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E-News: TestIT Newsletter
from Computer Associates
Version 01.07 | November 2, 2001
via www: http://supportconnectw.ca.com
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Table of Contents

- CA-Realia II Workbench for 390 Assembler
  Release 3.1 is Generally Available!
- CA-Realia Emulation for IMS and CA-Realia
  Runtime for IMS Release 6.0 are Generally
  Available
- CA-InterTest Batch Release 2.0 Service
  Pack 2 (Genlevel 0110) Availability
- CA-Optimizer MVS Release 6.1 Service
  Pack 6 (Genlevel 0109) Availability
- CA-Optimizer/II MVS Release 2.2 Service
  Pack 4 (Genlevel 0110) Availability
- CA-SymDump/Batch Release 1.0 Service
  Pack 2 (Genlevel 0110) Availability
- CA-TestCoverage/2000 Release 1.0
  Genlevel 0109 Service Pack 6
- CA-InterTest User Group Startup
- Check Your Release and Service Pack Levels
- Searching for Beta Test Sites:
  CA-DADS/Plus Release 4.0,
  CA-Optimizer Release 7.0,
  CA-Optimizer/II Release 3.0, and
  CA-SymDump/Batch Release 2.0
- CA-File Master Rel. 2.5 Beta Site Search
- CA-Filesave/RCS Rel. 4.0 Beta Site Search
- Technology Update Webcast:
  Thursday, November 8, 2001 at 1 PM Eastern
  CA-Optimizer & CA-Optimizer/II
- Technology Update Webcast:
  Thursday, December 6, 2001 at 1 PM Eastern
  CA-InterTest for CICS & CA-InterTest Batch
- CA-World 2002

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CA-Realia II Workbench for 390 Assembler
Version 3.1 is Generally Available!
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We are pleased to announce the availability
of CA-Realia II Workbench for 390 Assembler
Version 3.1.

Clients that are currently licensed for
CA-Realia 370 may upgrade and swap their
license online at:
http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/cobol_testing/realia/infodocs/realwb390r31.asp

The order form at the link above will
automatically open a technical support issue
in our database and a representative will
email you with instructions for downloading
CA-Realia II Workbench for 390 Assembler
Release 3.1 from our FTP site. This online
order form will also be transferred to our
Sales Accounting group who will swap the
license from CA-Realia 370. As an alternative,
you may also contact Technical Support
directly at 630-505-6926.

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-Realia Emulation for IMS and CA-Realia
Runtime for IMS Version 6.0 is
Generally Available
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We are pleased to announce the General
Availability of CA-Realia Emulation for IMS
and CA-Realia Runtime for IMS Version 6.0.

Clients current on maintenance for CA-Realia
Emulation for IMS will receive a 3-part Order
Form in the mail or you may contact
1-800-637-5858 to place an order for product
shipment.

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-InterTest Batch Release 2.0
Genlevel 0110 Service Pack 2
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We are pleased to announce the availability
of CA-InterTest Batch Release 2.0 (Genlevel
0110) Service Pack 2.

To place an order for this Service Pack,
please contact Technical Support directly
at 201-585-6788.

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-Optimizer MVS Release 6.1
Genlevel 0109 Service Pack 6
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We are pleased to announce the availability
of CA-Optimizer MVS Release 6.1 (Genlevel
0109) Service Pack 6.

To place an order for this Service Pack,
please contact Technical Support directly
at 201-585-6788.

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-Optimizer/II MVS Release 2.2
Genlevel 0110 Service Pack 4
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We are pleased to announce the availability
of CA-Optimizer/II Release 2.2 (Genlevel
0110) Service Pack 4.

To place an order for this Service Pack,
please contact Technical Support directly
at 201-585-6788.

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-SymDump/Batch Release 1.0
Genlevel 0110 Service Pack 2
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We are pleased to announce the availability
of CA-SymDump/Batch Release 1.0 (Genlevel
0110) Service Pack 2.

To place an order for this Service Pack,
please contact Technical Support directly
at 201-585-6788.

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-TestCoverage/2000 Release 1.0
Genlevel 0109 Service Pack 6
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We are pleased to announce the availability
of CA-TestCoverage/2000 Release 1.0 (Genlevel
0109) Service Pack 6.

To place an order for this Service Pack,
please contact Technical Support directly
at 201-585-6788.

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-InterTest User Group Startup
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Computer Associates believes that their
partnership with CA Recognized User Groups is
of great importance and endorses and encourages
the formation of user groups, advisory boards,
and executive committees. We recognize they
play an important role in ensuring active and
ongoing communications between our clients
and our development and support personnel.
In particular, we rely on the support of all
regional and national user groups to actively
support our annual user conference which
provide a forum for discussing current product
releases, product enhancements, and directions.

If you are a user of CA-InterTest for CICS
and/or CA-InterTest/Batch and are interested
in a User Group for these products, please
send mailto:sharon_manno@bcbstx.com.

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Check Your Release and Service Pack Levels
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The Testing and Fault Management Tools eSupport
page has a listing of current release and
maintenance service packs that is updated as
each new release or service pack becomes
available.

Click the following URL to see if your site
is running the current release of CA's Testing
and Fault Management products:

http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/cobol_testing/infodocs/maintlvls.asp

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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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Technology Update Webcast:
Thursday, November 8, 2001 at 1 PM Eastern
CA-Optimizer & CA-Optimizer/II
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Did you know that the Optimizer product family
provides more than just code optimization?
These products support batch abend detection
and diagnostics and source code coverage as
well as code optimization! Please join us for
this informative webcast to learn about the
new features for CA-Optimizer release 7.0 and
CA-Optimizer/II release 3.0. Features include
a common abend repository, on-line repository
viewer, symbolic post-processing during abend
views, and more. There will be a Q & A session
at the end of the webcast so that you can talk
directly to our developers.

To register for this Webcast, please visit:
http://www.placewareforum.com/ca/page.cfm?p=event&subcatid=8965&eventid=9075

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Technology Update Webcast:
Thursday, December 6, 2001 at 1 PM Eastern
CA-InterTest for CICS & CA-InterTest Batch
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Source code debugging tools are one of the
most useful program aids on the market today.
In this webcast, we will discuss the new
features for CA-InterTest for CICS (releases
6.0 & 6.1) and CA-InterTest Batch release 3.0.
These releases promote ease of use, ease of
installation, ease of implementation, and
integration with other CA products. Features
for CA-InterTest for CICS include debugging
of CICS web applications, test code coverage,
and intelligent scrolling; features for
CA-InterTest Batch include elimination of
the COBOL TEST option, debugging of DB2
stored procedures, and debugging of IMS/DC
programs without BTS. There will be a Q & A
session at the end of the webcast so that
you can talk directly to our developers.

To register for this Webcast, please visit:
http://www.placewareforum.com/ca/page.cfm?p=event&subcatid=8965&eventid=9103

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CA-World 2002
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Premier eBusiness Conference and Exhibition

April 21 - 25, 2002
Orange County
Convention Center
Orlando, Florida USA

Mark Your Calendars!

For complete conference details, visit:

http://ca.com/caworld

Alternatively, call 1-877-CAWORLD
(1-631-342-6600 outside the U.S.).

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