| Release 2.2 - 05/16/2006 | |||||
| I. New keyword: SEGMENT_OVERRIDE_JESDELIVERY_COPIES | |||||
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II. New keyword: TCPIP_COMPUTER_ASSOCIATES. Provides compatibility for those customers running CA/ACCESS. |
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| III. All of the maintenance applied to JRB 2.1. They are listed below: | |||||
| A. Provides ability to optionally add a line (maximum 130 characters) to the separator page. | |||||
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keywords: REPORT_SEPARATOR_TEXT_DEFAULT REPORT_SEPARATOR_TEXT |
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| B. Provides ability to specify email addresses via JCL. | |||||
| New keywords:
EMAIL_OBTAIN_ADDRESS_FROM_JCL EMAIL_OBTAIN_ADDRESS_FROM_JCL_DEFAULT |
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| C. Provides ability to specify what IP address the web server listens to connects on. | |||||
| New keyword: WEB_IP@ | |||||
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D. Archive Group Dynamic Creation Provides ability for JRB to dynamically create new archive groups dynamically without manually defining them in the $GROUPS member. |
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| New keywords:
ARCHIVE_DYNAM_GROUP_CAPABLE ARCHIVE_DYNAM_GROUP ARCHIVE_DYNAM_MOTHER_GROUP |
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E. Ability to split up reports using CONTROLBREAKS Define the location within a report that contains a field. Each time that field changes from one page to another a CONTROLBREAK will occur. The previous report segment will end and other will begin. This feature is especially powerful when used with Archive Group Dynamic Creation. |
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| New keywords:
CONTROLBREAK_NAME CONTROLBREAK_BOUNDARY CONTROLBREAK_TEXT_COLUMN CONTROLBREAK_TEXT_LENGTH CONTROLBREAK_TEXT_LINE |
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F. Can use segmentation in conjunction with CONTROLBREAKS In order to select the section of a report that is applicable to a CONTROLBREAK, segmentation can be used in conjunction. |
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G. NEW variable &CB(n). Will be replaced with the report text value associated with CONTROLBREAK in relative position n within the route entry. It can be used in conjunction with CONTROLBREAKS and Archive Group Dynamic Creation to build the name of the new group being created. Can also be used in REPORT_NAME or any other field that supports variables. |
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H. NEW function for the JRB utility. FUNCTION=UPGRADE_OBSOLETE_KEYWORDS If JRB detects the use of an obsolete keyword upon startup it will issue the message JRBE381 and terminate. You can use this new function of the JRB utility to automatically upgrade your keywords to the correct format. |
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| I. Restructured the manual. Split sections previously in section IV into their own sections. | |||||
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keywords: SSL_FTP_CERTIFICATE_LABEL SSL_FTP_CERTIFICATE_LABEL_DEFAULT |
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J. Provides SSL Client authentication for FTP deliveries Optionally, FTP servers and require that clients provide a digital certificate. This change supports that requirement. |
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keywords: SSL_FTP_CERTIFICATE_LABEL SSL_FTP_CERTIFICATE_LABEL_DEFAULT |
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| K. Manual sections dealing with SSL support have been re-organized and clarified. | |||||
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L. Re-structured the Archive and History in HFS. As a result documents will now be shown on the web pages from newest to oldest. |
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M. Change to ARCHIVE to JES. The confirmation pop-up window now provides the ability to specify the following characteristics of the report placed on JES: |
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OUTPUT CLASS o FORMID o DESTINATION |
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N. Change to keywords JESDELIVERY_FORM JESDELIVERY_FORM_DEFAULT SEGMENT_OVERRIDE_JESDELIVERY_FORM |
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O. NEW DELIVERYTYPE=REQUE; This new deliverytype does not actually deliver a report, is simply changes the JEScharacteristics of a report. It does not create a new JES output like DELIVERTYPE=JES does, it just changes the characteristics of the original report. |
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| New
keywords: JES_REPORT_REQUE_NODE_DESTID JES_REPORT_REQUE_NODE_DESTID_DEFAULT |
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| P. DIRECTORY WEB PAGE FILTER WINDOW CHANGES: | |||||
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With multiple report directory windows open each one of them may now have a
filter window associated with it. Previously only the first directory window
could have a filter window. 2. Removed the alert window that popped up when the FILTER OFF button was pressed. 3. The FILTER OFF button is now grayed out and disabled unless there is actually a filter window open. 4. All filter fields now translate all input into upper case except for the PROGRAMMER NAME field. 5. The CREATION DATE TO/FROM fields initial values have changed: |
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| The TO DATE
is now the date obtained from JRB, previously it was the date obtained from
the workstation. The FROM DATE is now calculated from the TO DATE. |
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number of days are subtracted from the TO DATE to obtain the FROM DATE.
