Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tektronix!tekcae!bobp From: bobp@tekcae.CAX.TEK.COM (Robert N. Perry (Sky Scum)) Newsgroups: comp.org.decus Subject: DECUS library status report Message-ID: <2062@tekcae.CAX.TEK.COM> Date: 23 Sep 88 15:43:37 GMT Reply-To: bobp@tekcae.CAX.TEK.COM (Robert N. Perry (Sky Scum)) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 416 The following are two DECUS library status reports showing new programs available from the DECUS library. To reach the DECUS library, use the address: DECUS Program Library 219 Boston Post Road Marlboro, Mass. 01752-1850 USA 617-480-3418 Programs are distributed for media/copying charges that are more or less in line with what universities charge. This is needed because they have to pay some fulltime staff, pay for machines & maintenance, and the costs of catalogs, etc. Not cheap. They get partial subsidies from DEC to help with this, so costs aren't as high as they could be. However, Columbia charges $100/tape for Kermit, you pay $80 for PMDF, and so on; DECUS charges are comparable. Also, SIG tapes can be obtained free from your LUG as well as the DECUS library. This information is provided so if you want any of these programs, you don't have to wait for a catalog to appear. Glenn Everhart (Everhart%Arisia.decnet@GE-CRD.arpa) ------------------------------------------------------ TO: Distribution FROM: Betty Cadieux DATE: August 15, 1988 SUBJECT: DECUS PROGRAM LIBRARY STATUS REPORT AUGUST 15, 1988 PROGRAM AVAILABILITY Following are the new or revised (R) programs since the distribution of the 1988/1989 catalog. The * indicates revisions to new programs that have been announced through these status reports. PROGRAM NO. TITLE VAX-288(R) REPORT WRITER VAX-352 MENU VAX-353 WINDOW VAX-354 LJ250 DEColorwriter Demonstration Package VAX-355 CHOPS: Call Handling for Operations VAX-356 LATUSER VAX-357 REMINDER VAX-358 MAINT VAX-359 CDUTIL 11-910 MAIL 11-911 VSET CPM-273 Vancouver Area Rainbow Users Group Newsletters 1/87 through 8/88 Revision VAX-288 REPORT WRITER Version: 1.1, July 1988 Submitted by: David Cohen, Security Pacific Automation Company, Los Angeles, CA Operating System: VAX/VMS V4.5 Source Language: DCL, VAX COBOL Keywords: Tools - Applications Development Abstract: REPORT WRITER generates a COBOL program, using as input four user-supplied files which define the report and the data file record. Handles up to eight levels of control breaks, with totals available for each level. Each control group can have the following options: . "At Top of Control Group" . "At Bottom of Control Group" . "At Top of Page" . "At Bottom of Report" . "New Page" (All quoted terms in this abstract have the same meaning as in DATATRIEVE). Grand totals and "At Bottom of Report" are in addition to the eight allowable control breaks. Report column positions are computed automatically, from Layout Chart created by the user, in any editor. Output program can be edited and modified, if desired. Notes: Operating System VAX/VMS V4.0 or later is required because file names are greater than nine characters in length. Changes and Improvements: Additional control breaks, error handling and bug fixes. Media (Service Charge Code): 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: VMS/BACKUP, or order VAX-LIB-8 New VAX-352 MENU Version: 2.1, April 1988 Submitted by: Heino Bruecher, Feldmuehle AG Werk Reisholz Operating System: VAX/VMS V4.6 Source Language: PASCAL Hardware Required: Video terminal supported by Screen Management Facility Keywords: Menu Control, Tools - Applications Development Abstract: The program allows a user to execute program images, DCL command procedures, batch jobs, or DCL commands. The desired action is performed by selection of a key from the menu presented on the terminal. The selection can be done by using the up and down arrow keys or by pressing a number key with the number of the item. Actions can be performed by means of subprocesses (returns to the menu when the action is over) or by execution in the same process (MENU exits before starting the action). The menu bases on one or more text files. A menu can also have submenus (recursive algorithm). Command lines can take up to nine variable substitutions, prompts can be specified in the menu file. Based on qualifiers the menu can be made to exit due to timeout and/or to force the user to be logged off when it exits. Notes: Operating system VAX/VMS V4.4 or higher is required. Media (Service Charge Code): 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: VMS/BACKUP New VAX-353 WINDOW Version: 1.0, July 1988 Submitted by: Joachim Bromet, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA Operating System: VAX/VMS V4.6 Source Language: FORTRAN 77 Keywords: Menu Control Abstract: WINDOW is an interactive menu-driven program by which certain users may issue DCL commands on all VMS nodes via maneuverable windows without leaving the utility. Since heavy use is made of screen management routines, this program will only run using VT52, VT100 and VT200 terminals. It allows the presentation of choices in a pulldown menu format. WINDOW is an integrated package of routines that chooses a VMS node, allows windows to be positioned (left, right, up and down), increases or decreases the window size two dimensionally and provides an on-line help library. Notes: Operating System VAX/VMS V4.X or higher is required. Media (Service Charge Code): User's