This release provides enhancements in the following areas:
Micro Focus Heartbleed Update
This product includes OpenSSL version 3.0.8.
AppMaster Builder
This release provides updated AppMaster Builder support that integrates more fully into the Eclipse IDE. In addition, the
following enhancements have been added:
- Code generation and compilation in an Eclipse COBOL project
- Enhanced Program Painter
- Enhanced Job Queue
Assembler Support
This release provides Assembler support from within the Eclipse IDE on Windows platforms. Features include:
- Support for creating Assembler programs (.mlc extension), macro files (.mac or
.cpy extensions) or Assembler linker files (.lin) from within the IDE.
- Support for building Assembler programs and for linking Assembler linker files from within the IDE. You can choose to exclude
certain files from the build.
- Assembler editors for Assembler and macro files - includes content assist for reserved words and colorization.
- Support for using Ant for building .asm, .mlc and .cap files and for linking .lin files.
- IDE support for configuring the Assembler compiler and linker options on project, build configuration and file levels.
- Configuring the macro paths.
Btrieve Support
Support for the Btrieve file handling system from Pervasive Software Inc. has been added into
Enterprise Developer.
Support is restricted to native COBOL, in a Windows environment.
COBOL Source Information
The
Quick Browse option is now available as a context menu command in the editor.
Compare and Synchronization Monitor
Note: This feature is only available in a Windows environment.
With the release of
Enterprise Developer 2.2 Update 1, the
Compare and Synchronization Monitor has been updated to version 2.
Version 2 is greatly improved in terms of performance, especially during initial checkout of partitioned data sets or when
synchronizing a large number of members. Also, the user interface has been improved, and some of the functions available in
the old version have now changed or become obsolete.
Compiler Directives
The following Compiler directives have been added in this release:
- ILPARAMS
- Determines the way in which you call a method that contains an array as its last receiving parameter.
- INIT-BY-TYPE
- Initializes Working-Storage Section data items to a default value, according to their type.
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Database Access
The following new features have been added as part of database access support:
- HCO for DB2 LUW
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- Support added for DB2 LUW version 10.5.
- Enhanced RETURN-CODE processing.
- The HCO DDL processor now accepts column names with a length greater than 18 characters.
- The HCO Import Data tool now processes CLOB data less than 32K in size.
- The HCO Import Data tool can now convert DSNTIAUL import files to delimited format, enabling the actual import to be done
by DB2 LUW IMPORT and LOAD utilities. This is done using the new SAVEDEL and CHARDEL parameters.
- HCO for SQL Server (HCOSS)
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- Support for the mainframe SET CURRENT SQLID statement.
- Support for the mainframe LEFT and RIGHT scalar functions.
- Data Migration tools now support the mainframe ALIAS and SYNONYM objects.
- OpenESQL
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- Enhanced internationalization support for UNICODE, DBCS and MBCS.
- Enhanced GET DIAGNOSTICS statement support.
- Enhanced LOB support for CLOB, BLOB and DBCLOB data types.
- Enhanced IDE support for OPTION directives.
- Now provides support for the creation of save points and rolling back to save points.
- XA Switch Modules
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Restriction: This feature applies only when the Enterprise Server feature is enabled.
- New two-phase commit module for SQL Server based on Microsoft's XA switch. This provides support for xa_recover.
- Support for DB2 LUW version 10.5.
- Support for Oracle version 12.1.
Eclipse IDE
- Assigning memory to Linkage Section items
- If the debugger steps on a line with an unassigned linkage item (for example, if you are debugging only a part of your application
and no memory has been allocated to that linkage item), debugging terminates. To assign linkage to that data item and continue
debugging, you need to select the data item, right-click it and click
Inspect COBOL. When prompted, confirm and assign a value to the data item. Alternatively, to assign linkage, you can right-click the data
item in the
Variables view and click
Change Value.
- Debugging Windows Services
- It is now possible to debug Windows services. You must be logged on to the console of the computer running the service and
can debug either using just-in-time debugging and a CBL_DEBUGBREAK call, or using library routines and a "COBOL Wait for Application
Attachment" debug session having added a call to CBL_DEBUGBREAK or CBL_DEBUG_START to the application.
- Indicating that a file is a copybook or a COBOL program
- In COBOL Explorer, you can now use two new file context menu commands to indicate that a COBOL program is a copybook (Transform Program to Copybook) and that a copybook is a COBOL program (Transform Copybook to Program). You may need to use these in situations when you imported existing COBOL source code in the Eclipse IDE and some of the
files were incorrectly identified as either a copybook or a COBOL program.
Enterprise Server Integration in the IDE
You can now use the context menu for the servers in Server Explorer to enable the display of the Enterprise Server log information
in
the Console view.
Enterprise Server MQ-IMS Bridge
Attention: This feature is in Early Adopter Program (EAP) release status.
We intend to provide the finalized feature in a future release. Please contact OpenText Support for Micro Focus Products if you require further clarification.
This release provides support that enables
WebSphere MQ applications to communicate with IMS applications in an Enterprise Server region.
Environment Variables
The following environment variable has been added in this release:
- strictvsam
- strictvsam enables strict mainframe emulation when processing VSAM files.
