December 2005

New Third Thursday Webcast Presentation Available:
Keeping Abreast of Mainframe Updates with Mainframe Express Enterprise Edition

Big iron moves on and its subsystems are continually updated. In lock-step, Mainframe Express Enterprise Edition is there, fulfilling its commitments and providing compatibility with the most important of the latest architecture developments. This session highlights and explains the latest product advances in the last year and more, including detail on Enterprise COBOL XML PARSE, JDBC/ODBC/CTG/MQ configuration and connectivity, DB2v8 and many other features and facilities. Additionally, hear how our application extension capability supports the new architectures of Web Services, J2EE and .NET. This presentation is a great way to experience a year (and more!) in an hour. MainframeUpdateWithMFEEE.wrf

New Google Search Engine for the Knowledge Base

SupportLine is pleased to announce the latest new enhancement to the Micro Focus SupportLine web site. That is the addition of a Google search engine for searching the SupportLine Knowledge Base.

To access it, click on the first option in the Knowledge Base menu on the SupportLine web site, titled "Google KB Search".In addition to all of the normal Google search capabilities, we have added product filters, so you can filter the Google search results by the product you are interested in, if you so choose.

This new service has been added in response to your input, through the recent SupportLine Surveys and other customer comments. It is another example of our listening to you, our customers, to improve our services to better match your needs.

Sun Microsystems Customer Transition

Sun Microsystems and Micro Focus enjoy a very close, long term working partnership. Together, we continuously review our relationship to find better ways to service our mutual customers. For many years, Sun Microsystems customers could order Micro Focus Object COBOL Developer Suite (OCDS) and Server Express, and support for those products, from either Sun Microsystems or directly from Micro Focus. As a mutual decision with Micro Focus, Sun Microsystems recently announced that they will transition their sales and support of Micro Focus products back to Micro Focus.

Micro Focus is delighted to take over this responsibility and will continue to offer the highest quality products and services – as Sun Microsystems customers have come to expect. This means that all Sun Microsystems customers can now order Micro Focus products and support directly from Micro Focus.

Micro Focus has created a transition web site to provide you with basic information on the Sun Microsystems transition program. Please view the information on this site or contact one of our dedicated Sun Microsystems transition specialists for specific details. The transition specialists can be contacted via e-mail at:

SunTransition-US@microfocus.com(North America) or
SunTransition-UK@microfocus.com(outside North America)

HP Customer Transition
Together, HP and Micro Focus agreed that better customer service could be offered by transitioning the sales and support of Micro Focus COBOL products back to Micro Focus. Micro Focus is delighted to welcome HP customers! We are committed to offering the highest quality products and services - as HP customers have come to expect.
Micro Focus has been awarded the Omega NorthFace ScoreBoard Award for excellent customer service for the last four years. Now HP customers can also have direct access to our award winning technical expertise.

For more information visit: www.microfocus.com/hpconversion


Or contact one of our dedicated HP conversion specialists who are ready and waiting to hear from you.

Phone: 1-800-632-6265 Option 2 (North America Only)
Email: HPConversion-US@microfocus.com(within North America)
HPConversion-UK@microfocus.com(outside North America)

Articles and demos to inform you about functions and features of your Micro Focus products

Net Express

Database Support within Net Express Enterprise Server

Up until now, the only database access support available under Net Express from container managed services has been for precompiled Oracle and IBM UDB applications. This all changes with a recent product update. This article describes the modifications providing a SQL Server XA switch module and Generic one-phase commit switch module for ODBC. more

Dialog System Programmed Text Entry with a Value at Creation Time

You may want to use a Programmed Text Entry instead of the standard Dialog System entry field or MLE control because you need some special characteristic like an MLE without a scrollbar. This article shows how you can get your Programmed Text Entry to show the value in the associated field in the Data Block at creation time. more

Mainframe Express Enterprise Edition

Setting the XDB Server Configuration Options from a Batch File

Many companies want to ensure each XDB Server is configured the same way. There is an easy way to do this, which is to use a batch file to configure all of the XDB Server options. This article will cover how to accomplish this and provide a set of recommended settings. more

PKGSET SQL Directive Settings

This article discusses the PKGSET SQL Preprocessor Directive, it’s effects, and when it will be used. more

Revolve & Revolve Enterprise Edition

SCRIPTS – HTML Reports - Part 9 of a 9 part series

The Scripts tool, found under Tools on the tool bar, enables you to extend your project analysis with the use of provided scripts. There are 9 categories of scripts: Cross Reference Reports; Data Rationalization; Parsing Problems; Project Management; Record Analysis; Standards Checking; Unused Analysis; Utilities and HTML Reports. This is part 9 of a 9 part series. more

Server Express

Intrinsic functions CHAR and ORD give values one greater than expected

Default usage of the intrinsic functions CHAR and ORD can show a different collating sequence value for the same character. This article discusses the reason for this and ways to adjust for this default. more

Cross-session Debugging

Cross-session debugging allows you to use Animator in a different terminal window to that in which the program to be debugged is running. With cross-session debugging, Animator is started first in one session and left in a waiting state. Both sessions must use the same user ID. more

First Fridays Webcast

"First Fridays" Webcasts are held the first Friday of each month and focus on topics of critical concern to enterprise IT directors and managers. Professionals in organizations that depend on legacy systems should not miss these important events. The 1-hour, "from your desk" sessions are free and convenient. The next First Friday Webcast will be on Friday January 6th. Select the link below to find out the topic for this month’s Webcast and to register to participate in the session.
www.microfocus.com/firstfriday

First Friday Webcast Archives. Did you miss a First Friday Webcast you were interested in attending? If so, you can still attend the presentation by viewing the recorded presentations within the First Friday Archive.

Third Thursday Webcast

The next Third Thursday Webcast will be on Thursday December 15th. Select the following link to find out this month’s topic. http://www.microfocus.com/services/Training/elearning.asp To register for any Third Thursday Webcast, select the following link:
Register for Third Thursday Webcast

Accelerate with Micro Focus Training!

Take your COBOL skills to new levels with our hands-on training. And let Micro Focus expert instructors guide you on how to use the latest tools to take the legacy applications you work on, into the exciting worlds of .NET, XML and Web services. 'For more information and to register, visit us at any of the following regions:

Events and Trade Shows

For more information, visit: http://www.microfocus.com/events

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