Software Development With Natural

Natural
Vorlesung Jena April 2011
Karlheinz Kronauer
Enterprise Transaction Systems

Agenda - Software Development with Natural
Overview
Natural in the history of Programming Language
Some Natural programming examples
Customer business processes supported with Adabas and Natural
Natural - Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Architecture
Natural on Mainframes
Natural for Windows and the SPoD concept
Natural Concepts
Language concepts
Working modes with Natural (Mainframe, Open Systems)
The Natural Program - Structure, Data and Object Types
Database Access in Natural
NaturalONE
Programming languages extract
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30 Years Heritage of Technology Leadership Natural
1979 1994 2001 2006

First Mainframe 4GL Natural on Natural Development Natural for Eclipse
Natural Open Systems Server Mainframe Natural Business Services
1985
Established First Platform
Independent Language 2002
1969 Natural, 2000 Natural Development 2010
Software AG founded Predict Natural Engineer Server Unix and Linux Natural ONE
1971 1990 2000 2002/2003

First Mainframe Natural for DB2 First Mobile Fleet Company to Watch
Database developed by Management System Intelligent Enterprise Magazine
Peter Schnell
1983 1999 2002 2007

TAPS (Trade Analysis and Process System) IPO Frankfurt Stock SCP Award Natural for AJAX
Worlds Largest Clearing House System Exchange MDAX Outstanding service award
Germanys Top 50 Stock received 6 years in a row

The History
First major Natural release in 1979
Version V1.2 , Batch, IBM
3 years later - 1982
Already 500 customer installations
Second major release in 1987
Natural Version 2 with interactive programming
Data and Map editors
CICS support
Third major step in 1994
GUI development environment on Windows
Integrated tools
Object oriented approach
Today
Single point of development concept
All major platforms supported
Natural 2006 - New technologies support, XML, Web Services, Unicode
Eclipse development platform, NaturalONE, Rich Web-UI (AJAX)
Business process extraction
Programming Languages - Characteristics
3GL 4GL
COBOL Natural
PL/1, REXX Focus, CA IDEAL, Progress 4GL
Style Procedural, OO Non-procedural, OO
Runtime Compiler & Linker Interpreter (& Compiler)
Platforms Mainframe, Mainframe, UNIX, Linux,

(UNIX, Linux, Windows) Windows
TP-Monitor Explicit Implicit (driver)
programming
Native user interface Terminal Terminal, Web/AJAX

Hello world - Examples
Description Description
This program demonstrates the text output This program demonstrates the text output
function of the ALGOL programming function of the NATURAL programming
language language
This code runs on a Unisys (Burroughs) A- This code runs on Mainframe, Unix and
series mainframe. Windows machines
----------------------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------------------
Source Code Source Code
// this is a comment /* this is a comment
BEGIN WRITE "HELLO WORLD!"

FILE F (KIND=REMOTE); END
EBCDIC ARRAY E [0:11];
REPLACE E BY "HELLO WORLD!";
WHILE TRUE DO
BEGIN
WRITE (F, *, E);
END;
END.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Notes: This program has NOT been tested due to the
inability to locate the necessary compiler. ----------------------------------------------------

Cobol vs.Natural ( Example with DB2 access)
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
Coding SQL Syntax
EXEC SQL.
.
complex
DECLARE procedural
CURSOR ABC WHERE
SELECT ENAME; ENO SAL
SQL coding
FROM declare cursor / open / fetch
EMP *
WHERE SAL > ZSAL FIND XYZ WITH SAL > ZSAL
simple NATURAL command
AND ENAME = SMITH AND ENAME = SMITH
WITH HOLD.
FIND
END EXEC .
/* . . . normal processing
A Cobol program is . 20 timesEND-FIND
longer than a Natural program
EXEC SQL. (NATURAL)
Natural
OPEN ABC. programs are easy to use and to maintain
END EXEC.

