"You could be charging for this instead of giving it away free." Andy Waddelow, Maxima

For use on IBM Mainframe operating systems, CBLi (CBL Interactive environment) provides users with a suite of powerful software tools.

CBLi is not a separately licensable product but is provided as an integral part of the SELCOPY and CBLVCAT software products.

Features of CBLi include:

• Windowed environment when coupled with 62 line x 160 column 3270 sessions, provides multiple concurrent displays, with virtually infinite flexibilty.
  
  CBLi will exploit the large screen dimensions available via modern 3270 emulators.

• Interactive SELCOPY execution which allows the user to debug SELCOPY job streams by stepping through control statements, setting break points and displaying changes to workarea storage, @ pointers, etc.

• Interactive CBLVCAT execution which allows the user to generate "on the fly" reports of VTOC/Catalog contents and IDCAMS tuning recommendations for VSAM data sets.

• Integrated file editor (CBLe) with modes for both ISPF and KEDIT/XEDIT compatibility within a Windows-style Multiple Document Interface (MDI).
  
  Features of both ISPF and KEDIT modes always available.

• VSAM Edit.

• REXX macro support.

• Unique 'Command-Centre' system allows users to group, annotate, and then execute frequently used commands with a single key-depression.
  
  Issue commands directly to TSO or ISPF, to invoke any integrated feature of CBLi, or directly edit/view/list favourite datasets.
  
  System-symbols, user defined, and CBLi standard variables may be embedded in any command.
  
  Navigable and modifiable using your familiar editor interface.

• Disaster Recovery: CBLi will run under VTAM without ISPF or TSO, still providing a full-function editor, and job-submission.

• System navigation through DASD, VTOC, Dataset, Library and Allocated file list windows, each with extended functionality, search, subset and intuitive drill-down capability.

• Navigation improved by direct access to any list window via parameter driven command-line interface, typically stored in 'command-centre' groups for point-and-shoot.

• List window information (Dataset, Library lists etc) available to REXX macros, providing for customisable commands, and intelligent procedures.

• Dataset allocation and VSAM file definition dialogs.
  Built-in ALLOC command for when TSO is not available.

• 'Save as ..', or fresh edit, for new (unallocated) datasets. First save automatically triggers dataset allocation/VSAM definition dialog.

• IDCAMS and DB/2 SQL interactive facilities.

• Executes natively in CMS or TSO/E, as an ISPF application and as a VTAM application in MVS or VSE.