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Release Notes - New Features included in Release 2.4.0
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p. The current process id
is now available in w.$PID
q. Verbs ‘open’, ‘write’ and ‘close’ are now available to write data to a sequential file.
‘open’ and ‘write’ take parameters in a similar way to ‘display’.
‘write’ defaults to appending a new-line character – unless the nonl switch is specified.
‘close’ doesn’t take any parameters.
It is only possible to have one file open at a time. e.g.
open “fil”w.$PID“.tmp”
write “HEADER”
write “PARTNO ”w.partno
close
An ‘open’ when a file is already open doesn’t do anything.
A ‘write’ or a ‘close’ when there isn’t an open file doesn’t do anything.
r. The ‘notrim’ switch is available on displays
to NOT trim off trailing spaces.
4.3.2.2 Execution of SFDC transactions in “Expert” mode (SR4523)
SFDC task files may be coded to execute in “Expert” mode - without a Data-valid stage. This
means that the validation phase is only executed once, and the update phase is then executed if there
are no validation errors. This will give a performance improvement in the execution of update
transactions via sfdc – the degree of improvement depending on the relative time spent in validation
and execution of the individual transaction.
Expert mode may be selected by setting the variable w.$DEF_DATA_VALID to “E” in task files.
This variable would otherwise have been set to “Y” to execute the update phase after the Data-valid
stage. Note that this means that any processing in the “>atdv” section of the task file will not be
executed.
4.3.3 Client (CLNT)
4.3.3.1 Portmapper 3.5.1i (SR4196)
The Noblenet Portmapper is updated to version 3.5.1i. Version 3.5.1i of the Noblenet Portmapper is
32-bit software.
On Windows NT the portmapper will run as a service. By default it will be started automatically
when the machine starts up. It may be started or stopped, if required, from the “Services” applet on
the Windows NT control panel.
On Windows 95 and Windows 98 the portmapper will be started in the system tray at login, using
the command “portview -tray -hide”. To restore the portmapper window, right-click on the
portmapper icon in the system tray. If the portmapper is closed, it may be restarted from the
TROPOS sub-menu of the Windows start menu; in this case it will start with a visible window and
may be added to the system tray using facilities from its “Services” menu.