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  • Jobcard Template Insert Macro

    /* rexx */“isredit macro”“isredit (cur) = cursor” lineno = curline = “//JOBCARD  JOB ,’Name’,NOTIFY=&SYSUID.,”“isredit line_after “lineno” = (line)”line = “//            MSGCLASS=A,MSGLEVEL (1,1),CLASS=A”“isredit line_after “lineno+1″ = (line)”line = “//““isredit line_after “lineno+2″ = (line)” Macro: Insert job card templateAbout: An isredit macro to insert a job card into a member open in ispf edit.Usage: Allocate the macro…

  • What’s in a Job Card?

    JCL is a staple language for Systems Programmers, and arguably the most important part of any JCL is the job card – we can’t run a JCL without one. The reason a lot of people call it a ‘Job card’ (you might also hear other terms like Job statement) is because MVS programming used to…

  • IBM Sample Edit Macros

    IBM provides some sample ISPF edit macros in the SYS1.SISPSAMP library. These are useful as is or as a basis for learning to write your own edit macros. Today we will discuss a few of them. First of all, to use the edit macros we need to ensure that SISPSAMP is allocated. This can be…