Access to Resource Definitions  FCT Information and the Micro Focus DFHDRDAT File http://www.simotime.com

Introduction
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The resources used by the Micro Focus Enterprise Server, Mainframe Subsystem Support (or ES/MSS) is stored in the the resource definitions file (DFHDRDAT). This file is a Micro Focus Key-Sequenced-Data-Set. This utility progam provides a batch access to get the File Control Table (FCT) and post this information into an ASCII/Text file.

Programming Objectives
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This example illustrates the following functions.

Programming Input and Output
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Getting information from the FCT to a CSV file is a three step process within a single Windows Command File. The 1st Step does the preparation work by setting the environment and deleting any work files left by a previous execution.

The 2nd step uses the Micro Focus supplied utility program to extract information from the DFHDRDAT file and place it into an ASCII/Text file in a standard format that may be used to import the information into another CICS System. The following shows the command line syntaxt for the Micro Focus utility program. The value of %RDTFILE2% is the location and name of the output file.

c:\> casrdtex /o%RDTFILE2% /gSIMOGRPA /f /e /ip"c:\SimoSam1\sysliba1"

The following shows an example of the ouput for a single FCT entry produced by the Micro Focus utility program.

DEFINE FILE(CUSTMAST) GROUP(SIMOGRPA)
DESCRIPTION(Customer Master, File Control Table)
       DSNAME(SIMOTIME.DATA.CUSTMAST) STATUS(ENABLED) OPENTIME(STARTUP)
       RECORDFORMAT(F) ADD(YES) BROWSE(YES) DELETE(NO) READ(YES)
       UPDATE(YES) RECOVERY(BACKOUTONLY) _FILETYPE(KSDS)
       _MAXRECLEN(512) _MINRECLEN(512) _KEYPOSITION(1) _KEYLENGTH(12)
       _STARTEMPTY(NO) _DUPKEY(NO)
       _PATH(c:\SimoSam1\DataLibA\Dyn1\SIMOTIME.DATA.CUSTMAST.DAT)
       _FILEEXT(DAT) _USECATALOG(YES) _COLLSEQ(ASCII)

The 3rd step uses a SimoTime utility program that reads the output of the 2nd step and writes the information to a CSV file that may be easily imported into an Excel spread sheet. The following shows an example of the output produced by the 3rd step.

FILE,APMASTER,SIMOTIME.UTIL.APMASTER                      ,
FILE,CUSTMAST,SIMOTIME.DATA.CUSTMAST                      ,
FILE,ESDSC128,SIMOTIME.ESDS.ESDSC128                      ,
FILE,FPMASTER,SIMOTIME.UTIL.FPMASTER                      ,
FILE,ITEMMAST,SIMOTIME.DATA.ITEMMAST                      ,
FILE,MSGXKSDS,SIMOTIME.UTIL.MSGXKSDS                      ,

WIP... we plan to add additional information to the CSV File and provide an HTML Format as user documentation.

Programming Requirements
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This suite of samples programs will run on the following platforms.

Programming Overview
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The following is a flowchart of the job for executing the program to compare the contents of two data files.

Step 4 of the preceding flow chart uses the Micro Focus supplied utility program (CASRDTEX) to extract the FCT information from the resource definition file. This information is then processed in step 5 by a utility program that places FCT information into an ASCII/Text file with CSV formatted records. This file may be viewed with a standard text editor or easily imported into an Excel spreadsheet.

CMD for Execution with Net Express and Windows
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The following (CSDFCTE1.CMD) is a sample of the Windows CMD needed to run this job.

