Here is the June list of New & Updated CA Gen Knowledge Base Articles
The full list of KB articles can be found from the CA Gen Product Information page here: https://support.broadcom.com/mainframe-software/product-page.html?productName=CA Gen.At the bottom of section "Knowledge Base Articles" click on the link for "See All Articles".
CA Gen: Is 64 bit supported for the .NET proxies
Mon Jun 29 2020...The .NET Proxies are compiled in C# and at runtime it is controlled by Microsoft CLR (Common Languag... Is 64 bit supported for the .NET proxies?..
CA Gen: Support Site Download Management
Mon Jun 29 2020...For Windows, there is only one ISO to download, and each of the following options will download the ... In the Support Site Download Management, the CA GEN IMPLEMENTATION TOOLSET is showing up but unable ...
CA Gen: Mainframe - Set User ID to Client User ID (tuxedo)
Mon Jun 29 2020...In the generated JVF files, there is always one user_id entry, 8 characters long. This is the user i... In the process of converting several applications from MVS blockmode to a java web-based application..
Upgrade from CA Gen 8.0 (or 8.5) to CA Gen 8.6 and distinguishing between model versions which all have same schema level '9.2.A6'
Sat Jun 27 2020...1. Gen 8.x models all use the same metamodel schema '9.2.A6' and therefore can be used by ... If upgrading from Gen 8.5 to Gen 8.6 IR1 or to Gen 8.6 Complete the same information can be used.... Upgrading from CA Gen 8.0 to CA Gen 8.6. During the transition process from 8.0 to 8.6 it needs to b... Release : 8.0, 8.5, 8.6 Component : CA Gen Client Server Encyclopedia Component : CA Gen Host Encycl...
CA Gen CSE configuration for SQL Server fails to load schema tables although "Configuration Completed" is reported
Sat Jun 27 2020...The DB user's PASSWORD contains a caret character "^" and is not visible in the loads... After changing the password to not include the caret character "^", on re-run of the cse_c... Running CA Gen 8.6 CSE Configuration (cse_config.exe) for SQL Server reports "Configuration Com... Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Client Server Encyclopedia...
Configuring the CA Gen 8.6 CSE to use a remote Microsoft SQL Server database
Sat Jun 27 2020...Historically it was never recommended to use a CSE with a remote database due to possible performanc... 1. The CSE service CSESvcMD is created with an internal dependency on having a service for a default... How to configure the Gen 8.6 CSE to use a remote SQL Server database i.e. the database is on a separ... Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Client Server Encyclopedia...
CA Gen 8.6 CSE support under Windows Server 2019
Fri Jun 26 2020...Currently for Gen 8.6, Windows Server 2019 is not supported and Windows Server 2016 is supported: CA... We are planning to upgrade our Gen 8.5 CSE to Gen 8.6 and move to Windows Server 2019 with SQL Serve... Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Client Server Encyclopedia...
Does CA Gen support the latest Microsoft Edge browser based on Chromium instead of the based on EDGE HTML engine?
Thu Jun 25 2020...Researching... Does CA Gen support the latest Microsoft Edge browser based on Chromium instead of the based on EDGE... Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Build Tool...
Can the CA Gen Client Server Encyclopedia (CSE) be installed against a SQL Server named instance?
Wed Jun 24 2020...Consider a scenario where the CSE database is created under a SQL Server Server_Name with named inst... The errors can be easily worked around using either of these 2 options: 1. Manually re-run the loads... Running the CSE as a Windows Service - CSESvcMD The above workaround for the loadschema step is enou... The CA Gen Client Server Encyclopedia (CSE) can be installed against a SQL Server Named Instance usi... Release: CA Gen 8.6 Component: CA Gen Client Server Encyclopedia...
CA Gen CSE SQL to update Dynamic Linking properties for Business Systems and RI Triggers
Mon Jun 22 2020...At Business System level the Dynamic Linking property is schema object TECHSYS property LKEDOPTS whi... NOTES: 1. It is possible that the MVS Environment Parameters have never been set for a Business Syst... We intend to change all CA Gen 8.6 z/OS server code to use dynamic linking. While some screens... Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Client Server Encyclopedia...
CA Gen: 8.6 CommBridge on Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
Fri Jun 19 2020...The IEFCBN.exe can be executed from Windows Explorer with no error. Executing the CB Comm Bridge fr... After installing a new Communications Bridge on Windows 2012, the following error is returned when s... Release: Component: CGCB...
