The following features have been dropped from Adabas in version 8:
The Adabas 7 link routine modules listed in the table below are no longer provided as of Adabas 8.1.3.
Note:
The use of these modules in Adabas 8 is still supported at this
time. If you used these modules in prior versions of Adabas 8, you may continue
to use them for the present. However, we recommend that you migrate to the
Adabas 8 link routines as soon as you can.
| Platform | Link Routine Module | Description |
|---|---|---|
| IMS TM | ADALNI7 | Link routine for message processing programs (MPPs). |
| CICS | LNKOLSC | Dependent part of the Adabas command-level link routine. |
| LNKOLM | Independent part of the Adabas command-level link routine. | |
| LNKTRUE | Adabas task-related user exit. | |
| LNKENAB | Adabas PLT-enabled program. | |
| DISPGWA | Display program for Adabas global work area (GWA). | |
| Com-plete | ADALCO7 | Base module |
| Batch/TSO | ADALNK7 | Base module. |
| ADALNKR7 | Reentrant module. |
The MAXPE191 parameter of ADACMP COMPRESS is no longer supported. When specified, a warning message is issued and processing continues. For more information about ADACMP COMPRESS changes, read ADACMP COMPRESS Changes.
Prior to Version 8, you could define Adabas containers on VSAM RRDS or linear data sets. Support for VSAM containers is no longer available.
Unlike the link components in prior releases, the teleprocessing and batch link components of Adabas 8 are not provided in source code. These components are provided only in load module form and have new installation and customization procedures.
IBM does not recommend CICS macro-level programming with their latest releases of VSE. For this reason, Software AG no longer distributes the CICS macro-level link routine, ADALNC in the VSE Adabas or WAL sublibraries. Customers still running CICS/VSE 2.3 or earlier may want to retain a copy of ADALNC from the Adabas 7.1.3 or WAL 7.1.3 sublibraries for use in these older releases of CICS/VSE.
In BS2000 environments, no source module for ADALNK is delivered with Adabas 8.1. However, the new ADALNK module is comprised of the components ADALNK, ADAL2P, and LNKUES and can be used for binding modified ADALNK components.
ADARUN CLOGLAYOUT=4 settings will no longer run, and setting 4 is no longer supported. Use CLOGLAYOUT=5 instead.
Support for user exit 1 is dropped, as you are encouraged to use user exit 11 instead. To ease migration, you can insert sample user exit UEX11UX1 in front of your existing user exit 1 to have it invoked as user exit 11.
