This section describes significant changes in behavior or usage in the current and past releases of
Visual COBOL
for Eclipse. These changes could potentially affect the behavior of existing applications or impact the way the tools are used.
Note: This list does not include the changes in behavior introduced by any of the Patch Update releases. Refer to the Patch Update
readmes for information about such changes.
Changes in Behavior in This Release
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For an up-to-date list of these changes for release 6.0, see this product's Release Notes available from the
Product Documentation section of the
Micro Focus
Customer Care Web site.
Early warning of compatibility issues with current operating systems
In order to better support modern operating systems, we are aligning closely with their operability guidelines. We now detect
previously-undefined behavior when interacting with OS level functions.
Error RTS096 alerts you to any calls to the operating system's fork() API, in a process that has directly or indirectly called
COBOL functionality, in your code.
The error gives you an early diagnosis of a situation which, if left unchecked on modern operating systems, could lead to
deadlocks, crashes or other failures at run time. These problems would often occur intermittently and be very challenging
to track down.
See the KB article
https://community.microfocus.com/t5/Visual-COBOL-Knowledge-Base/fork-rts64-Error-96-encountered-in-child-process/ta-p/1771191 for more details.
Call prototyping in library routines
The copybooks
cbltypes.cpy and
cblproto.cpy, provided by this system for call prototyping in library routines, include features of the latest syntax, specifically the
CONSTANT keyword. If these files are used in conjunction with the MF directive, it should be set to the current level, 21;
otherwise, you should remove the directive, or do not use these copybooks.
Database Access - OpenESQL
Just like other DBMS SQL COBOL precompilers, OpenESQL now follows embedded SQL standards and disallows the use of group host
variables in WHERE <column> = :hostvar clauses. In the past, this was not flagged at compile-time, and would lead to unpredictable
results when executed.
National data items in
JVM COBOL code
JVM COBOL code that uses IS NUMERIC tests on NATIONAL or NATIONAL NUMERIC data items, or uses NATIONAL NUMERIC data items in programs
compiled with the CHECKNUM Compiler directive must be recompiled in this release. Compiled code from earlier products that
uses such constructs will generate a
MissingMethodException error when run under this release.
Rebuild required for projects unable to locate the Windows Resource Compiler
Projects that were last built in a version prior to 6.0, and that rely on the Windows Resource Compiler (RC.exe) need to be rebuilt in Eclipse, otherwise they may produce an error. This is due to the relocation of
RC.exe in this version of the product. Affected projects will be those that explicitly reference a manifest file (used to include
such things as cursors, fonts, and icons), and that are built directly from the command line.
The problem is fixed if you open and build the project within the Eclipse IDE (as
.cobolBuild is rebuilt to find the new location of
RC.exe). Alternatively, you should ensure that PATH contains a reference to
RC.exe if you continue to run projects from the command line.
VALUE clause not permitted to follow items that use the OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause when ODOSLIDE in effect
If your Working Storage contains a data item with the OCCURS DEPENDING ON phrase, and ODOSLIDE is in effect, any subsequent
data items at the same or higher level must not contain a VALUE clause. If they do, an error (COBCH1962) is now generated.
If you cannot remove the VALUE clauses from your source code or remove ODOSLIDE, contact
Customer Care.
ISO2002 support via the Compiler directive
The ISO2002 directive now supports an option to provide different levels of ISO2002 features. ISO2002"1" provides the level
of features supported in Server Express and Net Express, and ISO2002"2" provides those features, plus additional ones added
since Visual COBOL. If you have used the ISO2002 directive in Server Express/Net Express, and are migrating to
Visual COBOL, use ISO2002"1" if your applications are affected by the change in behaviors provided with ISO2002"2".
Changes in Behavior in Release 5.0
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For an up-to-date list of these changes for release 5.0, see this product's Release Notes available from the
Product Documentation section of the
Micro Focus
Customer Care Web site.
Communications Facility syntax no longer supported
The Communications Facility (also referred to as the COMMS SECTION or COMMUNICATION SECTION) has long since been deprecated.
Certain syntax relating to this was still accepted (but ignored) by the Compiler. That syntax is no longer permitted, and
if encountered, the Compiler will now generate an error (COBCH1895 Communication Facility not supported); you must remove the section from your sources before recompiling.
