IBM Rational Method Composer Release Notes

Version 7.5 Interim Fix 2

Introduction

IBM® Rational® Method Composer V7.5, Interim Fix 2 is an update to IBM Rational Method Composer V7.5. Version 7.5 is required for this update. This document contains a summary of defects fixed in this release.

Refer to IBM Rational Method Composer Installation Guide for instructions on how to install Rational Method Composer V7.5 and uninstall the product. The Installation Guide (install.html) can be found in the [INSTALLDIR]/rmc/readme folder.

Installing the interim fix update

There are two methods available for upgrading to this interim fix.

I. Online update

  1. Close Rational Method Composer.
  2. Start the IBM Installation Manager by selecting Start > All Programs > IBM Installation Manager > IBM Installation Manager.
  3. Click Update. The Installation Manager checks for updates. If a new version of Installation Manager is available, you must install it before you can continue the Rational Method Composer installation. Click Yes at prompt to update Installation Manager. If your Installation Manager is current, go to step 5.
  4. Click OK at the prompt to restart Installation Manager. Click Update.
  5. On the Update Packages page, select IBM Rational Method Composer 7.5 . Click Next.
  6. On the "Select the updates for fixes to install" page, verify the Version 7.5 ifix2 check box is selected. Click Next.
  7. Accept the license agreement and click Next.
  8. On the "Select features you want to install" page, click Next.
  9. On the "Review summary information" page, click Update.
  10. When the update is completed and you are informed that packages were installed successfully, click Finish to close the Update Packages windows.
  11. Exit the IBM Installation Manager.
  12. Confirm the update was successful by using the Help menu in Rational Method Composer and selecting About IBM Rational Method Composer. You should see: Version: 7.5.0 ifix2.

II. Alternative update

  1. Go to www.ibm.com/support/ and from the "Download package" section download rmc75-ifix2.update.zip.
  2. Extract rmc75-ifix2.update.zip to a folder, <TARGET_DIR>.
  3. Launch IBM Installation Manager.
  4. Select File > Preferences and click Add Repository.
  5. Enter the location <TARGET_DIR>\disk1 and select diskTag.inf in the Add Repository window and click OK.
  6. Click OK to close the Preferences window.
  7. Click Update on the main Installation Manager screen and update Rational Method Composer V7.5.0 by following step 4 of the On-line update procedure.

Removing the update

To remove updates, follow these instructions:

  1. Close Rational Method Composer.
  2. Start the IBM Installation Manager by selecting Start > All Programs > IBM Installation Manager.
  3. Click Roll Back to display the Roll Back Packages window.
  4. On the " Select the packages you want to roll back to" page, select a version that has been installed on your machine to roll back, and then click Next.
  5. On the " Review rollback information" page, click Roll Back. A progress bar is displayed.
  6. When the update completes and you are informed that packages were rolled back successfully, click Finish to close the Update Packages windows.
  7. Exit IBM Installation Manager.

Defects fixed in this release

The following table lists significant defects fixed in this release.

APAR/ID Description / Comments
PK76696 (RATLC00406589) Drop down for the publishing directory looses history of directories.
PK69278 (RATLC01398192) The search in the published web site doesn't return results for text which is part of the main description.
RATLC00407872 Compact skin should include all non-empty user-specified text and relationships.
RATLC00408765 Failed to assign a practice to a custom category.
RATLC01376962 Spell checker only replaces the first wrong word if there is more than one of the same word in the Rich Text Editor.
RATLC00406859 Drop down for the publishing directory looses history of directories.
RATLC00407809 Extends and Replaces Content Variability is not available for all categories.
RATLC00407525 Replace that precedes the Extends rule is not working for activities.
RATLC00407798 The First Steps link of the Welcome page does not work on Linux.
RATLC00408258 Problem with saving the publish options in configuration.
RATLC01376009 If the Editor is opened, the Save button must be twice when renaming a plug-in.
RATLC01376785 Practices should be removed from the filter list when adding a guidance to the process element.
RATLC01377014 Spell Checker: Cannot replace the misspelled word for check item name.
RATLC01377143 Log files for WBM export should not be created inside the method library.
RATLC01477659 Startup and shutdown options are missing.
RATLC00406465 Do not publish white papers as concepts and vice versa.
RATLC00407380 Inconsistency in role labels.
RATLC01377621 Should not overwrite the readme file when upgrade RMC from version 7.5 to iFix1.
RATLC01378605 Cannot import to Rational Method Composer when the exported WBM 6.1.2 xml file contain new task type, such as HumanTask.
RATLC00406579 Import from WebSphere Business Modeler drops elements.