Manual (EA), 2400' Magnetic Tape (PA) Format: VMS/BACKUP New VAX-354 LJ250 DEColorwriter Demonstration Package Version: May 1988 Submitted by: Digital Equipment Corporation Operating System: VAX/VMS Hardware Required: LJ250/LJ252 Companion Color Printer. Keywords: Graphics Abstract: The files in this package demonstrate the capability of the LJ250/LJ252 Companion Color Printer to print color images from a sixel file. These demonstration files have different images such as birds, boats, street scenes, etc. Notes: Operating System VAX/VMS V4.2 or higher is required. Media (Service Charge Code): 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: VMS/BACKUP New VAX-355 CHOPS: Call Handling for Operations Version: 2.0, July 1988 Submitted by: Digital Equipment Corporation Operating System: MicroVMS V4.5, VAX/VMS V4.5 Source Language: PASCAL Software Required: VAX TDMS V1.6 or higher is required. VAX DECgraph V1.5 is optional. Keywords: Utilities - VMS Abstract: CHOPS is a call handling tool which was originally designed to help to improve Information Call Handling activities. Its functionality is based on user requirements from IS Operation Support group and Application Development Support group. In addition to that, CHOPS can take advantage of the experience and usage of other Call Handling Systems. CHOPS main qualities are simplicity, performance and flexibility. It allows the Operation Secretary (or Call Handling desk) to follow various calls through different stages such as logging, closing, assignment, escalation or transfer. Various display, list, reports are available. CHOPS keeps users' and callers' informations as well as skills and supported products. Those informations are easy to maintain and report. CHOPS uses a "Queue Logic" to log a call, that is, calls can be stored into a public queue and then dispatched to appropriate expert, or calls can be allocated to a public queue as well as a "Product Queues" allocated to some experts. Notes: Operating System VAX/VMS V4.5 or higher is required. Media (Service Charge Code): 600' Magnetic Tape (MC) Format: VMS/BACKUP New VAX-356 LATUSER Version: 2.0, August 1988 Submitted by: Richard E. Cox, Jr., Kollsman, Merrimack, NH Operating System: MicroVMS V4.6, VAX/VMS V4.7 Source Language: MACRO-32, VAX FORTRAN Keywords: Networking, System Management - VMS, Utilities - VMS Abstract: Like "show user", LATUSER displays the terminal name, username and process identification (PID). However, LATUSER also displays the LAT terminal server and the terminal server port of all interactive users on the system. System Managers, -- do you have a problem with a terminal and the LAT terminal number will not do? LATUSER gives you the server and port it is attached to. Do you have to reboot the server? LATUSER can sort its output by server name, grouping all users on the same server together; now you know who is using that server. Need to know who is logged in from another node? LATUSER will display the remote user and node name where that user is logged in from. LATUSER can sort the output by various fields, or direct the output to a file. Media (Service Charge Code): 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: VMS/BACKUP New VAX-357 REMINDER Version: 2.0, August 1988 Submitted by: Richard E. Cox, Jr., Kollsman, Merrimack, NH Operating System: MicroVMS V4.6, VAX/VMS V4.7 Source Language: VAX FORTRAN Keywords: Calendars, Scheduling, Utilities - VMS Abstract: This package is used to send messages to one's self, to users with the same UIC, or to users with the same username up to an underscore. It is not one of those programs that just displays information at login or whenever you request it. It actually sends your message to you at the time you tell the message to be sent. If you have a meeting at 10:30, this package will remind you at 10:30 even if you have logged in at 8:00. If you are not logged in when a reminder message is scheduled to be sent, it will send that message to you when you do log in; therefore, you never loose a message. This package will continue to send a reminder message until the message has been acknowledged, or expired. The time delay interval used by this package continues to double starting at one minute until it has reached twenty-four hours. After a twenty-four hour period has been reached, a reminder message will be issued each day until the message expires. Reminder messages, by default, expire one week after the first scheduled broadcast. Media (Service Charge Code): 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: VMS/BACKUP New VAX-358 MAINT Version: 1, August 1988 Submitted by: Leonard J. Peirce, Western Michigan Univ. Academic Comp Ctr, Kalamazoo, MI Operating System: MicroVMS V4.5, VAX/VMS V4.5 Source Language: C Memory Required: 107KB Keywords: File Management, Utilities - VMS Abstract: MAINT is a full-screen Directory/File Maintenance utility. Directories are presented to the user in a series of one or more screens, allowing the user to work with an entire directory at one time instead of working with a few files and having to do a DIRECT to see the current state of the directory. Run-time switches provide the user the opportunity to tailor what information is included on the screen and the option of including user-defined extended textual descriptors for individual files/directories. The following functions are available in MAINT: . Delete files/directories. . Copy files. . Rename