File Handling
Applications which make calls directly to EXTFH or EXTSM, passing the FCD (File Control Description) now need to initialize
the FCD correctly. This means that any unused or reserved areas need to be initialized with binary zeros or you could receive
an RTS114 error, for example when calling EXTSM. See
File Control Description (FCD).
Calling coblongjmp() within an error procedure, exit procedure or signal handler
Calling coblongjmp() within an error procedure, exit procedure or signal handler now generates a fatal Run-Time System error
message:
COBRT131 coblongjmp() can not return from current context (Fatal).
This scenario was previously documented as a restriction, and is now enforced, to prevent subsequent issues. The resolution
to such an error is to refactor the code to remove the coblongjmp() call from any error procedures, exit procedures, or signal
handlers.
Changes in Behavior in Release 4.0
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For an up-to-date list of these changes for release 4.0, see this product's Release Notes available from the
Product Documentation section of the
Micro Focus
Customer Care Web site.
The numbers that follow each issue are the Support Incident Numbers followed by the Reported Problem Incident (RPI) number
(in parentheses).
Compiling
The Compiler now produces an E level message -
COBCH1888 Typedef is defined differently in another external program - if different external programs have conflicting definitions of the same typedef name. To restore the previous behavior,
where the earlier definition was ignored, use the directive HIDEMESSAGE"1888".
Enterprise Server security
Web access to the Enterprise Server Console Log and Communications Server Log is now restricted when the enterprise server
region is secured using external security. Users will be required to provide a valid username and password in order to view
either log file.
Web access to the logs can be controlled using the standard ACL definitions under the new
Communications Server resource class, with resources
Enterprise Server Console Log and
Communications Server Log. If these resources exist, users require 'read' access to be allowed to view the logs. If the resources do not exist, the
default behavior is to allow 'read' access on entry of a valid username and password.
An example of the new resource class and resource definitions can be found in the
es_default_ldap_unix.ldf file, which is located in the
etc sub-directory of your product directory.
Application Server JCA Support for
Enterprise Server
With this release, all CICS-related Java artifacts have been delivered using a new directory structure under the
javaee-ccl directory of your
Visual COBOL installation directory. The
javaee-ccl directory structure mimics the structure of the
javaee directory. For example,
mfccl.jar is no longer located in the
bin subdirectory, but can be found in the
javaee-ccl\common directory.
Test Coverage results
Schema changes that affect the test coverage results generated from the
tcutil utility mean that if you propagate the results to a third-party application (for example, an XSLT processor), and rely on
the
<copyFileCoverage> element, you need to alter your transformations to focus on
<sourceFileCoverage> instead. The element was renamed to more appropriately reflect its contents, as
tcutil now gives global coverage for all source files (not just copybooks).
Changes in Behavior in Release 3.0
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For an up-to-date list of these changes for release 3.0, see this product's Release Notes available from the
Product Documentation section of the
Micro Focus
Customer Care Web site.
The numbers that follow each issue are the Support Incident Numbers followed by the Reported Problem Incident (RPI) number
(in parentheses).
Compiler Directives
The default for the FASTINIT directive has changed: FASTINIT is now the default when setting the MF dialect. The directive
remains not set by default (that is, NOFASTINIT) for other dialects.
Managed COBOL
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References to types within an assembly other than
mscorlib need to be explicitly referenced. You can achieve this by using the ILREF Compiler directive.
Previously, in certain circumstances, the Compiler would allow access to types within the
System.dll assembly without the need for an ILREF"System" directive.
OpenESQL
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The new OpenESQL OPTIMIZECURSORS SQL compiler directive option is turned on by default for
ODBC (DBMAN=ODBC).
This
ensures that embedded SQL cursors that use WITH HOLD and FOR UPDATE clauses have the same data integrity across all databases.
If your applications require the OpenESQL preprocessor to use the behavior provided in an earlier release, compile them using
OPTIMIZECURSORS=NO.
Changes in Behavior in Release 2.3 Update 2
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This section describes significant changes in behavior or usage. These changes could potentially affect the behavior of existing
applications or impact the way the tools are used.
The numbers that follow each issue are the Support Incident Numbers followed by the Reported Problem Incident (RPI) number
(in parentheses).
