MANASYS
Jazz Build 17.3
Summary
Build
17.2 introduces DL1 support, plus more general development.
Build
17.3 introduces RPG conversion, plus more general development
Brown indicates Easytrieve code, blue and green indicate Jazz.
Contents
What Next? Planning for the Next Release
Detail
Build #332 is externally minor, preparing for development of RPG conversion.
Build 332
1. General Development
a. If an IO statement requires a DSNAME value but none is present, one is added. Message #847 indicates the files with default names.
2. RPG conversion
a. Form Data>Input-from-RPG appears, but its controls are not wired up yet.
Getting
the Latest Build
You’ll get this build automatically when Download Jazz is clicked.
Existing users: if you’re running MANASYS Jazz from a saved shortcut, check that you’re running the current build by looking at Help/About, or the line 4 comment of the generated COBOL. If you have a saved shortcut then this will continue to run the old version until you download a new version from our web site.
What Next? Planning for the
Next Release
We’re never short of ideas, but the important ideas are yours. What would you like us to do next? Every release is an opportunity to rethink and reset, so there’s never a better time to tell us what enhancements you’d like to see. Please let us know your priorities and suggestions for further development.
Our plan for the next build is
1. Deal with any issues reported/requested by our users, whether related to EZT or not.
2. Enhance Web Service/Interface development. The next addition: implement VIEWSTATE to support conversational services
Lower priority: -
3. Continue DL1 development to support general batch programming – new programs using DL1 that don’t come from EZT conversion.
4. Implement data type TIMESTAMP. This will add to the range of data types built into MANASYS Jazz
5. Implement Data/Import from RPG. Like Import from COBOL, Import from SQL, and Import from Easytrieve, this will read RPG programs and convert their data definitions into Jazz definitions. This could be the first step in a potential development of “RPG Conversion”, similar to Easytrieve conversion which is now implemented.
We’re never short of ideas, but the important ideas are yours. What would you like us to do next? Every release is an opportunity to rethink and reset, so there’s never a better time to tell us what enhancements you’d like to see. Please let us know your priorities and suggestions for further development.
Robert Barnes
CEO, Jazz Software Ltd
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