LOOP. No command-level CICS programming skill required
EXEC SQL.
FETCH ABC INTO :XEN, :XEM :XSAL.
END SQL.
IF SQLCODE NOT = ZERO
GO TO END_LOOP.
.
normal processing
.
GO TO LOOP.
END-LOOP. (COBOL)
COBOL vs. NATURAL ( VSAM Example )
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
*
Coding CICS/VSAM Syntax
SRCH-INIT.
MOVE SNAMEC TO BRKEY-SNAME, MAX-SNAME.
complex
MOVE procedural
LOW-VALUES EXEC CICS coding
TO BRKEY-ACCT.
SRCH-RESUME.
start browse / read next / end browse
EXEC CICS STARTBR FILE('ACCTIX') RIDFLD(BRKEY) GTEQ
simple NATURAL command
RESP(RESPONSE) END-EXEC.
IF RESPONSE = DFHRESP(NOTFND) GO TO SRCH-ANY.
FIND
IF RESPONSE NOT = DFHRESP(NORMAL) GO TO Find ACCTIX with BRKEY =
OTHER-ERRORS. aaaaaa
ASRCH-LOOP.
Cobol program is 20 times longer than a*** Natural
normalprogram
processing ***
EXEC CICS READNEXT FILE('ACCTIX') INTO(ACIXREC)
Natural programs areRIDFLD(BRKEY)
LENGTH(ACIX-LNG) easy to use and END-FIND
to maintain END-EXEC.
RESP(RESPONSE)
IF RESPONSE = DFHRESP(ENDFILE) GO TO SRCH-DONE.
No command-level CICS programming skill required
IF RESPONSE NOT = DFHRESP(NORMAL) GO TO OTHER-ERRORS.
**** normal processing ***
GO TO SRCH-LOOP.
SRCH-DONE.
EXEC CICS ENDBR FILE('ACCTIX') END-EXEC.
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Success Driven by Customer Confidence
Mark Sinnott The ease-of-use of Natural for a single

Hibernian point of development has increased the
Ireland productivity of our developers...
Thomas Reiman With Natural we can work towards the

Universa
Universa insurance implementation of a Service-Oriented
Versicherung Germany Architecture
Steve Hogan With Adabas and Natural, Software

Nissan AG is future proofing [our] systems with
Australia the ability to extend them to SOA.

Customer examples
Police Bavaria
Pharma Gehis(Celesio, Sanacorp, Anzag)
Apollo Optik
Peek und Cloppenburg
London Police
Banking Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Banco do Brasil
Social insurances: US, Spain
Travelba, Lexcom

Application Systems Requirements
Multiple-Layer Architecture - distributable
Portable to diverse platforms
Interoperable with existing applications
Extensible and scalable
CUI, GUI, Rich Web-UI
Access to different databases
Online and batch operation

Natural Principles
Easy Language: Vocabulary and grammar
One Statement - many functions
Simple Database access
Easy to learn, easy to use
Fast (interpreter concept); immediate execution
Integrated development environment; comprehensive tool set
Performance to support mission critical applications
Ease of maintenance

Mainframe Application Architectures
Frontend Integration Programs Databases & Files
Terminal
Online/OLTP
Web
Applications
Browser
DB
Web Web/Application
Server
Online/OLTP
Applications
Windows Windows
(Fat-Client) Applications
DB
Batch
Applications
UNIX, Linux, Windows Mainframe

Natural Architecture - Overview

Natural Development Environments
Natural ONE
Natural IDE, Natural ISPF

Character-based Natural for Windows Natural for Eclipse
Natural Runtime
Natural Development Server
Natural

The Natural Language concepts
Natural Syntax is 4 GL
High level syntax elements
Hiding Complexity
Language enhancements for all platforms
Natural source code compiles to objectcode/GP (Generated Program)

Object code will be interpreted
Similar to Java VM concept
Natural Runtime required
Natural on Mainframe Optimizer produces machine code

Natural at runtime
A Natural program can be executed
both online and batch without changing the code.
platform independent on Mainframe, Unix/Linux, Windows
A Natural program can be immediately executed (run)

Implicit compile
Adhoc mode
A Natural program can

call any other 3 GL program with call interface.
be invoked from a 3 GL program.
A Natural online program can

start a Batch job

More Natural Characteristics
Platform independent (Mainframe, Unix/Linux, Windows)
Implementation Language
Assembler + Natural + C > Mainframe
C/C++ + Natural -> Unix/Linux
Java, C/C++ (Runtime) -> Eclipse
Single Point of Development (SPoD)

Remote Development of Mainframe / Unix / Linux applications from Natural
for Windows and NaturalONE (Eclipse)
Extended XML-Handling integrated in Language (Parse/Serialize)
Unicode Support
Various user I/O options: maps, Rich Web (AJAX)

All Database Systems One Language
Natural SQL
DML
Database
Interface
Adabas RDBMS Tamino
DB2, VSAM, Oracle, XML

Natural DML Statements - Natural SQL Statements
READ PHYSICAL SELECT

READ BY ISN
READ LOGICAL
HISTOGRAM
FIND PROCESS
GET SQL
STORE
UPDATE INSERT
DELETE UPDATE
DELETE
END OF TRANSACTION
BACKOUT TRANSACTION COMMIT
ROLLBACK

Example A Natural program displaying database records
DEFINE DATA LOCAL
1 CRUISE VIEW OF SAG-TOURS-E-CRUISE
2 CRUISE-ID
2 START-DATE
2 END-DATE
2 START-HARBOR
2 DESTINATION-HARBOR
END-DEFINE
FIND CRUISE WITH START-HARBOR = 'BAHAMAS'
DISPLAY CRUISE
END-FIND
END
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CRUISE
CRUISE-ID START-DATE END-DATE START-HARBOR DESTINATION-HARBOR
5085 20120424 20120508 BAHAMAS BAHAMAS
5086 20120426 20120324 BAHAMAS VIRGIN ISLANDS
5068 20111016 20111029 BAHAMAS BAHAMAS
5069 20111023 20111105 BAHAMAS BAHAMAS
5044 20120611 20120624 BAHAMAS ST. CROIX
5070 20120430 20120513 BAHAMAS MIAMI

How to develop Natural applications ?
Natural ISPF NaturalONE in Eclipse
Charater-based terminal emulation Eclipse-based development tools

Tightly linked in other mainframe Local and remote development
utilities and custom-developed tools Integrated terminal emulation
Source-code management mostly in Source-code versioning
mainframe-based systems (e.g. CVS or Subversion)

Natural Development Tools Editors
Map
Editor
Program Data
Editor Editor
DDM
Editor
Dialog Layout
Editor/Wizard painter/AJAX

LIST Objects in a Library
***** NATURAL LIST COMMAND *****
User SAG - LIST Objects in a Library - Library SAG
Cmd Name Type S/C SM Version User ID Date Time

--- *________ *__________ *__ * *______ *________ *__________ *________
__ KFZ-1 Program S/C S 4.1.03 SAG 2005-07-08 17:16:32
__ KFZAEN Subroutine S/C S 4.1.03 SAG 2005-07-08 17:16:22
__ KFZAEN-M Map S/C S 4.1.03 SAG 2005-07-08 17:16:24
__ KFZLOE Subroutine S/C S 4.1.03 SAG 2005-07-08 17:16:22
__ KFZLOE-M Map S/C S 4.1.03 SAG 2005-07-08 17:16:24
__ KFZNEU Subroutine S/C S 4.1.03 SAG 2005-07-08 17:16:22
__ KFZNEU-M Map S/C S 4.1.03 SAG 2005-07-08 17:16:24
__ KFZNEU-T Map S/C S 4.1.03 SAG 2005-07-08 17:16:25
__ LAYOUT-M Map S/C S 4.1.03 SAG 2005-07-08 17:16:25
__ LDA1 Local S/C 4.1.03 SAG 2005-07-08 17:16:21
__ LIANP0 Program S S 2.2.07 SAG 1995-03-17 21:38:24
ed MENU Program S/C S 4.1.03 SAG 2005-07-08 17:16:32
__ MENU---M Map S/C S 4.1.03 SAG 2005-07-08 17:16:25
__ MENU---P Program S/C S 4.1.03 SAG 2005-07-08 17:16:32
70 Objects found
Command ===>
Enter-PF1---PF2---PF3---PF4---PF5---PF6---PF7---PF8---PF9---PF10--PF11--PF12---
Help Print Exit Sort -- - + ++ > Canc

Natural Library Concept - Storing Natural Objects (FUSER)
Libr.: SAGTOURS MENU (OBJ)
MENU (SRC)
0010 Error in ...
FUSER in Adabas file (Mainframe) FUSER in file system (Open Systems)
FUSER
SAGTOURS
SAGTOURS
MENU (OBJ)
MENU (SRC) ERR 0010 Error in ...
0010 Error in ...
GP MENU (OBJ)
SRC MENU (SRC)
In Natural Linux/Unix/Windows : File system

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NaturalONE
Key Features and Benefits

Strategy: Application Development with Natural
Tools Applications Skills
Application
Editor
Maintenance
Debugger Existing Natural
Documentation Application Developer
DB Schema
Data Browser Application
Natural
Young IT Professionals
Modernization and Students
EntireX
Adabas
DB2 End-Users
New
Applications
Goal Goal Goal
Decrease Complexity & Deliver Business Manage Alternations

Increase Productivity Requirements Faster of Generations

NaturalONE - all in ONE
Data Natural
Edit
Browsing
Utilities
Debug Help Predict
Schema
Test Generation
Document Map Editor
DDM Web/AJAX Page

Versioning
Map to AJAX converter
Construct Java, .NET
Web Services Integration
Code Generation EntireX
XML SOA Governance

