Re: New Mainframe Blog Site -- mainframeblogger.com

On Apr 29, 9:34 am, Howard Brazee <how...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:50:36 -0700 (PDT), spam.trap.4...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >Along with the GUI however, IBM provided several ISPF services that
> >are extremely useful, if little known.  Among other things, the
> >services allow you to transfer files between your workstation and the
> >mainframe at FTP-like speeds.  You can also set it up to transparently
> >edit mainframe files using a workstation editor, or vice versa.
> >Pretty cool stuff...but one of ISPF's best-kept secrets.
>
> I never figured out how to do that - although my motivation was low -
> I liked the ISPF editor.   And my windows editor does FTP to the
> mainframe anyway - but why would I want to use it to edit source code?

I like the ISPF editor too.  That's why I like to edit workstation-
based text files using ISPF.

It is not difficult to use.  The only pre-requisite is to download the
free Workstation Agent (WSA) program that is supplied with ISPF and
install it on your workstation.

One of the things that I like most about it is that you can write Rexx
programs on the mainframe  to initiate file transfers and to execute
Windows commands on your workstation.

I wish we'd had this available back when we were using Micro Focus
Workbench to develop mainframe applications.  We relied on IND$FILE to
transfer source code to the mainframe.  WSA would have made that way
easier, and much faster.