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Windowed environment when coupled with 62 line x 160 column (or even greater) 3270
sessions, provides multiple concurrent displays, with
virtually infinite flexibilty.
SELCOPY/i will exploit the large screen dimensions
available via modern 3270 emulators, in effect creating a "Mainframe Desktop".
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Integrated text file editor with modes for
both ISPF and XEDIT (KEDIT) compatibility,
within a Windows-style Multiple Document Interface (MDI).
Features of both ISPF and XEDIT modes always available.
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Integrated structured file editor (SDE) supporting simultaneous display
of multiple record types, multiple views/view-types, SQL-style SELECT/WHERE
as well as natural ISPF-style edit features.
Currently supports record mapping via COBOL and PL/1 copybooks,
as well as its own, very flexible, direct syntax.
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Full edit (including record insert/delete) for large sequential datasets,
regardless of the user's region size.
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Sophisticated VSAM (KSDS/ESDS/RRDS/VRDS) dataset support.
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SELCOPY/Debug environmemt which allows the user to
step through control statements,
set break points and display changes to workarea storage, @ pointers, etc.
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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.
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DB/2 SQL and IDCAMS interactive facilities.
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File-Search/Update facility, supporting multiple file-masks, copybook overlay,
and multiple FIND/CHANGE with optional Update-in-Place.
SQL-style SELECT/WHERE provides additional filtering.
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REXX macro support.
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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 SELCOPY/i, or directly edit/view/list favourite datasets.
System-symbols, user defined, and SELCOPY/i standard variables may be
embedded in any command.
Navigable and modifiable using your familiar editor interface.
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Disaster Recovery: SELCOPY/i will run under VTAM without ISPF or TSO,
still providing a full-function editor, and job-submission.
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System navigation through DASD, VTOC, Dataset, Library, HFS/ZFS and ALLOCated file
list windows, each with extended functionality (copy/rename/delete/edit/view etc),
search, subset and intuitive drill-down capability.
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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.
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List window information (Dataset, Library lists etc) available to REXX
macros, providing for customisable commands, and
intelligent procedures.
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Dataset allocation and VSAM file definition dialogs.
Built-in ALLOC command for when TSO is not available.
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'Save as ..', or fresh edit, for new (unallocated) datasets.
First save automatically triggers dataset-allocation/VSAM-definition
dialog.
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Executes as an ISPF application, natively under TSO/E or VM/CMS,
and as a VTAM application under z/OS (MVS) or VSE.