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This documentation describes how to install Version 7.6.11 of FOCUS for Mainframe on z/OS. It is intended for the z/OS system support group.
This manual includes the following chapters:
Chapter/Appendix | Contents | |
1 | A brief description of components you can install and the environments required for their execution. | |
2 | Describes the automated ISETUP procedure for installing an upgrade or service pack from a tape or from an FTP site. | |
3 | Provides step-by-step installation procedures. | |
4 | Describes how to install the FOCUS license file. | |
5 | Describes how to install the FOCUS Menu, the FOCUS Toolkit, National Language support, and IEDIT. | |
6 | Describes the Usage Accounting Exit, data set naming enforcement, and how to install a user coded password security system. | |
7 | Describes how to install the FOCCALC Graphics Facility, how to install an external security system, and discusses considerations for running the ICU Interface. | |
8 | Describes FOCUS maintenance after installation. | |
A | Lists JCL and zaps for using the IBI Subsystem. | |
B | Lists Subsystem error messages. | |
C | Lists JCL and control statements for placing reentrant modules in the Link Pack Area. |
The following table lists and describes the conventions that apply in this manual.
Convention |
Description |
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THIS TYPEFACE or this typeface |
Denotes syntax that you must enter exactly as shown. |
this typeface |
Represents a placeholder (or variable) in syntax for a value that you or the system must supply. |
underscore |
Indicates a default setting. |
this typeface |
Represents a placeholder (or variable), a cross-reference, or an important term. It may also indicate a button, menu item, or dialog box option you can click or select. |
this typeface |
Highlights a file name or command. |
Key + Key |
Indicates keys that you must press simultaneously. |
{ } |
Indicates two or three choices; type one of them, not the braces. |
[ ] |
Indicates a group of optional parameters. None are required, but you may select one of them. Type only the parameter in the brackets, not the brackets. |
| |
Separates mutually exclusive choices in syntax. Type one of them, not the symbol. |
... |
Indicates that you can enter a parameter multiple times. Type only the parameter, not the ellipsis points (...). |
. . . |
Indicates that there are (or could be) intervening or additional commands. |
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