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          MXG NEWSLETTER NUMBER SIXTY-THREE-TO-BE - UNDATED             
                                                                        
Technical Newsletter for Users of MXG :  Merrill's Expanded Guide to CPE
                                                                        
                         TABLE OF CONTENTS                              
                                                                        
I.    MXG Software Version.                                             
II.   MXG Technical Notes                                               
III.  MVS, aka z/OS, Technical Notes                                    
IV.   DB2 Technical Notes.                                              
V.    IMS Technical Notes.                                              
VI.   SAS Technical Notes.                                              
VI.A. WPS Technical Notes.                                              
VII.  CICS Technical Notes.                                             
VIII. Windows NT Technical Notes.                                       
IX.   z/VM Technical Notes.                                             
X.    Email notes.                                                      
XI.   Incompatibilities and Installation of MXG.                        
         See member CHANGES and member INSTALL.                         
XII.  Online Documentation of MXG Software.                             
         See member DOCUMENT.                                           
XIII. Changes Log                                                       
     Alphabetical list of important changes                             
     Highlights of Changes  - See Member CHANGES.                       
                                                                        
     COPYRIGHT (C) 1984,2013 MERRILL CONSULTANTS DALLAS TEXAS USA       
                                                                        
I.  The 2013 Annual Version MXG 30.30 was dated Jan 21, 2013.           
                                                                        
 1. The current version is MXG 31.09, dated Dec 30, 2013.               
                                                                        
    You can always use this form                                        
         http://www.mxg.com/Software_Download_Request                   
    to request the ftp download instructions for the current version.   
                                                                        
    See CHANGES member of MXG Source, or http://www.mxg.com/changes.    
                                                                        
II.  MXG Technical Notes                                                
                                                                        
 1. Text                                                                

III. MVS, a/k/a z/OS, Technical Notes.                                  
                                                                        
 1. Text                                                                

IV.   DB2 Technical Notes.                                              
                                                                        
 1. Text                                                                

V.   IMS Technical Notes.                                               
                                                                        
 1. Text                                                                

VI.  SAS Technical Notes.                                               
                                                                        
 2.  SAS Note 51008 reports using SAS ODS Graphics on z/OS with Java    
     versions:                                                          
        •Java 1.6.0.1 SR6                                               
        •Java 1.6.0.0 SR14                                              
        •Java 1.7.0.0 SR5                                               
     caused these errors when MXG invoked ODS:                          
       ERROR: The Java proxy could not create a new classloader.        
       ERROR: The Java proxy failed to update a classloader.            
       ERROR: Unable to attach current thread.                          
     That SAS note provides a  -jreoptions=  statement to add to your   
     HLQ.CONFIG(SITE) file to circumvent the error, documented in the   
     note for SAS 9.3, but the errors also occurred with SAS 9.4.       

 1. SAS Note 45793 for z/OS 1.13 reports an 0C4 ABEND can occur when    
    concatenated files are read but a file in the concatenation doesn't 
    exist.  IBM APAR OA37610 will correct the 0C4 ABEND so that you get 
    a SAS ERROR message rather than the ABEND.                          
                                                                        
VI.A.  WPS Technical Notes.                                             
                                                                        
 1. Text                                                                

VII. CICS Technical Notes.                                              
                                                                        
 1. Text                                                                
                                                                        
VIII. Windows NT Technical Notes.                                       
                                                                        
 1. Text                                                                
                                                                        
IX.  z/VM Technical Notes.                                              
                                                                        
 1. Text                                                                

X.   Email notes.                                                       
                                                                        
 1. Text                                                                

                                                                        
XI.   Incompatibilities and Installation of MXG vv.yy.                  
                                                                        
 1. Incompatibilities introduced in MXG 31.09 (since MXG 30.30):        
    See CHANGES.                                                        
                                                                        
 2. Installation and re-installation procedures are described in detail 
    in member INSTALL (separate sections for each platform, z/OS, WIN,  
    or *nix), with examples of common Errors/Warnings messages a new MXG
    user might encounter, and in member JCLINSTT for SAS V9.2 or member 
    JCLINSTW for WPS. INSTALL also shows how to read SMF data on PCs/nix
    using the FTP ACCESS METHOD.                                        
                                                                        
XII.  Online Documentation of MXG Software.                             
                                                                        
    MXG Documentation is now described in member DOCUMENT.              

XIIV. Changes Log                                                       
                                                                        
--------------------------Changes Log---------------------------------  
                                                                        
 You MUST read each Change description to determine if a Change will    
 impact your site. All changes have been made in this MXG Library.      
                                                                        
 Member CHANGES always identifies the actual version and release of     
 MXG Software that is contained in that library.                        
                                                                        
 The CHANGES selection on our homepage at http://www.MXG.com            
 is always the most current information on MXG Software status,         
 and is frequently updated.                                             
                                                                        
 Important changes are also posted to the MXG-L ListServer, which is    
 also described by a selection on the homepage.  Please subscribe.      
                                                                        
 The actual code implementation of some changes in MXG SOURCLIB may be  
 different than described in the change text (which might have printed  
 only the critical part of the correction that need be made by users).  
                                                                        
 Scan each source member named in any impacting change for any comments 
 at the beginning of the member for additional documentation, since the 
 documentation of new datasets, variables, validation status, and notes,
 are often found in comments in the source members.                     
                                                                        
Alphabetical list of important changes after MXG VV.RR in MXG VV.RR+1:  
                                                                        
  Dataset/                                                              
  Member   Change    Description                                        
                                                                        
  See Member CHANGES or CHANGESS in your MXG Source Library, or         
  on the homepage www.mxg.com.                                          
                                                                        
Inverse chronological list of all Changes:                              
                                                                        
Changes 31.yyy thru 31.001 are contained in member CHANGES.