The following release notes provide information about new
features and enhancements included in Rational® Developer for System z® Version 7.6 and lists the known
limitations in the release.
This information is for developers using Rational Developer for System z Version 7.6.
Hardware Requirements
For hardware and software
requirements, see the following documents:
- z/OS® host requirements: Rational Developer for System z Host Configuration
Guide
- AIX® and Linux® requirements: Rational Developer for System z RSE Server Installation Guide: AIX and Linux
- Linux on System z requirements: Rational Developer for System z RSE Server Installation Guide: Linux on System z
- Client requirements: Rational Developer
for System z Installation
Guide
Installation and Configuration
For information
on installing and configuring Rational Developer
for System z, see the following
documents:
- z/OS host installation:
Program Directory for Rational Developer
for System z
- z/OS host configuration: Rational Developer for System z Host Configuration
Quick Start Guide
- z/OS host configuration: Rational Developer for System z Host Configuration
Guide
- AIX and Linux installation: Rational Developer for System z RSE Server Installation Guide: AIX and Linux
- Linux on System z installation: Rational Developer for System z RSE Server Installation Guide: Linux on System z
- Client installation: Rational Developer
for System z Installation
Guide
Features and Limitations
For information
on new features and limitations in the Rational Developer for System z, see the following summary:
z/OS Integrated Development Environment
CA Endevor Software Change Manager Release 12
Service Component Architecture
CICS
COBOL for Windows®
Debug Tool for z/OS
PL/I Enhanced Editing
File Manager Integration
MFS Editor
C/C++ Language Support
Advanced COBOL Editor
- Enhanced content assist to include data items declared in EXEC
SQL INCLUDE statements (for example, SQLCA) and implicitly linked CICS data structures (for example,
DFHEIBLK).
- Improved support for the COBOL LPEX Editor IMS™ snippets have been introduced to aid in the
development of COBOL IMS applications.
- Enabled open declarations, hover help, and other features for
data items referenced in EXEC SQL and EXEC CICS statements.
- Added support for real-time syntax checking of CICS and SQL code embedded in COBOL programs
- Enhanced the navigation in the COBOL LPEX Editor to use the F3
key and hyperlinking
- Enhanced content assist to include information about variable
declarations
- Limitation: The grammar used for parsing embedded SQL in COBOL
programs is not a complete DB2® for z/OS grammar and can show incorrect
warning annotations. Parsing embedded SQL using this limited grammar
is optional and can be enabled on the preferences page LPEX Editor>System
z LPEX Editor>COBOL Parser>COBOL Annotations and Tools.
- Limitation: Refactor operations are not atomic and cannot be undone.
- Limitation: The Open Perform Hierarchy operation will not be in
sync if the source file is modified or closed.
Application Deployment Manager
Software Configuration Library Manager (SCLM) Developer
Toolkit
Host Integration
AIX, Linux, and Linux on System z
Help Updates
- The following helps have been updated to reflect last minute changes:
Web-based helps
Enterprise Service Tools
- Single-service projects
- Service flow projects