This new version includes features that improve the overall
quality of the product.
The following functions have been added for Rational® Programming Patterns Version 9.1.
New publishing features
The design instances
of the local workspace can be published in an XML, HTML,
or a CSV format, either in a list or details
layout. Options are provided to adapt the published result to your
needs.
Furthermore, the result of an instance or reference search
on the server can be published in a CSV format,
to be used in a spreadsheet program.
Migration process enhancements
- A new Pacbase procedure
(MIBU) opens the migration to the specific needs
of users. Design modifications, such as the modification of the Segments
selection in a Data Structure call, are now taken into account. These
modifications are gathered in a UPDP format file
that is used by the MIBU procedure to generate a .ta2 file.
This .ta2 file must be imported after a complete
migration with the MIBR procedure.
- The MIBR Pacbase procedure has been
enhanced with several new options to refine and automate the definition
of the migration scope. To ease the migration scope validation, the
migration output files have also been enhanced with the list of the
duplicated and excluded instances.
- The migration of a set of instances can now be validated at once
through the new Validation Manager view. To
simplify the validation of the COBOL files after the migration, the
warnings that are related to differences between the Pacbase and the local generations
can be filtered in the Problems view.
Integration capabilities enhancement
- A new feature exports, in an XML format,
the files that were delivered to Rational Team Concert™. The XML files
indicate the types of update (creation, modification, or deletion)
and contain the updated design files or COBOL source files.
- The Rational Programming
Patterns thin client can access MAF (Model Access Facilities), on
the AIX® platform only
Impact Analysis enhancements
- The Segment -LAL description (Level, Address,
and Length) is now available for the remote instances.
- The references that are specified in the Macro source code are
now extracted and displayed. The Macro source attribute is analyzed
to extract the references to the design files. The details on the
references to the Data Elements can be displayed in a dedicated view
and the editor of the Macro source code e is synchronized with this
view.
Rational Programming
Patterns Software Development Kit (SDK)
Rational Programming Patterns now provides
a data dictionary that can be extended to native COBOL developments,
and a set of public API to use this native COBOL source through micropatterns.
This
feature lays the foundations to support new applications or technical
architectures, and facilitate the development of a new generator that
breaks down a complex transformation into smaller and simpler transformations
through micropatterns and skeletons, without developing any new generator.
New filter
A new filter is available from
the Design Explorer view and from the result
view of an instance or reference search. It filters the instances
according to a project and its hierarchy.