AMT 173
Released: 05 Jun 2026.
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Special attention items:
AMT 173
The AMT product suite has been upgraded from .NET 8 to .NET 10.
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As a result, the minimum required versions of the following components have been updated:
- .NET Desktop Runtime: 10.0.7
- ASP.NET Hosting Bundle: 10.0.7
- PowerShell: 7.6.1
- Visual Studio Build Tools: 2026
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Impact on External Library Execution
This upgrade affects the invocation of external libraries. By default, these libraries are now executed using .NET 10.
If external libraries must be executed using .NET 8, please contact AMT Customer Support. -
Configuration Changes
The configuration file for the reorganization service has been updated to use an
appsettings.jsonformat.
| Product | Cat | Subcat | Description | Type | Version | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMT LION | AMT COBOL | AMT Product Suite | Upgrade | #101212
The AMT product suite was upgraded from .NET 8 to .NET 10. This change increases the minimum required .NET components version to at least 10.0.7, the PowerShell version to 7.6.1. and requires Visual Studio Build tools 2026. In addition to the updated requirements, the configuration file for the reorganization service was changed to an appsettings.json file. |
CHANGE | AMT 173 | HIGH |
| AMT LION | Runtime | Various | #104940
There were issues with the rendering of charts in AMT Lion. The chart implementation has been improved, including series handling, chart data processing, and graphical report updates. |
FIX | AMT 173 | MEDIUM |
| AMT LION | Developer | Web Services | #105011
INC: 1452844 It was not possible to edit properties of existing SOAP Consumable Web Services in AMT Lion. The functionality to manually edit the properties of existing SOAP Consumable Web Services has been enabled, wsdl functionality is still disabled. |
FIX | AMT 173 | MEDIUM |
| AMT COBOL | Generator | Various | #105149
In AMT COBOL, the optimizer incorrectly converted variables in procedure division copies, resulting in a type mismatch compilation error. The generator logic has been updated to correctly generate properties with the appropriate return type. |
FIX | AMT 173 | MEDIUM |
| AMT LION | Runtime | AMT Screens | #105290
INC: 1453829 In AMT Screens, pressing Ctrl+End inside a Memo control incorrectly moved focus to the last control on the form, instead of moving the cursor to the end of the text in the Memo control. This issue has been resolved. Pressing Ctrl+End now correctly moves the cursor to the end of the text within the Memo control. |
FIX | AMT 173 | MEDIUM |
| AMT COBOL | Generator | Various | #106256
In AMT COBOL, redefining a file definition field from a copy field caused a compilation error in the generator. The generator has been adjusted to correctly handle such cases. |
FIX | AMT 173 | MEDIUM |
| AMT COBOL | Developer | Code Logic | #106258
In AMT COBOL, it was not possible to use the name "HSUB" as a variable because it was incorrectly flagged as a reserved keyword. HSUB is no longer treated as a reserved keyword and can now be used normally as a variable name. |
FIX | AMT 173 | MEDIUM |
| AMT LION | Runtime | AMT Screens | #106288
INC: 1433755 & 1474907 Changing the visibility of panels containing disabled or null-valued controls, for example buttons, in AMT Screens resulted in a runtime error. We added the necessary null checks to prevent this error. |
FIX | AMT 173 | MEDIUM |
| AMT LION | AMT COBOL | Runtime | Blazor Web Client | #106305
INC: 1468078 In the Blazor web client, layout controls with user-defined names ending in _AMT (e.g. ACCOUNT_AMT) incorrectly had "_AMT" removed, causing the page rendering to fail. The legacy ASPX _AMT suffix stripping has been removed as it was not applicable in the Blazor client. |
FIX | AMT 173 | MEDIUM |
| AMT COBOL | Generator | Various | #106368
In AMT COBOL, filler fields in BMS-generated screen copybooks were not handled correctly, causing screen fields to receive misaligned data. The generator has been updated to properly recognize and preserve filler fields in BMS form copybooks. |
FIX | AMT 173 | MEDIUM |
| AMT COBOL | Developer | Code Logic | #106459
The RECORDLENGTH option of CICS SPOOLOPEN statements was parsed incorrectly in AMT COBOL. The parser was updated to parse the option correctly. |
FIX | AMT 173 | MEDIUM |
| AMT COBOL | Runtime | Various | #106460
In AMT COBOL, the MAPFAIL condition set by a RECEIVE MAP statement was incorrectly reset by a HANDLE AID statement for a different condition at runtime. The runtime libraries were adjusted to no longer reset conditions not targeted by HANDLE AID statements. |
FIX | AMT 173 | MEDIUM |
| AMT COBOL | Generator | Various | #107105
INC: 1345532 COBOL WRITE statements targeting a printer could raise a runtime error when the print ID was not found. The WRITE logic has been updated to pass the print ID earlier in the process, ensuring it is available during execution. |
FIX | AMT 173 | MEDIUM |