Compiler
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- In previous product releases, the scoping rules for nested programs (as defined in ANS85 COBOL), were not enforced in managed
COBOL (.NET and JVM). This meant that, in cases where program A contained programs B1 and B2, and programs B1 and B2 contained
C1 and C2, respectively, it was possible to call program C2 from C1, for example. The lack of scoping rules also meant that
it was not possible for B1 and B2 both to contain a program with the same name.
This product release enforces the correct ANS85 scoping rules for nested programs, including COMMON programs, and makes it
possible to have multiple programs with the same name at different levels of the nesting hierarchy. In this way, the behavior
in managed COBOL is now compatible with the behavior of native COBOL programs.
- Replacing a partial token no longer causes the second part of the token to appear on a new line. This could happen if the
new text was larger than the text being replaced.
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- There is no longer a problem opening an RM/COBOL indexed file when the program has a RECORD CONTAINS n CHARACTERS clause
and there are record descriptions with lengths less than n. This situation previously caused a 39 error on the OPEN (other
than OPEN OUTPUT) because there was a mismatch in the minimum record length.
Enterprise Server
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- Previously, it was possible to install groups that should not have been installed. If a group name, as defined in the Startup
List, did not exist in the list of Groups then the next Group in the alphabetical order would be loaded instead. Now, if a
Group is not defined in the list of Groups, a warning that the Group could not be loaded is issued.
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- On UNIX, if the "File Path" setting was not specified in the configuration of an Enterprise Server, the environment variable
TXFILEP was defaulting to $COBDIR/etc/cas. This has been changed and TXFILEP is not populated when the "File Path" is not
specified.
IDE
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- This update modifies any existing connections defined in an Eclipse workspace. If the connections had any non-default values,
those values could revert to their original default setting. After installing this release, before you use any remote connections
for the first time, you need to check the settings and amend them as necessary.
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Micro Focus Directory Server
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- The "-n" option for the mfds command now supports hostnames as the network addresses in addition to IPv4 addresses.
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Monitoring and Management
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- Messages that are written to the console log by applications that perform "display upon console" now contain a standard message
ID (CASMG0001I).
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Changes in Behavior in Release 2.3 Update 1
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This section describes significant changes in behavior or usage. These changes could potentially affect the behavior of existing
applications or impact the way the tools are used.
The numbers that follow each issue are the Support Incident Numbers followed by the Reported Problem Incident (RPI) number
(in parentheses).
Application Workflow Modeller
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- Tools used in the File_Descriptor_Has_Action relationship now support Resource Processing. This means tools defined within
a dialog table action can modify properties of the selected table rows.
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- The standard
Visual COBOL project model now contains additional context menu actions under "Open With..." for IMS DBD and PSP files to open either
the DBD, the PSP or the IMS Database editors.
- You no longer receive a REXX error when recompiling a component from a baseline.
Data Tools
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- When filtering a data file, if there is no valid temporary directory set, you are prompted to set one using the option in
the Preferences dialog box.
- The editor no longer allows you to open a file if the file size (without header size) is not a multiple of the record size
on disk; an error is produced instead.
- The level numbers displayed in a record layout correspond to the levels used in the .idy file that was used when the structure
file was created.
Editor Writing Assistance
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-
Content Assist suggestions are no longer offered if you start typing numbers and automatic triggering of suggestions is enabled.
IDE
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- When compiling to multiple executables from the command line, you must specify the -logger parameter to enable the correct
log to be output to the console.
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- For a file added to a JVM COBOL project by adding the folder that stores the file (using the
Source tab on the
Micro Focus > JVM Build Path > Source page in the projects' properties), there is now a new context-menu command,
Copy to Output Directory, in COBOL Explorer. Choosing this command on a file triggers a build of the project and copies the file into the output directory.
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Run-Time System
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- The Audit Manager contains a new TIMEOUT option. When a client sends an audit event using the ‘CBL_AUDIT_EVENT’ API, the
event gets placed in the next available slot in a shared memory block. If shared memory is full (i.e. no slots are available),
the event is re-tried until a slot becomes available.
If no Audit Manager is running, no events are removed from shared memory, and no slots will ever become available. Therefore,
use the new TIMEOUT option so that a client will only retry sending until the TIMEOUT duration is reached; after which, it
will stop sending audit events. If Audit Manager is recycled, events will start to be sent again.
To set the TIMEOUT for all Audit Manager clients, specify the following line in the Audit Manager configuration file:
mfaudit.timeout = n
Where n is the timeout value in milliseconds.
To set the TIMEOUT for an individual Audit Manager client, use the ‘CBL_AUDIT_CONFIG_PROPERTY_SET’ API. It takes an integer
property-value, which should be the timeout value in milliseconds.
If TIMEOUT is set using both methods, the client property TIMEOUT takes precedence, unless this property is set to zero; in
such cases, the TIMEOUT in the configuration file is used. If you use the ‘CBL_AUDIT_CONFIG_PROPERTY_GET’ API on the ‘TIMEOUT’
property, it only returns the TIMEOUT value for the client property; it does not return the value set in the configuration
file.
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- Several changes have been made to the implementation of IS DBCS, IS KANJI and IS JAPANESE class condition tests:
- IS [NOT] DBCS
When CHARSET"EBCDIC" is in effect, the IS DBCS test returns true when each character in the string is deemed to be a valid
DBCS character. A valid character has its first byte in the range 0x41 through 0xFE, and the second byte in the range 0x41
through 0xFE, or the character is an EBCDIC space (0x4040). When CHARSET"ASCII" is in effect, the DBCS test uses an OS call
to determine if the string contains only valid double-byte character, and returns true if valid.
- IS [NOT] KANJI
When CHARSET"EBCDIC" is in effect, the IS KANJI test returns true when each character in the string is deemed to be a valid
Kanji character. A valid character has its first byte in the range 0x41 through 0x7F, and the second byte in the range 0x41
through 0xFE, or the character is an EBCDIC space (0x4040). When CHARSET"ASCII" is in effect, the IS KANJI test uses an OS
call to determine if the string contains only valid Kanji character, and returns true if valid.
- IS [NOT] JAPANESE
When CHARSET"EBCDIC" is in effect, the IS JAPANESE test is not supported, and will generate a COBCH1806 Feature not supported
in selected charset message on compilation.
When CHARSET"ASCII" is in effect, the IS JAPANESE test returns true when the string contains only double-byte Japanese characters
or single-byte Japanese Katakana characters, and returns true if valid. When NSYMBOL"NATIONAL" is in effect, these class tests
are not supported, and will generate a COBCH0303 Operand has wrong data-type message on compilation.
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SQL Option for DB2
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- Spurious errors were sometimes returned while querying using an ALIAS.
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Changes in Behavior in Release 2.3
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This section describes significant changes in behavior or usage. These changes could potentially affect the behavior of existing
applications or impact the way the tools are used.
Where present, the numbers that follow each issue are the Support Incident Numbers followed by the Reported Problem Incident
(RPI) number (in parentheses).
CAS Security
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- The Enterprise Server External Security Facility now includes MLDAP ESM Module 2.0, with a new algorithm for identifying
the best-matching resource-access rule and ACE for resource-access security checks. This algorithm is faster and matches most
customers' expectations. The new algorithm also provides an optional "username substitution" feature. It can be enabled by
setting "rule substitutions" to "yes" in the [Operation] section in the Security Manager configuration text area. When this
is enabled, the string "${user}" in a resource-rule name will be replaced with the name of the user that makes the request.
For example, a DATASET rule named "USERS.${user}.**" would apply to datasets with the requesting user's name as the second
qualifier. In rare cases, customers with complex, ambiguous resource-access security rules might see experience changes in
behavior as a result of the new algorithm. The old algorithm is still supported and can be enabled by setting "version 1 authentication"
to "yes" in the [Operation] section of the Security Manager configuration.
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CAS XA Switch modules
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- The XA switch modules now support dynamic registration.
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- The XA switch modules now support batch-only operations when multiple XA Resource Managers have been defined.
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- In
Visual COBOL 2.2 update 2, Micro Focus identified undefined run-time behavior when the following combination of directives was specified:
SIGN"EBCDIC", CHARSET"ASCII", and one of the following: HOST-NUMMOVE, HOST-NUMCOMPARE or SIGN-FIXUP. Previously (Visual COBOL 2.2 update 1 and earlier), if this combination was specified, the SIGN”EBCDIC” directive should have been ignored, to avoid
a mixture of ASCII and EBCDIC characters; however, SIGN”EBCDIC” was still being honored, resulting in undefined run-time behavior.
