Documentation Release Notes for IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender, V8.3 - V8.3.0.6

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CONTENTS
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1. About this release
2. Requirements, installation, and configuration information
3. Known limitations, problems, and workarounds
4. New or changed behavior
5. Contacting customer support
6. Notices and trademarks


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1. ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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This release provides product documentation in the form of an IBM Eclipse Help System and in the form of Portable Document Format (PDF) files.

IBM Eclipse Help System V3.4
An IBM Eclipse Help System, referred to as an "information center," is installed with WebSphere Transformation Extender base products. You can access the WebSphere Transformation Extender
Information Center in the following ways:

• Select the Help menu from within the Designer applications or from the Microsoft® Windows® Programs menu.
• Go to http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wtxdoc/v8r3m0/index.jsp

The Information Center opens in your default browser.

PDF files
Optionally, you can install the WebSphere Transformation Extender documentation PDF files. The PDF documents that are installed with the Online Library and the SDK Library are determined by the products that you have installed.

For best results, install all product components before installing the Online Library to view all of the documentation to which you are entitled.

After installing the Online Library, you can access it from the IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender 8.3 program menu or by navigating to the following path:

install_dir/docs/en/library.pdf

Release version number on unchanged documentation files
Files that have not been changed in this release might not display the current release version number. This includes PDF files, help files in the WebSphere Transformation Extender Information Center, and product
readme files.

Information about what is new
The What's New documentation contains information about the key changes in this release, including enhancements and new functionality to provide you with an "at-a-glance" view of what is new. Much of the documentation included in this release has not been updated to reflect these changes, although they might reflect the new version numbers and copyright dates.

The WebSphere Transformation Extender release notes are published on the following Web page: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=2320&uid=swg27008337

About translations
WebSphere Transformation Extender, Version 8.3 products are available in the following languages:

• Brazilian Portuguese
• English (United States)
• French
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Simplified Chinese
• Spanish
• Traditional Chinese

The translated versions of the V8.3 English (United States) documentation is delivered with the WebSphere
Transformation Extender, Version 8.3.0.1 product installations.

For the latest documentation, see the English documentation that is delivered in the latest version of WebSphere Transformation Extender products.

Documentation in the IBM Eclipse Help System (information center), Online Library, or SDK Library displays in the English language if the IBM representative of a country did not choose to translate it. Send inquiries about translating documentation to a specific language to the IBM representative of the country.


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2. REQUIREMENTS, INSTALLATION, AND CONFIGURATION INFORMATION
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A browser is required to view the Information Center. Certain Microsoft browsers might not display the content of the Information Center navigation pane. For best results, use the latest version of Mozilla Firefox that is supported on your platform.

Adobe® Acrobat Reader is required to view the online libraries. You can download the latest version of Acrobat Reader from the Adobe Web site.




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3. KNOWN LIMITATIONS, PROBLEMS, AND WORKAROUNDS
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Starting and dismissing the Information Center


"Page cannot be displayed" message
To invoke the Information Center from the user interface of an application, select Help > Contents or press F1. When you close the application interface before closing the Information Center browser, the following message is displayed in the browser:

"The page cannot be displayed"

To avoid this message, close the Information Center browser before you close the application.

To use the Information Center when an application is not open, invoke it from the Programs menu. For example, on on a Microsoft Windows XP system, click Start > All Programs > IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender 8.3 > Start the InfoCenter.


Dismissing the Information Center
When you open the Information Center from the Programs menu, you must also "Dismiss" the Information Center to terminate the Java process that is running.

For example, you can start and stop the Information Center from your Programs menu:

• IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender 8.3 > Start the InfoCenter

• IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender 8.3 > Dismiss the InfoCenter

Note that the Dismiss the InfoCenter function does not automatically close the browser in which the Information Center is displayed. You must manually close the browser.

Information center differences
When you start the Information Center from the Design Studio GUI, the default IBM Eclipse help system page opens and the table of contents lists the WebSphere Transformation Extender help plug-ins
in an order that appears to be random.

When you start the stand-alone information center from the programs menu, the customized WebSphere Transformation Extender documentation help system page opens and the table of contents lists the WebSphere Transformation Extender help plug-ins in a customized order.

Documentation under development
There are some documentation deliverables, especially for the new Eclipse-based Design Studio GUI, that are still under development. This includes the new Map Designer documentation.




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4. NEW OR CHANGED BEHAVIOR
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About translated documentation
WebSphere Transformation Extender, Version 8.3, is available in the following languages: English, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

When you open the IBM Eclipse Help System (information center), Online Library, or SDK Library, documentation displays in the English (United States) language, if the IBM representative of the respective country did not choose to translate them.

Inquiries about translating documents to specific languages should be directed to an IBM representative of the respective country.


No online help available
There is no online help, including F1 and question mark help, in the WebSphere Transformation Extender Design Studio (Type Designer, Map Designer), Integration Flow Designer, Database Interface Designer, and all other applications that have a graphical user interface (GUI), with some exceptions.

Online help is currently being developed for the new Eclipse-based Design Studio, so you will find some online help on limited type tree designer functionality. If you have upgraded from versions of WebSphere Transformation Extender products prior to 8.1, it would appear that the online help has been removed.

Now, when you select Help > Contents from within an application, the Information Center opens in your default browser.




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5. CONTACTING CUSTOMER SUPPORT
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Contact Customer Support at 1-800-IBM-SERV, or go to the support portal.




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6. NOTICES AND TRADEMARKS
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