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E-News
AllFusion® Newsletter
Version 05.05
May 31, 2005

In This Newsletter
Product News
> AllFusion® Application Development Products
> What's New in AllFusion® Gen r7
> User Added Functions in AllFusion® Gen
> Java Application Integration With AllFusion® Gen
> Managing Your AllFusion® Gen Host Encyclopedia Subset ID
> Application Servers and Threads in Web Generation
> AllFusion® Change and Configuration Management Suite
> AllFusion® CA-Librarian® r4.3 SP4 for z/OS is GA
> Visual Basic and AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager Version Control Interface (VCI)
> AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager Adds Support for User Data in Master Control File
> AllFusion® Modeling Suite
> AllFusion® Modeling Suite r4.1.4 Service Pack 3 (SP3) is GA
> Oracle Sequences and AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler
> AllFusion® Repository Products Suite
> Launching IBM's DB2 Query Management Facility (QMF) From AllFusion® Repository for z/OS
> AllFusion® Testing and Fault Management Tools Suite
> AllFusion® CA-SymDump® System and Unicenter® CA-SYSVIEW® Realtime Performance Monitor

General Information
> A Message to AllFusion® Modeling Suite Users
> AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager End-User Self-Paced Training Course
> AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler Wins "Riding the Crest" Award for Fifth Consecutive Year
> Changing the DNA of IT: Sarbanes-Oxley and Service Management
> Self-Funding IT Governance: A Life Cycle Management Perspective

Special Events
> EDGE AllFusion® Gen Education
> Catalyst Systems Openmake 6.4 Beta Program
> Leveraging Change and Portfolio Management for Better Business Alignment Webcast

Product News
AllFusion® Application Development Products
What's New in AllFusion® Gen r7
Read this document to learn of the many AllFusion Gen r7 new features and enhancements such as .NET Framework support including C# code generation, web performance improvements, user interface enhancements, and mainframe enhancements.

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User Added Functions in AllFusion® Gen
Traditionally, the primary method for extending the capabilities of AllFusion Gen applications has been with External Action Blocks (EAB's). This technical document describes an alternative method for adding functions to AllFusion Gen models that simplifies the process of adding new capabilities to generated applications.

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Java Application Integration With AllFusion® Gen
Learn step-by-step procedures on using Java External Action Blocks (EAB) in AllFusion Gen applications.

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Managing Your AllFusion® Gen Host Encyclopedia Subset ID
Learn how to effectively manage the subset IDs used by your AllFusion Gen Host Encyclopedia - what they are, how they are used, and how to avoid running out of them.

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Application Servers and Threads in Web Generation
To use MessageBoxes and OCX controls with AllFusion® Gen's Web Generation option, the threading option of the assembling utility must be turned on.

Web Generation passes the ServletRequest and ServletResponse objects to the thread it creates when threading is selected. Some application servers such as WebSphere 5.1 on AIX do not allow deployed applications to create secondary threads and provide a non-thread safe version of the ServletRequest and ServletResponse objects. If your Web Generation application uses either MessageBoxes or OCX controls, you will not be able to execute it under such application servers.

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AllFusion® Change and Configuration Management Suite
AllFusion® CA-Librarian® r4.3 SP4 for z/OS is GA
The AllFusion CA-Librarian for z/OS product team announced the General Availability (GA) of AllFusion CA-Librarian r4.3 SP4 for z/OS.

To receive the update to this release, you can order it by using one of the following methods:
  • Submit an AllFusion CA-Librarian for z/OS online order form on the AllFusion CA-Librarian for z/OS SupportConnectSM web page.
  • Call the Computer Associates Orders Department at 1-800-841-8743.
  • Contact your local Customer Advocate.
For customers outside North America, please contact your local CA Support Center to determine general availability of this new release.

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Visual Basic and AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager Version Control Interface (VCI)
Read how to use mapped drives with Visual Basic and AllFusion Harvest Change Manager Version Control Interface (VCI).

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AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager Adds Support for User Data
in Master Control File
Does your site want to add your own information into the Master Control File (MCF) element master record?

By applying APARs QO66743 and QO66744, and using exit02 and exit03, a 40-byte area in the element master record can be available for site-specific information. Learn how to take advantage of this new enhancement.

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AllFusion® Modeling Suite
AllFusion® Modeling Suite r4.1.4 Service Pack 3 (SP3) is GA
The AllFusion Modeling Suite product team recently announced the General Availability (GA) of AllFusion Modeling Suite r4.1.4 SP3. For highlights of this release, read the AllFusion Modeling Suite r4.1.4 SP3 product announcement.

When you are ready to receive the update to this release, you may choose one of the following methods of ordering:
  • Download your copy by visiting the AllFusion Modeling Suite product home page on SupportConnectSM for products for which you are licensed.
  • Call the Computer Associates Orders Department at 1-800-841-8743.
  • Contact your local Customer Advocate.
For customers outside North America, please contact your local CA Support Center to determine general availability of this new maintenance release.

