Easytrieve Technology Update

CA Easytrieve is available on the MS Windows platform.

The support for the MS Windows environment includes:

• A compiler which allows for the compilation and execution of CA Easytrieve programs within the Windows operating system.  
• A development environment which provides a GUI environment for writing, debugging, and deploying CA Easytrieve programs on the Windows operating system.
• A SDS: Simplified Design System which assists in generating CA Easytrieve programs through the use of wizards, a report painter and a programming canvas.

SYS-ED workshops explain and demonstrate the new features common to the z/OS and MS Windows Platform.

• 128-character variable names.
• Boundary checking of subscripts and indexes during execution which provides environment protection and prevents abnormal termination.
• PROGRAM super activity which can execute other activities as required in the program logic.
• Enhanced compilation listings.
• An environment-independent FILE statement for ensuring portability between environments and access methods.
• Direct access to execution parameters through the PROGRAM statement which in z/OS can replace calls to EZTPX01.
• Ability to LINK and TRANSFER to another Easytrieve program.
• The ability to specify column locations for title items in automatically adjusted reports.
• File statistics can be generated at the end of program execution.