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Order No. 5C34-2047-0
File No. 5370/4300-39
System Productivity
Facility for VM/SP
Program Product Program Reference
Program Number 5668-009
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First Edition (March 1981)
This edition applies to the System Productivity Facility (SPF) Program Product (5668-009), for use with
VMjSystem Product (VM/SP) and to all subsequent releases until otherwise indicated in new editions of
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PREFACE
The System Productivity Facility (SPF) is a program product that
assists in program development. It is designed to take advantage
of the characteri sti cs of IBM 3270 di splay termi nals, and to
increase p~ogrammer productivity in an interactive environment.
The System Productivity Facility replaces the previous Structured
Programming Facility program products (SPF/TSO and SPF/CMS). It
includes significant new functions that support the development,
testing, and execution of interactive applications.
SPF consists of two major components: the dialog manager and the
program development facility. The dialog manager provides con-
trol and services for running interactive applications. The pro-
gram development facility provides the previous SPF functions.
This manual contains detailed information on how to use the SPF
program development facility under VM/CMS. It is intended for use
by an application or systems programmer, engaged in program
development, who is familiar with the VM environment.
The first three chapters of this manual contain:
Summary of Amendments - A summary of changes and enhancements
to the SPF program development facility.
Introduction - A brief description of the purpose of the SPF
program development facility.
General Description - A description of features that are com-
mon across the vari ous processi ng opti ons.
The next several chapters provide detailed user information for
each function, as follows:
Invocation and Termination Foreground (Option 4)
Member List Commands Batch (Option 5)
SPF Parms (Option 0) Command (Option 6)
Browse (Option 1) Support (Option 7)
Edit (Option 2) Tutorial (Option T)
Utilities (Option 3)
This manual also includes several appendixes containing a sample
problem, description of listing formats, command and quick refer-
ence summaries, and differences in SPF usage in the MVS and VM
environments.
SPF COMMAND FORMATS
In this document, the following notation conventions are used to
describe SPF command formats: