These release notes contain important information available at the time of the Version 3.5, SP1 release of iPlanet ECXpert. New features and enhancements, known problems, and other information are addressed here. Read this document before you begin using ECXpert 3.5 SP1.
An electronic version of these release notes can be found at the iPlanet documentation web site: http://docs.iplanet.com/docs/manuals/
These release notes contain the following sections:
iPlanet ECXpert, Version 3.5, SP1 is a Solaris-only service pack and contains:
If you use ECXpert 3.5, you are probably using maps that were compiled with its companion Mercator authoring tool (Design Studio 5.0). ECXpert 3.5 SP1 now includes an updated Mercator translation server (Mercator 5.0 SP3) built inside ECXpert, as well as its companion Mercator authoring tool (Design Studio 5.0 SP3).
While many of your existing maps may run successfully in the upgraded version of ECXpert (ECXpert 3.5 SP1), it is recommended that you recompile your maps with the upgraded authoring tool, particularly if you are using XML data. The changes introduced in the Mercator Service Pack might not directly affect your specific maps, but it is always advisable to compile (`build') your maps with the version of the authoring tool that is version-compatible with ECXpert's embedded translation engine.
Mercator 5.0 provided additional trace settings within a map (MapTrace: Switch, InputTrace, OutputTrace and SummaryTrace). The goal of ECXpert 3.5 was to provide much improved control over these trace switches. The traceSwitch attribute that is in the [translate] section of the ecx.ini file was meant to enable/disable the settings of the trace switches that were compiled within a map. Because of a deficiency within the Mercator API, turning on the traceSwitch within ECXpert 3.5 enabled only the SummaryTrace switch within the map (assuming it was set within the map at compile time). In ECXpert 3.5 SP1, turning on the traceSwitch within ECXpert now enables all of the MapTrace switches (Switch, InputTrace, OutputTrace and SummaryTrace) within the map. However, the setting of specific cards or a range of cards for the InputTrace and OutputTrace switches is not yet supported.
This section explains how to download and install ECXpert 3.5 Service Pack 1. The service pack consists of the Solaris binary files for ECXpert and the NT-based Mercator Design Studio SP3 authoring tool.
If you are a registered subscriber to SubcribNet, you can download and install the ECXpert 3.5 SP1 using the following steps:
http://subscribnet.netscape.com/
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When unzipped, the filenames and specifications will be displayed as shown in Table 1.
ECXpert 3.5 SP 1 is not a complete build; it only untars new files into the existing file structure. You should install this service pack over an existing export version of ECXpert 3.5.
Before running the install script, shut down all ecx processes and back up your ecx.ini file, as it will be overwritten by the ecx.ini file in this service pack.
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Table 2 lists the Solaris bugs fixed in ECXpert 3.5 SP1.
Bug Number
Description
The Mercator *.mtr trace file is not generated if the traceSwitch settings are OFF. To capture the trace file, the traceSwitch attribute in the [translate] section of ecx.ini must be set to ON. The map source trace options for input and output must also be set to ON. For more details on trace switch support, see "Map Trace Switches (Defect 535734)".
This service pack bundles Mercator 5.0 SP3, which generates improved input type trees from DTDs and resolves several other XML processing issues that occurred with Mercator 5.0.
Previously, if the Scheduler was running a script, it could not launch a second script. The Scheduler can now support multiple scripts running simultaneously. Use the worker_max_threads parameter in ecx.ini to specify the number of threads to allocate.
Previously the Dispatcher crashed periodically if the debug flag was set to YES and the service list included a custom service. This problem has been fixed.
Previously, scheduling legacy gateway protocols caused errors. This defect has been corrected with one known limitation: scheduled tasks that use HTTP SSL XML are not displayed properly for editing. This limitation will be corrected in a future release.
535734
540810/
540750
481821/
542556
539692
543203
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Last Updated May 10, 2001