Cross-Platform Application Development and Runtime
Mainframe, OpenVMS
Remote
Development Natural Development Server & Runtime
NaturalONE
Local Development and Runtime
UNIX, Linux, Windows

NaturalONE Resources
NaturalONE Download Site

Community Edition
Travel Support Demo
Application & Tutorials
www.NaturalONE.com
Support through NaturalONE
Forums
Developer Community
New NaturalONE Forums
New Community Sites
Launched on March 2nd

Press Release
New Site (video, fact sheet)
GSC Enablement Program
Customer training

Natural Development Environments
Natural ONE
Natural IDE, Natural ISPF

Character-based Natural for Windows Natural for Eclipse
Natural Runtime
Natural Development Server
Natural

All-in-ONE Development Environment
NaturalONE delivers a powerful and easy-to-use set of application lifecycle capabilities

to current users of Natural, as well as Java, or COBOL developers
All-in-ONE Development Environment
NaturalONE provides all features

required for development of web
applications and services
NaturalONE IDE can be extended by

leveraging Eclipse Open source
plug-ins and co-exist with other
Software AG Eclipse Plug-Ins
Meet business users needs more IT organization has more agility to

quickly make platform choices

Create code locally that runs natively on major
production platforms
Developers need not change the NaturalONE

library and the application structure
Runtime Platforms
Organisations can keep their

established life cycle management
Companies can continue to use

existing production environment Mainframe Linux UNIX Windows
while developing using Eclipse
Higher development productivity Fast transition to Eclipse based IDEs

SOA, service oriented development and generation of
web services
Includes all development tools to
create new or enhance existing
services
Easy generation of web services ,

Java proxies ,
Definition and documentation of

Natural Business Services
Enterprise business functions quickly Saves development time, everything

exposed as web services is generated

Development/Generation of Web applications
All development tools included to

create Rich web interfaces
Conversion tools for modernizing

existing applications included
Web Applications can be instantly

tested through a built-in in browser
Screen wizards helps developers Modern application UIs helps to

to see results very quickly satisfy end-users

Code Snippets from Developer Community
Developer Community
Share Natural source

code between developers
Enter source code

snippets in the Developer
Community

Source Code snippet

shown in search view
Can be pasted to source

editor

Other Key Features of NaturalONE
Natural Documentation Tool
Data browser
Predict and NEE plug-ins
Integration with Subversion

Ant Deployment Tools
Generation of CRUD Services
Debugging, testing tools and

unit test for Natural NaturalONE with Natural Engineer plug-in

Thank you
NaturalONE v8.2
Major Enhancements
Eclipse Version support

Build on Eclipse v3.6.1
AJAX enhancements
New Design features for web pages
Local and server side scrolling
BLOB support for AJAX Applications
Edit mask support
Natural Construct support

Frame and model editor
Protect generated lines in editor
Construct objects referenced in dependency view

NaturalONE v8.2
Major Enhancements
Major enhancements for the developer

Mark all occurrence of a field
Debugger enhancements
Edit dialogs
List command on server view (objects locked)
Resolve Time stamp conflicts

Check, if source on server is younger the source uploaded
Ensures consistency in shops, where developers are still working both on
mainframe and with NaturalONE
Code snippets from Natural Community

Retrieve Natural Code from Community
Copy and re-use code in NaturalONE editor
NaturalONE v8.2
Major Enhancements
Predict support
Consider Predict information redefines and array boundaries while
including data fields from a DDM
Edit/Display Predict documentation NaturalONE navigator view/editor
Natural Documentation Natdoc

New Natdoc view
Show and change documentation simultaneously with the source code
Command view for mainframes

View representing a remote server perspective
Command and program execution

NaturalONE v8.2
Major Enhancements
Enhanced Parser Checks

Semantics Check
Content assist shows only variables with correct data types
Editing Shows parser error immediately if data type does not fit
Check for correct workfile number
Check for correct array boundaries
Natural Security private Mode support

Special profile in Natural Security for private mode with default settings
Mainframe only for v8.2.2
Customer tested and proofed

NaturalONE 8.2
Enhanced design features

for AJAX Applications
Switch automatically
visibility on user Input
Enter data (here First
Name) and Save
button becomes
visible

NaturalONE 8.2
Enhanced design features

for AJAX Applications
Switch between local

and server side
scrolling
automatically

NaturalONE 8.2
BLOB Support
At Design Time
And at Runtime

NaturalONE 8.2
Edit masks for AJAX Applications
Check Edit mask on client
All major Natural edit

masks supported

NaturalONE 8.2
Natural Construct for NaturalONE
Provide major Natural

Construct functionality in
NaturalONE
Re-use existing Construct

assets (models, cust. Dev.
Models)
Outline view and protected

lines in editor

NaturalONE 8.2
Easy invoke Construct
models
Familiar Wizard
interface with all
the options of
Construct
Uses Eclipse
standards