Upgrading V7.2 libraries to release 7.5

There are several ways to upgrade libraries for use with this release. Each of these is described in this section.

Note: All of the plug-ins that are shipped with Rational Method Composer have been renamed. Therefore, we recommend that you create a new library in your configuration management system, rather than trying to upgrade your existing library.

a) If you use any plug-ins shipped with Rational Method Composer V7.2 follow these steps to upgrade your library:

  1. Using Rational Method Composer V7.2, export every plug-in you created in your library. Be sure that all configurations you wanted were exported. If any were missed, export them individually.
  2. Make a copy of the lib.75.prac folder that is shipped with Rational Method Composer V7.5.
  3. Delete the .project file if it is present.
  4. Rename the directory name for your library, if you want it to be something other than lib.75.prac.
  5. Open this new library in Rational Method Composer V7.5.
  6. Import the plug-ins and configurations that you exported.
  7. You might want to rename your plug-ins now to conform to the new naming format. If you choose a unique 'first part' (the portion before the first 'dot' in the name), then all of your plug-ins will be listed together in the library view.
  8. Make any additional changes necessary. (See the next section for additional tasks you may need to do.)
  9. Verify that your library publishes correctly.
  10. Check your new library into your configuration management system.

b) If you created your own library, and do not depend on any plug-ins that were shipped with Rational Method Composer V7.2:

  1. Make a copy of your existing 7.2 library (but do not copy the .project file).
  2. If your configuration management system includes any extra files in your library on your hard drive, be sure to remove those from your copy (for example, CCRC adds .copyarea.db files that you need to delete).
  3. Make all of the files in the copy of your library writable.
  4. Update the name of the directory that holds the copy of your library to be the name you want for your new Version 7.5 library.
  5. Open this copy of your Version 7.2 library in Rational Method Composer V7.5 and allow it to upgrade the library. (See the next section for additional tasks you may need to do.)
  6. Check this new library into your configuration management system.

c) Updating the library using your configuration management system:

  1. Using your client software for your configuration management system (not Rational Method Composer), check out all *.xmi files in your library. (Alternatively, check out all files in your library, but realize that when you check them back in, many will not have changes.)
  2. Open the library in Rational Method Composer V7.5 and allow it to upgrade the library. (See below for additional tasks you may need to do.)
  3. Check all changed files back in.
  4. Search for any files that are new and check those into your library. (For example, you may find diagram.xmi files for some of your processes.)

Some changes that you might need to make to your library after you have upgraded to Rational Method Composer V7.5:

Enabling auto-synchronize feature in the published sites

Auto-synchronize feature finds and highlights the element in the left tree-view when the corresponding link is clicked in the right content-view. By default, this feature is disabled. To enable the auto-synchronize feature:

  1. Publish your content.
  2. Navigate to <published site folder>/theme and open the appSettings.js file for editing.
  3. Change the value of theApp.settings.autoSyncContentWithView to true.
  4. Save and close appSettings.js.

Rational Asset Manager integration support

This release of Rational Method Composer supports integration with Rational Asset Manager V7.1.1.

Localization

In this release of Rational Method Composer, the practices library is translated in the following languages:

To download the latestest practices library for a given language, follow these steps:

  1. Go to www.ibm.com/support/ and from the "Download package" section download the libraries in the language of your choice. The library files are named as lib.7.5_XX.prac.zip where XX indicates the language.
  2. Extract the contant of the zip file to a location on your hard drive. (You may want to extract the files to the standard library location of the Rational Method Composer installation folder, such as "C:\Program Files\IBM\RMC75\rmc\lib.7.5_XX.prac").
  3. Start Rational Method Composer.
  4. Select File > Open > Method Library.
  5. Browse to the location where you extracted the library file and select the directory, click OK and Finish.
  6. Consider making a backup of the library before making changes.

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