- When set to ON and running under mainframe emulation, file status 37 is returned for an existing VSAM file when opened for
OUTPUT if the file has data or previously had data written to it, or if the file is of a different format to the file on disk.
When set to OFF, file status 0 is returned and a new file is created when an existing VSAM file is opened for OUTPUT. This
variable is set to OFF by default.
Fileshare Recovery
Recovery of Fileshare data files has been enhanced.
Rollback recovery is a faster process that aims to fix the files from their failed state.
This process cannot be used in all scenarios, but a new user exit has also been introduced that allows you to programmatically
control which files you wish to recover with this process.
Hot backups are also a new introduction, which allow you to perform a backup without having to shut down Fileshare.
Line Numbering for COBOL Programs
This release provides options for auto-inserting or removing line numbers in source files open the editor. Features include:
- COBOL numbering - line numbers are inserted in the sequence area of the code (columns 1 - 6), starting by default at 000100
at the first line, incrementing by 100 by default.
Micro Focus recommends that you use COBOL numbering only if your files are in fixed or variable source format.
- Standard numbering - line numbers are inserted immediately to the right of area B, in columns 73 - 80, starting by default
at 00000100 at the first line, incrementing by 100 by default.
Micro Focus recommends that you use Standard numbering only if your files are in fixed format.
- The
Renumber and
Unnumber commands available from the context menu in the editor.
Local Catalog
From within Server Explorer in the IDE, you can add one or more local catalogs, and then use them in conjunction with Drag
and Drop to drag down data set items from your mainframe, edit them and then move them back to the mainframe or to your testing
environment.
IMTK
You can now use the Interface Mapping Toolkit to create Web Services and Java Interfaces for remote COBOL projects.
Working with the Mainframe
This release includes the “Launch ISPF” functionality as a technical preview. This feature is supported only under z/OS 1.13.
Mainframe Emulation
Previously, MGMTCLAS was supported by simply saving it on the catalog record when a dataset was allocated in JCL using the
MGMTCLAS parameter on the DD statement. Starting with this release, you can use batch jobs to define MGMT classes and to specify
the EXPIRE AFTER time (in days).
Mainframe Subsystem
- New editors
- Enterprise Developer now provides special editors for REXX, TSO CLIST and Easytrieve programs. The editors include colorization and content assistance.
Syntax checking is not available.
Managed COBOL
Enterprise Developer now provides support for Java managed beans (MBean) in JVM COBOL code that enable you to manage and monitor RunUnits, and
to identify certain issues such as leaks and long-running RunUnits.
- You can enable an MBean only for a particular RunUnit level or for all RunUnits you create.
- You can view and use MBeans from programs such as Oracle's Java Mission Control or JConsole.
- MBeans include the
LogicalRunUnitCount and
LiveRunUnitCount attributes that enable a visual indication of how many RunUnits are live. If the values of these two attributes are different,
this might indicate some issues.
This release also includes the following tutorials for JVM COBOL:
- Deploying JVM COBOL to an Application Server
- Using some ready-made sample projects, this tutorial guides you through implementing your JVM COBOL code into an Enterprise
JavaBean (EJB), then deploying it to a JBoss application server. Instructions are also included on how to deploy the application
to WebSphere and WebLogic application servers.
Managed COBOL Syntax
This release includes the following enhancements to the managed COBOL syntax:
- Specifying parameters in the method signature
- You can now specify passing parameters and returning items in the method signature, instead of using a Procedure Division
header. This applies to methods, indexers, iterators, constructors and delegates.
- CONSTANT keyword
- Use the CONSTANT keyword on a field to protect it from being altered.
- Operations on string fields
- You can now use the STRING, UNSTRING and INSPECT statements on fields of type string.
PL/I
PL/I support within the IDE now includes the following enhancements:
- Support for new built-in functions
The PL/I Compiler and Runtime now support the following new built-in functions:
- DAYS
- DAYSTODATE
- SECSTODATE
- SECS
- WEEKDAY
- DAYSTOSECS
- ONSUBCODE
- REPATTERN
- IAND
- IOR
- INOT
- OMITTED
- XMLCHAR
This provides an improved functionality and a greater language compatibility when you migrate applications from a z/OS environment.
- Support for %OPTION in the PL/I macro preprocessor
You no longer need to modify application code that uses %OPTION in order for it to compile successfully.
- Support for QUOTE() and COMMENT() built in functions.
This enables the use of PL/I macros that generate code using these built-in functions.
- Support for IBM Style %INCLUDE(s) that utilize PDS name as part of include file names.
The PL/I macro preprocessor now parses the %INCLUDE syntax of the form shown below and utilizes the –isuffix and –ipath Compiler
directives to locate the “member”.
%INCLUDE MYPDS(MYMEMBER);
This provides an improved language compatibility with the application code without the need to modify the original underlying
source code.
- Support for PL/I AREA data items up to 2Gb.
Open PL/I now supports the declaration and usage of variables of type AREA up to 2Gb in size. This provides you with improved
functionality and greater language compatibility when migrating applications from a z/OS environment as there is no need to
modify the code in order to deal with a maximum area size of 32Kb.
