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Enhance TPF Toolkit 4.6.12 remote search to enable copy/paste of file

Provide the ability to copy/paste a file from the remote search output. Currently it is very difficult to copy/paste files into the Project Explorer folders without using the import function or going to Linux and using cp command and syncing.From ...
almost 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

Deliver TPF Toolkit updates via .zip file

1. Deliver a full, completed Toolkit product via a .zip file. Remove the need to use Oomph, and remove the need to "pull" software from opensource web sites. 2. Deliver updates to the Toolkit product via periodic .zip files containing a full produ...
over 5 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 1 Delivered

zTPF c localtme function

TPF running localtime does not support the same functionality as on linux. Had you run a similar program on linux, the localtime function would have been able to detect when and when not to apply DST to timestamps in the past. Because we do not pr...
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 7 Delivered

Support for URL When Defining TPF System in TK 4.6

I would like to request the ability to specify the URL instead of a hardcoded port number in the "New TPF System" dialog.In Toolkit 4.6, current dialog for defining "New TPF System" requires:- TPF System Name- System IP Address- Debugger port- HTT...
almost 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / TPF Toolkit 2 Delivered

tpfdataredux should be portable to other Linux on z servers

The tpfdataredux utility is a linux based utility that post processes data collection captured on TPF. Customers should be able to run this utility on whichever linux servers they need to. When this component is run on the same linux server used t...
almost 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

User Exits in z/TPF HTTP Server for Things Like Message Logging Interfaces

We want to log the HTTP requests coming to the mainframe as well as the HTTP responses sent to the client (the JSON or XML format). For inbound HTTP requests, this will occur before DFDL serialization of the request. For outbound HTTP responses, t...
almost 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered

Java security manager for anonymous classes.

Enhancement request for Java TPF security manager to provide a mechanism for allowing anonymous classes.
almost 6 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

IPC requested enhancements

Requesting the the following enhancement to IPC. . 1. Indicating IPLing from DEAC in PIDT table section 2 When a processor gets ipled from DEAC, the processor sends an IPC message to all active loosely-coupled processors saying I'm ipling from dea...
over 8 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 2 Delivered

TPFDF CRUISE on a Shadow image via FDRSC macro

The TPF FDRSC macro allows to read a TPF record from a Shadow Image (HDS snapshot image). We would like a way to use FDRSC with the CRUISE utility. A new parameter has to be added at ZFCRU SETUP level to specify the Shadow Image name and the FINWC...
over 11 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 4 Delivered

MQ SVRCONN sends "Recycle MQ Svrconn" Console Message when long running ECB's prevent OLDR "Activate" or "Acceptance"

MQ SVRCONN or OLDR sends "Recycle MQ Svrconn" Console Message when long running ECB's prevent OLDR "Activate" or "Acceptance" of loadset that contains "C" Library Component CTAL 1. The Travelport z/TPF Complex has distributed servers which connect...
almost 3 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPF 1 Delivered