This section covers the following topics:
These Release Notes describe the changes and enhancements provided with
Natural Version 4.2.6 for Mainframes. Natural Version 4.2.6 contains all Zaps,
INPL updates, early warnings and source changes applied to Natural
Version 4.2.5 as error corrections.
This section provides an overview of the prerequisites required for Natural Version 4.2.6.
A license key file is required. For further information, see License Concept in the Installation documentation.
Natural Version 4.2.6 supports the following versions of the following operating/teleprocessing systems:
| Product | Version |
|---|---|
| BS2000/OSD | 5, 6, 7 or 8, Open Net Server 2.0 or above |
| z/OS | 1.10, 1.11 |
| z/VSE | 4.2 |
| z/VM | 5.4 |
| Com-plete | See Natural and Other Software AG Products. |
| CICS/TS for z/OS | 3.1, 3.2, 4.1 |
| CICS/TS for VSE/ESA | 1.1.1 |
| CICS/VSE | 2.3 |
| IMS TM | 9.1, 10.1 |
| openUTM | 4, 5 |
| TIAM | All versions available with OSD Version 5, 6, 7 or 8. |
Software AG provides Natural support for the operating/teleprocessing system versions supported by their respective manufacturers. Generally, when an operating/teleprocessing system provider stops supporting a version of an operating system, Software AG will stop supporting that operating system version.
See the respective manufacturer's documentation for valid and supported combinations of the above mentioned operating/teleprocessing systems.
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Warning: Although it may be technically possible to run a new version of Natural on an old operating/teleprocessing system, Software AG cannot continue to support operating/teleprocessing system versions that are no longer supported by the system's provider. For legal reasons, Software AG does not support Natural Version 4.2.6 for operating/teleprocessing system versions that are not supported by their respective manufacturers for at least one year after the release of Natural Version 4.2.6. This restriction applies in particular to older versions of operating/teleprocessing systems not listed in the table above. Furthermore, Software AG cannot make any statement whether it is technically possible to run Natural Version 4.2.6 on any old operating/teleprocessing system version not listed above. |
Natural Version 4.2.6 supports the following versions of the following database management systems:
| Product | Version |
|---|---|
| Adabas | See Natural and Other Software AG Products. |
| DB2 for z/OS | 8.1, 9.1 |
| DB2 Server for VSE and VM | 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 |
| DL/I | As delivered with the teleprocessing system IMS TM. |
| VSAM | As delivered with the operating system. |
| DFSMStvs | As delivered for the respective VSAM version, if transactional VSAM is to be used with Natural for VSAM. |
Software AG provides Natural support for the database management system versions supported by their respective manufacturers. Generally, when a database management system provider stops supporting a version of a database management system, Software AG will stop supporting that database management system version.
See the respective manufacturer's documentation for valid and supported combinations of the above mentioned database management and operating/teleprocessing systems.
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Warning: Although it may be technically possible to run a new version of Natural using an old database management system, Software AG cannot continue to support database management system versions that are no longer supported by the system's provider. For legal reasons, Software AG does not support Natural Version 4.2.6 for database management system versions that are not supported by their respective manufacturers for at least one year after the release of Natural Version 4.2.6. This restriction applies in particular to older versions of database management systems not listed in the table above. Furthermore, Software AG cannot make any statement whether it is technically possible to run Natural Version 4.2.6 using any old database management system version not listed above. |
Natural Version 4.2 requires one of the following assemblers for the assembly of its source modules:
"HL" Assembler Version 1.5 or 1.6 (IBM),
"Assembh" Assembler (Siemens).
It may be possible to assemble source modules with older assemblers; however, Software AG cannot guarantee this.
A revised and updated documentation set is available with this Natural Version.
To review past versions of the documentation, link to the Software AG website: http://servline24.softwareag.com/public/. The documentation at this site will be updated as required.
The following hints are provided to simplify migration to a new Natural version or system maintenance (SM) level:
This information is only for those users who do not use System Maintenance Aid (SMA).
The installation of Natural has changed. Please refer to the sample installation jobs supplied on the delivery tape.
