Looking for a replacement for UltraQuest?
We have great news for you!
z/Writer can provide you with the same capabilities
as UltraQuest at a much lower cost!
z/Writer is a powerful quick-code utility for z/OS mainframes.
Z-Writer's annual costs are lower than UltraQuest's. Compare our price to what you are currently paying CA! (Price list)
Z-Writer is written entirely in fast, efficient Assembler language to be easy on your CPU. Best of all, it comes from Pacific Systems Group, with its 30-year history of providing inexpensive, rock solid mainframe software backed up with first class service and support.
See for yourself why Pacific Systems Group products are already in use at over 300 mainframe shops worldwide. Download your own free 30-day trial of z/Writer right now.
Call us at 1-800-572-5517 and we'll answer any questions you may have.
Or send us an e-mail.
Z-Writer Features
versions available that accept Easytrieve, VISION:Results, VISION:Report or CA-Earl control statements and JCL
or, use native control statements featuring an easy, free format, COBOL–like syntax that's quickly learned
user–friendly field names can be up to 70 characters long, and allow full compatibility with existing COBOL, PL/1 and Assembler data names
work with any number of flat files and VSAM files
access DB2 tables, with our available DB2 Option
can automatically format "reports" as comma-delimited files, to export to PC
create and read back temporary work files, without any special JCL
handles complicated record layouts, including variably–located fields, fields located by pointer or pointer expressions, etc.
supports records that contain arrays, nested to any level
use your existing COBOL or Assembler record layouts instead of creating a data dictionary. Or, use Z-Writer's simple data dictionary for added functionality.
support for floating point data
produces efficient internal machine code that is easy on your CPU
make multiple reports (or output files) in a single file pass
macro expansion feature helps in supplying run-time parms
report lines are not limited to only 132 characters. Z-Writer can format a report as wide as your laser printer supports.
any number of control breaks allowed
allows complete control over formatting of numeric fields, including handling of special cases like telephone numbers, social security numbers, etc.
has special formatting options for international users
allows complete control over report titles, column headings (or just use the defaults)
includes an option to validity–check numeric data before processing it, to prevent S0C7 abends
ability to display file data in hexadecimal format, for analyzing invalid data
full program trace facility, to help when developing new program
translate fields from EBCDIC to ASCII and vice verse
supports full "boolean logic" (the use of AND, OR and NOT) in conditional expressions
ability to scan free format fields, to see if a certain text appears anywhere within the field
comparisons and computations are allowed among all numeric fields, (even if some are packed, some are binary, and others are zoned, etc.)
supports all types of mainframe data widely in use, including zoned, packed, BCD, signed and unsigned binary and hexadecimal floating point
full mathematical calculations are supported, including the use of many built–in functions
supports a full range of functions to manipulate string data, including powerful parsing features
"compress" formatting features lets you, for example, compress separate city, state and ZIP fields into a normal formatted line format
built–in fields provide the system date, time, jobname, etc.
ability to print full–page forms
full control of carriage control when printing reports
comes with thorough, clear documentation