Therefore, this combination of directives is now invalid for
Visual COBOL 2.2 update 2 or later, and if specified, will be rejected at compile time.
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Compiler
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- For native COBOL, the size limit of the Data Division now stands at 2GB -1.
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-
Previously, it was not possible to specify sign(EBCDIC) with sign-fixup, host-num-move or with host-num-compare. This
combination is now supported in native COBOL but remains invalid for managed COBOL code. This is applicable to version 2.2
U2 HotFix 10 onwards.
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File Handling
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- Custom file handlers (using DYNREDIR) are now called for each part of a concatenated file.
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File Locking
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- In versions prior to
Visual COBOL 2.3, the semantics of the sharing phrase specified in an OPEN statement or used within a call to CBL_OPEN_FILE were not correctly
applied in some cases on UNIX and Linux platforms. From version 2.3 onwards, the sharing phrase is correctly honored when
the tunable
strict_file_locking=true is set, which is the default setting.
Example of potential changes in behavior:
- Process-A opens a file with read-only access and a sharing mode that denies other processes write access (SHARING WITH READ ONLY).
- Process-B then attempts to open the file with read-only access and a sharing mode that denies other processes read access (SHARING
WITH NO OTHER).
With
strict_file_locking=true,
Process-B is unable to open the file, because
Process-A has successfully opened the file allowing only read access.
With
strict_file_locking=false,
Process-B successfully opens the file.
If your application encounters unexpected OPEN conditions or fails to open files, it might be as a result of the new file
locking behavior. In such circumstances, we recommend that you review the file locking and sharing requirements of your application
and refactor your source code to work with the default setting. The original file locking and sharing behavior can be restored
by setting
strict_file_locking=false.
IDE
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-
Visual COBOL for Eclipse now ships with Eclipse 4.4.2 (Luna). A consequence of this is that if your application also contains JVM COBOL
code that was built with a version of
Visual COBOL prior to version 2.3, those parts of your application must be rebuilt; otherwise you will experience errors at either compilation
or run time.
- Visual COBOL for Eclipse now ships with Eclipse 4.4.2 (Luna). If your applications contain JVM COBOL code that was built with a previous
version of the product, those parts of your application must be rebuilt; otherwise you will experience errors at either compilation
or run time.
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- A project can have one of two connection modes: NFS/Samba, where the target location is mounted as a local drive, and RSE,
which is a purely remote connection to the target location. For project types such as Mainframe COBOL, NFS/Samba is required
to use some tools which do not support RSE. For most other projects, it is possible to switch between connection modes using
the
Remote Settings context menu option. In the dialog box, there are radio buttons allowing for selection of connection modes. On changing mode,
you must select an existing connection of the appropriate type, or create a new one. If switching to NFS/Samba mode, you must
specify the local path to the project.
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- By setting "-Denable.projectrepair=true" in the eclipse.ini file, .cobolProj and .pliProj files will be repaired to reflect
the workspace on project refresh.
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J2EE Connector
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- This release provides a new command-line argument to Java, mf.ssl.algorithm, which can be set to an appropriate algorithm.
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MF Server Administrator (GUI)
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- Passwords that entered through either the MFDS or the ESMAC interface now use the same encoding.
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Changes in Behavior in Release 2.2 Update 2
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This section describes significant changes in behavior or usage. These changes could potentially affect the behavior of existing
applications or impact the way the tools are used.
The numbers that follow each issue are the Support Incident Numbers followed by the Reported Problem Incident (RPI) number
(in parentheses).
Compiler
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- When using the HOSTRW directive with the mainframe dialect, Report Writer will now produce the full range of ASA control
characters and will emulate mainframe print files.
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- Fixed Binary (p<=7) is now an 8-bit, signed, 2's complement binary integer by default.
Documentation
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- The default setting for the MFALLOC_PCFILE environment variable has changed; the default is now set to Y, which means that
when cataloguing a file that has a DCB attribute of DSORG=PS, a physical file is created for it if one does not exist. Previously,
the default was set to N, which meant that a file was not created.
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Enterprise Server
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- The Enterprise Server External Security Facility now includes MLDAP ESM Module 2.0, with a new algorithm for identifying
the best-matching resource-access rule and ACE for resource-access security checks. This algorithm is faster and matches most
customers' expectations.
