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DF12197 Multi-LREC Buffer Delete Enhancement

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF12197ORIGIN DATE: 10/23/2012REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT (required) Allow delete of the read records with the Multi-Buffer enhancement in TPFDF. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION (required) Allow Multi-Buffer with DBDEL or an option to delete wi...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Implement UNDO feature in the ZUDFM package

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF05181FContact Originator Id: fred.suesskind@eds.comAbstract: Implement ability to perform an undo of the last modification in ZUDFM package.Description: Currently, any changes made by the ZUDFM package can only be reverted by i...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

DF12196 TPFDF ? Allow Parallel IO with LRECS (non-LLR)

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF12196ORIGIN DATE: 10/23/2012REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT (required) TPFDF Parallel IO – TPFDF should provide an option so that normal subfiles can be retrieved using IOs done in parallel rather than sequential. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION ...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

New string key feature for TPFDF

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF05180FContact Originator Id: michael.bahlen@klm.comAbstract: To make the search within TPFDF on zero terminated strings possible akey type is to be introduced that I call string key.Description: To search/sort within the last f...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

TPFDF Macros - DBUKY File Retrieval

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF09192FORIGIN DATE: September 28, 2009REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT Enhance TPFDF DBUKY macro to retrieve the file if the file has not yet been retrieved. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION (required) Enhance TPFDF application macro DBUKY to retrie...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Memory Views Collapse Redundant Lines

TPFUG_Req_Number: V09102SORIGIN DATE: 03/18/2009REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT The memory view would be able to collapse redundant lines seen in the memory views. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION When the user monitors an address or variable in the memory view, a mo...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Not under consideration

TPFDF should support GDS

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00098Abstract: TPFDF should include Swissair's Shared GDS in the base product
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

TPFDF should have user exits for all the API commands

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00178Contact Originator Id: claudio.jorge@eds.comAbstract: TPFDF should provide user exits for all of the application API commands such as the DBOPN (open), DBCRE (create), DBRED (read) and DBCLS (close) commandsDescription: Us...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Improved TPF/DF error checking

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF08191FORIGIN DATE: December 21, 2007REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT : Provide the ability for an application to determine the success or reason for failure of any TPFDF call with a single check. REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION : • As the TPFDF pr...
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

Def common DBDEF and RIAT info in one place

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00096Abstract: The common information in the DBDEF and RIAT should one be defined in one location.
almost 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration