3rd Annual Plex/2E Worldwide Users Conference

4A CA 2E Release 8.1 SP1 and SP2 in ActionLaura Houchin, ADC Austin

September 20, 2007

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Bio Slide

> Laura Houchin

> ADC Austin, Senior Consultant

> 2E user/consultant since 1991 joined Synon/Sterling/CA in 1996

joined ADC in 2006

> St Louis, Missouri (lhouchin@adcaustin.com)

CA 2E Release 8.1 SP1 and SP2 in Action

SP1 New Features and Enhancements

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SP1 New Features and Enhancements

> Subfile fold/drop Automated within model

Available for all multi-line subfile functions

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SP1 New Features and Enhancements

> Subfile fold/drop implementation Make sure your subfile is two lines or more!

Add the command key text to the device design

Use the new PGM.*Subfile mode shipped field in the action diagram (optional)

– Set initial display to Truncated

– USER: Initialize subfile record (new record) Don’t forget to set it to CND.Folded if used in EDTxxx function!

Remember to remove EXCUSRSRC if previously used to activate this feature

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SP1 New Features and Enhancements

> Subfile fold/drop example

F11 is Truncated

F11 is Folded

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SP1 New Features and Enhancements

> *RTVFLDINF built-in-function Retrieve meta-information

about a field

Uses:

– Build tools to interrogate model

– Use with EXCUSRSRC to build SQL queries

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SP1 New Features and Enhancements

> *RTVFLDINF built-in-function

> Many parameters!! 1 input parm (25 character field name)

16 output parms (Name, DDS name, Text, Surrogate, Attribute, External and Internal data information)

See Notes in SP1 Release Summary for full details on parameters returned

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SP1 New Features and Enhancements

> Trigger functionality Deleting a Trigger Function is now a soft delete from

the model

– New field in YFILTRGRFP file for Trigger Status

– YCVTTRGDTA command checks for run-time record and deletes

Trigger is removed from the PF it’s attached to and then deleted from YFILTRGRFP

Database changes are now automatically reflected in TRGFUN parameters (sort of!)

– Edit the parameters and the new fields will be added

– *Trigger old record format and *Trigger new record format

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SP1 New Features and Enhancements

> Miscellaneous Enhancements Save Action Diagram bookmarks

– F8 in A/D to log a bookmark

– Save bookmarks option on the Exit Function panel

Display Message Implementation name

– F21 in Action Diagram Editor

– Send error message - 'Select To File Firs *M:USR0140’

Allow ImpName in Open Functions

– Use *I for File

– Enter in the full Implementation name (ie: NSAPDFR)

– Press Enter to jump right into the action diagram

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SP1 New Features and Enhancements

>Miscellaneous Enhancements Edit Action – Function Details panel allows

you to change the default context for undefined parms prior to pressing F10

Display All Functions panel from the Services Menu now has more options

– C=Copy, Y=Y2CALL, U=Usages, R=References, O=Open (function)

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SP1 New Features and Enhancements

>Miscellaneous Enhancements A/D Services menu allows searching for

fields being updated– U = fields being used either as Ouput or Both

form in one search

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SP1 New Features and Enhancements

> Toolkit Enhancements - YWRKF New option ‘EX’ when using F7 to select

records does exact matching on character fields

Parameter for COLHDG now allows *NONE to suppress column headings

– Multi-format LF will still display a single heading line for each record format

KEYOPT parameter value displayed– use F11 to toggle between values: *NONE,

*PROTECT, *HIGHLIGHT, *BOTH

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SP1 New Features and Enhancements

> Toolkit Enhancements - YWRKF Display File/Format Details (F14) key

numbers of key fields are displayed– Prompt format (F5) no longer requires F3 to exit

if subfile control selector doesn’t have a specific format

SP2 New Features and Enhancements

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SP2 New Features and Enhancements

Default Template Prototypes

> Previously had to use F21 to manually create a function from a *Template function

> Can now set a *Template function to be the default template used when any function of that type is created

> Can have one *Template prototype function for each 2E function type

> Need *DSNR authority to set a *Template function to be a prototype.

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SP2 New Features and Enhancements

Default Template Prototypes

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SP2 New Features and Enhancements

Default Template Prototypes

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SP2 New Features and Enhancements

YRUNSQL command

> Run any SQL statement (SELECT, UPDATE, etc)

> Option to override file to a specified source member

> Used internally within 2E to copy records between files from a CL program

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SP2 New Features and Enhancements

> 1E compile preprocessor rewrite Allow compilation 'scripts'

Exit program functionality

Dependent object compilation

More substitution variables

• &A—Source member attribute, e.g. RPGLE

• &B—*OBJ (hard coded for backwards compatibility)

• &C—Compilation command, e.g. CRTBNDRPG

• &D—Source change date in MDY format, e.g. 032105

• &E—Current source member (may be external X* member)

• &F—Source file name, e.g. QRPGLESRC

…..many more!

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SP2 New Features and Enhancements

> Miscellaneous 2E Trigger integration/runtime functionality

– New model value YTRGLIB

– Parm value on YDUPAPPOBJ for DUPOBJ(*TRG)

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SP2 New Features and Enhancements

Questions?