The following release notes provide information about new
features and enhancements included in Rational® Developer for System z® Version 8.0.3 and lists the known
limitations in the release.
This information is for developers using Rational Developer for System z Version 8.0.3 and Rational Developer for zEnterprise™ Version 8.0.3.
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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 Intel 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
- Basic z/OS host configuration: Rational Developer for System z Host Configuration
Quick Start Guide
- Detailed z/OS host configuration: Rational Developer for System z Host Configuration
Guide
- Background and supporting z/OS host
configuration information: Rational Developer
for System z Host Configuration
Reference
- Basic and common z/OS optional
host customization: Rational Developer
for System z Host Configuration
Utility Guide
- AIX installation: Rational Developer for System z RSE Server Installation
Guide: AIX
- Linux installation: Rational Developer for System z RSE Server Installation
Guide: Linux
- Linux on System z installation: Rational Developer for System z RSE Server Installation Guide: Linux on System z
- AIX and Linux on Power® systems
installation: Rational Developer
for System z RSE Server
Installation Guide: AIX and Linux on Powers Systems
- Client installation: Rational Developer
for System z Installation
Guide
Note: Considerations when installing in the Linux 64 bit operating
system:
For the most up to date versions of the complete documentation,
including installation instructions, white papers, podcasts and tutorials,
see the library page of the Rational Developer
for System z website (http://www-01.ibm.com/software/rational/products/developer/systemz/library/).
Note: - If you are using Rational Developer
for System z, the installation
and configuration guides are also available on the IBM Rational Developer
for System z Quick Start
Disc.
- If you are using Rational Developer
for System z, the Host
installation and configuration guides are also available on the IBM Rational Developer for System z Server for z/OS and Multiplatforms Installation DVD.
- If you are using Rational Developer
for zEnterprise, the
installation and configuration guides are also available on the IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise Quick Start Disc.
- If you are using Rational Developer
for zEnterprise, the
Host installation and configuration guides are also available on the IBM Rational Developer for zEnterprise Server for z/OS and Multiplatforms Installation DVD.
Web-based helps
Context help
- When using the Rational Developer
for System z client on Windows, use F1, Ctrl-F1, or
Shift-F1 to open the context help.
- When using the Rational Developer
for System z client on Linux, use Ctrl-F1 or Shift-F1
to open the context help.
- In previous releases, accessing the context help displayed the
context help specific to your current context, and a Dynamic Help
section that showed some search results that may have been related.
In Rational Developer for System z v8.0.3, accessing
context help displays context help specific to your current context,
and a new Search link allows you to search for more results based
on the name of the view or dialog that has focus.
- To enable Language Sensitive Help for EXEC CICS®, EXEC SQL and EXEC DLI statements, see Enabling Language Sensitive Help for EXEC CICS, EXEC SQL, and EXEC DLI statements.
What's new in Version 8.0.3
New functions
have been added for IBM Rational Developer for System z Release 8.0.3. For
additional information on these enhancements, see What's new in Rational Developer
for System z (http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ratdevz/v8r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.etools.getstart.wsentdev.doc/topics/whatsnew80.html).
Version 8.0.3 limitations and known problems
For
information on limitations and known problems in the Rational Developer for System z, see the following summary:
z/OS Integrated
Development Environment
BMS Screen Designer (BMS Map Editor) and MFS Screen Designer
(MFS Editor)
Service Component Architecture
CICS
File Manager Integration
Note: File Manager Integration
function, which is being deprecated in Developer for System z v8.0.3, is now provided by IBM File Manager plug-in for Eclipse.
For
information about obtaining IBM File
Manager plug-in for Eclipse, see File Manager plug-in for Eclipse.
Before installing IBM File Manager
plug-in for Eclipse, uninstall the Developer for System z FMI feature. IBM File Manager plug-in for Eclipse has its
own perspective and related views to achieve File Manager integration.
Code Review for COBOL
COBOL Language Support
- Limitation: When using content assist in the COBOL editors, the IF statement or any variation of it is not shown in content assist directly after SQL statement
- Limitation: When using the System
z LPEX Editor, refactor operations cannot be undone.
- Limitation: When using either the System z LPEX Editor or the COBOL Editor,
the Open Perform Hierarchy operation will not be in sync if the source
file is modified or closed.
- Limitation: The local COBOL native compilers are not supported
in the Windows 7 environment.
The COBOL local syntax check is supported in Windows 7.
- Limitation: Two Toggle Mark Occurrences toolbar
buttons are present when working with the COBOL Editor. The button
that works with this editor is in the Editor Presentation action
set, between the Toggle Hex Editing and Toggle
Block Selection Mode toolbar buttons.
- Limitation: The COBOL Editor does not support saving the contents
of the editor into a new file on the MVS system.
PL/I Language Support
C/C++ Language Support
- Limitation: The System
z C/C++ Editor does not perform sequence number maintenance.
System z LPEX Editor is
recommended for editing files with sequence numbers.
Compiled language debugger
Common Access Repository Manager (CARMA)
- Limitation: When a z/OS subproject
is associated with CARMA at the RAM level, CARMA will lose the ability
to update project properties at the subproject level. CARMA will still
retain the ability to update project properties at the data set and
member levels.
Application Deployment Manager
Software Configuration Library Manager (SCLM) Developer
Toolkit
AIX, Linux,
and Linux on System z
Bidirectional support
- Limitation: Some of the features in Rational Developer for System z v8.0.3 do not have bidirectional
support.
Enterprise Service Tools
- Single-service projects
- Service flow projects