With Natural Version 4.1 or below, a new version of Natural had to be
installed on an empty FNAT system file. As a consequence, all
Natural related subproducts also had to be re-installed. With Natural Version
4.2, Natural can be installed on an existing Version 4.1 FNAT
system file, which eliminates the necessity of having to re-install all Natural
related subproducts and significantly reduces the time and effort needed to
install a new Natural version. However, only defined product combinations for
Natural Version 4.2 are allowed. For example, when upgrading a secured Natural
Version 4.1 FNAT system file to Version 4.2, Natural Security
Version 4.2 must be installed as well.
An existing FSEC system file created with Natural Security
Version 2.2, 2.3, 3.1 or 4.1 may be used with Natural Security Version 4.2
without migration. However, any changes to the FSEC system file
should only be performed using Natural Security Version 4.2.
As of Version 4.2, special-purpose Zap NA63207 of Version 4.1 (which
inhibits the removal of trailing blanks from print file records) is replaced by
the keyword subparameter STRIP of
the profile parameter PRINT.
The system command DUMP has been
enhanced to display a list of all applied special purpose Zaps to ease
migration from one system maintenance (SM) level to the next.
When migrating from Natural Version 4.1 to Version 4.2, please note
that the purpose of the profile parameter CP has changed
and that this parameter must be replaced by the keyword subparameter
CPRPC of
profile parameter RPC or macro
NTRPC
if your Natural application is using the Natural Remote Procedure Call (RPC).
In earlier Natural versions, the profile parameter
CP was used to specify the name of the code page used by
the Entire Conversion Service (ECS) and applied only to the Natural Remote
Procedure Call when the transport protocol ACI (that is, EntireX Broker) was
used. For this purpose, a new keyword subparameter
(CPRPC) has been introduced for the Natural profile
parameter RPC.
The profile parameter CP is now used in
conjunction with the parameter macro
NTCPAGE
(in the source module NATCONFG) to specify the name of the default
code page for Natural data or to automatically take the code page name from the
user terminal.
Because the screen attributes had to be enhanced (and therefore their size increased) to support Unicode and the Web I/O Interface, the size of the attribute buffers used for screen I/O may increase depending on the number of fields on the screen.
The use of several new features requires additional working storage. In order to use these features, it may be necessary to increase the size of your threads.
Approximately 420 KB of storage is required when the ICU Library is used to support Unicode or one of the following statements:
Additional storage may be required, depending on the size of the strings to be converted.
For using the PARSE XML statement, a minimum of 75 KB of
storage is required in addition. The total amount of additional storage space
needed will depend on the size of the strings to be parsed.
If the Web I/O Interface is used, additional storage requirements will depend on the following:
The screen size, which is determined by the Natural profile parameter
TMODEL
(where TMODEL=0 necessitates the most and TMODEL=2
the least storage space).
The size and number of Unicode fields to be displayed.
When you are using the Web I/O Interface with TMODEL=0,
the minimum additional storage requirement is 11 KB. With
TMODEL=2, the minimum additional storage requirement is 5 KB.
These amounts of storage will be sufficient to display a map with approximately
100 fields where each field is of format/length U20.
When you are using rich GUI applications involving the use of Natural for Ajax, the ICU library will also be required, and you should consider the storage requirements mentioned above.
If you do not use SMA, you must add an ENTRY
CMSTART statement to the link-edit of all NII front-ends (Job
I070, Step 2510, 2530, 2550, Job I080, Step 2570 and 2572).
As of Natural Version 4.2.2, Natural supports the use of license keys.
The new Natural program NATQVS can be used to display your machine
characteristics in order to verify your current license. For further
information, see Licensing
Natural in the Installation
documentation.
When upgrading from Natural Advanced Facilities Version 4.1, you need not generate a new spool file because the Adabas FDT used in Version 4.2 is compatible with the one used in Version 4.1.
When upgrading from Natural Advanced Facilities versions prior to
Version 4.1, you must generate a new spool file because the Adabas FDT used in
Version 4.2 is not compatible with the one used in versions prior to Version
4.1. If you want to use the contents of such a spool file, its contents must be
converted to the newly generated Version 4.2 spool file layout. This is done by
using the CONVERT command in the library
SYSPOOL. After conversion is complete, you must specify the
general spool file options and the system-specific options for the spool
server. See
Function
30.5 in the Natural Advanced
Facilities documentation.
This section contains information on compatibility with earlier versions of Natural for mainframes as well as with Natural on other platforms.
