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- VisualAge for Java
- Version 1.0
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- Integrated Development Tools
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- Release Notes
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- Table of Contents
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- 1.0 Web Browsers
- 1.1 Launching Web Browsers on Windows
- 1.2 Hot Java
- 1.3 Color limitation with Netscape OS/2
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- 2.0 Printing
- 2.1 Printing to network printers on OS/2
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- 3.0 Import SmartGuide
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- 4.0 Editions view missing icons on Workspace restart
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- 5.0 Menus
- 5.1 Scrapbook menus
- 5.2 Edit menus in other browsers
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- 6.0 File Path Length Limitations
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- 7.0 Matrox Millenium driver problem in Win95
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- 1.0 Web Browsers
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- 1.1 Launching Web Browsers on Windows
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- Windows has two different types of file associations for web based
- documentation. The first type of association is for .htm and .html
- files launched locally (e.g. c:\index.htm) the second is for
- non-local files in URL format
- (e.g. http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/vajava) and is called
- "URL - Hypertext Transfer Protocol". VisualAge for Java uses the
- first association for most Help menu items, and the second one for
- the Help->Support menu item. Typically when a web browser is
- installed it configures both of these associations automatically.
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- If a VisualAge for Java Help menu option fails to open a web browser
- it means your associations are not properly configured. To determine
- if the associations in Windows are properly setup, go to the Windows Start
- menu and choose Run. Type in the name of an .htm file or a URL (e.g.
- 'http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/vajava'). In both cases, a web
- browser should open. If a web browser fails to open it means your
- associations are not properly configured.
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- In the event the web browser does not open you can either reinstall
- the web browser, manually configure your Windows associations or in
- VisualAge for Java go to the Help page of Workspace->Options and
- specify 'launch web browser by path' instead of 'by association'.
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- 1.2 HotJava
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- On Windows, VisualAge for Java will not launch the HotJava browser
- for viewing Help unless the HotJava browser is registered for the
- associations discussed above.
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- 1.3 Color limitation with Netscape OS/2
- On OS/2 Warp 4 in 256 color mode when running Netscape 2.2
- simultaneously with the VisualAge IDE, the IDE is unable to get all
- the colors needed to draw widgets and graphics.
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- Possible workarounds:
- 1) Disable palette awareness in Netscape. (i.e. Unchecking the
- palette aware option on the General Preferences Color page.)
- 2) Use 16-bit color mode.
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- 2.0 Printing
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- Some printer drivers provide incorrect information about the size of
- the fonts used in the driver. Others have problems scaling images or
- drawing lines properly. These problems are most commonly found in
- PCL printer drivers.
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- Printer driver problems can cause some of the following symptoms
- in VisualAge for Java:
- - text runs off the right margin of a page
- - text extends outside of its rectangle in the class graph
- - class graph icons are positioned improperly
- - unexpected lines are drawn in class graphs
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- This problem can often be solved by ensuring that you have the latest
- print driver available for your particular printer. If your printer
- supports PCL and Postscript, try the Postscript version of the
- driver. It is usually more accurate.
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- The following drivers have exhibited these kinds of problems:
- IBM Network Printer 17 PCL - OS/2 <older versions>
- IBM Network Printer PCL Driver 1.14 - Windows 95
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- 2.1 Printing to network printers on OS/2
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- There is a problem printing to network printers in OS/2.
- Printing to a network printer in OS/2 may result in a
- GP Fault (SYS 3171). This problem can occur when printing
- to any shared network printer in both LAN Server and Novell
- network environments.
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- Note: Printing to a local printer (LPT1,2,3) works correctly.
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- The following alternatives can be used if you encounter the problem.
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- - Use a local printer if possible.
- Novell Netware has a capture utility that will redirect output sent to
- the printer ports (LPT1,2,3) to a network printer. Printing to a redirected
- LPT port is equivalent to using a local printer and does not exhibit the
- problem.
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- - Print to a file, and then use drag and drop to place the file onto the
- printer queue on the desktop. This will print the file on the network.
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- 3.0 Import SmartGuide
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- For an overview of the Import options, see the section on
- Importing files from the file system in the product documentation.
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- 3.1 Import Entire Directory option
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- When importing using the "Entire Directory" option, the Import SmartGuide
- considers the directory selected as the root of the project. You should
- not select a subdirectory of a package hierarchy as the root, otherwise
- the resources may be copied incorrectly. For example, if you were to
- "Publish" the "IBM Java Examples", you end up with a directory structure
- such as
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- \COM\ibm\ivj\examples\awttextframework
- \COM\ibm\ivj\examples\awttestlauncher
- \COM\ibm\ivj\examples\awttests
- etc.
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- If you were to import "Entire Directory" from one of these subdirectories,
- the resources would not be copied correctly. The images in awttests
- would most likely be copied to the root or into a subdirectory named
- awttests off of the project_resources\PROJECT_NAME\ directory. The
- examples provided would not know where to find the images.
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- 4.0 Editions view missing icons on workspace restart
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- Saving your Workspace with an editions pane showing the graph view
- and then subsequently restarting the image and switching to the list
- view will result in some icons not being properly displayed. Other
- than the missing icons there are no other side effects. Closing and
- reopening the browser will correct the problem.
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- 5.0 Menus
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- 5.1 Scrapbook menus
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- Under some circumstances switching between a busy page and a non busy
- page and subsequently returning back to the busy page may cause the
- pull-down Edit menu for the busy page to be incorrect. Using this
- incorrect Edit menu may cause an internal exception. If this occurs
- it is recommended you close and reopen the scrapbook.
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- 5.2 Edit menus in other browsers
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- To ensure the Edit pull-down menu is up to date, be sure
- to click in the text area for the current page. Under some
- circumstances failing to click in the text area may cause
- the Edit menu to apply to a different page of the browser.
- Alternatively, you can use the pop-up menu which is correct.
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- 6.0 File Path Length Limitations
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- The is a known problem that limits the ability of the IDE to work with
- file path lengths of only 128 characters or less. Paths longer than
- 128 characters will cause problems accessing resource files under
- the project_resources directory, and will interfere with importing,
- exporting, and publishing java projects.
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- 7.0 Matrox Millenium driver problem in Win95
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- There is a driver problem with the Matrox Millenium video card
- operating in Windows95. After some scrolling up and down while
- using the graph view for the class hierarchy, the bottom lines
- of rectangles start to disappear. Also, sometimes horizontal
- lines overstrike the text. This problem does not occur when
- scrolling left or right.
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- The problem was identified while using the following video
- hardware/driver setup.
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- Matrox Millennium
- Version 4.03.00.3500
- VDD Version 4.03.00.3500
- DirectDraw Driver Version 4.03.00.3500
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- Currently, there is no known solution to this problem.
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