This document covers the following topics:
The following new Natural parameter is provided in this version:
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
RQTOUT
|
Specifies the timeout value for the
REQUEST DOCUMENT statement.
|
The utility SYSEXT provides the following new
application programming interface (API):
| API | Description |
|---|---|
USR6307N |
Get and set the timeout value of the new
RQTOUT parameter.
|
It is now possible to search only for the long names of Natural objects. For this purpose, the Search for long names check box has been added to the Find Objects dialog box. See Finding Objects in a Library in Using Natural Studio.
As a consequence, the Results Window now contains the additional column Long Names. The column which was previously named Name has been renamed to Object Name. See Results Window in Using Natural Studio.
In the Natural output window, when using A format input fields, it is possible to enter more characters in the field than the target field can hold if the code page length of the characters differs from their Unicode length. If the default code page is a double-byte code page, the field content is now truncated to the allowed length when the user selects another field on the page.
The new parameter RQTOUT can also be specified
in the Configuration Utility. See
HTTP Parameters in the
Configuration Utility documentation.
New attributes are available for the work file assignments in the
Configuration Utility and for the DEFINE WORK FILE statement:
REMOVECR (default) and KEEPCR. Using these
attributes, you can decide whether to remove or keep carriage return characters
when reading ASCII work files. See
Work File Assignments in the
Configuration Utility documentation and the description of
DEFINE WORK
FILE in the Statements documentation.
The Natural Web I/O Interface is now delivered in the Version 1.3.9. This version now also supports Firefox 4, 5 and 6. On Windows, it also supports Safari 5.1.
Oracle GlassFish Server 3.1 is now supported. See Installing the Natural Web I/O Interface Client on Oracle GlassFish Server in the Natural Web I/O Interface documentation.
Apache Ant 1.8.1 or above is now required to perform the deployment on JBoss Application Server. This tool is freely available on http://ant.apache.org/.
With Natural Version 6.3.5 (which has already been released some time
ago), internal functions returning data about Natural objects have been
enhanced. Amongst others, functions retrieving the long name of an object (such
as Natural subroutines) require more sections of file
FILEDIR.SAG to be present in the buffer pool. This change
will be noticed in an environment where the parameter
BPSFI is set to OFF and where a large
number of Natural subroutines, Natural functions and Natural classes is heavily
used.
The following enhancements are provided with Natural Security Version 6.3.11:
The user interface of the Logon Records functions has been enhanced and now provides more and improved selection options. At the same time, the performance of these functions has been enhanced.
Natural Security's protection mechanisms for Eclipse Navigator view actions have been enhanced and now support the NaturalONE development mode. For details, see the section Protecting the Navigator View in the Natural Security documentation.
A revised and updated Natural Remote Procedure Call (RPC) documentation is available with this version.
Please note that the term stub subprogram, which in earlier versions of EntireX was also used to refer to application-dependent, Workbench-generated pieces of code for issuing and receiving remote procedure calls, is no longer used. In the EntireX documentation and in the Natural Remote Procedure Call (RPC) documentation, these objects are now referred to as interface objects.
The following changes are planned for future versions of Natural.
Natural Web I/O Interface Version 1.3.9 is the last version which supports the following:
Internet Explorer 6
Mozilla Firefox 3
Sun Java System Application Server 8.1 and 8.2
JBoss Application Server 4.0
As already announced in the Release Information for Natural Version 6.3.6, Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) will no longer be supported with a future version. A migration path will then be offered.