The number of days subtracted are obtained from: New keyword: WEBPAGE_REPORT_FILTER_FROM_DATE_OFFSET |
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| Q. New keywords: | |||||
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FTP_TCPIP_READ_TIMEOUT FTP_TCPIP_READ_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT |
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| R. New option for keyword FTP_MODE and FTP_MODE_DEFAULT. | |||||
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You can now specify FTP_MODE=PASSIVE_POSTCONNECT |
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S. Changed the FTP protocol associated with FTP_MODE=PASSIVE; Some FTP servers were causing deliveries to hang up. Tracing revealed JRB waiting upon a TCP/READ attempting to receive the response of a STOR FTP command. Previously JRB would: Issue PASV, Issue STOR, then connects to the server. (PASV,STOR,CONNECT) Now JRB will: Issue PASV, connect to the server, then Issue STOR.(PASV,CONNECT,STOR) In order to preserve previous functionality that might be required from some servers FTP_MODE=PASSIVE_POSTCONNECT now will use the old protocol. (PASV,STOR,CONNECT) |
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| Release 2.1 - 10/25/2005 | |||||
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1) The
minimum OS/390 release is now 2.10
5) Provides ability to use wildcards * with the keyword:
6) Provides ability to submit JCL from the History Directory web page to restore a document from backup.
7) Provides control over report separator pages within a report segment.
8) Removes JES LRECL restriction of 4060.
9) New keyword (REQUIRED):
10) Changed keywords:
11) Batch Utility Changes.
12) Added new JES report selection criteria.
13) Increases the maximum value of MAX_NUMBER_INTERNAL_TASKS from 512 to 1024. 14) Provides ablity to reque a report to a NULL WRITER id.
15) Added ability to control the format of the FTP server command PORT.
16) Added ability to specify a COPIES= type parameter for DELIVERYTYPE=JES deliveries.
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| Release 2.0 - 7/05/2005 | |||||
| Functionality that added to JRB 1.1 by fixes (maintenance) are not listed here. | |||||
New keywords have been added that affect the
appearance of the Archive Group Tree web page. They are all in support of
the new ability to define multiple archive group trees (REPORT_GROUP_BEGIN_A_TREE)
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| New optional keyword REPORT_GROUP_BEGIN_A_TREE for the $GROUPS member provides the ability to define multiple report group trees. Previously only one report group tree was supported. Customers that had many thousand report groups had no choice but to put all the groups under a single tree. Now an unlimited number of trees can be be defined. This provides better organization and a more focused, manageable number of report groups shown in the Archive Report Group Tree web page. | |||||
The Sign-on web page now optionally includes
a pop-up window where you can place instructions, disclaimers or a greeting.
New keywords shown below:
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| New keyword SYSLOG_MESSAGE_LEVEL Controls which JRB messages are sent to the system log. | |||||
JRB can now optionally generate a separator
page during document delivery. The new keywords are listed below:
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New substitution variables have been added.
The old substitution variables dealing with time/date were all on GMT. New
local time/date substitution variables have been added:
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| DELIVERYTYPE=JES now carries forward the FCB of the original output to the new output. | |||||
| During startup JRB now checks for the correct version and maintenance level of HTML, JAVASCRIPT and LOADLIB. (LOADLIB had previously been checked for correct version only. | |||||
| On the Report Group Tree web page the action taken when clicked has changed. Clicking the group name previously expanded the group then displayed the Report Directory page. Now clicking the group name (or ICON) will NOT expand the group, instead it will immediately display the Report Directory page | |||||