IBM® Rational® Method Composer V7.5.0.1 is an update to IBM Rational Method Composer V7.5, which is required to install this update. This document contains a summary of defects (APARs) fixed in this release.
Refer
to IBM Rational Method Composer Installation Guide for instructions
on how to install Rational Method Composer V7.5. The Installation Guide (install.html
) can be found
in the [INSTALLDIR]/rmc/readme
folder.
There are two methods available for upgrading to Rational Method Composer, v7.5.0.1
I. Online update
II. Alternative update
rmc7501.update.zip
.rmc7501.update.zip
to a folder, <TARGET_DIR>
.<TARGET_DIR>\disk1
and select diskTag.inf
in the Add Repository window and click OK.To remove the update:
The following table displays defects (APARs) that are fixed in this release:
APAR | Description / Comments |
PK95081 | Opening some sections of the Outline view generates an error. |
PK94603 | Error is generated when opening a specific task in the editor. |
PK93997 | Creating new method plug-ins from existing plug-ins generates incorrect names. |
PK93960 | Unable to publish Work Product Deliverable Parts links, no HTML file is generated. |
PK93228 | Editing of the checked-in files are permitted without prompting "the file is read only" message. |
PK93029 | Error in the "Common actions impact on specific files" section of the online help. |
PK92901 | Typo in the reusable asset icon in the published site (Linux). |
PK91185 | The Team Allocation tab is empty for several Capability Patterns in the published site. |
PK89951 | Incorrect extra plus and minus signs in the navigation trees. |
PK88733 | Incorrect message in the Copy Library prompt when first opening Rational Method Composer. |
PK88251 | Search elements fail with 404 error when the target folder name is present in the parent name for WAR deployment. |
PK88090 | URL references in the Rich Text Editor lose space separator. |
PK87239 | The following error is generated during installation: "Failed to locate 'zip com.ibm.rmc.lum 7.5.0.v20080730_1332' No short name found for native". |
PK86768 | URL characters malformation after save. |
PK86435 | Activity Partition Fill Color does not do anything. |
PK85817 | Search capability of a published Web site in port 80 returns no result. |
PK85711 | Web site search returns no results in JRE 1.6.0_10 or higher. |
PK85469 | Deliverable parts are broken links after publish. |
PK85423 | URL encoding is modified when saved in the Rich Text Editor. |
PK85136 | The order of the steps from a contributing task is not saved. |
PK84604 | Changing the type of a guidance element that is under source control breaks the links to the embedded attachments in the Rich Text Fields. |
PK82978 | Eliminating -Xmx value from eclipse.ini solves jvm terminated error at starting Rational Method Composer. |
PK82588 | Rational Method Composer crashes when an extended predecessor is set in the capability pattern. |
PK81776 | Last link in the last page of the published Web site should be inactive. |
PK76506 | When the Activity Diagram for a Capability Pattern is extended twice into a Delivery Process results in a corrupted diagram in the editor. |
PK76064 | Import from WebSphere Business Modeler drops elements. Add Integration with WebSphere Business Modeler 6.1.2. |
PK96028 | Wrong API for getPresentationName is used in preview. |
The following section lists the known problems in this release of Rational Method Composer and possible workarounds, if any.
PHP/Zend based RSS Feed
Using the PHP/Zend based RSS Feed when publishing a Web site, results in displaying fewer records than expected. There is no workaround for this issue in this release of Rational Method Composer. Note that this issue does not exist when using the Servlet based RSS Feed.
Running Rational Method Composer under Linux Red Hat Enterprise 5 Update 3
Rational Method Composer crashes when starting under Linux Red Hat Enterprise 5 Update 3. The reason is that Rational Method Composer is based on Eclipse 3.3.2 which does not support mozilla-xulrunner 1.9 or above. Mozilla-xulrunner 1.9 is installed by default in Linux Red Hat Enterprise 5 Update 3.
To fix this problem:
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.XULRunnerPath={path to your xulrunner installed directory}
PHP/Lucene search on Linux platforms
When using the search feature on published Web sites that used the PHP/Lucene based search capability on Linux platforms, a fatal error is generated. The root cause of the problem is that the Zend Lucene Search writes "read.lock.file into the index folder (usr/local/apache/htdocs/<site_name>/search/index) when searching the published Web site. By default, write permission to this folder is not granted to all users.
To grant write permission to this folder for all users, run the following command:
chmod 777 -R index
Blank name fields for Capability Pattern and Delivery Process child nodes
When creating a child node for Capability Patterns and Delivery Processes, if you do not press Enter to register the name, upon creating a second child node, the name of the first child node is cleared without displaying any warning message.
To fix this problem you must press Enter after typing the name for the child node.
Polish translation
Polish translation for RUP library and practices is not provided in this release of Rational Method Composer. If you installed the product by using IBM Install Manager v1.3.1, Polish language is available as a choice. Selecting Polish provides Rational Method Composer UI in Polish language and RUP library, practices, and online documentation will be provided in English.
Published Web site with non-English contents
If your published Web site with non-English contents is not displayed correctly in Tomcat, ensure that [URIEncoding="UTF8" useBodyEncodingForURI="true"]
is added to your connector setting in the [TomcatDir]/conf/server.xml
file.
Example of server.xml:
<Connector port="9080" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"
maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25" maxSpareThreads="75"
enableLookups="false" redirectPort="9443" acceptCount="100"
connectionTimeout="20000" disableUploadTimeout="true"
URIEncoding="UTF8" useBodyEncodingForURI="true"/>
Windows resolution and generated Activity Diagrams
Activity Diagrams should be opened in the same Windows resolution (96 or 120 DPI) as they were produced. Opening an Activity Diagram that was produced with Windows resolution of 96 DPI in 120 DPI or vice versa, results in unreadable content.
BIRT reports error
When opening sections of the Master Pages in the Outline view, a BIRT error message is generated. The workaround for this problem is to manually switch to the Master Page tab.
Configuration editor Plug-in and Package Selection tab refresh issues
When the Configuration editor Plug-in and Package Selection tab is open and you try to create or open a new library, change the method plug-in presentation layout from flat to hierarchical or vice versa, or click Show/Hide elements, the view will not refresh and you will lose those selections under the greyed out elements.
To refresh, you must close and reopen the Configuration editor view.
Conflict warning messages when installing or upgrading Rational ClearCase Remote Client (CCRC) from Rational Method Composer software update
During the installation of CCRC 7.1 plug-ins into Rational Method Composer 7.5.0.1, several conflict warning messages will be displayed about "Rational Common" plug-ins. These warning messages can be ignored as they are harmless and do not impact the CCRC integration functionalities.
Importing XML files to source controlled libraries
When importing XML files into Rational Method Composer library, potentially there are several new files that are being added into the source control under Rational Method Composer 7.5.0.1 integration with CCRC 7.1. In this case, UI race conditions might occur and several error messages will be displayed. To avoid this problem, got to Window > Preferences > Team > ClearCase Client > Workspace and change the "When new source are added" preference option value from "Prompt to add to source control" to "Automatically add to source control". After the import, change the option value back to "Prompt to add to source control".
This release of Rational Method Composer supports integration with Rational Asset Manager V7.1.1.
In this release of Rational Method Composer, the user interface is translated in the following languages:
In this release of Rational Method Composer, the online documentation is translated in the following languages:
In this release of Rational Method Composer, the practices library is translated in the following languages:
To download the latest practices library for a given language, follow these steps:
lib.7.5.0.1_XX.prac.zip
where XX
indicates the language."C:\Program Files\IBM\RMC75\rmc\lib.7.5.0.1_XX.prac"
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