIt to version 1.4. Inline TryitASM Panel and correction for clist/rexx member call (add %) |
| 06/10/2004 | Update to SDSFEXT to version 1.09 - minor updates |
| 06/04/2004 | Update to LOADISPF to enhance comments and performance. |
| 06/02/2004 | Update to TXT2HTML to enhance the HTML Table detection |
| 05/27/2004 | Update to TXT2PDF to version 4.147 with updated Users Guide from Leland Lucius |
| 05/25/2004 | Update to SPELLC to version 1.9 |
| 05/21/2004 | Updated FTPFromZ to release 1.0 with support for GDG source files and an improved report showing the batch ftp jcl and statements should you wish to use native ftp. |
| 05/19/2004 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.18 with updated installation guide. Update to TryIt to version 1.2 with support for assembler programs |
| 05/17/2004 | Updated TryIt to version 1.0 with users guide and new packaging along with new features. |
| 05/14/2004 | Updated TryIt to be more dynamic and support ISPF selection and tutorial panels as well. |
| 05/13/2004 | Updated FTPFromZ to release 0.9 with test for minimum required keywords New TryIt. A tool for ISPF Edit to invoke the member being edited (Clist, Rexx, and Panel) - I'm also open to a better name. |
| 05/11/2004 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.16a |
| 05/11/2004 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.16 with support for new TXT2HTML features and an updated Users Guide Update to TXT2HTML to support CSV to HTML Table conversions Update to SPELLC to version 1.5 - many updates |
| 05/05/2004 | Update to SPELLC to version 1.4 - many updates including performance Update to CAVXTRT to 1.22 - support using in multiple ISPF screens |
| 05/04/2004 | Update to SDSFEXT to version 1.08 - minor updates |
| 05/03/2004 | Updated SPELLC to release 1.2 to correct a spellca macro problem adding the 1st word in a line, adding more words to the public dictionary, and a few other changes. |
| 05/02/2004 | Updated SPELLC to release 1.1 |
| 04/30/2004 | Updated FTPFromZ to release 0.8 support multiple members Moved from beta to release status SPELLC - an ISPF Edit Macro to verify spelling with a dictionary of over 10,000 words. |
| 04/30/2004 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.14 to correct a minor bug with &date/&month/&day calculations adding a bogus period. The Installation Guide have been updated as well. |
| 04/22/2004 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.12 to add a new ISPF dialog feature to bypass the XMITIP log and a correction when using the MSGQ option and a correction to the CONDCODE exec to correct a bug in reporting the highest condition code. The Users Guide and Installation Guide have been updated as well. |
| 04/19/2004 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.10 to add some more NLS support (dates). The Users Guide and Installation Guide have been updated as well. |
| 04/12/2004 | Update to new package LOGIT to veresion 0.5 to correct the setting of the wait time variable. Update to FTPB to version 2.15 - Clean up allocation of NETRC. |
| 04/05/2004 | Update to new package LOGIT to veresion 0.4 to reduce potential for x37 and add sample log copy/clear exec. |
| 04/02/2004 | Update to new package LOGIT to veresion 0.3 clean up the log header and give the package a version id and to eliminate potential for D37. |
| 04/02/2004 | Add new package LOGIT that can be used from any CLIST or REXX application to add an entry to a log data set. |
| 03/29/2004 | Update to PRMCK to support a new -REPORT option along with reporting data sets not referenced for over a year. |
| 03/28/2004 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.08 to add some more NLS support (dates). The Users Guide and Installation Guide have been updated as well. |
| 03/25/2004 | Updated the ABCs of Systems Programming page to include sections for the OS/390 series and for the z/OS series. |
| 03/24/2004 | Update to FTPB to version 2.13 - Add security to NETRC generated data set (RACF only at this point) |
| 03/19/2004 | Update to PRMCK to support checking linklist extents and support PROGxx members with both APF and LNK entries. |
| 03/18/2004 | Update to SDSFEXT to version 1.07 - now includes support for input data |
| 03/15/2004 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.06b to more accurately get the jobid for the antispoof message (update from 5.06 is only in XMITIPCU exec). |
| 03/14/2004 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.06a to resolve a minor bug. |
| 03/13/2004 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.06 along with updated users guide and installation guide. Added a new REXX Exec called FTPFromZ to provide a simple single command for FTP. |
| 03/12/2004 | Added a fun REXX Exec called WORDNUM to give the numeric value of a word or phrase (e.g. Attitude is 100 while Hardwork is only 98 and Complain is 83) |
| 03/08/2004 | Update to PLPISPF version 1.26 to correct a packaging problem. |
| 02/09/2004 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.04 along with updated users guide and installation guide. |
| 02/05/2004 | Update to TXT2HTML to version 2.5 Update to TXT2RTF to version 1.01 with improved font display |
| 01/28/2004 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.02 to add a warning message if using FORMAT * (all) with multiple MARGIN values. |
| 01/26/2003 | Update to FTPB to version 2.12 - Improve FIND routine in Hostname table. |
| 01/24/2004 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.00b to correct the TXT2RTF package that is included in the XMITIP package. Update of TXT2RTF version 0.16 to correct a bug with over-print carriage control (+) if line 2 is longer than line 1. |