@echo OFF
rem  * *******************************************************************
rem  *                   This program is provided by:                    *
rem  *                    SimoTime Enterprises, LLC                      *
rem  *           (C) Copyright 1987-2010 All Rights Reserved             *
rem  *             Web Site URL:   http://www.simotime.com               *
rem  *                   e-mail:   helpdesk@simotime.com                 *
rem  * *******************************************************************
rem  *
rem  * Text   - Glance at the CSD Information for FCTs.
rem  * Author - SimoTime Enterprises
rem  * Date   - January 24, 2006
rem  *
rem  * The 1st step will Prepare the environment.
rem  *
rem  * The 2nd step will extract FCT information from DFHDRDAT.
rem  *
rem  * The 3rd step will post FCT infromation to a CSV File.
rem  *
rem  * *******************************************************************
rem  * Step 1 of 3,  Prepare the environment...
rem  *
     set CmdName=CSDFCTE1
     call ezSetEnv %CmdName%
     if "%SYSLOG%" == "" set syslog=c:\SimoLIBR\LOGS\SimoTime.LOG
rem  *
     call SimoNOTE "*******************************************************%CmdName%"
     call SimoNOTE "Starting CmdName %CmdName%, V08.06.05, User is %USERNAME%"
     call SimoNOTE "StepInfo Delete previously created files"
     set rdtfile2=%BaseLib1%\CSD\SIMOTIME.FCT.RDTFILE2.TXT
     if exist %RDTFILE1% del %RDTFILE1%
rem  *
rem  * *******************************************************************
rem  * Step 2 of 3, Get FCT Information from RDO File...
rem  *
     call SimoNOTE "StepInfo Create Record Sequential files"
     casrdtex /o%RDTFILE2% /gSIMOGRPA /f /e /ip"c:\SimoSam1\sysliba1"
rem  *
     if exist %RDTFILE2% goto :PostToCSV
     set JobStatus=0020
     goto :EojNok
rem  *
rem  * *******************************************************************
rem  * Step 3 of 3, Post FCT Information to a CSV File...
rem  *
:PostToCSV
     set CSDGETD1=%RDTFILE2%
     set CSDPUTD1=%BaseLib1%\CSD\SIMOTIME.FCT.SIMOCICA.CSV
     run CSDFCTC1
rem  *
rem  * *******************************************************************
rem  *
:EojAok
     call SimoNOTE "Finished JobName %CmdName%, Job Status is %JobStatus% "
     goto :End
:EojNok
     call SimoNOTE "ABENDING JobName %CmdName%, Job Status is %JobStatus% "
:End
     if not "%1" == "nopause" pause

The COBOL Utility Program
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The following (CSDFCTC1.CBL) is the COBOL program that will post the FCT information to a CSV File.

WIP... This is a Work-In-Progress, contact helpdesk@simotime.com for additional information.

Summary
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This utility progam provides a batch access to get the FCT information in the Micro Focus Resource Definition File (DFHDRDAT) and post the information into an ASCII/Text file.

Software Agreement and Disclaimer
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Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software for any commercial purpose requires a fee to be paid to Simotime Enterprises. Once the fee is received by SimoTime the latest version of the software will be delivered and a license will be granted for use within an enterprise, provided the SimoTime copyright notice appear on all copies of the software. The SimoTime name or Logo may not be used in any advertising or publicity pertaining to the use of the software without the written permission of SimoTime Enterprises.

Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute this software for a non-commercial purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided the SimoTime copyright notice appear on all copies of the software. The SimoTime name or Logo may not be used in any advertising or publicity pertaining to the use of the software without the written permission of SimoTime Enterprises.

SimoTime Enterprises makes no warranty or representations about the suitability of the software for any purpose. It is provided "AS IS" without any express or implied warranty, including the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. SimoTime Enterprises shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, special or consequential damages resulting from the loss of use, data or projects, whether in an action of contract or tort, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this software.

Downloads and Links to Similar Pages
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This utility program provides access to the FCT information stored in the Micro Focus DFHDRDAT file and may be downloaded using this link, http://www.simotime.com/sim4dzip.htm#zPACKcsdfct01,

For information about a utility program that provides access to the PCT information stored in the Micro Focus DFHDRDAT file refer to this link. ,

You may view the complete list of SimoTime Utilities and Examples at http://www.simotime.com/sim4dzip.htm.

Note: You must be attached to the Internet to download a Z-Pack or view the list.

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About SimoTime Enterprises
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