Release Notes

Version 2000.02.10

Table of Contents

1. Disclaimer of warranty
2. Objectives
3. Scope
4. References
5. About This Release
6. Compatible Products
7. Upgrading
8. Other Tools Used
9. Enhancements/New Features
10. File Differences from Previous Release
11. Known Bugs and Limitations
1. General Note
2. UNIX platforms
   1. Long start-up times on Unix
3. Netscape Browsers
1. The Treebrowser Area Does Not Resize using Netscape Navigator
4. Microsoft Browsers
1. Nothing Happens When Clicking on "Resource Center"
2. Hyperlinks to bookmarks using Internet Explorer
3. Treebrowser Java Applet
4. Browser Window too small
5. Printing Error
6. Inability to "Refresh" or "Back"
5. General Errors
1. The Java Applets Do Not Run with version 3.x of Netscape and Microsoft browsers
2. The Java Applets do not run with browsers which do not support Java applets (IE 2.x and Netscape 2.x)
3. The Search Button Does Not Display the Search Window
4. Disk Space Usage
5. Crude Formatting using Netscape Navigator 3.x and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x
6. Small fonts

Release Notes

1. Disclaimer of warranty

Rational Software Corporation makes no representations or warranties, either express or implied, by or with respect to anything in this document, and shall not be liable for any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or for any indirect, special or consequential damages.

Copyright ⌐ 1999, Rational Software Corporation.
All rights reserved.

GOVERNMENT RIGHTS LEGEND: Use, duplication or disclosure by the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions set forth in the applicable license agreement and as provided in DFARS 227.7202-1(a) and 227.7202-3(a) (1995), DFARS 252.227-7013(c)(1)(ii) (Oct 1988), FAR 12.212(a) (1995), FAR 52.227-19, or FAR 52.227-14, as applicable.

"Rational Software Corporation" and Rational Software CorporationÆs products are trademarks of Rational Software Corporation. References to other companies and their products use trademarks owned by the respective companies and are for reference purpose only.

2. Objectives

The purpose of the Release Notes is to communicate the major new features and changes in this release of the Rational Unified Process. It also documents known problems and work-arounds.

3. Scope

This document describes the Rational Unified Process version 2000.02.10.

4. References

You can find information about add-on products and upgrades at the Unified Process Resource Center. Users of the Rational Unified Process users should visit the Resource Center page from time to time to check on updates and product information.

Also included is information about:

• Training courses for the Rational Unified Process
• Add-on products
• Product upgrades
• FAQ
• Support
• Examples

5. About This Release

This release consists of a web-site, consisting of HTML pages, graphic images, a set of java applets to aid navigation, a database of extended help topics (used by the Rational Suite products) and a set of configuration files.

6. Compatible Products

This product has been tested on the following platforms:

• Windows95 (Microsoft Internet Explorer«, Netscape Navigator«)
• Windows98 (Microsoft Internet Explorer«, Netscape Navigator«)
• Windows2000 (Microsoft Internet Explorer«, Netscape Navigator«)
• Windows NT (Microsoft Internet Explorer«, Netscape Navigator«)
• Unix platforms (Netscape Navigator«)

Rational Unified Process requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 with SP 1 or later, or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or later. Please make sure that these are installed. Earlier versions may not be able to display all pages in the Rational Unified Process 2000. To obtain the latest version of your browser, click on the appropriate link below:

Microsoft Internet Explorer: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/windows.htm

Netscape Navigator: http://home.netscape.com/comprod/mirror/client_download.html

7. Upgrading

The Extended Help database file .\ext_help\rup.mdb has been upgraded to Access 2000 format. The file format cannot be read using previous versions of Access. Users who are using older versions of Access must upgrade to access this file.

8. Other Tools Used

The following tools and respectively versions are used in constructing the Rational Unified Process:

9. Enhancements/New Features

The following enhancements and new features appear in this release:

• Road-map on how to develop e-business applications has been added.
• Artifact sets have been aligned with the core workflows - there is now one artifact set for each core workflow.
• The workflow 'business modeling' has been renamed 'business engineering'. This reflects expanded contents to cover not only charting but also re-engineering of business processes.
• The development case template has been enhanced.
• Improvement to treebrowser performance.
• The Deployment workflow has been significantly enhanced.
• Corrections to reported defects.

10. File Differences from Previous Release

There have been addition and deletion of HTML and image files to the previous release of the Rational Unified Process. A list of these files are provided in the table below. File differences for earlier release are available on the Unified Process Resource Center.

File Changes from RUP 5.5 to RUP 2000

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11. Known Bugs and Limitations

1. General Note

We strongly recommend using the Rational Unified Process with the most currently available version of your web browser. Rational Unified Process requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 with SP1 or later. Some older versions of browsers do not allow the full capabilities of the Rational Unified Process to be exercised.

