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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION XL Release 1.2 Overview by Myrna Allen--Commercial Systems Division The Commercial Systems XL Release 1.2 introduces several new products and contains performance enhancements to many existing products. This commercial release will provide an increase in the performance, functionality, and reliability of the MPE XL Operating System. SYSTEM INFORMATION With MPE XL Release 1.2, the system startup options for determining NORECOVERY or RECOVERY have changed to accommodate saving spoolfiles. SEGMENTER now creates program and segmented library files which are compatible with those created on MPE V/E based systems. This allows MPE V/E compatible source files to be compiled on MPE XL based systems. RLFILE, a new compiler directive, has been added to COBOLII/XL, FORTRAN 77/XL, and Pascal/XL. This compiler feature allows the Link Editor/XL to manipulate procedures similar to the SEGMENTER on MPE V/E. AUTOINST/XL has been enhanced to include an Add-On feature. You may now add products to your system without performing a full update or installation, thus shortening system down time. New features have also been added to Native Language Support (NLS) and the MPE XL Release 1.2 version of STORE. DATA COMMUNICATIONS NS Point-to-Point 3000/XL Network Link provides the first HP-to-HP area networking on the MPE XL system. Using gateways and gateway-halves, internet communication is now possible between MPE XL systems, as well as between MPE XL and MPE V/E systems. NetDelivery/XL, a network distributed application service is now available on XL. NetDelivery/XL provides a message and file delivery system for HP AdvanceNet networks. This new product includes the following features: message queues, distribution lists, location transparency, forwarding event scheduling, and message logging. The Distributed Terminal Subsystem (DTS) provides asynchronous device connectivity for terminals and serial printers. Two major product enhancements are included in this release: Printer Type 26 for network printers, and typeahead for inputting data before a read is actually posted. LANGUAGES With this release, the MPE XL Compiler Library introduces procedures for performing basic operations on packed-decimal numbers. Replacements are also provided for LONGDIVD and DIVD. These decimal routines were part of the compiler library under MPE V/E, but not MPE XL. RPG/XL, the Native Mode Compiler and run-time library for the RPG language, is now available on MPE XL. Except for minor differences, RPG/XL is a direct replacement for the RPG/V compiler. Both HP Pascal and FORTRAN77/XL have been enhanced. HP Pascal now offers improved compatibility with the current versions of HP Pascal/UX and HP 9000/300 Pascal. FORTRAN77/XL has increased its compatibility with FORTRAN66/V, HP 1000 FORTRAN77, and the DEC/VMS implementation of FORTRAN77 through HP 3000, DEC/VMS, and HP 1000 extensions. The new version of HP COBOLII/XL supports the full HIGH level of the ANSI 85 COBOL Standard. This version also contains increased functionality. In addition, the COBOL 68 compiler product was obsoleted on May 1, 1987. SOFTWARE PRODUCTS This release introduces HP EDIT/XL. HP EDIT/XL, a full-screen text editor designed for application development, offers a user-definable interface, macro command definitions, "undo" capability, built-in recovery procedures, and an online Help facility. HP WordServices, a new host based formatter, is invoked from within HP Word/PC. HP WordServices expands word processing functionality, provides integration with HP 3000 files, and the allows you to print to large system printers. HP ALLBASE/4GL is an advanced fourth-generation language now available on MPE XL systems. HP ALLBASE/4GL improves the productivity of application developers and reduces application maintenance through a single integrated environment including design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance. This release introduces a new tool, HP Software Revision Controller (HP SRC/XL). HP SRC/XL is especially useful for tracking files that are frequently modified, but whose revision history must be preserved. This new tool can significantly reduce the problems associated with revision control. The Cooperative Services PC development tool provides a process for accessing HP 3000 resident data using transaction-based applications on the PC. Cooperative Services features include TurboIMAGE intrinsic support, MPE intrinsic support, and remote procedure call support. Silhouette has been enhanced to use the Network Inter-Process Communication (NetIPC) and Remote Process Management (RPM) services of NS/3000. This new feature provides more protection of data and easier recovery for Secondary system failures. Information Access/XL enhancements have been made to MPE file support, database administration, PC data sources, window support, and officeshare support. The existing feature set has been improved to include changes to the Host Data Server Process (HDSP), the Administrator Utility, the Host Batch Facility, and the PC software. The latest version of HP DeskManager has been enhanced to provide 16-bit language support, programmatic access to HP`DeskManager through HP DeskManager Intrinsics, and electronic mail connectivity using an X.400 gateway. In addition, several additional miscellaneous enhancements have been added which increase the functionality of this new release. HP DeskManager Intrinsics, a subset of HP DeskManager, extends the Application Integration capabilities of HP DeskManager. The HP DeskManager Intrinsics consists of three distinct sets of intrinsics: user, gateway, and supporting. These intrinsics create and control the driver process which performs the intrinsic functions. Compatibility mode Decision Support Graphics (DSG) intrinsics are available with this release. These intrinsics allow programmatic access to all DSG functions. The latest version of HP BRW/XL includes the following enhancements: new output screen, new HP Business BASIC floating-point Decimal type, double-quotes in strings, integration with HP Information Access, and support of user-defined data dictionary. TRANSFORM/V is now available in compatibility mode on the HP 3000 Series 900 computers installed with the MPE XL operating system. Some key features of TRANSFORM/V include: transportation of IBM source libraries and data files to the HP 3000, translation of IBM source code to compatible HP 3000 source code, and conversion of IBM data files to compatible HP 3000 data files. This release also includes enhancements to HPToolset/XL, TDP, MCONTEXT, PROCMON/V, and the graphics library AGL. DATABASE TOOLS This release introduces ALLBASE/NET. This product allows applications on one MPE XL machine to access ALLBASE HP SQL DBEnvironments on another MPE XL machine through a Local Area Network (LAN). A new version of ALLBASE/XL contains several features absent from previous versions including locking enhancements, intent update locking, section caching, and preprocessors for C and FORTRAN.