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E-News: TestIT Newsletter
from Computer Associates
Version 01.05 | August 3, 2001
via www: http://supportconnectw.ca.com
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Table of Contents

- CA-File Master Release 2.4
  Genlevel 0106 Service Pack 1

- CA-Filesave/RCS Release 3.6
  Genlevel 0106 Service Pack 5

- Searching for Beta Test Sites:
  CA-DADS/Plus Release 4.0
  CA-Optimizer Release 7.0
  CA-Optimizer/II Release 3.0
  CA-SymDump/Batch Release 2.0

- CA-File Master Rel. 2.5 Beta Site Search

- CA-Filesave/RCS Rel. 4.0 Beta Site Search

- CA-World 2001

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CA-File Master Rel. 2.4
Genlevel 0106 Service Pack 1
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Service Pack 1 for CA-File Master 2.4
(Genlevel 0106) is generally available.

Clients current on maintenance for CA-File
Master may contact the Computer Associates
Orders Dept. at 1-800-637-5858 to place an
order for product shipment of Service Pack 1.

For clients outside of North America, please
contact your local CA support offices. A
complete listing of offices can be found
at: http://www.ca.com/camap.htm.

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CA-Filesave/RCS Release 3.6
Genlevel 0106 Service Pack 5
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Service Pack 5 for CA-Filesave/RCS 3.6
(Genlevel 0106) is generally available.

Clients current on maintenance for
CA-Filesave/RCS may contact technical support
at 201-585-6788 to place an order for product
shipment of Service Pack 5.

For clients outside of North America, please
contact your local CA support offices. A
complete listing of offices can be found
at: http://www.ca.com/camap.htm.

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Searching for Beta Test Sites
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We are currently seeking Beta test sites for
the following Testing & Fault Management
products:

CA-DADS/Plus Release 4.0
  http://ca.com/products/announcements/dads_40_pa.pdf
CA-Optimizer MVS Release 7.0
  http://www.ca.com/products/announcements/optimizer_70.pdf
CA-Optimizer/II Release 3.0
  http://www.ca.com/products/announcements/optimizer_ii30.pdf
CA-SymDump/Batch Release 2.0
  http://www.ca.com/products/announcements/symdump_batch_20.pdf

Interested clients should contact Tammy Brady
at 201-585-6670 or via email at mailto:Tammy.Brady@ca.com.

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CA-File Master Rel. 2.5 Beta Site Search
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We are currently seeking Beta test sites for
Release 2.5 of CA-File Master.

Enhancements included in this release are:

- Compare extended to PDS members
- FIND command enhancements (find last, find first)
- Enhanced copybook support:
  - the ability to select begin and end fields
  - support of OCCURS DEPENDING increased
    from 999 to 9,999
- Selection criteria arguments doubled
- Repeat command enhanced - now "Rnnn"
  multiple repeat support
- Support for new operators =, <>, >=, <=
- Significant performance enhancements for
  formatted displays
- Improved usage enhancements

Interested clients should contact Tammy Brady
at 201-585-6670 or via email at mailto:Tammy.Brady@ca.com.

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CA-Filesave/RCS Rel. 4.0 Beta Site Search
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We are currently seeking Beta test sites for
Release 4.0 of CA-Filesave/RCS.

Enhancements included in this release are:

- Support for CICS Transaction Server for
  OS/390 Release 2.1
- Journal management functions such as COPY,
  ANALYZE, PRINT supports both CICS/ESA 4.1
  journal record formats and native CICS Log
  Stream formats as valid input journals.
  All output journals continue to be in
  CICS/ESA 4.1 format.
- Recovery Management functions such as GENERATE
  and all TSO/ISPF panels support both CICS/ESA
  4.1 journal record formats and native CICS
  Log Stream formats as valid input journals.
- VSAM forward recovery supports VSAM data sets
  that have been processed by CICS in VSAM RLS
  mode. New VSAM OPEN and I/O return codes for
  VSAM RLS are also supported.
- Duplicate ISPF Panel/Skeleton/CLIST names
  have been eliminated allowing the number of
  SMP FMID’s to be reduced for easier product
  installation.

Interested clients should contact Tammy Brady
at 201-585-6670 or via email at mailto:Tammy.Brady@ca.com.

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CA-World 2001
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Miss CA-World 2001?

If you were unable to attend CA-World 2001
in Orlando, Florida, visit our website at
http://www.ca.com/caworld/ for a look back
at this remarkable event!

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