Re: creating mainframe bookmanager from pdf documents???

There is also the SDSF BOOK command. Simply point your cursor at the
message id that you are interested in and press a PFK to look it up on
Bookie.

The TSO version of LOOKAT works much the same way.

Fault Analyzer has a message lookup facility that is very similar to LOOKAT.


IMO, switching to your Windows desktop to look up an error message is very
inefficient.

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 12:55, Dave Salt <dsalt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: dgrinsell@xxxxxx
It's possible I misunderstood the original question, but why would you
want to???

I have to agree with the OP as I love using BookManager on the mainframe.
Let's say I'm in the middle of writing a COBOL program and I need to know
the syntax for the INSPECT statement. Rather than switching over to my
desktop and perhaps launching a browser and then finding the right web page
and then typing in a search statement, I simply type BR .COB INSPECT on the
command line (where 'BR' means browse, .COB is a label I gave to the COBOL
syntax manual, and INSPECT is what I want to search for). I can generally be
looking at the answer in a fraction of the time it takes using the web
interface.

For people who fix production problems in the middle of the night, every
second counts. If (for example) a program just ended with SQL error -181,
nothing could be much faster than typing BR .SQL -181 on a command line.

Dave Salt

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Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:16:28 +0000
From: dgrinsell@xxxxxx
Subject: Re: creating mainframe bookmanager from pdf documents???
To: IBM-MAIN@xxxxxxxxxxx

It's possible I misunderstood the original question, but why would you
want to??? We use library server and view the documents via a web browser.
IMO it's a case of using the best tool for the job and viewing manuals via
a 3270 interface just doesn't make sense to me. If 3270 is all you have,
then I don't have any suggestion for you.

--

Donald Grinsell
State of Montana
406-444-2983
dgrinsell@xxxxxx

"The only rational patriotism is loyalty to the nation all the time, and
loyalty to the government when it deserves it."
-- Mark Twain

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On Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:34:56 +0000, Grinsell, Don <dgrinsell@xxxxxx>
wrote:

Chris,

I don't know if this is of interest, but it is possible to create an
extended
bookshelf and load your pdf files to make them accessible via book
manager.
You can also index and search the pdf files if desired. I've taken that
approach with several vendors manuals.

And how do you go about displaying PDF on a 3270?

Jantje.

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