Execute Applications Cataloged under Natural Version 4.2 with Natural Version 4.1
Using a Version 4.1 FUSER File to be Shared by Natural Versions 4.1 and 4.2
Number of Header Records for Natural Source Objects in FUSER/FNAT System File Increased
Applications that were created with Natural Version 2.3, 3.1 or 4.1 for Mainframes can be executed with Natural Version 4.2 for Mainframes without any adjustments to the programs or any conversion or migration procedure being required. This applies also to programming objects that have been cataloged with the Natural Optimizer Compiler.
If you want to use Natural Version 4.1 to execute applications that were cataloged under Natural Version 4.2, you have to recatalog the application with Natural Version 4.1.
When developing applications with Natural Version 4.2, you may use the
V41COMP
option of system command COMPOPT,
which has been provided to reject syntax constructs that are supported by
Version 4.2, but not by Version 4.1.
Note:
The maintenance for Natural Version 4.1.4 has ended on November 30,
2007. The following information is supplied for your convenience only, without
any guarantee or warranty. Software AG will not be held liable for any damages
or losses that might be caused to products, data or computer systems as a
result of using this information.
If an existing Natural Version 4.1 FUSER system file is to
be shared by Natural Version 4.1 and Version 4.2, you must upgrade your Natural
Version 4.1 installation to Version 4.1.4.
Natural Version 4.1.4 Service Pack I003 or a subsequent Service Pack is
required. Service Pack I003 and all subsequent Service Packs contain all the
necessary Version 4.1 based solutions to provide for sharing an existing
Natural Version 4.1 FUSER system file by Natural Version 4.1 and
Natural Version 4.2.
A Natural Version 4.1.3 installation must be upgraded to Natural Version 4.1.3 Service Pack I005 (the final Service Pack) before Natural Version 4.1.4 Service Pack I003 or a subsequent Service Pack is applied (for more information, see the notes delivered with Natural Version 4.1.3 Service Pack I005). The Zaps NA64035 and NA64036 must also be applied to a Natural Version 4.1.3 installation.
Certain Natural Version 4.2 features (such as Unicode format and X-arrays) supported by Natural Version 4.2 editors and utilities cannot be processed by the Natural Version 4.1 editors and utilities. To ensure that these features, if they are included in a Natural object that is to be processed by an editor or utility, are properly rejected or ignored by Natural Version 4.1 editors and utilities, Natural Version 4.1.4 Service Pack I003 or a subsequent Service Pack must be installed.
Natural Version 4.1.4 does not provide full support of the new Natural
object type Adapter introduced
with Natural Version 4.2.3. To provide for a restricted support of this object
type in the system command LIST in Natural Version
4.1.4, Natural Version 4.1.4 Service Pack I008 or a subsequent Service Pack
must be installed.
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Warning: In addition, the increased number of header records for Natural source objects (see below) has required adaptations in Natural Version 4.1 utilities. If Natural Version 4.1.4 Service Pack I003 (or a subsequent Service Pack) is not applied, unpredictable results may occur if source objects saved with Natural Version 4.2 are accessed using Natural Version 4.1 editors or utilities. |
If a Natural source object is saved with Natural Version 4.2, the
number of header records is increased. These records contain information on
date and time when the object was saved. If a source object was saved with
Natural Version 4.2, it can be accessed with Natural Version 4.1 editors,
utilities and user application programming interfaces without requiring any
application adjustments. It is strongly recommended that Natural source objects
are processed only through the available application programming interfaces and
that any direct access to the FUSER system file is avoided. The
number of header records for cataloged objects remains unchanged.
Note:
The FDTs for the system files FUSER and
FNAT remain unchanged.
With Natural Version 3.1, the Roll Server supported a
FORCE option as eighth positional start-up parameter. This
parameter was dropped with Version 4.1 but tolerated and ignored by Version 4.1
and previous Version 4.2 Roll Servers. Since as of Natural Version 4.2.4 the
eighth parameter is used to specify session inactivity time, older JCL that
still includes a FORCE option will fail with message:
RSM0069 jobname: Invalid non-activity time. In this
case, correct your JCL by eliminating the old FORCE option. For
information on the start-up parameters, see
Starting
the Roll Server in the Operations
documentation.
