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Welcome to
the e-News for
PHOENIX/PREFERENCE Users |
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Welcome to
the Summer 2006 edition of
Total•Connect, the mainframe e-news
for PHOENIX and PREFERENCE users.
This issue features important news
and information for PREFERENCE/
PHOENIX, managers, system
administrators and authors.
We are pleased to report that the
integration of Pathlore with
SumTotal Systems has proceeded
smoothly with no hiccups in services
or support to you our valued
customer. Keep in mind that as part
of the integration, navigation to
the PHOENIX and PREFERENCE web pages
are now accessible from the
SumTotal Systems home page. Be
sure to review the “Where on the
Web?” highlight intended to help
you find the important PHOENIX and
PREFERENCE websites.
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PHOENIX/PREFERENCE 7.9.1 SP1 Now
Shipping |
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On January 18,
2006 SumTotal
Systems
announced that
PHOENIX and
PREFERENCE
release 7.9.1
Service Pack 1
(SP1) began
shipping. This
release includes
software updates
S791001,
Z791001,
Z791002,
Z791003,
Z791004,
Z791005,
Z791006, Z791007
and Z791008.
Updates also
include added
support for z/OS
1.8, and
modifications to
protect CSA and ECSA storage
allocation.
For more
information on
this latest
release, please
see our
announcement at:
Although
PHOENIX/PREFERENCE
7.9.1 SP1 is the
current release,
the availability
of 7.9.1 SP1
does not affect
the support
status of
previous
existing
releases. Users
of
PHOENIX/PREFERENCE
versions 7.8 and
7.9, will
continue to
receive full
technical
support from the
Mainframe
Support Team.
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Ready to order
your copy of
SP1?
To request the
latest release
of PHOENIX or
PREFERENCE
simply click on
‘Request for
PHOENIX and
PREFERENCE
Product Release’
at:
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Where on the
Web? |
Looking for the
PHOENIX/PREFERENCE
Mainframe
Website?
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In case
you
hadn’t
bookmarked
it,
we've
recently
made it
easier
to
access
the
Mainframe
site
from the
SumTotal
Systems
website.
To
access
the
Mainframe
site
from
SumTotal's
Home
Page:
Or, you
can also
still
access
the
Mainframe
site
directly
at:
http://www.pathlore-mainframe.com/index.asp
Here are some
other important
links for
PHOENIX and
PREFERENCE
customers:
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Happy
Surfing!
If you
are
seeking
additional
information
not
available
on the
mainframe
website, be
sure to
contact
your
SumTotal
Mainframe
Account
Manager,
Christie
Davis,
at
614-781-7270
or by
email at
cdavis@sumtotalsystems.com.
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Important
Reminder:
Don't Let your
PHOENIX/PREFERENCE Code
Expire |
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Prevent system
failure due to
expired code.
Don’t let this
happen to you –
be sure to plan
early. Getting a
new
authorization
code for PHOENIX
or PREFERENCE is
relatively easy
and will
safeguard
against costly
downtime should
your code expire. Here are
some procedures
to make sure
your
PHOENIX/PREFERENCE
system stays up
and running:
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Find out
when your
current
authorization
code
expires. You
can verify
expiration
dates by
viewing the
online
supervisor
menu (type
‘menu’ at
the command
line and
press
Enter):
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(x) SYSTEM
_ Add
session
_ Add to
work00
_ Count
_ Dbuild
_ Free/hold
_ List file
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_ Response
time
_ Workfile
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(x) PREF
_ Group
_ Printer
_ Rbuild
_ Rules
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VERSION
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7.9.1
Time
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15:02
Date (MM/DD/CCYY)
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05/10/2006
PHOENIX
expiration
date
02/01/2007
PREFERENCE
expiration
date
02/01/2007
Users
currently on
system ...1
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Go to the
SumTotal
mainframe
website at
least 2
weeks before
your code
expires and
print the
expiration
code request
form. Here
is a direct
link to the
latest*
request
form:
http://www.pathlore-mainframe.com/pdf/Mainframe_ExpidCode_Request_Form_US.pdf |
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Fill out the
form and fax
to (614)
781-7245. |
Questions?
Call Christie Davis
at (614) 781-7270 or
send an email to:
cdavis@sumtotalsystems.com
* IMPORTANT: According
to
Christie Davis,
account manager
for
PHOENIX/PREFERENCE
at SumTotal Systems,
"Many of our
customers use an
older version of the
order form that does
not have a field for
a customer’s email
address." If this is
you, be sure to use
the latest
expiration code
request form by
making a fresh hard
copy from the link
above. Also, you may
wish to bookmark the
link to keep it
handy.
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Technical Tip: PREFERENCE Screen
Capture |
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Instructions for
Capturing a
Screen in
PREFERENCE
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PHOENIX
Users:
These
instructions
for
the
screen
capture
tip
are
written
for
PREFERENCE
but
can
be
easily
adapted
to
PHOENIX.
In
both
cases,
the
objective
is
the
same...to
procure
an
exact
copy
of
an
application
screen
while
avoiding
the
labor
intensive
task
of
manual
editing. |
Why capture
an application
screen?
“Captured”
application
screens are used
to make exact
screen copies
within the
PREFERENCE
editor for
creating
reference
material and for
concurrent help
rules writing.
This procedure
is preferable to
manual editing
because it is
less
time-consuming
and reduces the
chance of errors
such as
misspellings,
typos, and
missed fields.
How can you
differentiate a
writer's screen
capture session
from a help
request?
You can list
Terminal IDs
associated with
the screen
capture process
in the
PREFERENCE
CAPTURE TID
FACILITY. When
PREFERENCE
receives a help
request for a
session whose
Terminal ID
matches a
Terminal ID
definition in
the CAPTURE TID
FACILITY Capture
table, the
terminal session
is navigated
according to the
table definition
(i.e. supervisor
command line,
signon frame or
to a specified
volume as
writer). Once
inside the
PREFERENCE
editor, the
screen captured
by the screen
capture session
can be
transferred to
the PREFERENCE
window editor.
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Started:
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