- Enhanced compatibility with the DISPLAY() REPLY() syntax.
The PL/I Compiler and runtime now provide a DISPLAY() REPLY() syntax that is no longer dependent upon the use of the SYSIN
and SYSOUT DD’s and that no longer causes behavioral differences if stream IO to SYSIN/SYSOUT is intermingled with programs
using DISPLAY() REPLY().
- Support for big-endian style bit strings on little-endian platforms.
Using a new Compiler directive –bitsltr to compile programs that have logic that is dependent on big-endian bitstring ordering
enables you to utilize the code unchanged on Open PL/I little-endian platforms (such as Windows, Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux).
This enables you to migrate applications that make an assumption about bit ordering on the underlying operating system or
hardware and to run them unchanged.
- Support for the –initcall Compiler directive.
Compiling a PL/I program with the –initcall directive causes the specified program to be invoked prior to any user logic.
This enables you to customize your environments and do things such as tracking which routines have been invoked, detect memory
corruption prior to routine startup, establish database connectivity.
- Support for the “F” option in PLIDUMP.
A PLIDUMP which was generated using the “F” option will now attempt to list all known information about files which have
been accessed during the execution of the program and includes information about the last IO operation, key values, and a
dump of buffers, if available. This enables you to identify more easily the cause of file-related failures and what file operations
were in progress at the time of failure.
- Early Adopter support for PL/I data structures Data File Tools.
In the IDE, you can now generate a PL/I structure map (.str) which can be utilized by the Data File Tools utility to generate
a formatted layout for a PL/I Data File. The PL/I data structure must be compiled in advance with the -adt Compiler directive.
This enables you to see what is in each field within a PL/I data file record, and to modify them in a logical way without
having to know the offset, length and raw format of the data item.
- Support for PL/I debugger notification for ON Unit invocation.
You can now request that the debugger stops when a PL/I ON Unit is about to be triggered. This enables you to locate the ON
Unit, establish appropriate breakpoints within the ON Unit and determine the cause of the ON Unit being triggered.
- Support for PL/I debugger notifications for the load of shared libraries and .dll files.
You can now request that the debugger issues a notification when a shared object or a .dll file has been dynamically loaded.
This enables you to stop a program when a dynamic program has been loaded and to establish the appropriate breakpoints, watch
lists, etc.
- Alternative Index Performance Improvements for the CASSPOOL command.
- Support of the SHAREOPTIONS property in a VSAM cluster.
- Support for setting directives automatically for PL/I files.
In Eclipse, click
Window > Preferences > Micro Focus > PL/I > Directives Determination.
- A new page in the project and file properties enables you to set SQL directives on PL/I source files.
Preprocessors
A guide for third-party vendors and administrators showing how to integrate additional preprocessors with
Enterprise Developer is now available in the product help in the
General Reference > Integrated Preprocessor Interface section.
Project and Item Templates
Support is now available for using existing projects and files as custom templates to create new projects and files. You create
and configure projects that include the files and settings you would like to use as templates.
Remote Connections
Enterprise Developer now provides a new connection type,
Micro Focus DevHub using SSH, that uses a Secure Shell daemon process to launch a server on the remote host.
You can use this type of connection when the UNIX machine you are connecting to uses LDAP authentication which is not supported
by the DevHub daemon.
Using this connection also means you do not need to run the DevHub daemon process with root privileges. It also gives you
greater flexibility in setting environment variables needed for building or debugging on the remote server.
Rumba Integration with Eclipse
This release provides enhanced integration with the
Micro Focus Rumba application for running and debugging Mainframe Subsystem applications that require a TN3270 emulator to run. You can
now configure Eclipse to launch a Rumba mainframe display embedded in the IDE or a mainframe session of Rumba Desktop.
Run-time Launch Configuration Files
Note: This feature is only supported in a Windows environment.
Use a run-time launch configuration file to ensure an application can be launched when it is deployed in a separate location
to the run-time system (in the case of dynamically bound applications), or when the licensing daemon is not already running.
Terminfo Files
The following terminfo files have been added:
-
ansi80x25 - this is based on the old
ansi file. A newer version of
ansi exists in this release that has no function key support, which is consistent with
ansi terminfo files on various other UNIX platforms. If you currently use
ansi and require function key support, you should instead set the TERM environment variable to
ansi80x25 to continue previous behavior.
- xterm-color and
kterm-color - these are now available on all UNIX platforms - previously, they were only available on Linux.
- aixterm-old (AIX systems only) - this has similar capabilities to the AIX OS terminfo file of the same name. It differs from the existing
aixterm file, because it has no line drawing capability. Line drawing is only possible with
aixterm if it is displayed on an appropriate display (X server).
- vt220-w - this is the wide (132-column) version of the vt220 file, and is based on the vt100-w file. For more information, see
Wide Terminal Mode in the documentation referenced at the bottom of this section.
There have been a number of additions and fixes to existing terminfo files; refer to the
Terminfo Database and Terminal Devices section of the documentation for full details.
There have also been a number of terminfo files that have been removed; refer to the
Backward Compatibility section for a complete list.