Natural Version 4.2 for Mainframes is syntax compatible with Natural for Windows, UNIX and Linux as of Version 5.1.1.
The following features available with Natural Version 6.1 for Windows, UNIX and Linux are available with Natural Version 4.2:
X-arrays (extensible arrays)
System variables *CURRENT-UNIT,
*LBOUND,
*TYPE,
*UBOUND,
*PARSE-COL,
*PARSE-LEVEL,
*PARSE-NAMESPACE-URI,
*PARSE-ROW,
*PARSE-TYPE
Thousands separator for edit masks (see Customizing Separator Character Displays)
Large constants
REQUEST
DOCUMENT statement
PARSE
XML statement
The following features are available both with Natural Version 4.2 for Mainframes and Natural Version 6.2 for Windows, UNIX and Linux:
Unicode and Code Page Support
Profile parameters CPCVERR,
CPOBJIN,
CPPRINT,
CPSYNIN,
SRETAIN
New statements MOVE
NORMALIZED and
MOVE
ENCODED
EXAMINE
statement clauses CHARPOSITION
and CHARLENGTH
The following features are available both with Natural Version 4.2 for Mainframes and Natural Version 6.3 for Windows, UNIX and Linux:
New statement PROCESS
PAGE
New session parameter DL
The following table lists Version 4.1 special-purpose Zaps and their Version 4.2 successors.
| Version 4.1 Zap | Version 4.2 Zap (4.2.3 or below) | Version 4.2 Zap (4.2.4 or above) | Function |
|---|---|---|---|
| NA61004 | NA71002 | NA74001 | Allow 24:00 for hours in
INPUT, IS(T) option and MOVE
EDITED.
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| NA61005 | NA71003 | NA74011 | Shift printouts one byte to the right for microfiche printing. |
| NA61006 | NA71004 | NA74007 | Generate filler character blank instead of
X'00'.
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| NA61059 | NA71005 | NA74002 | Set indicator in buffer pool that an object is not found on the system file. |
| NA62122 | NA71006 | NA74003 | Allow more than 128 entries in the fast locate table. |
| NA64257 | NA73067 | NA74004 | Allow more than 128 entries in the subroutine cache. |
For technical reasons, it will not be possible to apply Zaps for
Natural Version 4.2.4 or above to Natural Version 4.2.3 or below. This
restriction will also be indicated in the Zap itself. A separate Zap will be
provided for Natural Version 4.2.3 or below. Zaps for add-on products are not
affected. INPL updates and source changes for base Natural and for
Natural add-on products are not affected. See
Overview of New Natural Add-On
Product Versions for an overview of the add-on
products.
Editing, compilation and execution of maps that have been converted with Natural for MBCS (product code NKA) require that Natural Version 4.2.4 or above is installed. It is not possible to edit, compile or execute these converted maps with Natural version 4.2.3 or below. See the Natural for MBCS documentation for more information.
With Natural versions prior to Version 4.2.5, parsing of character data causes a break or a loop path if the parsed string contains whitespace characters or predefined XML entities. This problem has been solved with Natural Version 4.2.5. Correction of this problem also has ascertained compatibility with Natural for Windows, UNIX and Linux. For further information, see Processing of XML Whitespace Characters and Predefined Entities in the Programming Guide.