| 01/23/2004 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.00a to correct the TXT2RTF package that is included in the XMITIP package. Update of TXT2RTF version 0.15 to correct a bug with over-print carriage control (+) |
| 01/20/2004 | Update to XMITIP to version 5.00 (new version for the new year) with several bug fixes and support for more keyword abbreviations. |
| 12/30/2003 | Addition of TXT2RTF version 0.13 |
| 12/12/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.98a with correction to XMITIPSP and information on an 0C4 on the TCP/IP REXX Socket Call. |
| 12/11/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.98 with updated doc and install guide. |
| 11/12/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.96 with updated doc and install guide. |
| 10/31/2003 | Update to TXT2PDF to version 03.300 - several enhancements for drawing and images thanks to Leland once again. |
| 10/30/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.94a - minor update to XMITIP Splitter (XMITIPSP) |
| 10/24/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.94 - bug fix and enhanced splitter tool |
| 10/17/2003 | Update to PRMCK |
| 10/16/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.92a |
| 10/09/2003 | Update to SAVELAB to version 1.04 Update to XMITIP to version 4.92 Addition of TXT2RTF version 0.12 |
| 10/03/2003 | Update to PLPISPF to version 1.26 |
| 10/02/2003 | Update to SDSFEXT to version 1.06 |
| 10/01/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.90 with updated doc and install guide. Addition of TXT2RTF version 0.11 Update of TXT2HTML to version 2.4 |
| 09/29/2003 | Update to LSTPROC and DDLIST thanks to John Bloniarz |
| 09/26/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.88a with updated doc and install guide. Addition of TXT2RTF version 0.10 |
| 09/09/2003 | Update to CAVXTRT to version 1.21. |
| 08/26/2003 | Update to LDAPMAIL to change lookup for the preferred RFC822 address. |
| 08/15/2003 | Corrections to TXT2PDF to bugs introduced in 8/11 update (sigh). |
| 08/11/2003 | Update to TXT2PDF to include new DRAW (to draw lines/boxes) and IMAGE (include JPEGs) options. Also improvements for use under z/VM. |
| 08/07/2003 | Update to TXT2PDF to correct bug when under z/VM |
| 08/05/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.86 - correct PDF attachment from existing PDF Update to TXT2PDF to add MAXOSIZE support to the ISPF dialog. |
| 07/31/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.84a - correct window size in panel. |
| 07/30/2003 | Update to FTPB to version 2.11 - Correct 2 Panel errors and block space calc. Update to XMITIP to version 4.84 - Change in ISPF Dialog flow. |
| 07/21/2003 | Updated TXT2PDF to correct use of DD:ddname |
| 07/19/2003 | Updated TXT2PDF to support MAXOSIZE with updated doc. |
| 07/16/2003 | Added Technical Support Magazine article Reading and Writing Data using REXX EXECIO from the April 2003 issue. |
| 07/14/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.82 - minor bug fix |
| 07/08/2003 | Update to CAVXTRT to version 1.20 - minor update |
| 07/07/2003 | Added SARPREXT to extract reports from CA-View for post-processing in batch. Updated TXT2PDF to support HLQ on Input and Output files if required. |
| 07/02/2003 | Added SAVELAB (was LABELS) ISPF Edit Macro to Save/Restore Edit Labels. |
| 07/01/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.80 with updated user and install doc. Update to CAVXTRT to version 1.19 Add LABELS ISPF Edit Macro to Save/Restore Edit Labels. |
| 06/30/2003 | Update to FTPB to version 2.10 - Bug fix for HFS file space on the Unload |
| 06/27/2003 | Update to FTPB to version 2.09 - change to dynamically determine sysexec for batch |
| 06/11/2003 | Update to FTPB to version 2.08 - cleanup to better support TSO NOPREFIX users. |
| 05/27/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.78 with updated user and install doc. |
| 05/22/2003 | Added new tool - ISPFCMDS to simplify adding user commands to the active ISPF command tables. |
| 05/20/2003 | Update to FASTPATH an ISPF command to display the active ISPF commands. |
| 05/08/2003 | Update to FTPB to version 2.07 - now with full HFS file and data set support. |
| 05/01/2003 | Update to FTPB to version 2.06 - now with HFS support. |
| 04/24/2003 | Update to SDSFPAGE/EDITPAGE to version 2.18 |
| 04/11/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.76 with updated user and install doc. |
| 04/08/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.74 with updated user and install doc. |
| 03/28/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.72 with updated user and install doc. Updates to TXT2HTML to version 2.3 to correct several minor issues. |
| 03/24/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.70 with updated user and install doc. Updates to PLPISPF to version 1.23 to correct minor locate bug and loop in find. |
| 02/26/2003 | Updates to PLPISPF to version 1.20 to correct minor doc error. |
| 02/14/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.68 with updated user and install doc. |
| 02/11/2003 | Updates to PLPISPF to version 1.20 to improve locate processing. |
| 02/03/2003 | Updates to PLPISPF to version 1.19 and to CMT and to ALLOCGDG. |
| 01/22/2003 | Update to TXT2HTML to improve printing pagination. |
| 01/21/2003 | Update to XMITIP to version 4.66 with updated user and install doc. |
| 01/17/2003 | Update to System Library Manager (SLM) version 1.04 |
| 01/10/2003 | Update to PLPISPF to version 1.18 with Installation Guide and User Manual. |
| 01/08/2003 | Update to CAVXTRT to version 1.17. |
| 01/06/2003 | Update to CAVXTRT to version 1.16 with updated doc. |
| 01/02/2003 | Update to PLPISPF version 1.16 with updated doc. Read the article from Tech Support Magazine about this great tool. |
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