The RUP Trouble Shooter

This table shows information about your webbrowser and your system.

page location =

Property	Value

2. UNIX platforms

When launching the Rational Unified Process Netscape Navigator on UNIX, a warning dialog may appear:

Netscape: subprocess diagnostics (stdout/stederr)

Warning: Name: HorScrollBar Class: XmScrollBar The scrollbar page increment is less than 1

This occurs whenever the horizontal scrollbar must be displayed (i.e. it may not occur if your initial window is large enough that the left panel doesn't need a scrollbar)

You may disable dialogs for warning and error messages, and redirect messages to a file using the following command:

netscape -xrm '*useStderrDialog: False' ûxrm '*useStdoutDialog: False' >&/tmp/log.$USER.ns

1. Long start-up times on Unix

It can take more than one minute to start the Rational Unified Process online on Unix. Also the search engine can take up to one minute to start. This is due to the slow start-up of the Java virtual machine.

3. Netscape Browsers

æBannersÆ on page titles are not correctly displayed using some versions of Netscape Navigator and Communicator. The problem is purely cosmetic and does not affect use of the product.

 

1. The Treebrowser Area Does Not Resize using Netscape Navigator

If you resize the window, or the left frame, using Netscape Navigator, the treebrowser area is not resized.
To resize the treebrowser area:

• hold down the Shift key
• position the cursor in the left frame, and finally
• click the right-button on the mouse, and select "Reload Frame" in the menu.
 

4. Microsoft Browsers

   1. Nothing Happens When Clicking on "Resource Center"

      If you click on the "Resource Center" in the treebrowser, using Internet Explorer 4.0, nothing happens.

      This is due to a problem in Internet Explorer. To solve this, you need to upgrade the Internet Explorer with the Service Pack 1 (SP1), from the Microsoft home page.

      To upgrade Internet Explorer 4.01, either press Help > Product Updates, in the Internet Explorer, or go to the Microsoft home page: http://www.microsoft.com.

   2. Hyperlinks to bookmarks using Internet Explorer

      Using Internet Explorer hyperlinks to bookmarks on a page does not always work as expected. The top of the target page is displayed instead of the position on the page, where the bookmark is. Using the index (which is opened in a separate window) you can click on the link one more time, when the page is displayed. This will display the correct position on the page. On other pages there is no other way to find the correct position than to do a search (Edit>Find) on the target page."

   3. Treebrowser Java applet

      The treebrowser java applet does not start with Internet Explorer 5.X. It only works if Microsoft Virtual Machine is installed. You get that installed if you do a full installation of Internet Explorer 5.X. Click here for information about your web browser.

   4. Browser Window too Small

      When using Windows 2000 or Windows 98, if the Internet Explorer browser window is too small to display the treebrowser, the RUP will not be displayed properly. You will need to increase the browser window size and refresh.

   5. Printing Error

      When the cursor is in the treebrowser frame, if one tries to print the content in the main frame by selecting File > Print. The product splash screen will be displayed in the main frame under you click on another node in the treebrowser. The output of the print job will be blank.

   6. Inability to "Refresh" or "Back"

      Users running IE 5.0 with Microsoft Virtual Machine 1.1 on Windows NT 4.0 will not be able to do a "Refresh" or "Back". Attempts to do so will cause the treebrowser and the splashscreen to hang and will get the following message in the Java Console: 

      java.lang.NullPointerException
      at ruptools/tree/MyTreeView.▌
      at ruptools/tree/MyTreeView.╨
      at ruptools/TreeBrowse.run
      at java/lang/Thread.run"

      To find out which Virtual Machine you are using, see the troubleshooter table on this page. The solution to this problem is to update the IE to 5.01 and make sure that the Virtual Machine is upgraded to 1.1.4.

       

5. General Errors

1. The Java Applets Do Not Run with version 3.x of Netscape and Microsoft browsers

   Using Internet Explorer 3.x and Netscape 3.x, you cannot run the Java applets, such as the treebrowser in the left frame. When you start the Rational Unified Process, using IE 3.x, a new window will be displayed that

   a) Directs you to the Microsoft or Netscape home pages to download the latest version of the browser.

   b) Gives you the option to use the "Process Overview Table" to browse the Unified Process using version 3.x of the browser.

2. The Java Applets do not run with browsers which do not support Java applets (IE 2.x and Netscape 2.x)

   The Rational Unified Process utilizes Java applets to provide search, index and navigation capabilities; use of browsers which do not support Java applets is not supported. See browser compatibility note above.

   Browsing the Unified Process using non-Java compliant browsers can be accomplished with a loss of functionality using the web page ./sitemap/sitemap.htm under the Unified process install directory.

3. Disk Space Usage

   29 MB (Windows NT). Up to 124MB (Windows 95) Note: Disk space usage may vary widely, particularly on Windows 95, depending on your file system configuration.
   Example: 58 MB is required on Windows 95 with FAT file system with 32.768 bytes in each allocation unit. Rational Unified Process includes 3784 files and each file uses one allocation unit. 3785*32768= 124 MB.
   Run the DOS command chkdsk for information on your file system.

   Unix 30MB

4. Crude Formatting using Netscape Navigator 3.x and Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x

   Navigator 3.x and IE 3.x do not support cascading style sheets (CSS), which are used by the Rational Unified Process. This means that the formatting and layout is crude on Navigator 3.x and IE 3.x. We strongly recommend upgrading to a newer release of your browser.

5. Small fonts

   If you find the text font to be too small you can change the web-browsers default font. This will make the text on all pages to be displayed with a larger font.