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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/TPF Product Family
Categories TPF Toolkit
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 11, 2014

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TPF Toolkit 3270 Emulator scripting enhancements

TPFUG_Req_Number: V11124
ORIGIN DATE: 10/1/2011
REQUIREMENT ABSTRACT

The following enhancements should be added to the 3270 emulator included in TPF Toolkit:
- Provide an API similar to TPF tool to control the emulator - launch it, input values etc.
- Provide a feature rich editor to create/manage scripts


REQUIREMENT DESCRIPTION

Toolkit should provide an XML (or other GUI) editor to make editing of emulator scripts easier.

Toolkit should also provide an API/tpftool service that allows customers to control the emulator from their own scripts and batch files.


SOLUTION CONSIDERATIONS

The solution should implement an editor adapted to the macro
language:
- XML Editor
- Macro Syntax highlight
- Macro language verification

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jan 13, 2017

    IBM believes this idea is counter to future directions.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - z Systems Software
    Product - z/TPF

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - WebSphere
    Product family - Transaction Processing
    Product - z/TPF

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