################################################################################ # IBM OnDemand for AIX # # IBM OnDemand for WinNT # # README # # Release 2.2.0.6 # # February 23, 1998 # # # # 5639-E12, 5622-662 (C) COPYRIGHT IBM CORPORATION 1998 # # All Rights Reserved # # Licensed Materials - Property of IBM # # US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or # # disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. # ################################################################################ The information about OnDemand contained in this file was not available at the time the OnDemand documentation was printed. Please make note of these items, which supersede the information contained in the OnDemand product publications. ================================================================================ 1. Contents 2. Change History 2.1 AIX Server 2.1.2200 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.1.2201 PTF (2.2.0.1) 2.1.2202 PTF (2.2.0.2) 2.1.2203 PTF (2.2.0.3) 2.1.2204 PTF (2.2.0.4) 2.1.2205 PTF (2.2.0.5) 2.1.2206 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.2 Windows NT Server 2.2.2205 Release (2.2.0.5) 2.2.2206 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.3 OS/2 Client 2.3.2200 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.3.2201 PTF (2.2.0.1) 2.3.2202 PTF (2.2.0.2) 2.3.2203 PTF (2.2.0.3) 2.3.2204 PTF (2.2.0.4) 2.3.2205 PTF (2.2.0.5) 2.3.2205 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.4 Windows 3.1 Client 2.4.2200 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.4.2201 PTF (2.2.0.1) 2.4.2202 PTF (2.2.0.2) 2.4.2203 PTF (2.2.0.3) 2.4.2204 PTF (2.2.0.4) 2.4.2205 PTF (2.2.0.5) 2.4.2205 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.5 Windows 32-bit Client 2.5.2200 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.5.2201 PTF (2.2.0.1) 2.5.2202 PTF (2.2.0.2) 2.5.2203 PTF (2.2.0.3) 2.5.2204 PTF (2.2.0.4) 2.5.2205 PTF (2.2.0.5) 2.5.2205 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.6 Windows 32-bit Administrator 2.6.2200 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.6.2201 PTF (2.2.0.1) 2.6.2202 PTF (2.2.0.2) 2.6.2203 PTF (2.2.0.3) 2.6.2204 PTF (2.2.0.4) 2.6.2205 PTF (2.2.0.5) 2.6.2205 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.7 ACIF 2.7.2200 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.7.2201 PTF (2.2.0.1) 2.7.2202 PTF (2.2.0.2) 2.7.2203 PTF (2.2.0.3) 2.7.2204 PTF (2.2.0.4) 2.7.2205 PTF (2.2.0.5) 2.7.2205 PTF (2.2.0.6) 3. Loading Online Publications 4. Documentation Corrections ================================================================================ 2. Change History -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.1 AIX Server 2.1.2200 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.1.2201 PTF (2.2.0.1) - Added DB2 Version 5 userexit db2uext2 (disk/adsm) - Fixed a bug which caused the server to get 'unable to communicate to object server' message when deleting an application group - Fixed a bug which caused the server to drop core or fail with 'unable to close file errno = 9' message during server printing 2.1.2202 PTF (2.2.0.2) - Fixed a bug which caused the server to store an invalid value for the storage set load type - Fixed a bug which caused ars_load to fail during loading when using the -c option and the ACIF CONVERT=NO option 2.1.2203 PTF (2.2.0.3) - Added support for new compression algorithm OD77 NOTE: All OnDemand clients MUST be at 2.2.0.0 or later in order to support OD77 - Changed default arsadmin compression from LZW16 to OD77 - Fixed a bug which caused the server to leave defunct processes after deleting an application group 2.1.2204 PTF (2.2.0.4) - Added support for enhanced N-UP - Fixed a bug which caused improper communication between Object and Library Servers 2.1.2205 PTF (2.2.0.5) - Added new command arsdoc. This command will phase out the existing arsdocget and arsquery commands. 2.1.2206 PTF (2.2.0.6) - Added support to retry cancel requests when DB2 is dealing with a generic and poor performance query - Fixed a bug which caused a performance degradation during document retrieval due to documents being stored using the wrong compressed object size - Fixed a bug which caused loading to fail when multiple hits point to the same large object document --------------end of AIX Server------------------------------------------------- 2.2 Windows NT Server 2.2.2205 Release (2.2.0.5) - Initial Release 2.2.2206 PTF (2.2.0.6) - Added support to retry cancel requests when DB2 is dealing with a generic and poor performance query - Fixed a bug which caused a performance degradation during document retrieval due to documents being stored using the wrong compressed object size - Fixed a bug which caused loading to fail when multiple hits point to the same large object document - Fixed a bug which caused arsload to not accept the -A and -G parameters --------------end of AIX Server------------------------------------------------- 2.3 OS/2 Client 2.3.2200 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.3.2201 PTF (2.2.0.1) - Added new DDE functions - Fixed a bug which caused the client to lock up if specifing an empty server name during login 2.3.2202 PTF (2.2.0.2) - Fixed a bug which caused the client to stop operation when printing > 256 documents from hitlist. - Fixed a bug which caused the client to not properly cleanup temporary files in DATA and RES directories. - Fixed a bug which caused the client to not display image data 2.3.2203 PTF (2.2.0.3) - Added support for new/modified command line parameters 2.3.2204 PTF (2.2.0.4) - Update AFP Viewer 2.15A, enhanced N-UP support 2.3.2205 PTF (2.2.0.5) - Added support for new EDMSuite Splash Screen - Added support for 'Show Search String' which allows for automatic text search when viewing data - Update AFP Viewer 2.16 2.3.2206 PTF (2.2.0.6) --------------end of OS/2 Client------------------------------------------------ 2.4 Windows 3.1 Client 2.4.2200 