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.
For hardware and software requirements, see the following documents:
For information on installing and configuring Rational Developer for System z, see the following documents:
For information on new features in the Rational Developer for System z version 7.6.0.1, see the following summary:
z/OS Integrated Development Environment
Version 7.6.0 Message | Version 7.6.0.1 Message |
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CRRZI9005I Job {0} has been canceled. | CRRZI9005I Cancel has been issued for job {0}. |
CRRZI9008I Job {0} has been held. | CRRZI9008I Hold has been issued for job {0}. |
CRRZI9016I Job {0} has been purged. | CRRZI9016I Purge has been issued for job {0}. |
CRRZI9017I Job {0} has been released. | CRRZI9017I Release has been issued for job {0}. |
Enterprise Service Tools
The following updates should be made to the online help for the Enterprise Service Tools component:
This information can be accumulated during screen operations recording or flow recording or can be created manually using the screen operations editor.
The current version of the flow works correctly when the While loop does not find the requested item number, but it works incorrectly when the While loop does find the requested item number.
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException errors in local helps
org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: The value of attribute "content" associated with an element type "meta" must not contain the '<' character.The affected help modules are in the Language Reference Documents section and the Tools Reference Documents section of the product infocenter help:
Web-based help
When you upgrade from Rational Developer for System z v7.5 to Rational Developer for System z v7.6, the installation program automatically sets your help access preferences to Access the helps remotely and automatically sets up the help system to point to the correct Rational Developer for System z v7.6 remote help site. If you do not have internet access or you prefer accessing the help content using another access method, then you need to change your access method.
To change your access method, see Changing the way that you access help content.
To download the help content and install locally, see Downloading help content with the Local Help System Updater site.
To install the help content using the provided zip file, see Installing help content locally using the Local Help Updater and the RDz7.6_updateSite.zip file.
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
Application Deployment Manager
Software Configuration Library Manager (SCLM) Developer Toolkit
Host Integration
AIX, Linux, and Linux on System z
Help Updates
Web-based helps
Enterprise Service Tools