c***@public.gmane.org
2010-03-19 05:28:41 UTC
Some time ago, there was a discussion about JCL in the IBM Main newsgroup about
all the problems with JCL, and I indicated that I had fixed many of the problems
some decades ago.
I have just uploaded some new versions of Jol - the Mainframe version, and the
Windows version.
The language solves many of the problems that have been mentioned in this
newsgroup. It is totally free-form, has full symbolic variable processing
(testing, replacing, etc), a superb macro system, IF statements, symbolic
parameter replacements in "card files" - and much, much more.
There is, for example, a Copy command that will copy various types of files (SEQ,
PDS, VSAM etc) and call in the appropriate IBM or other utility to do the copy.
You can make a 3270 style "panel" using a simple Panel instruction. It can
create Menubars and Pulldown lists, similar to Windows or Linux Guis. You can see
an example of this here:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~clementclarke/oscar_jol_desc.html
Jol also has a Network and Scheduling facility that allows you to submit
dependent jobs in a particular sequence, and on certain days using JES2.
Additionally, it has a data base of data sets. You can specify attributes for
data sets and store all the information about in the data base and Jol will
extract the information required when creating New data sets. This can be used
to centralise all data set allocations to one person, or department. Versions of Jol:
There is an Assembler version that runs on the Mainframe, and a "C" one that runs
on Windows, OS/2 and soon Linux. The "C" version will run as a shell on it's
native system, or it can produce pseudo JCL to run on Z/OS style systems. A VSE
version is awaiting testing.
The Z/OS and MVS version and documentation can be downloaded here:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~clementclarke/Jol_Distribution_2010.zip
And the Windows version is available here:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~clementclarke/jol.zip
Both versions must be unzipped with the Directories expanded. And in the Docs
directory in an HTML file called __index.html. Double clicking on that file in
Windows will allow you to select the documents you wish to look at.
Hundreds of people really found earlier versions of this software to be of real
use to them. It has been updated over the last years, and is even easier to use.
Licencing will be very affordable, but please experiment with the product, and
review the documentation to see how it can be used to simplify you and your Users
daily functions. And by using the Macro Language, you can easily add new
instructions.
How does it get any better than this?
Clement Clarke, Melbourne, Australia
Tel +61401054155
all the problems with JCL, and I indicated that I had fixed many of the problems
some decades ago.
I have just uploaded some new versions of Jol - the Mainframe version, and the
Windows version.
The language solves many of the problems that have been mentioned in this
newsgroup. It is totally free-form, has full symbolic variable processing
(testing, replacing, etc), a superb macro system, IF statements, symbolic
parameter replacements in "card files" - and much, much more.
There is, for example, a Copy command that will copy various types of files (SEQ,
PDS, VSAM etc) and call in the appropriate IBM or other utility to do the copy.
You can make a 3270 style "panel" using a simple Panel instruction. It can
create Menubars and Pulldown lists, similar to Windows or Linux Guis. You can see
an example of this here:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~clementclarke/oscar_jol_desc.html
Jol also has a Network and Scheduling facility that allows you to submit
dependent jobs in a particular sequence, and on certain days using JES2.
Additionally, it has a data base of data sets. You can specify attributes for
data sets and store all the information about in the data base and Jol will
extract the information required when creating New data sets. This can be used
to centralise all data set allocations to one person, or department. Versions of Jol:
There is an Assembler version that runs on the Mainframe, and a "C" one that runs
on Windows, OS/2 and soon Linux. The "C" version will run as a shell on it's
native system, or it can produce pseudo JCL to run on Z/OS style systems. A VSE
version is awaiting testing.
The Z/OS and MVS version and documentation can be downloaded here:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~clementclarke/Jol_Distribution_2010.zip
And the Windows version is available here:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~clementclarke/jol.zip
Both versions must be unzipped with the Directories expanded. And in the Docs
directory in an HTML file called __index.html. Double clicking on that file in
Windows will allow you to select the documents you wish to look at.
Hundreds of people really found earlier versions of this software to be of real
use to them. It has been updated over the last years, and is even easier to use.
Licencing will be very affordable, but please experiment with the product, and
review the documentation to see how it can be used to simplify you and your Users
daily functions. And by using the Macro Language, you can easily add new
instructions.
How does it get any better than this?
Clement Clarke, Melbourne, Australia
Tel +61401054155