What's new in Rational Business Developer in V9.5.1.1

The following new capabilities are introduced in Rational® Business Developer V9.5.1.1:

New ConverseLib Functions added

Additional converseLib functions have been added to the converseLib system library which provides functions related to the EGL converse statement. For more details on the added functions, refer to ConverseLib Functions.

New Dynamic Array Feature

A new dynamic array feature that allows a variable to be used as the initialize size of the array has been added. With this, a literal integer, a variable or the return of a function can be used to initialize the number of elements. For more details on the Dynamic Array feature, refer to Array Reference.

Support for Large Object Types in COBOL Generation

Large Object types like BLOB (Binary datatype) and CLOB (Character datatype) can be processed as BLOB and CLOB locators for COBOL Generation. For more details on the Large object types, refer to Large object types.

New declaration methods for Constants

Alternate methods have been added to declare values for Constants, by using dataitems instead of having the equal to (=) sign with a value on the const field. For more details on Declaring Variables and Constants, refer to Declaring Variables and Constants.

New Symbolic Parameter for COBOLGen

A new symbolic parameter has been added that can be set by IMSVS EGL application programs to trap IMS Errors, while performing a transfer to a transaction. For more details on Predefined Symbolic Parameters that are set automatically, refer to Predefined Symbolic Parameters.

Changes to remote VSAM support for z/VSE

EGL Debugger now uses VSE Connector Client to remotely access VSAM files stored on z/VSE. The resource association is now as follows:

  VSE:\\myvse:portNumber\MYCATALOG\MYCLUSTER

The old DDM method is still accessible but in a new format :

  VDM:\\myvse\MYCATALOG\MYCLUSTER

For more details on remote VSAM support for z/VSE, refer to remote VSAM support for z/VSE.

Fixes for APARs

Some Internal defects and APAR Fixes have also been added as part of Rational Business Developer V9.5.1.1