Group W Toolset Release 4.2

Changes Since Previous Release

This document describes changes released in Group W Toolset 4.2, released on 1998-07-07. The previous version was 4.1, released on 1997-12-11.

This document was developed for Netscape Navigator 3.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, but it should work with most browsers. This document is element READ-THIS in file #1 of the GWTS release tape. To view it with a web browser, download it to your PC's hard disk (or to your web server) and point your browser to it.

Older versions of this document are kept in elements with name of the form READ-THIS/xDOTy, where 'x' and 'y' represent the whole and fractional parts of the release level. Example: Element READ-THIS/4DOT0 contains the READ-THIS document that was distributed in Group W Toolset release 4.0.

Group W Toolset documentation is in HTML format. In file #1 of the release are three elements that you should download to the same directory your PC or Web site:

Download GWTS/HTM to GWTS.HTM
Download GWTSDOC/HTM to GWTSDOC.HTM
Download GWTSTOC/HTM to GWTSTOC.HTM

Many people don't seem to know that you don't need a web server to browse HTML documents. Your browser can read documents from a PC disk drive. For example, if you downloaded the above files to the 'C:\' directory, you could browse them by pointing your browser to 'file:///C:/GWTS.HTM' (newer browsers allow you to shorten this to 'C:/GWTS.HTM'). GWTS.HTM defines a frameset that uses the other two documents. If your browser does not support frames, then point it to 'file:///C:/GWTSDOC.HTM' (and get a new browser!).

Group W Toolset Processors

Correct Errors in Making the 4.1 Tape

Several errors were made in building the previous release tape:

COMPILE/ALL has two errors corrected:
- Compile for PCTPL added.
- Obsolete compile element (PRTF/ECL-OLD) removed.

Correct Known Bugs

Bugs in one processor have been corrected:

@AC 1R4D corrects bug whereby it @FREEd the file even if it was already assigned to the run when the processor was called.
@MFDPL 2R2B corrects a bug whereby 'C' option pipes only one cycle (the highest) of a cycle set when the processor is reused.

New Features

This section lists feature changes and additions that are in this release.

Nasdaq-specific code removed from SHOW-ID-LINE SSG copy proc.

MCBERR/SGS is updated for SB7 releases of Exec and MCB.

MQFERR/SGS is updated for SB7 release of Exec.

FAS-FIX/7R1 is new element with 'pipelining' local code for FAS 7R1 (SB7).

RUNINFO 5.2 uses the proper PCT pointer to access the implicit and default qualifiers. This code is from Andrew Williams.
@PCT 4R1B displays uses a four-digit year (format YYYY-MM-DD) when displaying run start date.

@SYSID 2R5A changes boot and EXERR message formats to use a four-digit year.

@TDATE 1R3 adds the 'R' option to interpret a reversed TDATE$ word. (Reversed TDATE$ words are used in program file TOCs.)

@TOCOMP 1R3A compares element sizes if SSG 23R3 (or higher) is used. Even if two elements have the same name, type and timestamp, they are considered different if their sizes are different. If SSG release is less than 23R3, then the processor works as before.