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E-News
AllFusion® Newsletter
Version 05.06
July 29, 2005

In This Newsletter
Product News
> AllFusion® Application Development Products
> AllFusion® Gen 6.5 and AllFusion® Gen r7 Coexistence
> Unwanted Browser Scrollbars With AllFusion® Gen Web Generation
> AllFusion® Change and Configuration Management Suite
> AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager r7 is GA
> AllFusion® Change Manager Enterprise Workbench r7 is GA
> AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager Plug-ins for Eclipse 3.0 and 2.1.2 is GA
> AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager Performance Management
> AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager Configuration Files Under AllFusion® Change Manager
   Enterprise Workbench
> AllFusion® Modeling Suite
> AllFusion® Model Manager r4.1.4 SP3 User Interface Enhancements
> Using the Generate Check Box in AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler Forward Engineering
> AllFusion® Repository Products Suite
> AllFusion® Repository for z/OS View.Queue Function
> AllFusion® Repository r4 for z/OS Utility Menu
> AllFusion® Testing and Fault Management Tools Suite
> AllFusion® Mainframe Testing Tools - Loading Symbolic Information From AllFusion® Endevor®
   Change Manager, AllFusion® CA-Librarian®, and AllFusion® CA-Panvalet®

General Information
> CA Supports Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
> Enterprise Services Architecture

Special Events
> Technical Update Webcast Replays

Product News
AllFusion® Application Development Products
AllFusion® Gen 6.5 and AllFusion® Gen r7 Coexistence
Would you like to have AllFusion Gen 6.5 and AllFusion Gen r7 coexisting on your workstation at the same time? This technical document describes how you can accomplish this in the Windows XP environment.

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Unwanted Browser Scrollbars With AllFusion® Gen Web Generation
Using AllFusion Gen to generate web applications may cause some browser pages of your application to display either horizontal or vertical scrollbars, or both, that you might not want. This technical document describes ways to eliminate them.

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AllFusion® Change and Configuration Management Suite
AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager r7 is GA
The AllFusion Harvest Change Manager product team recently announced the General Availability (GA) of AllFusion Harvest Change Manager (CM) r7. For features and highlights of this release, read the AllFusion Harvest Change Manager r7 Data Sheet.

When you are ready to obtain the update to this release, choose one of the following methods of ordering:
  • Download your copy of AllFusion Harvest CM r7 using SupportConnectSM or place your order by submitting an AllFusion Harvest CM r7 online order form located on the AllFusion Harvest CM SupportConnect product home page.
  • Call the Computer Associates Orders Department at 1-800-841-8743.
  • Contact your local Customer Advocate.
For customers outside North America, contact your local Computer Associates Support Center to determine general availability of this new maintenance release.

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AllFusion® Change Manager Enterprise Workbench r7 is GA
The AllFusion Change Manager Enterprise Workbench product team recently announced the General Availability (GA) of AllFusion Change Manager Enterprise Workbench r7. For features and highlights of this release, read the AllFusion Change Manager Enterprise Workbench r7 Data Sheet.

When you are ready to receive the update to this release, choose one of the following methods of ordering:
  • Download your copy of AllFusion Change Manager Enterprise Workbench r7 using SupportConnectSM or place your order by submitting an AllFusion Change Manager Enterprise Workbench r7 online order form located on the AllFusion Change Manager Enterprise Workbench SupportConnect product home page.
  • Call the Computer Associates Orders Department at 1-800-841-8743.
  • Contact your local Customer Advocate.
For customers outside North America, contact your local Computer Associates Support Center to determine general availability of this new maintenance release.

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AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager Plug-ins for Eclipse 3.0 and 2.1.2 is GA
The AllFusion Harvest Change Manager (CM) product team recently announced the General Availability (GA) of r6.1.0 of the AllFusion Harvest Plug-in for Eclipse 3.0. This version is compatible with both AllFusion Harvest CM r7 and AllFusion Harvest CM r5.2.1 P4. New features include the following:
  • Simplified Harvest New Connection Wizard
  • Support for Eclipse Project-Specific AllFusion Harvest CM Contexts
  • Enhanced Repositories View
  • New Add to Workspace Wizard
  • Enhanced AllFusion Harvest CM Project Sharing Wizard
  • Repositories View Filtering
The AllFusion Harvest Change Manager product team also announced General Availability (GA) r5.1.2 of the AllFusion Harvest Plug-in for Eclipse 2.1.2. This Plug-in is compatible with both AllFusion Harvest CM r7 and AllFusion Harvest CM r5.2.1 P4.