CA Gen: Toolset Open Model does not open explorer
Fri Jun 19 2020...The problem is due to a missing Microsoft DLL named mfc140.dll. This DLL is part of the "Micro... After installing CA Gen on Windows 10 workstation there is a problem where the Toolset function Open... Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Workstation Toolset...
CA Gen COM proxy displays NULL DATE as a time "12:00:00 AM"
Fri Jun 19 2020...Support recreated the behaviour as follows. 2 date fields, one with a populated date and one with a ... Deploying a Gen 8.6 COM Proxy .ASP file, we are surprised that a date field (not timestamp field) co... Release : 8.6 (not release dependent - the behaviour is not specific to Gen) Component : CA Gen Gene...
CA Gen CSE Configuration using SQL Server DSN fails Encyclopedia Database Connection with "Error 1 while running SQL Server file C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\Gen86\CSE\cse_msqls\connectonly.sql"
Thu Jun 18 2020...The user had a double quote as part of their SQL Server password which interfered with the cse_confi... After the password was changed to have no double quote, the CSE Configuration Encyclopedia Database ... CA Gen CSE Configuration using SQL Server DSN fails Encyclopedia Database Connection with: Connect... Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Client Server Encyclopedia..
CA Gen 8.6 C Proxy runtime deployment files
Tue Jun 16 2020...The Gen C proxy is simply composed of a header file to be used by the custom consuming application. ... CA GEN 8.6 > Distributed Processing > Working With Proxies > C Proxy>... What runtime files need to be deployed with a CA Gen 8.6 C Proxy?... Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Run Time, Proxies...
Adding an import view in CA Gen 8.6 Toolset the default optionality is "Always" compared to "Sometimes" in Gen 8.0 Toolset
Fri Jun 12 2020...This change is due to an ease of use design change in Gen 8.5 PTF TSN85007/RO69229 ("TOOLS... In version 8.6 of the CA Gen toolset, while adding a view under imports for Common action blocks, by... Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Workstation Toolset.
CA Gen 8.6 certification with Oracle 18c and 19c
Wed Jun 10 2020...Oracle 18c is already certified for Gen 8.6 Windows applications under PTF release CA Gen 8.6 GA Com... CA Gen applications and CSE support for Oracle Database Server 18c CA GEN 8.6 > Technical Require... What is the current certification status and future plans for CA Gen 8.6 with Oracle 18c and Oracle ... Release : 8.6 Component : CA Gen Workstation Toolset...
Using CA Gen 8.6 applications and Gen 8.6 & 8.5 CSE with Oracle Database Server 18c
Wed Jun 10 2020...Gen 8.6 Generated Applications To be able to run against an Oracle 18c RDBMS, recent Gen 8.6 Windows... CA Gen 8.6 Technical Requirements: CA GEN 8.6 > Technical Requirements > Third-Party Software ... This article describes the current support available for using Oracle Database 18c with Gen 8.6 gene... Release: CA Gen 8.6 Component: Generated applications, Client Server Encyclopedia Release: CA Gen 8....
CA Gen 8.6 support for OpenJDK
Wed Jun 10 2020..."Gen 8.6 Complete" was released in August 2019 where the Java runtime provided for use wit... CA Gen EDGE Community - Oracle Java licensing... The Technical Requirements for CA Gen 8.6 state that Oracle Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.8 or 11 mu... Release : CA Gen 8.6 Component: Generated applications for Java...
Gen 8.6 Call External error when parsing WSDL "Error: WSDL Access" and "Index was out of range"
Tue Jun 09 2020...SoapUI imports the file TicketAgent.wsdl successfully. Third party wsdl validators report that no se... Gen Engineering confirmed that having no service (endpoint) defined and having no "soap:operati... Using Gen 8.6 Toolset with latest PTFs i.e. Gen 8.6 Complete WKS86200 and latest TSN* PTFs. Attempt ... Release : 8.6 Complete (WKS86200) Component : CA Gen Workstation Toolset...
CA Gen runtime modules TIRFNUM and TIRFCHR
Wed Jun 03 2020...TIRFNUM and TIRFCHR represent toolset functions Numtext and Textnum respectively. The main Gen 8.5 t... We are developing web services for CA Gen servers and need some documentation on the functionality o... Release : 8.5 Component : CA Gen Run Time, Blockmode...
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Lynn Williams
Senior Principal Support Engineer
Broadcom
Australia
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