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Oracle Sequences and AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler
In Oracle, when you want an inserted value to be incremented automatically and in a particular pattern, you use an object called a sequence. Read how AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler offers a number of controls to help you create a sequence and how to employ a sequence after it has been created.

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AllFusion® Repository Products Suite
Launching IBM's DB2 Query Management Facility (QMF) From
AllFusion® Repository for z/OS
Did you know that you could launch QMF queries from inside AllFusion Repository for z/OS? Read this technical document for installation information and use.

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AllFusion® Testing and Fault Management Tools Suite
AllFusion® CA-SymDump® System and Unicenter® CA-SYSVIEW® Realtime Performance Monitor
Enterprises that value the power of Unicenter CA-SYSVIEW Realtime Performance Monitor will benefit from AllFusion CA-SymDump System r7. Learn how AllFusion CA-SymDump System r7, which utilizes Unicenter CA-SYSVIEW technology, provides powerful features for enhanced system dump viewing and dump management including augmented dump diagnostic information, a central dump index, an interactive dump viewer, automatic control block mapping, an optional web viewer, and more.

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General Information
A Message to AllFusion® Modeling Suite Users
Read how the AllFusion Modeling Suite is aligning with CA's "flagship" Unicenter® brand in order to lead a robust cross-platform data and database lifecycle management offering. The alignment of the AllFusion Modeling Suite within the database management component of CA's Unicenter solutions combined with our aggressive product development and integration goals are a strong acknowledgement of the strategic importance of AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler to our customers.

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AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager End-User Self-Paced Training Course
The AllFusion Harvest Change Manager End-User Self-Paced Training (SPT) course number CCW510 helps you optimize AllFusion Harvest Change Manager r5.2.1 with an overview of its fundamental processes and product functionality. The course includes a focus on hands-on utilization of the AllFusion® Harvest Workbench. Click here to learn more about this course and view a courseware demo.

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AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler Wins "Riding the Crest" Award
for Fifth Consecutive Year
Read how Programmer's Paradise, Inc. selected AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler to win the "Riding the Crest" award as the most popular, best-selling, enterprise DBMS tool for the 5th consecutive year.

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Changing the DNA of IT: Sarbanes-Oxley and Service Management
All public companies are required to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley legislation enacted in 2002 to ensure transparency in financial controls. As an outcome, Sarbanes-Oxley is driving a transformation in business processes and practices. CA's technology helps our customers meet the myriad of challenges related to compliance.

Corporate IT departments are particularly concerned with two sections of Sarbanes-Oxley related to financial controls and reporting. Read how CA's Senior Technology Strategist, Marvin Waschke, offers guidance to companies on the use of Service Management to ensure IT governance and compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley.

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Self-Funding IT Governance: A Life Cycle Management Perspective
Regulatory Compliance has skyrocketed to the top issue for CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and CIOs. However, the pressure is now on the CIOs to enable their management to certify, upon pain of fines and/or jail, that their IT environment supports IT corporate governance. The key issue for CIOs today is how to accomplish this with or without supplemental regulatory compliance funding.

This white paper is designed to enable self-funding of IT corporate governance. The following information shows opportunities for self-funding by focusing on three areas:
  • Software quality and reuse
  • Simplification of the Enterprise Life Cycle (alignment of development, operations, and business life cycles across the enterprise)
  • Automation of tasks and time-to-market improvements

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Special Events
EDGE AllFusion® Gen Education
EDGE AllFusion Gen Education Days are being held June 5-7 in Plano, Texas. Register today so you do not miss this opportunity for in-depth training on AllFusion Gen. Meet face-to-face with AllFusion Gen developers and customer support, and network with other users.

Sessions include education on many of the exciting enhancements included in AllFusion
Gen r7, and useful tips and techniques for enhancing the performance of your generated applications and encyclopedia environment. Session topics include: re-usability, architecting solutions, modernizing applications, and much more.

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Catalyst Systems Openmake 6.4 Beta Program
Catalyst Systems is looking for customers using Allusion® Harvest Change Manager Openmake 6.3 to join their beta program for Openmake 6.4. The most important criteria for participation is to be an existing customer using Openmake 6.3 performing daily builds. All operating systems and environments are welcome. The beta program officially began
May 15, 2005, and extends through approximately July 1, 2005. If you meet the criteria and are interested in participating, register today.

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Leveraging Change and Portfolio Management for Better Business Alignment Webcast
Register for this webcast replay and discover how Clarity from Niku, part of an overall IT governance solution from CA, leverages your AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager investment to ensure your application changes and development are aligned with your business objectives.

Here are four important things you can learn about Clarity and AllFusion Harvest Change Manager:
  • Integrate development life cycle management with project and resource management.
  • Manage application changes and development from initial request to production, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
  • Prioritize and track IT investments and projects to make certain they are meeting business requirements.
  • Gain insight into your development assets across each and every stage of their life cycle to reduce cost of ownership and improve resource allocation.

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