For Natural for Mainframes, the following end-of-maintenance dates apply:
| Natural Version | End of Maintenance |
|---|---|
| 4.2.4 | With the release of Natural Version 4.2.6 |
| 4.2.5 | October 31, 2010 |
For the Natural add-on unit versions listed below, the following end-of-maintenance dates apply:
| Natural Add-on Unit Version | End of Maintenance |
|---|---|
| Natural ISPF Version 2.6.4 | With the release of Natural ISPF Version 2.6.6 |
| Natural Review Version 4.2.4 | With the release of Natural Review Version 4.2.6 |
| Super Natural Version 3.5.4 | With the release of Super Natural Version 3.5.6 |
| Natural ISPF Version 2.6.5 | October 31, 2010 |
| Natural Review Version 4.2.5 | October 31, 2010 |
| Super Natural Version 3.5.5 | October 31, 2010 |
To use the following Software AG products with Natural Version 4.2.6, the following product versions (or above) are required:
| Product | Prod. Code | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Adabas | ADA | 8.1.3 |
| Adabas CICS Interface | ACI | 8.1.3 |
| Adabas IMS TM Interface | AII | 8.1.3 |
| Adabas Online System | AOS | 8.1.3 |
| Adabas Review | REV | 4.4.1 (4.3.2 for VM/CMS) |
| Adabas Text Retrieval | TRS | 2.1.4 |
| Adabas UTM Interface | AUT | 7.4.4 |
| Com-plete | COM | 6.6.1 with SMARTS Version 3.3.1 Patch Level 1 |
| Con-form | CMF | 3.4.2 |
| Con-nect | CNT | 3.4.2 |
| ConnecX SQL Engine | CXX | 1.1.3 |
| Entire Connection | PCC | 4.5.2 |
| Entire DB Engine | AER | 1.5.5 with Zap EN53021 applied. |
| Entire Event Management | NCL | 2.2.1 (2.1.2 for z/VSE) |
| Entire Net-Work | WCP | 6.2.1 (This product is required if you are using Natural Security in a heterogeneous environment.) |
| Entire Operations | NOP | 5.2.1 |
| Entire Output Management | NOM | 3.2.1 |
| Entire System Server | NPR | 3.4.2 |
| Entire Transaction Propagator | ETP | 1.5.2
Apply Zap ET52001 (for ETP); if you are using the additional Entire Transaction Propagator CICS Interface (ETC), apply Zap EZ52005 (for ETC) in addition. |
| EntireX Communicator | EXX |
8.0 for z/OS |
| Natural Advanced Facilities | NAF | 4.2.6 |
| Natural for Ajax | NJX | 1.2.4 |
| Natural Business Services | NBS | 5.3.1 |
| Natural CICS Interface | NCI | 4.2.6 |
| Natural Com-plete/SMARTS Interface | NCF | 4.2.6 |
| Natural Connection | NTC | 4.2.6 |
| Natural Construct | CST | 5.3.1 |
| Natural for DB2 | NDB | 4.2.6 |
| Natural Development Server | NDV | 2.2.6 |
| Natural for DL/I | NDL | 4.2.6 |
| Natural Document Management | NDM | 1.6.3 with Service Pack I001 applied. |
| Natural Elite | NER | 3.1.1 |
| Natural Engineer | NEE | 6.2.1 |
| Natural IMS TM Interface | NII | 4.2.6 |
| Natural ISPF | ISP | 2.6.6 |
| Natural Japanese Language Pack | NCJ | 4.2.6 |
| Natural for MBCS | NKA | 4.2.6 |
| Natural Optimizer Compiler | NOC | 4.2.6 |
| Natural Review | RNM | 4.2.6 |
| Natural SAF Security | NSF | 4.2.6 |
| Natural Security for Mainframes | NSC | 4.2.6 |
| Natural for SQL/DS | NSQ | 4.2.6
Note: |
| Natural SQL Gateway | NSB | 1.2.2 |
| Natural TIAM Interface | NRT | 4.2.6 |
| Natural TSO Interface | NTI | 4.2.6 |
| Natural UTM Interface | NUT | 4.2.6 |
| Natural VM/CMS Interface | NCM | 4.2.6 |
| Natural for VSAM | NVS | 4.2.6 |
| Natural Web I/O Interface | NWO |
1.3.5 (client) 1.1.5 (server) |
| Predict | PRD | 4.5.2 |
| Predict Application Control | PAC | 2.6.1 |
| Predict Case | PCA | 2.5.2 with Service Pack I001 applied. |
| SMARTS | APS | 3.3.1 Patch Level 1 for z/OS and z/VSE
2.7.2 Patch Level 16 for BS2000/OSD |
| Software AG Security eXtension | SSX | 2.2.3 if Integrated Authentication Framework (IAF) is to be used. SSX is delivered together with the EntireX Communicator. |
| Super Natural | NSN | 3.5.6 |
| System Automation Tools | SAT | 3.2.1 |
Although it may be technically possible to run versions of other Software AG products which are older than the ones listed above with a new version of Natural, this is not recommended because, for legal reasons, Software AG cannot continue to support such combinations and cannot make any statement whether it is technically possible to run a new version of Natural with versions of other Software AG products which are older than the ones listed above.