NaturalONE Editor Support
Protected Editor
Lines for
Generated Objects
(read-only)
Can only add/edit

code in User Exits
Outline View
supports
navigating and
generating Exits

NaturalONE Dependencies and NATdoc
Dependency view
shows related Dependency
objects including View shows
Construct runtime
related objects
including
Generates NATdoc Construct
automatically and runtime
links to NATdoc for
runtime Generates
NATdoc
automatically
and links to
NATdoc for
runtime

NaturalONE Construct Wizards
Design Custom Models with XML

NaturalONE v8.2
Mark all
occurrences
of a field

NaturalONE v8.2
NaturalONE Debugger
Natural Stack data

view in debugger

NaturalONE 8.2
NaturalONE Debugger
Natural source
program called not
found
Option, to download
from server

NaturalONE 8.2
NaturalONE Debugger
Load natural sources

automatically, that
are not in local
project
Natural program is
now in NaturalONE
project

NaturalONE 8.2
Consistency Check
Parallel
development in
server (e.g.
mainframe) libraries
and NaturalONE
Resolve Server time

stamp conflicts in
Natural sources

NaturalONE 8.2
NaturalONE
Documentation view
Documentation
during development
time
Navigate through the
documentation view
Changes in program
documentation
directly appear in
the view

NaturalONE v8.2
Maintaining Natural
Windows dialogs
from NaturalONE
Right click on Server

view
Opens Dialog Editor

in Natural Studio
Editing, testing,
execution

NaturalONE 8.2
Predict integration
Import Data Fields
Import information
from Predict
Redefinitions
Edit masks
Array boundaries

NaturalONE 8.2
Predict integration
Predict
Documentation
Edit/Display Predict
Descriptions
In Navigator view
Read/Update Fdic
on server

New in Developer
Community
Share Natural source

code between developers
Enter source code

snippets in the Developer
Community

Now in NaturalONE
Search criteria requested

via help key
Search for source code

snippets in the community
Different search options

Title
Footer
Content
Description

Results shown in search

view
Select one hit for details

Source Code snippet

shown in search view

Select source code to be

copied
Copy Source Code to

NaturalONE editor

NaturalONE Command View for Mainframes
Command View
Issue Natural Commands

related to mainframe server
environments
Output in NaturalONE
output window
Example : List Command

NaturalONE Command View
Command View
Issue Natural Commands

related to server environment
Invoke Natural utilities on

the server

NaturalONE 8.2
Planned Availability
FCS : December 2010

GA : April 2011

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Vorlesung Jena April 2011

Enterprise Transaction Systems

Natural - Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

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1979 1994 2001 2006

1971 1990 2000 2002/2003

1983 1999 2002 2007

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Style Procedural, OO Non-procedural, OO

Runtime Compiler & Linker Interpreter (& Compiler)

Platforms Mainframe, Mainframe, UNIX, Linux,

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BEGIN WRITE "HELLO WORLD!"

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**** normal processing ***

Mark Sinnott The ease-of-use of Natural for a single

Thomas Reiman With Natural we can work towards the

Steve Hogan With Adabas and Natural, Software

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Pharma Gehis(Celesio, Sanacorp, Anzag)

Peek und Cloppenburg

Banking Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Banco do Brasil

Social insurances: US, Spain

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Multiple-Layer Architecture - distributable

Portable to diverse platforms

Interoperable with existing applications

Extensible and scalable

CUI, GUI, Rich Web-UI

Access to different databases

Online and batch operation

Easy Language: Vocabulary and grammar

One Statement - many functions

Simple Database access

Easy to learn, easy to use

Fast (interpreter concept); immediate execution

Integrated development environment; comprehensive tool set

Performance to support mission critical applications

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UNIX, Linux, Windows Mainframe

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Natural IDE, Natural ISPF

Natural Development Server

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Natural source code compiles to objectcode/GP (Generated Program)

Natural on Mainframe Optimizer produces machine code

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A Natural program can be immediately executed (run)

A Natural program can

A Natural online program can

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Single Point of Development (SPoD)

Extended XML-Handling integrated in Language (Parse/Serialize)

Various user I/O options: maps, Rich Web (AJAX)

Adabas RDBMS Tamino

DB2, VSAM, Oracle, XML

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READ PHYSICAL SELECT

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Charater-based terminal emulation Eclipse-based development tools

** normal processing *