VPS V1 R8.0
VPS^®, V1 R8.0 was introduced in 2000 and is still generally available for immediate distribution. This release of VPS supports IBM's SYSOUT Application Program Interface (SAPI) for JES and offers new extensions and features.

The order form for VPS V1 R8.0 is available here. 

SAPI Support
SAPI is a multitasking interface to JES that offers many opportunities for performance improvements, and the internal structure of VPS has been redesigned to take advantage of SAPI features. VPS will continue to support the Process SYSOUT (PSO) interface; SAPI is not required for using VPS V1 R8.0.

SAPI provides additional job and dataset information not available via PSO, allowing VPS operations to be streamlined and easier to use. By taking advantage of the newly available job and dataset information, VPS cross memory access to JES via user exits is greatly reduced, and in most situations there is little need for VPS to access JES control blocks. This allows VPS to be more independent of new JES releases.

When using SAPI, JES will mark SYSOUT as active when it is being processed by VPS. Display of queued output will show the dataset as active and prevent deletion or other manipulation of the dataset while it is being processed by VPS.

Customers choosing to utilize SAPI will find improved VPS performance and usability. Utilizing SAPI eliminates the need for VPS to stage print files during processing in most situations and also eliminates the need for specific user exits.

New Features:

New VPS® system keywords, including SAPI=Y/N to indicate whether VPS is to use SAPI or the PSO interface to JES

Extended AFP Printer Support, including support for bar code objects as defined in the MODCA architecture (except for the Japanese Postal Bar Code) and additional flexibility in the AFP resource table

Reduced storage used below the 16M line

New VPS printer keywords, including keywords that support the new VPS/Email extension product and enhance VPS processing options. A complete set of printer command keywords has been added to VPS; these keywords can replace or simplify the existing VPS user exit 14

Other new or enhanced keywords include: NOTIFY - Indicates when VPS should notify user(s) of the status of print activity. NOTMAIL - Specifies an email address for print notifications. NOTTSO - Specifies TSO User ID(s) that are to receive print notifications. DEST - A new value of '' can be used to obtain SYSOUT with IP in the OUTPUT destination when using SAPI. DSPACE and QSPACE can now have values up to 9999. ERRACTN - Has a new subfield for DEST= for email connection errors. TCPLPORT - The default value is now (721 - 731) instead of the TCPPORT value. TCPPRTR - Up to 60 bytes are now allowed.