Rational Business Developer, Version 8.0.1 release information

Content

• About this release
• Fixed APARs in this release
• Product documentation
• Software and hardware requirements
• Access the software
• Installation information
• IBM Rational Software Support

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About this release

Rational Business Developer version 8.0.1 includes the following enhancements:

Services and deployment

• EGL-generated Java code can now access non-EGL REST services and EGL REST-RPC services.
• You can now access an EGL service from your Rich UI application. This dedicated service is deployed on the application server, along with the EGL Rich UI proxy that is used for remote service access.
• You can use a new wizard to create Record parts from JSON, XML, or XML schema content.
• EGL now provides a technology that is equivalent to a stateful web service, which is logic that retains values from one invocation to the next.
• You can generate code and then push the output to different deployment targets by making a simple change, rather than changing build descriptor options and regenerating all the output.
New Rich UI capabilities
• Dojo widgets can be included in the EGL Rich UI projects
• Two new EGL widgets: DataGrid and GridLayout
• New mechanism for form processing
• New default rendering engine for the Rich UI editor, Mozilla XULRunner
• New organization of the palette for the Design view, combining EGL and Dojo widgets within categories
• Ability to get and set the title and visual theme for a web page

Rich UI Handler Form Manager
Extended support is now available for managing forms in a Rich UI Handler as part of the EGL Model-view-Controller (MVC) capability.

EGL Data view
When you edit a Rich UI Handler, the EGL Data view is available as a tab next to the Outline and Properties views. This view shows the data fields in the Handler. You can drag a data field from the EGL Data view to the EGL Rich UI editor, which launches the new Insert Widget wizard. Use this wizard to associate a widget with the data field.


Directory structure
The directory structure within an EGL project has changed. With version 8.0, EGL places generated Java code into the new EGLGen/JavaSource directory at the top level of the project directory structure.

For Rich UI projects, you no longer use a generation mode preference to determine whether you are generating for debug or for runtime use. Instead, both types of code are generated automatically into the EGLGen/JavaScript/Debug and EGLGen/JavaScript/Target directories.
If you keep the version 7 directory structure, the project will work normally in version 8. If you update the directory structure to the new version 8 structure, you can no longer use the project in version 7.


Multiple build descriptors
You can now specify different default build descriptors for different generation targets within the same project. Default build descriptors are available for debug and target platform build descriptor categories.

Text reports for COBOL
You can now create text reports for programs that you generate for COBOL.

EGL debugger
• You can specify the following new conditions:
• Conditions for breakpoints
• Global conditions that are evaluated at every line
• You can use watch expressions to monitor the value of variables and expressions without changing source code.
• You can now access VSAM files from the debugger using TCP/IP.

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Fixed APARs in this release

APARs that are fixed in this release are in the Fix list document.

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Product documentation

For complete documentation, including installation instructions, review the Rational Business Developer Knowledge Center.

For community information about EGL and Rational Business Developer, see the following resources:

• The EGL Wiki on Developerworks, at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=3e2b35ae-d3b1-4008-adee-2b31d4be5c92

• IBM User Communities at http://www.ibm.com/community/

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Software and hardware requirements

Before you install the product, review the
detailed system requirements for Rational Business Developer version 8.0.1.

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Access the software
To access version 8.0.1, see the download document.

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Installation information

To install Rational Business Developer, Version 8.0.1:

1. Start the installation program.
   
   
   • If you use IBM Installation Manager, start the program. If a new version is found, you are prompted to install it before you can continue. Click OK to proceed. Installation Manager automatically installs the new version, stops, restarts, and resumes.
   • If Installation Manager is not installed, on the first DVD image file, click Install IBM Rational Business Developer. An installation wizard opens. To install the product, follow the instructions in the installation wizard. After the installation is complete, Installation Manager opens.
2. Click Install.
3. Select the installation package for Rational Business Developer and click Next. If you are installing another instance of this product version, install the package to a new package group. A message is displayed. In response to the message, click Continue, and then click Next.
4. Read the license agreements. On the left side of the License page, click each item to display the license agreement text. If you agree to the terms for all the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements; then click Next.
5. Specify the location to install the package and click Next.
6. Optional: To extend your version of the Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE), select that option. If you do not want to extend your version of Eclipse IDE, accept the default. Click Next.
7. Select the language to install and click Next.
8. Select the features to install and click Next.
9. Review the summary information and click Install. The installation progress is displayed.
10. To activate your license for Rational Business Developer, on the Start page of Installation Manager, click Manage Licenses.

By default, a 60-day trial license is enabled when you first install Rational Business Developer. To install your permanent license key and license agreement, import the product Activation Kit CD.

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IBM Rational Software Support

IBM Rational Software Support provides you with technical assistance.

For contact information, guidelines, or reference materials that you need when you require support, see the IBM Software Support Handbook.

For FAQs, lists of known problems and fixes, and other support information, visit the IBM Support Portal for Rational Software.

For product news, events, and other information, visit the Product home page.

Before you contact IBM Rational Software Support, gather the background information that you need to describe the problem. When you describe a problem to an IBM software support specialist, be as specific as possible and include all relevant background information so that the specialist can help you solve the problem efficiently. To save time, know the answers to these questions:

• What software versions were you running when the problem occurred?


• Do you have logs, traces, or messages that are related to the problem?


• Can you reproduce the problem? If so, what steps do you take to reproduce it?


• Is there a workaround for the problem? If so, be prepared to describe the workaround.

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