Changes and Enhancements Planned for the Next Version of Natural
Discontinued Delivery of Operating/Teleprocessing System Interfaces as Source
With the next version of Natural, the following changes and enhancements will be provided:
With the next version of Natural, the utilities SYSTRANS
and NATUNLD/NATLOAD will cease to be available. The functionality
provided by SYSTRANS and NATUNLD/NATLOAD is available
with the Natural Object
Handler which was introduced with Natural Version 4.1.
Please note that the documentation for the utilities
SYSTRANS and NATUNLD/NATLOAD is no longer contained
in the product documentation for this version, but can be found as a PDF book
in the archive on the Natural Documentation CD.
The default format for storing data areas in the FUSER
system file is the format compatible with Natural Version 3.1. With the next
version of Natural, the default will be changed to the new and extended format
introduced with Natural Version 4.1.
The V41COMP compiler option of the system command
COMPOPT will cease to be available. In Natural
Version 4.2, this option is available to disallow the use of new Natural
Version 4.2 programming language enhancements for compatibility purposes with
Natural Version 4.1.
With the next version of Natural, the profile parameters
SO and
SI will cease
to be available. As of Natural Version 4.2.4, the functionality of these
parameters is covered by the profile parameter
SOSI.
With the next version of Natural, it will no longer be possible to use the Natural Web I/O Interface client with Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS). IIS will no longer be supported.
To ease installation and maintenance for the customer, Natural operating/teleprocessing system interfaces currently delivered as assembler source files will be delivered as load modules in future Natural versions. This will eliminate the necessity of manually entering source changes and subsequent assembly and linkage steps.
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Warning: You should avoid customer specific changes to source files of Natural operating/teleprocessing system interfaces. Delivery of these source files may be discontinued without prior notice to ease installation and maintenance for customers. Do not use accidentally discovered information contained in internal Natural control blocks. Internal Natural control blocks may be changed without prior notice. Instead, front-end or back-end programs, documented Natural or Adabas user exits or user application programming interfaces (APIs) should be used. |
With the next version of Natural, the
Stub
Generation function of the SYSRPC utility
will be changed to generate stub subprograms that are more compliant with
EntireX RPC servers and the reliable RPC. If an EntireX RPC server is called by
a Natural client, the parameter definitions on the Stub
Generation screen must correspond to the IDL definition for the
EntireX RPC server.
For compatibility reasons, an option will be provided to generate stub subprograms as in previous Natural versions.
The following is an overview of the customer change/enhancement requests that have been implemented in Natural Version 4.2.6:
The following is an overview of the enhancement proposals that have been implemented in base Natural Version 4.2.6:
| Enhancement Proposal Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 3551 | Enhance error message NAT0393 to indicate the affected object. See Changed/Enhanced Error Messages in the section Changes, Enhancements, New Features. |
| - | Enhance error message NAT0283 to indicate the name of the offending variable. See Changed/Enhanced Error Messages in the section Changes, Enhancements, New Features. |
| - | Enhance error message NAT1155 to indicate the affected object. See Changed/Enhanced Error Messages in the section Changes, Enhancements, New Features. |
| - | Enhance error message NAT9974 to facilitate debugging. See Changed/Enhanced Error Messages in the section Changes, Enhancements, New Features. |
| - | Enhance error messages NAT3000 - NAT3255 to display the Adabas subcode, if it is available. See Changed/Enhanced Error Messages in the section Changes, Enhancements, New Features. |
| - | Allow to define storage compression for individual Natural buffers. See Parameter for Storage Compression Optimization for Individual Buffer Types in the section Changes, Enhancements, New Features. |
| - | Enhance the List Profiles
function of the SYSPARM utility to allow the selection of multiple
profiles for processing. See SYSPARM
Utility in the section Changes, Enhancements, New
Features.
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| - | Enhance the SYSPARM batch support
to allow updating of parameters by using a list of values. See
SYSPARM
Utility in the section Changes, Enhancements, New
Features.
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| - | Enhance the List Objects
function of the SYSBPM utility to display the Natural version
under which an object was cataloged. See
SYSBPM
Utility in the section Changes, Enhancements, New
Features.
