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Welcome to the Blueline Software first established in 1980 to provide high quality affordable software to the mainframe community. Our goal is to provide you with useful information about our company and products so you will have the most recent and relevent information at hand. A large percentage of our business is repeat business from conservative institutions such as Banking, Finance, Government, Military, Mining and education and we have enjoyed continued success with all sectors.
We not only have quality software products, but an excellent technical support team. We are proud that many sites come back time and time again to Blueline Software for additional products or services.
We can arrange for a free trial of any of our products and usually ship the product the same day.
Blueline has over 75% of all mainframe sites in Australia, New Zealand and throughout S.E.A. as existing customers so you know you have the backing of a truly experienced and trustworthy organisation that has serviced the market for over 25 years.
Blueline is renowned for its ability to work with customers to fill their needs quickly and efficiently with cost effective solutions cutting potential expenditures dramatically with our software solutions enabling our customers to focus on what they do best in their respective industries.
So when it comes time to manage your data centre more efficiently think Blueline Software
Thank you for visiting and we look forward to serving you.
What’s New !!! in 2009
Macro Level Interpreter
MLI is compatible with z/OS CICS/TS 3.1.
Are you still supporting old CICS releases just to keep your macro level applications running?
Stop spending valuable time and money keeping up your old CICS release. With Macro Level Interpreter, you can run your macro level applications on your current command level CICS with NO programming changes.
Macro Level Interpreter standard features:
- · No migration necessary - save costly programming hours
- · Automatically translates your macro level applications to command level without the need for the original source code
- · Eliminates the need for maintaining multiple versions and unsupported versions of CICS
- · Supports Assembler, COBOL and PL/1 languages
- · Supports command level applications using the restricted 'EXEC CICS ADDRESS CSA' command in CICS/ESA version 3 or above
- · Supports vendor applications written with CICS macro code, such as LIFE70™, PMS™, CICS/DMS™ V1.4 or prior, TAPS™, KEYMASTER™ and 4GL™
- · Compatible with all versions of CICS Transaction Server (including VSE)
Macro Level Interpreter optional features:
- · Optional 31-bit feature allows applications whether MACRO or COMMAND level to execute above the 16 megabyte line (some customers use MLI strictly for this feature).
- · Optional macro feature, MLIMAC, allows users to totally eliminate the need for CICS 2.1.2 software by providing compile libraries for Assembler, COBOL and PL/1 languages.
- · Macro Level Detector optional feature - Macro Level Detector audits your applications and determines exactly which programs must be translated by MLI.
MLI Frequently Asked Questions
1. With MLI do you have to make any application modifications or changes?
No. MLI installs as an application to CICS and intercepts macro calls and ADDRESS command calls (including ADDRESS CSA) automatically at program run time. No modification to program source or load module is required.
2. Does MLI support the CICS/ESA storage protect feature?
Yes. MLI fully supports Storage Protection in CICS/ESA 3.3 and above with no CPU overhead!
3. Does MLI support Dynamic Attach?
Yes. Whether referring to DFHKC TYPE=ATTACH or to the Dynamic Attachment of the STUB for macro level programs, their answer is yes. The stub attachment mechanism automatically recognizes mixed mode programs and pure command level programs to avoid double stub conditions and attaches a stub only to macro level programs.
4. What is the Stub size?
MLI stubs are necessary only for pure macro level programs and are 40 bytes for assembler programs and 72 bytes for COBOL programs. For PL/1 programs, the existing CICS stub is reused.
5. Does MLI support mixed mode programs?
Yes. MLI supports programs that have a mixture of macro and command level code.
6. Does MLI support all standard DFH calls?
Yes. The keyword is standard. DFHWTO, DFHOC, etc... system calls are supported as well as most CTYPE LOCATE and BROWSE calls.
7. How does MLI stand up to high volume usage and does MLI create CPU overhead?
MLI has a number of performance options that can be customized by the user. One option is the DIRECT LINK feature which can improve performance to the point where CPU consumption will be less with MLI and CICS/ESA than it was without MLI and CICS 2.1.2!
8. Does MLI support ISAM compatibility or unblocked files under CICS/ESA?
Yes. With CICS/ESA 4.1 unblocked files are no longer supported. However, MLI provides a user friendly menu where the user can code the DDNAME of files that need to be defined as unblocked. This process is automated under 2.1.2 and 3.3 CICS regions using RDM.
9. Does MLI co-exist with debugging tools?
Yes. MLI fully supports XPEDITER from Compuware and INTERTEST from CA.
VS/Cobol Interpreter
VS/Cobol Interpreter allows programs written and compiled with OS/VS COBOL to execute in CICS Transaction Server 3.1 and above. No program changes or recompiles are required. Continue to seamlessly run your OS/VS COBOL programs in CICS TS V3.1 (and above).
When activated in “REAL” mode, VCI automatically intercepts OS/VS COBOL programs and provides the necessary environment for programs to function properly in CICS TS V3.1. In CICS TS V3.1 and later, execution mode is forced to “REAL” and OS/VS COBOL programs run with VCI support.
With the “Automatic program detection” feature of VCI, programs written in OS/VS COBOL are automatically included and handled by the software. If this option is not specified, users must customize an include list to select OS/VS COBOL programs processed by VCI. Generic and character masking features are available to control inclusion and exclusion of programs from the VCI process.
The installation process is quick and simple:
- · Load the VCI software from the shipped media
- · Install the VCI SVC
- · Create the control file using the provided JCL
- · Enter the required CICS definitions
- · Customize the VCI run options
- · Start VCI
- · Define the application programs to run with VCI (or use automatic detection)
- · Begin using your application
Continue to run with current releases of CICS TS from IBM by installing VS/Cobol Interpreter. VCI eliminates the need to wait for costly program conversion or replacement solutions for your VS/Cobol applications.
VS/Cobol Analyzer examines program libraries and identifies OS/VS COBOL programs. If you would like to migrate to CICS TS 3.1 but aren’t sure how many OS/VS COBOL programs you are running, our VS/Cobol Analyzer may be just what you need. The CICS component runs in your current release of CICS and checks each program as it is loaded to let you know what is executing. And the batch component will cross-reference your DFHCSD entries with your DFHRPL libraries to let you know what OS/VS COBOL programs could possibly run.
You can use VS/Cobol Analyzer to help answer questions like "How many OS/VS COBOL programs do we have?", "Would it be less expensive to convert our programs manually or run MacKinney’s VS/Cobol Interpreter?", and "How soon can we migrate to CICS TS V3.1?" To keep your costs to a minimum, VS/Cobol Analyzer is available for monthly licensing and is priced by machine capacity.
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