files/directories. . Protect files/directories. . Edit an Access Control List (ACL) for a file/directory. . List a file's contents to the screen. . Change to a subdirectory. . Get full directory information on a file. . Search for a specific file in a directory. . Suspend MAINT and return to DCL level, either indefinitely or just to execute one command. . Create/access extended textual descriptors for files and directories. . Access on-line help. By combining the above capabilities with a full-screen interface and some added functionality, the user can work with entire directory structures quickly, easily, and efficiently just by pressing a few keys. One very important feature of MAINT is that execution of the operations on files is NOT done until you tell it to go ahead and perform them. In other words, you can work with all of the files, specifying the operations, and then tell MAINT to execute them all at once. This means that you have time to change your mind and perhaps undo the operations on one or more of the files. Media (Service Charge Code): 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: VMS/BACKUP New VAX-359 CDUTIL Version: 1.0, July 1988 Submitted by: John T. Carroll III, Columbus, IN Operating System: MicroVMS V4.6 Source Language: VAX FORTRAN Keywords: File Management, Utilities - VMS Abstract: CDUTIL is a FORTRAN program that performs text file compression and decompression operations. The compression algorithm that is employed is most effective when long strings of repeated characters are present. Once invoked, CDUTIL prompts the user to request (C)ompression, (D)ecompression, or (E)xit. Either of the first two selections generate additional prompts for input and output files. The requested operation is then performed without further operator intervention and several lines of summarizing information are displayed. Any number of compression and decompression operations can be performed before exiting the program. Media (Service Charge Code): One RX50 Diskette (JA) Format: VAX/ANSI, 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: VAX/ANSI New 11-910 MAIL Version: 1.14, January 1988 Submitted by: Mike Marak, Concordia Univ., EMC Lab., Loyola Campus, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4B 1R6 Operating System: RT-11 V5.4, TSX-PLUS V6.2 Source Language: FORTRAN IV Memory Required: 32KB Software Required: FORTRAN IV Keywords: Data Communications, Mail, System Management - RT-11, Utilities - Terminal Abstract: MAIL is a message handling system for use under TSX-PLUS. It allows users registered with the mail system to read their messages or send messages to other registered users. The messages are stored in a file, and users can only read messages that are sent to them. The creation of the mail file and registering users is done by the POSTMN.TSX program. Messages are limited to 1000 bytes maximum, and each user has a total of 2500 bytes of message storage. Documentation is included, as well as a log of a sample session, and a command file to build the mail system. A pre-built mail system is also included, having the mail file as SY:MAIL.XXX. Notes: Operating system RT-11 V5.4 or operating system TSX V6.2 is required because system calls are required. Media (Service Charge Code): One RX01 Diskette (KA) Format: RT-11, 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: RT-11 New 11-911 VSET Version: 1.2, August 1988 Submitted by: John M. Crowell, Multiware, Inc. Operating System: RT-11 V5.4 Source Language: MACRO-11 Memory Required: 16KB Keywords: Device Handlers Abstract: VSET performs SET options on RT-11 device handler files. The handler's SET code is executed as if a normal SET command had been issued, but the handler file need not be that of a currently installed device, and need not have the .SYS extension. It may reside on a disk other than the system disk. VSET will also, optionally, display all the possible SET options of a handler. Notes: Operating System RT-11 V5.4 or later is required. Media (Service Charge Code): One RX50 Diskette (JA) Format: RT-11, 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: RT-11 New CPM-273 Vancouver Area Rainbow Users Group Newsletters Version: 1/87 through 8/88 Submitted by: David P. Maroun, Chilliwack, B.C., Canada V2P 6C5 Operating System: CP/M-86/80 Source Language: ASSEMBLY, BASIC, PASCAL Memory Required: 64KB Keywords: Utilities - CP/M Abstract: This package contains much information of general interest, and are read in various parts of the North American continent. The newsletters contain a number of programs in ASSEMBLY, BASIC, and PASCAL languages, reviews of software and hardware and answers to readers' questions on computer problems. The newsletters are in ASCII form but archived to save space. A de-archiving program is provided, as well as a program to aid viewing on the screen. Documentation for these programs is included. Notes: The newsletters are in archived format. The de-archiving and viewing programs supplied are designed for CP/M-80. Media (Service Charge Code): One RX50 Diskette (JA) Further note: DBAG (VAX-335) has been revised. This is a dBase III emulating database for VAX with complete sources and docs enclosed. Order VAX-335, media code PA, format BACKUP, density 1600 BPI. -- Robert N. Perry (Sky Scum) Tektronix, Inc. C-18807 D-11561 bobp%tekcae@tektronix.TEK.COM "When I works, I works hard. When I sits, I sits easy. When I thinks, I goes to sleep."