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| 5021 | Enhance the SYSMAIN utility to
check the contents of the SYSERR LAYOUT for source and/or target
libraries. See SYSMAIN
Utility in the section Changes, Enhancements, New
Features.
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| 3164 | Provide an application programming interface (API) that returns enhanced information about active Natural objects. See New Application Programming Interfaces in the section Changes, Enhancements, New Features. |
| - | Provide an option in the program editor profile to remove empty lines from the sources of text objects. See Program Editor in the section Changes, Enhancements, New Features. |
| - | Enforce parameter settings for asynchronous sessions to prevent errors. See Enforced Parameter Settings for Asynchronous Sessions in the section Changes, Enhancements, New Features. |
| - | Provide the ability to apply a default profile for transactions or terminals for which no individual profile exists. See Changed/Enhanced Parameters in the section Changes, Enhancements, New Features. |
| - | Support processing rules for adapters. See Support of Processing Rules in Objects of Type Adapters in the section Changes, Enhancements, New Features. |
| - | Provide parameter check for adapters, maps, helproutines and subroutines similar to subprograms. See Compiler Option PCHECK Enhanced in the section Changes, Enhancements, New Features. |
The following is an overview of the enhancement proposals that have been implemented in Natural add-on products and subproducts that are released in synchronism with Natural Version 4.2.6. These requests are sorted alphabetically by product name.
| Product Name/Enhancement Proposal Number | Description |
|---|---|
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Natural for Ajax
|
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| 5344 |
Allow to check the modification status of a Natural operand that represents the value of the control. See Natural for Ajax in the section Add-On Products. |
| - | Allow to identify the operand that represents the value of the control that has the input focus. See Natural for Ajax in the section Add-On Products. |
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Natural for MBCS
|
|
| - | Provide uppercase English Standard Natural Output Texts as an option. See Optional Uppercase Standard Natural Output Texts in the section Add-On Products. |
|
Natural Remote Procedure
Call
|
|
| 5547 | Support long error message texts returned by an EntireX RPC server. See System Command RPCERR Enhanced in the section Add-On Products. |
| - | Allow for impersonation without password check. See Impersonation without Password Check in the section Add-On Products. |
| 5756 | Enhance the Stub Generation
function of the SYSRPC utility to optionally generate stub
subprograms that are more compliant with EntireX RPC servers. See
SYSRPC Stub
Generation in the section Add-On
Products.
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| 5780 | Provide an application programming interface to
set the user ID and ETID for Natural RPC servers which were configured with
Impersonation = A (automatic logon).
Note: |
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Natural Security
|
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| 3032 | Retrieve information on users' access rights to a single module in a library. See NSCXR in the section Add-On Products. |
| 4754 | Suppress the execution of startup transactions in mapped environments on Natural Development Server clients. See Suppress Startup Transaction in NDV Mapped Environment in the section Add-On Products. |
| 5021 | Control the use of SYSERR direct
commands. See SYSERR
- Direct Commands in the section Add-On
Products.
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| 5382 | Allow owners to perform a maintenance function and obtain the permission from a co-owner afterwards. See Deferred Countersigning in the section Add-On Products. |
| 5479 | Compare user-profile values with preset values. See NSCADM in the section Add-On Products. |
| 5539 | Control the execution of UNIX shell commands. See Use of UNIX Shell Commands in the section Add-On Products. |
| 5545 | List logon records in chronological order of time-stamps. See Logon Records in the section Add-On Products. |
| 5607 | Exclude libraries which require
countersignatures from SYSMAIN/SYSOBJH processing.
See SYSMAIN
and SYSOBJH - Exclude Library Profiles With Co-Owners in
the section Add-On Products.
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Natural Web I/O Interface
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| - | Allow for variable terminal screen sizes. See Variable Terminal Screen Sizes in the section Add-On Products. |
| - | Allow to define different styles for output fields. See Different Styles for Output Fields in the section Add-On Products. |
| - | For Natural maps, allow to configure the behavior of a double-click. See Configurable Behavior of Double-Click in the section Add-On Products. |
| - | For Natural maps, allow to configure that all function keys are to be shown. See Show PF Keys with Numbers in the section Add-On Products. |
| - | Allow to individually enable or disable rendering of certain display features, such as position of PF keys and the message line. See Enhanced Web I/O Interface Screen Rendering in the section Add-On Products. |