The new algorithm also provides an optional "username substitution" feature. It can be enabled by setting "rule substitutions"
to "yes" in the
[Operation] section in the Security Manager configuration text area. When this is enabled, the string "${user}" in a resource-rule name
will be replaced with the name of the user that makes the request. For example, a DATASET rule named "USERS.${user}.**" would
apply to datasets with the requesting user's name as the second qualifier. In rare cases, customers with complex, ambiguous
resource-access security rules might see experience changes in behavior as a result of the new algorithm. The old algorithm
is still supported and can be enabled by setting "version 1 authentication" to "yes" in the
[Operation] section of the Security Manager configuration.
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J2EE Connector
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- The listSystem.properties file in package com.ibm.ctg.client was missing documentation for some sections.
Changes in Behavior in Release 2.2 Update 1
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This section describes significant changes in behavior or usage. These changes could potentially affect the behavior of existing
applications or impact the way the tools are used.
The numbers that follow each issue are the Support Incident Numbers followed by the Reported Problem Incident (RPI) number
(in parentheses).
COBSQL
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- COBSQL now displays appropriate COBOL syntax errors after encountering EXEC SQL statement errors.
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Changes in Behavior in Release 2.2
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This section describes significant changes in behavior or usage. These changes could potentially affect the behavior of existing
applications or impact the way the tools are used.
The numbers that follow each issue are the Support Incident Numbers followed by the Reported Problem Incident (RPI) number
(in parentheses).
Compiler
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- The default for the NSYMBOL directive under DIALECT(ENTCOBOL) has been changed to NSYMBOL(NATIONAL) to emulate the equivalent
IBM default.
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- To improve RM/COBOL and ACUCOBOL compatibility, the SIGN clause at a group level is no longer applied to non-DISPLAY usage
signed numeric data items within the group, just as it is not applied to unsigned numeric data items and non-numeric data
items within the group.
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- Previously, even though no code was generated, the Compiler allowed the ON EXCEPTION and NOT ON EXCEPTION phrases in the
DISPLAY statement in formats that do not allow these phrases. As a result, if the DISPLAY statement was in the ON EXCEPTION
phrase of another statement, the NOT ON EXCEPTION phrase would bind incorrectly with the DISPLAY statement instead of with
the intended containing statement - for example, ACCEPT or CALL.
IDE
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- The Problems view now has a 'Program' column that displays the name of the program in which the problem occurred. If the
column is not present in the view by default, it can be added through the Configure Columns dialog box in the View Menu.
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- The outline of the ruler in the COBOL editor now changes on modelChanged depending on the current source format.
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- Deleting a Web service or a Java interface mapping now deletes the files relating to it from the repos directory and, if
it is empty after the files have been deleted, will remove the repos directory itself.
- The IDE now performs an automatic directive determination when files are added to a project. You can also use a command to
perform directive determination of the project manually.
MF Directory Server
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- The mfds command line option for exporting registered Enterprise Server definitions to an XML file now supports the "*" option.
This exports all registered servers rather than a specified server. Multiple server definitions are now exported into the
target directory and saved into a file with the default name ALLSERVERS.xml. The import option now also supports the import
of multiple server definitions from a single XML file.
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- mdump now supports a new option, -e, to help you query the Security Manager configuration details. The possible values of
the option are: "1" - shows security configuration that applies to any returned enterprise servers; "2" - shows security configuration
for MFDS and the default Enterprise Server security configuration. This requires MFDS version 1.15.00 or higher; "3" - returns
the properties of all configured external Security Managers.
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MF Server Administrator (GUI)
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- When adding a user to an external security manager, you can now include a password expiry time in the Advanced Configuration
section of the Add New User wizard in Enterprise Server Administration. The field value is specified using generalized time
format (YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.0Z), and can be used by the MLDAP ESM for calculating whether a user's password has expired and requires
updating. This value may only be specified using this page when adding a user. You need to use an external directory services
configuration tool to edit it.
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Changes in Behavior in Release 2.1 Update 1
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This section describes significant changes in behavior or usage. These changes could potentially affect the behavior of existing
applications or impact the way the tools are used.
The numbers that follow each issue are the Support Incident Numbers followed by the Reported Problem Incident (RPI) number
(in parentheses).
