[staf-news] STAF V3.4.0 and STAX V3.4.0 are now available

[David B. <bd...@us...>]

STAF V3.4.0  and STAX V3.4.0 are now available.  You can find more 
information and download the binaries from the official STAF web site at 
http://staf.sourceforge.net/.  These new releases contain new features, 
bug fixes, and documentation updates. 

Some of the improvements in STAF V3.4.0 include: 

1)  Added the ability to reuse STAF request and handle numbers, as well as 
the ability to get request and handle summary information by adding a 
SUMMARY option to the SERVICE services's LIST REQUESTS request and to the 
HANDLE service's LIST HANDLES request

2)  Improved how STAF converts strings to numbers and 
enhanced/standardized conversion error messages

3)  Added garbage collection for DELAY requests submitted to the DELAY 
service

4)  Added an IGNOREERRORS option to the VAR RESOLVE request so you can 
resolve strings that contain an unescaped { that does not denote a STAF 
variable and changed the PROCESS service to use this option when resolving 
variables in option values specified on a START request

Here is the history log of all the changes made in STAF V3.4.0: 

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History Log for STAF

  Legend:
   - Fixes
   + Features
   = Internal changes
   * Changes required to migrate from one release to another

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Version 3.4.0: 12/14/2009

  - Fixed a problem where if a STAF handle is unregistered/deleted, any 
pending
    QUEUE GET WAIT requests it had submitted were not cancelled (Bug 
#2861597)
  - Fixed a problem that could occur if the request number exceeded 2G as 
some
    Java service requests could then fail with RC 47 and errors like 
"Invalid
    value because it is not an integer: -560339110" (Bug #2873132)
  + Added the ability to reuse STAF request and handle numbers, as well as 
the
    ability to get request and handle summary information by adding a 
SUMMARY
    option to the SERVICE services's LIST REQUESTS request and to the 
HANDLE
    service's LIST HANDLES request (Feature #2878346)
  + Improved how STAF converts strings to numbers and 
enhanced/standardized
    conversion error messages (Feature #2880602)
  - Changed the Trust service to resolve STAF variables in the MACHINE, 
USER,
    and LEVEL options in its SET, GET, and DELETE requests (Bug #2886658)
  - Improved how to determine if the STDOUT and STDERR file names 
specified on
    a PROCESS START request are the same (Bug #2893403)
  - Fixed a OpenSSL build problem on Unix systems by allowing you to set
    OPENSSL_VERSION to the OpenSSL version to use if multiple versions of
    OpenSSL libraries are installed in $(OPENSSL_ROOT)/lib (Bug #2892882)
  - For all services, improved error messages for invalid command requests
    (Bug #2895347)
  + Added garbage collection for DELAY requests submitted to the DELAY 
service
    (Feature #2881945)
  + Added an IGNOREERRORS option to the VAR RESOLVE request so you can 
resolve
    strings that contain an unescaped { that does not denote a STAF 
variable
    and changed the PROCESS service to use this option when resolving
    variables in option values specified on a START request (Feature 
#2881935)
  - Fixed problem where Tcl unmarshalling would fail if the content 
started
    with a dash (Bug #2910232)

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Some of the improvements in STAX V3.4.0 include:

1)  Added breakpoint/debugging capabilities to the STAX service and the 
STAX Monitor

Here's the history log of all the changes made in STAX 3.4.0: 

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History Log for STAX

  Legend:
   - Fixes
   + Features
   = Internal changes
   * Changes required to migrate from one release to another

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Version 3.4.0: 12/18/2009

  - Improved error messages for invalid command requests and added 
exception
    catching when handling a service request (Bug #2895347)
  - Fixed ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsExceptions in the STAX Monitor that could 
occur
    when selecting an action on a job in the Active Jobs panel (Bug 
#2901468)
  + Added breakpoint/debugging capabilities to the STAX service and the 
STAX
    Monitor (Feature #998243)

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Thanks, 
David 

David Bender 
STAF/STAX Development 
IBM Software Group, WPLC 
 
11501 Burnet Rd. 
Bldg. 903-5B002 
Austin, TX 78758-3400 
 
Phone (T/L): 1-512-286-5315 (363-5315) 
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Email: bd...@us...