bobp@tekcae.CAX.TEK.COM (Robert N. Perry (Sky Scum)) (09/29/88)
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) ------------------------------------------------------ FROM: Betty Cadieux DATE: September 05, 1988 SUBJECT: DECUS PROGRAM LIBRARY STATUS REPORT SEPTEMBER 05, 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-325(R)* RDB Report Writer VAX-335(R)* DBAG - Data Base System VAX-360 NETSTAT VAX-361 GO Revision VAX-325 RDB Report Writer Version: 1.1, July 1988 Submitted by: David Cohen, Security Pacific Automation Co, W29-50, Los Angeles, CA Operating System: VAX/VMS V4.5 Source Language: DCL, VAX COBOL Software Required: COBOL Keywords: Tools - Applications Development Abstract: This package can generate a COBOL subprogram (with a linkage section) which can be called from an RCO program. The subprogram will handle all the report logic, including control breaks, totals, formatting, and creating the actual print file. Accepts as input four user supplied files which define the report and the data file record. Validates input files. Handles up to eight levels of control breaks, with totals available for each level. Options include: . At Top of Control Group. . At Bottom of Control Group. . At Top of Page. . At Bottom of Report. . New Page. These terms have the same meaning as in DATATRIEVE. Grand totals are available. 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. The generated subprogram is designed to be called from an RCO program, once for every database record in the stream. Notes: Operating system VMS 4.0 and later is required. Filenames are greater than nine letters. Changes and Improvements: Error handling and bug fixes. Media (Service Charge Code): User's Manual (EA), 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: VMS/BACKUP Revision VAX-335 DBAG - Data Base System Version: 1.5, August 1988 Submitted by: Luis Arriaga da Cunha, Laboratorio Nacional De Engenharia Civil, 1799 Lisboa Codex, Portugal Operating System: VAX/VMS V4.6 Source Language: VAX FORTRAN Memory Required: 1MB Keywords: Data Base Management Abstract: DBAG is a relational database system, implemented for VAX/VMS, similar in functionality and interactive interface, to the commercial product DBASE III. Some commands are actually the same, so users familiar with that popular package should "feel at home" with little effort. The editor of records (and commands) departs from a WordStar-like approach and emulates VAX's EDT thus again saving extra learning effort. The system also provides a complete library of subroutines, FORTRAN 77 callable, for those who need/want to write their own program to handle the database. Changes and Improvements: General bug fixing. Media (Service Charge Code): 2400' Magnetic Tape (PA) Format: VMS/BACKUP New VAX-360 NETSTAT Version: E1.0, August 1988 Submitted by: Digital Equipment Corporation Operating System: MicroVMS V4.6 - V5.0, VAX/VMS V4.6 - V5.0 Source Language: VAX BASIC Software Required: VAX GKS V2.0 or higher, TSM V1.2, and RBMS V1.1. Keywords: Networking Abstract: These DECnet network monitoring programs are essentially the same displays shown at DECWORLD '87 in Boston, MA. There are several data collection programs as well as display programs which monitor a DECnet network, as well as terminal servers and LAN bridges. The set of tools is called NETSTAT. The DECnet event processor program and the DECnet area and node polling program gathers reachability information and stores it in shared data structures. The area and node display programs periodically read these data structures and update the graphical display boxes by shading them either red for an alarm condition or green for reachable. The terminal server polling program uses TSM V1.2 (Terminal Server Manager software) to interrogate all known terminal servers on the Ethernet LAN. This information is stored in a shared data structure. The terminal server status display program operates in the identical manner as does the node display program described above. The bridge server polling command procedure uses RBMS V1.1 (Remote Bridge Management software) to interrogate all known LAN bridges on the extended Ethernet LAN. This information is stored in a shared data structure. The bridge status display program operates in the identical manner as does the node display program described above. Each display program is independent of the other so only those displays that are of interest to the user need be run. The graphical display programs use VAX BASIC V3.0 (or higher) and the associated graphics commands. This requires VAX GKS V2.0 or higher. Notes: This package contains a collection of several tools some of which can be used independently. Media (Service Charge Code): 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: VMS/BACKUP New VAX-361 GO Version: 1&2, July 1988 Submitted by: A. Pirnar, ITT-WD Netherlands, Amsterdam Z.0, Netherlands 1102 BR Operating System: VAX/VMS V4.4, V4.6 Source Language: DCL Memory Required: 9KB Keywords: Utilities - VMS Abstract: GO is a DCL utility for flexible directory access using a table display of directories as the user moves in directories and is available in two versions. GO was developed originally as a stack to keep track of 'dives' into subdirectory structures. It made use of an older utility called SD.COM to parse directory specifications. In fact, the symbolic command "SD" is still easier to use when invoking GO, because of the keys being next to each other. Later it was developed as GO_1 into a table of directories keeping track of the users movements, for future quick access. More recently GO_2 was written making use of the new recursive CALL command in VMS V4.4. Both versions of GO list a command summary when invoked with the parameter "H". When invoked with no parameters it is the same as "sh def". Both versions allow the user to: move to quasi legal directory specs (e.g. missing square brackets), verify the specified directory exists, move directly to any entry in the table, step backwards or forwards in the table, move to the last entry in the table chronologically, move directly to sys$login, move up to parent directory, reset the table of directory entries, and show the table with current and last entries visited. In addition GO_2 allows the user to: expand all or one level of subdirectories under an entry into the table, collapse all or one level of subdirectories under an entry, toggle between overwrite and find/append modes when moving to a directory, make multiple moves in the table in one command, automatically define logicals "GO_n$" corresponding to table entries, delete table entries, and delete directory trees from disk. Notes: Operating System VMS V4.4 or higher is required for GO_2.COM. GO_2 uses up more dynamic memory than GO_1 so it may be easier to use GO_1 in some environments. Media (Service Charge Code): One RX50 Diskette (JA) Format: VMS/BACKUP, 600' Magnetic Tape (MA) Format: VMS/BACKUP -- Robert N. Perry (Sky Scum) Tektronix, Inc. 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."