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.4.2201 PTF (2.2.0.1) - Added new DDE functions - Fixed a bug which caused TIFF viewing to fail with message if data was invalid (missing byte on EOF) - Pixel Translations - Fixed a bug which caused an error -5016 when printing TIFF locally 2.4.2202 PTF (2.2.0.2) - Fixed a bug which caused the client to improperly print DBCS linedata - Fixed a bug which caused the client to drop pels when displaying linedata 2.4.2203 PTF (2.2.0.3) - Added support for new/modified command line parameters 2.4.2204 PTF (2.2.0.4) - Update AFP Viewer 2.38A, enhanced N-UP support 2.4.2205 PTF (2.2.0.5) - Added support for new EDMSuite Splash Screen - Added support for 'Show Search String' which allows for automatic text search when viewing data - Update AFP Viewer 2.39 2.4.2206 PTF (2.2.0.6) --------------end of Windows 3.1 Client----------------------------------------- 2.5 Windows 32-bit Client 2.5.2200 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.5.2201 PTF (2.2.0.1) - Added new DDE functions - Added support for viewing LZW TIFF images - Pixel Translations - Fixed a bug which caused TIFF viewing to fail with message if data was invalid (missing byte on EOF) - Pixel Translations - Fixed a bug which caused an error -5016 when printing TIFF locally - Fixed a bug which caused LAN attached printers to not show up in print dialog when running under WinNT 4.0 - Fixed a bug which caused arssck32.dll to not be found using OLE - Fixed a bug which caused OLE to not be able to print to a LAN attached printer 2.5.2202 PTF (2.2.0.2) - Added support for multiple instances of the client - Fixed a bug which caused the client to improperly print DBCS linedata - Fixed a bug which caused the client to drop pels when displaying linedata 2.5.2203 PTF (2.2.0.3) - Added support for new/modified command line parameters 2.5.2204 PTF (2.2.0.4) - Update AFP Viewer 2.38A, enhanced N-UP support - Fixed a bug which caused the client to utilize full CPU when searching or retrieving documents - Fixed a bug which caused the client to not show the icon for an external application definition 2.5.2205 PTF (2.2.0.5) - Added support for new EDMSuite Splash Screen - Added support for 'Show Search String' which allows for automatic text search when viewing data - Fixed a bug which caused the client to GPF when printing to a color printer - Fixed a bug which caused the client to not save print setup changes - Fixed a bug which caused the client to show incorrect values in search criteria screen when switching between equal and between operators on a date field - Update AFP Viewer 2.39 2.5.2206 PTF (2.2.0.6) --------------end of Windows 32-bit Client-------------------------------------- 2.6 Windows 32-bit Administrator 2.6.2200 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.6.2201 PTF (2.2.0.1) - Miscellaneous focus and message fixes 2.6.2202 PTF (2.2.0.2) - Added support for logons to multiple servers 2.6.2203 PTF (2.2.0.3) - Fixed a bug which caused the admin to GPF when adding a floating trigger using the graphical indexer 2.6.2204 PTF (2.2.0.4) - Fixed a bug which caused the bubble text to not be visable 2.6.2205 PTF (2.2.0.5) - Added support for defining 32 fields, instead of 16, for both Folders and Application Groups 2.6.2206 PTF (2.2.0.6) - Fixed a bug which caused integer fields to maintain old search operators of like and not like --------------end of Windows 32-bit Administrator------------------------------- 2.7 ACIF 2.7.2200 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.7.2201 PTF (2.2.0.1) - (APAR PQ07492) acif loops when input data contains overprint carriage controls and the pagedef contains bar code descriptors on the LNDs 2.7.2202 PTF (2.2.0.2) - (APAR PQ08772) Processing failure for data with multiple bin encoding 2.7.2203 PTF (2.2.0.3) 2.7.2204 PTF (2.2.0.4) - (APAR PQ09307) Enhanced N-UP support 2.7.2205 PTF (2.2.0.5) 2.7.2206 PTF (2.2.0.6) --------------end of ACIF------------------------------------------------------- ------------------end of Change History----------------------------------------- 3. Loading Online Publications -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have installed the OnDemand publications, the following steps will guide you through loading them (AIX ONLY): 1) Create the OnDemand publications folder, application group, and application: /usr/lpp/ars/config/arssys.create -p 2) Modify the application group storage management parameters with the administrator interface. For example, assign the application group to a cache only storage set or to a storage set that copies files to optical storage. 3) Modify the application group database tablespace type to the appropriate setting (None, SMS, DMS). 4) Load the publications. File Name Form Number Publication ---------------------------------------------------------------- arsb0mst.afp S544-5463-00 Getting Started with the Administrator Interface for Windows NT and Windows 95 arsd0mst.afp S544-5489-00 Indexing Reference arsi1mst.afp G544-5280-01 Installation and Configuration Guide arsn0mst.afp S544-5469-00 Getting Started with the User Interface for Windows NT and Windows 95 arso1mst.afp S544-5278-01 OS/2 Client User's Guide arsp1mst.afp G544-5281-01 Introduction and Planning Guide arsr1mst.afp S544-5293-01 Administrator's Reference arsw1mst.afp S544-5275-01 Windows Client User's Guide Issue the following commands: cd /usr/lpp/ars/pubs/en_US /usr/lpp/ars/bin/ars_load -n -v -g 'OnDemand Publications' \ -u -p NOTE: Replace with the name of an OnDemand user that has administrator authority for the application group. Replace with the password for the user. Replace with the name of the publication, for example, arsa0mst.afp. ------------------end of Loading Online Publications---------------------------- 4. Documentation Corrections -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------end of Documentation Corrections------------------------------