General - release notes


1.0 Supported software and specifications
2.0 Limitations
   2.1 *Line numbers do not appear in stack trace and problems with third-party plug-ins
3.0 Known problems
   3.1 WebSphere Application Server v6 Test Environment not uninstalled on Windows 2003
   3.2 Dialogs and windows might not display properly with certain accessibility options
   3.3 Rational Application Developer may not display properly with skin manifests
   3.4 Cannot start Rational Software Development Platform by non-administrator user on NTFS filesystem
   3.5 Silently installing IBM Rational 5.x Legacy Integrated Test Environments features
   3.6 Traditional Chinese Characters Appearing as Dots in Java Editor for Default Font Set

1.0 Supported software and specifications

Refer to the online help provided with WebSphere Application Server v6.0 for full details on configuring and deploying the default messaging provider when testing Java Messaging Service (JMS) applications against a v6.0 server, and for details on configuring and deploying a Service Integration Bus when testing Web services applications against a V6.0 server

2.0 Limitations

2.1 *Line numbers do not appear in stack trace and problems with third-party plug-ins

The product supports a different plug-in classloading mechanism which uses JXE files instead of JAR files. The benefits of using JXE files are as follows:

The disadvantages of using JXE files are as follows:

To temporarily disable JXE support to diagnose either issue, start the product with the following additional startup arguments:

 -vmargs -Dosgi.adaptor=org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseAdaptor 

Windows: Add the above arguments to the Target field of the product shortcut.

If you find a third-party plug-in that functions properly in Eclipse v3.0.x and does not load in the product with JXE enabled, but loads with JXE disabled, contact IBM support and report this problem. Remember to revert to the original startup arguments (i.e. enable JXE) after you report the problem.

3.0 Known problems

3.1 WebSphere Application Server v6 Test Environment not uninstalled on Windows 2003

On Windows Server 2003, if Terminal Server is installed and configured, WebSphere Application Server v6 Test Environment may not be removed by product uninstall. To remove it, execute the following command manually:

<install_dir>\runtimes\base_v6\_uninst\uninstall.exe -silent

3.2 Dialogs and windows might not display properly with certain accessibility options

On Windows operating systems you can set various accessibility options. However, if you specify, in the Display tab of the Accessibility Options window, an appearance scheme of High Contrast Black (large), some dialogs and windows in the product might not display properly.

3.3 Rational Application Developer may not display properly with skin manifests

You can apply skin manifests to the product, as described in the Eclipse SWT FAQ at http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/~checkout~/platform-swt-home/faq.html#xpthemes. However, the product may not display properly. To avoid this issue, do not apply skin manifests to the product.

3.4 Cannot start Rational Software Development Platform by non-administrator user on NTFS filesystem

When you start the product using non-administrator user and receive an error dialog during product start up, it may be because you have write permission to <install_dir>\eclipse\configuration but do not have write permission to all the files inside that directory.

The workaround is to change the permission of <install_dir>\eclipse\configuration so that all non-administrators do not have write access to that directory.

3.5 Silently installing IBM Rational 5.x Legacy Integrated Test Environments features

IBM Rational 5.x Legacy Integrated Test Environments provides you with a sample response file called responsefile.txt located in the IBM_WAS_LTE\disk1\util directory. The following table shows the response file options and their corresponding entries in the response file.

Table 1. List of response file options.

Feature Response file entry
Product installation directory installLocation
WebSphere Application Server Version 5.1 feature_was51_win32.active
WebSphere Application Server 5.0.2
feature_was5_win32.active
WebSphere Application Server Express 5.1
feature_wasexp51_win32.active
WebSphere Application Server Express 5.0.2
feature_wasexp5_win32.active

For usage, follow the instructions provided in the "Silently installing additional Rational Application Developer features" section of Chapter 4 in the install guide, "Installing and uninstalling Rational Application Developer for Windows".

3.6 Traditional Chinese Characters Appearing as Dots in Java Editor for Default Font Set

For Traditional Chinese locale on Windows XP machines, some Chinese characters may appear as dots in the Java Editor. This is because the default text font is set to Courier New. This font is not a Traditional Chinese true type font.

To view the Chinese characters correctly, change the font set to one that supports all Traditional Chinese characters:

  1. Click Windows < Preferences < Workbench < Colors and Fonts.
  2. Expand Java and click Java Editor Text Font then click Change.
  3. Choose a font from the list of available font sets.

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