For more information and installation instructions, go to the AllFusion Harvest Plug-in for Eclipse Update Site.

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AllFusion® Harvest Change Manager Performance Management
AllFusion Harvest CM r7 includes several configuration options that you can customize to yield optimal performance for your AllFusion Harvest CM environment.

For options to configure your server, broker, and other AllFusion Harvest components for best performance, see the AllFusion Harvest Change Manager Administrator Guide. Key parameters that can directly affect performance are listsize and commsize. Listsize specifies the number of records to retrieve from the database and send across the network at the same time. Commsize specifies the size of the data buffer sent between the agent and the server during check-in and check-out.

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AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager Configuration Files Under AllFusion® Change Manager Enterprise Workbench
Read how to access multiple versions of AllFusion Endevor that are located on separate LPARS using AllFusion Change Manager Enterprise Workbench.

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AllFusion® Modeling Suite
AllFusion® Model Manager r4.1.4 SP3 User Interface Enhancements
AllFusion Model Manager r4.1.4 SP3, contains two new user interface features. The first feature allows the user to disable the version option in the ModelMart Library Manager. The second feature provides a sort function that sorts models and sub-models alphabetically in the ModelMart Open dialog. Read more about these two enhancements.

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Using the Generate Check Box in AllFusion® ERwin® Data Modeler Forward Engineering
The AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler Forward Engineering functionality uses your graphical model to automatically generate the necessary DDL to turn your logical design into a physical database. However, you may not want to forward engineer everything in your model. Read how AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler provides options at many different levels to specify which Data Definition Language (DDL) you do - or do not - want generated.

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AllFusion® Repository Products Suite
AllFusion® Repository for z/OS View.Queue Function
Tired of waiting on DB2 response? Read how power users can pre-select a group of repository objects and "queue them up" for later processing without having to re-access DB2. This saves lots of time, and the objects do not even have to be related or of the same type.

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AllFusion® Repository r4 for z/OS Utility Menu
Administering the repository inevitably involves running some utilities, such as adding a new status or workstation or running an orphan delete. Up until the new release, customers had to customize the JCL distributed in SAMPJCL, keep it somewhere, and submit it each time. Customer now can select the utility they want from a simple menu. Read how the most widely used utilities can be generated outside of the repository using the AllFusion Repository for z/OS utility menu.

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AllFusion® Testing and Fault Management Tools Suite
AllFusion® Mainframe Testing Tools - Loading Symbolic Information From AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager, AllFusion® CA-Librarian®, and AllFusion® CA-Panvalet®
Integration between CA's AllFusion mainframe testing and fault management tools and AllFusion Endevor Change Manager, AllFusion CA-Librarian, and AllFusion CA-Panvalet make it easy to load symbolic information directly to the common PROTSYM files. Learn how this loading process can be automated, managed through a batch utility, or performed on an
on-demand basis using symbolic utilities.

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General Information
CA Supports Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
CA announced support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0, and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 across its diverse application development solutions portfolio - providing developers with a broad range of capabilities, including the ability to implement sophisticated business rules and effectively manage change in evolving service-oriented IT environments.

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Enterprise Services Architecture
CA announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with SAP in support of Enterprise Services Architecture (ESA). CA will deliver a wide range of Enterprise Services-Ready solutions that will enhance the ability of enterprises adopting ESA to ensure the security and management of their business computing environments while reducing technology ownership costs.

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Special Events
Technical Update Webcast Replays
  • The "AllFusion® Harvest CM r7" technical update webcast replay explains key features of AllFusion Harvest CM in r7 to assist your organization in meeting your business and IT needs.


  • The "Managing Powerbuilder Application Development with AllFusion Harvest CM's PowerGen Option" technical update webcast replay explains this software change management solution for Powerbuilder applications.


  • The "AllFusion® Endevor® Change Manager r7 SP1 - What's in it for you?" technical update webcast replay discusses the details of this service pack.

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