Beginning in the 5.0.0 release, the Content Engine COM API Compatibility Layer
is deprecated and support will be removed in a future release.
The Content Engine COM API
compatibility layer is a client-side API that allows you to maintain
applications written using the 3.5.x COM API. The compatibility layer
is designed to maximize support for the 3.5.x COM API, particularly
for those interfaces that are useful to non-administrative applications.
However, because of differences in platform technologies, parts of
the COM API are not supported.
- Installation
- The Content Engine COM API
is provided only as a compatibility layer to support existing applications,
and can be installed during Content Engine installation.
While it is possible to install the compatibility layer anywhere,
including a non-Content Engine system,
the compatibility layer does require the 4.x Content Engine Java API. Note also that
the compatibility layer is most frequently installed on a non-Content Engine, client system.
- Documentation
- Documentation for the compatibility layer is only available as
part of a .zip file (named FileNet® P8 Compatibility Layers for Content Engine APIs Help) on the IBM Information
Management support page on www.ibm.com. You can download this
.zip file from the IBM®
FileNet P8 Platform publication
library. The documentation consists of the COM API help
that was available for 3.5.x, with an updated reference section
that reflects the compatibility layer. Note that the Guide portion
of the help and the Code Examples have not been updated for 4.x.
For information on upgrading a 3.5.x COM API application to run
in a 4.x environment, see the Content Engine COM
API upgrade information in the V4.5.1 documentation.