New Update 5.1.0.2 available -- WDSCI-L




A new fix called "Interim Fix 002 - 5.1.0.2" is now available for both of
the following products:

1: (WDSc) WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries V5.1
2: (WDSc Advanced) WebSphere Development Studio Client Advanced Edition for
iSeries V5.1

This update can be accessed by the following 2 methods:

1 - Automated Update:
  -  The automated update will compare the current product installed on
your PC with the available fixes on the IBM servers.
  -  Missing updates are then downloaded and installed.
  -  To access this support, launch the WDSc workbench and select Help >
Software Updates > New Updates
  -  To access these fixes through a proxy, select Window > Preferences >
Internet and enter the appropriate proxy information, including the proxy
host, port, and any authentication information that is required.
  -  If you encounter problems with some workspaces after applying a fix,
delete the ".config" folder


2 - Manual download available Friday Feb13,2004:
  It is recommended that you install updates using the automated update
method, but a downloadable version of the fix is available for users who
meet the following criteria:
  -  Have slow or unstable Internet connections and would like to use a
download manager with resume capability
  -  Have trouble accessing the live IBM server from behind firewalls or
"Microsoft Internet Security & Acceleration server"
  -  Would rather download the fixes and install at a later time
  -  Are site administrators for a group of developers who do not have
direct access to the Internet
  This download will include a set of instructions to help users manually
update the product.


NOTE: This update will also service the CODE Designer component. A second
installation program will launch in the background.


This update contains the following fixes and enhancements as described
below. In addition, it includes any limitations of the product and
information not included in the documentation. For more information, see
the WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries Web site at
ibm.com/software/awdtools/iseries.


Remote System Explorer - List of fixes

  1. When source members contain directives /EJECT, /TITLE and /SPACE, the
outline view will now position the cursor on the correct line.
  2. ILE RPG Program Verify no longer fails when a /copy member name or
filename on an F spec contains an underscore
  3. Migration of compile commands from a version 5.0 workspace to version
5.1 no longer produces two REPLACE parameters which resulted in compile
errors. This fix only helps if the user applies the service pack before
doing a compile. If the user issued a compile and has encountered this
problem, remove the second REPLACE param through the Work With Compile
Commands dialog..
  4. Editor no longer hangs for ILE RPG source members that contain a line
that is just 4 characters in columns 1 to 4 in a free form section.
  5. COBOL copybooks can now be opened for "Browse/Edit" from the Source
menu while editing a COBOL source member.
  6. When moving a source member from one source physical file to another
in the RSE (right-click select "Move".), the CPYF command is run first and
it will no longer be presented in a command prompt. RMVM is executed only
after the CPYF is successful.
  7. Pasting a member into a PF38-SRC file will no longer issue a RSEG1170E
message.
  8. Selecting and requesting field properties from the "iSeries Field
Table View" will now include the length and alias of the field.
  9. Using the ILE RPG code-assist on unnamed datastructure subfields no
longer issues an error.


IBM WebFacing Tool - List of fixes

  1. The compression runtime property can now be used with non-English
applications.
  2. The cursor now goes to the next input field if the previous field was
hidden using Code Designer Web Settings (SE11921).
  3. Clicking the "Show" radio button for "Visibility" under the CODE
Designer Web Settings repeatedly, no longer creates duplicate links.
  4. Conversion will no longer fail if there is a space in a file path for
the Create graphic Web Setting.
  5. A problem with losing some of the conversion log results on
reconversion has been corrected.
  6. Function keys associated with the SFLDROP/SFLFOLD keywords are now
generated after re-ordering them in Web Settings.
  7. WebFacing conversion and CODE Designer now successfully extract the
text for message constants that are 132 characters in length.
  8. The default value of "0" is now displayed for fields with EDTCDE(1) or
EDTCDE(J) and a field length of (1,0).
  9. Hidden (H) fields will not be sent to the browser as hidden input
fields for subfile records that are inactive.
  10. Provides a work around to resolve an increase in memory usage caused
by an Internet Explorer memory leak problem. At least 1 display file must
be re-converted for this fix to take effect.
  11. Fixes errors in conversion for BiDi languages when the SFLMSG keyword
is used with a response indicator.
  12. Fixes a problem with losing the key label text in a WebFacing
application at runtime.
  13. The system date and time generated by DATE(*SYS) and TIME keywords
are obtained from the system the first time one of them is used and are now
subsequently calculated in the Web application (tier 2) instead of on the
iSeries. This is to improve performance.
  14. The job date generated by DATE(*JOB) is cached in tier 2. This is to
improve performance. You can add the following to your web.xml to turn off
caching of the job date that results from DATE(*JOB).

  <context-param>
    <param-name>WFCacheJobDate</param-name>
    <param-value>false</param-value>
    <description>Cache Job Date in Tier 2</description>
  </context-param>

  Otherwise, WebFacing will cache the job date by default. Note that when
this option is set to true, the starting job date is retrieved from the
iSeries just once when you first request this value using DATE(*JOB). Also
note that general job attributes such as date format are only retrieved
from the iSeries once at start up time before any Web page is displayed.
The caching of these other job attributes cannot be turned off.


Classic Tools : CODE and CODE Designer - List of fixes

  1. The "attached" dialog no longer appears when prompting CL commands or
executing commands from CODE.
  2. In CODE Designer, message constants that are longer than 121
characters will now correctly display the message text from the iSeries.


Thanks.

George Voutsinas
iSeries Eclipse Team
IBM Canada Lab