Documentation
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- To ensure no loss of functionality when accessing Vision and RM/COBOL data files, you should use the appropriate IDXFORMAT
Compiler directive setting or file handling option, and not use the CALLFH(ACUFH) Compiler directive. See 'Configuring Access
to Vision Files' and 'Configuring Access to RM/COBOL Data Files' for more information.
Enterprise Server
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- HSF includes the following enhancements:
- A new record type (JCLF) for JCL files.
- A Job class has been added to the JCL JOBSTART records.
- A condition code has been added to the JCL STEP records.
- Statistics for up to 5 Transient Data Queues per CICS record has been added (same as for exisiting TSQ stats). The HSF files
will now be created with the following header: #HSFVer=02 Type,PID,Task,Date,Time,Tran/Job,User/DDName/CC,LU/Step,Prog/DSName,Latent/ReadCount,Resp/WriteCount,API/RewriteCount,SQL/DeleteCount,IMS,DSType,DSAccessType,File1,Count1,Time1,File2,Count2,Time2,File3,Count3,Time3,File4,Count4,Time4,File5,Count5,Time5,TS1,Count1,Time1,TS2,Count2,Time2,TS3,Count3,Time3,TS4,Count4,Time4,TS5,Count5,Time5,TD1,Count1,Time1,TD2,Count2,Time2,TD3,Count3,Time3,TD4,Count4,Time4,TD5,Count5,Time5
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IDE
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- You can now set program breakpoints as follows - click "Add Program Breakpoint" in the Run menu or on the Breakpoints view
toolbar, and enter the program name in the dialog that is displayed.
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- Local Enterprise Server regions without secure user credentials are now started with casstart and stopped with casstop commands.
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OpenESQL
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- SQLWARN4 flag was not being set when more than one row was returned for a singleton SELECT statement. The OpenESQL run-time
now correctly sets SQLWARN flags when a singleton SELECT statement returns multiple rows.
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Changes in Behavior in Release 2.1
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This section describes significant changes in behavior or usage. These changes could potentially affect the behavior of existing
applications or impact the way the tools are used.
The numbers that follow each issue are the Support Incident Numbers followed by the Reported Problem Incident (RPI) number
(in parentheses).
IDE
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- You can now specify in the IDE whether directories that you add to the project should be added to the copypath. You configure
this in the project's properties under Micro Focus COBOL > Build Paths, and on the Copybook Paths tab.
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Run-Time System
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- When running a full-screen application inside a terminal emulator on Linux, the actual size of the terminal is read at startup
and reread when the terminal is resized. This behaviour is also supported on AIX, HP/UX, and Solaris. The Micro Focus vt220
terminfo entry now correctly describes a 24-line display. A vt220-25 terminfo entry is included for compatibility with the
previous behaviour.
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Vision File System
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- When you configure your application to return RM/COBOL file status codes, by setting COBFSTATCONV=rmstat, the codes returned
are ANSI'85 codes.
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Changes in Behavior in Release 2.0
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This section describes significant changes in behavior or usage. These changes could potentially affect the behavior of existing
applications or impact the way the tools are used.
The numbers that follow each issue are the Support Incident Numbers followed by the Reported Problem Incident (RPI) number
(in parentheses).
Compiler
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- The scope of the ILUSING Compiler directive when used in a $set command has changed. The scope of the directive is now limited
only to the source file it is set in, and not globally. This new behavior may mean that your source files no longer compile.
To resolve this, add the required ILUSING statements to the required individual source files, or add the ILUSING directive
on the command line. Alternatively, use the IDE to achieve the required behavior by
setting the directive in the
Additional Directives field.
DB2
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- The DB2 ECM has been updated to resolve run-time errors returned when compiling against mainframe databases in 64-bit mode.
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File Handling
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- When reading a file cataloged as DISP=SHR the file handler now buffers the read for better performance.
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IDE
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- Typing in the sequence area moves text after the cursor to the right and doesn't delete the characters at area end. To overwrite
characters in the area, switch to insert mode by pressing the Insert key. Pressing the Tab key in the sequence area indents
the text if the option "Pressing Tab in the sequence number area moves caret to area A" is not selected. Pressing the Tab
key when there is a multiline selection aligns the text to the area margins.
- Typing in the sequence area now works like typing in a regular text editor - it moves to the right all the text after the
cursor and doesn't delete the charaters at area end. If you want to overwrite characters in the area, you can switch insert
mode to overwrite by using "Insert" key.