Generating scripts from IDC or WSim log data sets

You can also generate STL programs or WSim message generation decks from an IDC or WSim log data set with the Log Script Generator Utility (ITPLSGEN). ITPLSGEN generates a script in the same format as the Interactive Data Capture (IDC) utility ITPIDC. ITPLSGEN lets you generate or re-generate, using different script generation parameters, an STL program or WSim message generation deck outside of the IDC environment. You can run ITPLSGEN under MVS™ and control it by using an input file or operator entered commands.

ITPLSGEN also lets you generate an STL program or WSim message generation deck from a WSim log data set created during a WSim simulation run. ITPLSGEN generates the script from pairs of the simulated 3270 "BEGINNING OF MSG GEN" and "END OF MSG GEN" log display records along with the transmit data records on the WSim log data set. If the WSim log data set contains all of these records, you can use ITPLSGEN to create a new script, which may be useful in some environments. For example, you can generate an STL program with a WSim log data set containing records created from the execution of an old WSim message deck. You can then use this program as the base for a new STL program to perform a similar function.