EDIT MACRO for viewing VSAM

rohitsir · New User Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 32 Location: USA

Hi,

My requirement is to view any vsam file by pointing the cursor to it and typing the macro on the command line to execute the edit macro.

I have no idea how to handle vsam files thru edit macro. My shop uses file manager to view vsam files.

Rohit

dick scherrer · Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 4:33 am Post subject:

Hello,

superk

My guess is that the edit macro will either be written in CLIST/REXX and will call a program to handle the VSAM I/O, will be written in REXX and will use one of the available add-on REXX/VSAM modules (these have been discussed here before), or will be written in a compiled language that can natively handle VSAM I/O (i.e. COBOL or Assembler).

Pedro

Sorry, do not know much about VSAM...

If I had that requirement, I would write i/o routines in assembler and then also use the EDIF service (Edit Interface) to show the records in the editor. With EDIF, it will look like the ISPF editor. You also have to provide some routines to do the reading and writing.

mmwife · Super Moderator Joined: 30 May 2003 Posts: 1506

The shop I'm at now uses Ditto to manipulate VSAM files under ISPF. They also have FileAid.

You may wan't to ask your Sysprog people about Ditto.

kishorekyn · New User Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 5 Location: Chennai

Type 'TSO DITTO' on the command line, then enter option 2 for editing the VSAM dataset, then enter option 1, give your dataset name in single quotes, you will be in edit mode of all kinds VSAM datasets.

Matt Strohbehn

I have edit macros that allow you to point at a DD statement in JCL, and they will either do ISPF edit/view/browse, or if VSAM, invoke File Manager. There are separate macros for edit, browse and view. If you send me your e-mail address, I can send them to you (if you still need them).