Release Notes for Version 1.2.0 of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for COM

These release notes cover release information for version 1.2.0 of the IBM(R) WebSphere(R) Business Integration Adapter for COM. These release notes contain the following sections:
New in this release WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API and run time
Product fix history Known problems and workarounds
Hardware and software requirements Documentation
Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information

Note: Important information about this product may be available in Technical Support Flashes issued after these release notes were published. These can be found on the WebSphere Business Integration support Web site, http://www.ibm.com/websphere/integration/wbiserver/support. Select the component area of interest and search the flashes section.

New in this release

This release includes functional improvements, which are outlined in the "Product fix history" section that follows.

Refer to the Adapter for COM User Guide for detailed information about the adapter and the new features.

Product fix history

Between release 1.1.0 and 1.2.0, the following CRs, based on customer-reported cases, were fixed.
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33572 The COM ODA was returning an error message when attempting to read a COM component with Visual Basic objects. This problem has now been fixed, and the COM component is processed properly. Fixed in Fix Pack 1.1.1.
34017 When the COM ODA invoked the jar.exe program, the jar.exe program went into an infinite loop if either the messages being sent to STDOUT or STDERR were not being flushed fast enough, or if the destination JAR file already existed. These problems have now been fixed, and the JAR file is created properly. Fixed in Fix Pack 1.1.1.
34373 When the connector was configured to use a FactoryClass, the connector was not creating the corresponding FactoryObject. This problem has now been fixed in the initialization method. Fixed in Fix Pack 1.1.1.

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware and software requirements are included in the product documentation. See Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information for links to those guides.

Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information

For general installation information, refer to the Installation Guide for WebSphere Business Integration Adapters. For hardware and software requirements, installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information specific to this product, refer to the Adapter for COM User Guide.

WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API and run time

Make sure that you run this version of the adapter with WebSphere Business Integration Adapters run-time version 1.7.0 or later.

The WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API .jar files and the associated scripts (CWConnEnv.bat and CWODAEnv.bat for Windows(R); CWConnEnv.sh and CWODAEnv.sh for UNIX platforms) are installed by the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API. Before installing the adapter, make sure that the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters run time is installed. If the version is not 1.7.0 or later, you must download the latest API. This section provides instructions for verifying the API version, downloading the latest version, and enabling the adapter to run on various versions of InterChange Server and Adapter Development Kit (ADK).

Verifying the run-time version

To check the run-time version, locate the manifest file (ProductDir\lib\WBIA.jar) and open it in a suitable Java JAR editor. Look for the following lines:

Implementation-Title: "CWConnectorAPI"
Implementation-Version: 1.7.0

Implementation-version indicates the installed version of the API. If the version is not 1.7.0 or later, you must download the latest run time.

Downloading the run time

To download the latest version of the WebSphere Business Integration Adapters run time:

  1. Go to http://www.ibm.com.
  2. Click the Support & downloads tab.
  3. Under the Downloads heading, click Downloads & drivers.
  4. In the Enter search terms field, type "wbia api" and click Submit.

After you download and install the run time, you should see the following files:

lib\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\3.0.0\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\4.0.0\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\4.1.1\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\4.2.0\WBIA.jar
bin\CWConnEnv.bat (Windows)
bin/CWConnEnv.sh (UNIX)
bin\CWODAEnv.bat (Windows)
bin/CWODAEnv.sh (UNIX)
connectors\messages\CwConnectorAgentMessages.txt

Enabling adapters for earlier versions of Adapter Development Kit and InterChange Server

To enable an adapter to work with various versions of ADK or InterChange Server, follow the appropriate procedure below:

InterChange Server versions 4.1.x (except 4.1.0), ADK versions 2.1.x
InterChange Server versions 4.2.0 and 4.2.1, ADK versions 2.3.0 and 2.3.1
Running an Object Discovery Agent (ODA) against InterChange Server versions 4.1.x, ADK versions 2.1.x
Running an Object Discovery Agent (ODA) against InterChange Server versions 4.2.0 and 4.2.1, ADK versions 2.3.x

Known problems and workarounds

The following problems have been found in this release.

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24521

When using the Object Discovery Agent (ODA), the PackageName property must be a single word, with no punctuation or spaces. For example, Test or Samples is acceptable; however, com.ibm.adapters.MQProxy is not. This is due to a limitation in the BIA_COMProxy.dll file.

23848 When using the ODA, the JarFileName property cannot have the following format: comx.jar, where x is a number from 0 to 9. For example, com2.jar is not acceptable. This is due to a limitation in the Java Development Kit (JDK).

Documentation

Product documentation is not included as part of the product package, either by CD or by electronic product distribution. The documentation for this product can be found in the following InfoCenters:

To obtain the product documentation, visit the Web site and download the current documentation set for the release that you are using. Follow the instructions provided on the InfoCenter page to complete the installation.

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