Migration of old projects must be completed before you can continue development of your WebFacing applications. For example, you cannot convert DDS source or change your project's properties. You can run unmigrated projects as is, however. To differentiate between unmigrated and up-to-date projects, unmigrated projects are identified with unique icons in the WebFacing Projects view.
Begin by making sure the latest updates and fix packs for all Rational® products are installed using the IBM® Installation Manager. This step is very important as it will eliminate many problems you may run into. See Updating installed product packages at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/radhelp/v8r5/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.rad.install.doc/topics/t_update.html and Updating the HATS Toolkit installation at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/hatshelp/v90/topic/com.ibm.hats.doc/doc/gsinstal.htm#update for details.
WebFacing projects must be loaded into a current workspace before they can be migrated with the WebFacing Migration wizard. Migration is irreversible, so it is recommended that you back up your workspace or projects.
Previous WebFacing projects can be introduced into the current level workspace by opening the old workspace or importing old projects. Existing projects can be imported directly from folders or archive files, including project interchange files (Select archive file).
, then chooseAfter a project is opened in the current level workspace, the Rational Desktop Migration wizard may appear. The wizard enables you to select which projects to update and shows you which files will be modified. Go through the wizard and make any necessary changes, and click Finish to start project migration. When workspace migration is complete, results are displayed in the Migration Results view. See Migrating workspaces and projects at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/radhelp/v8r5/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.etools.rad.migration.doc/topics/t_migratefrom70.html for more details.
If any errors are reported, or if the migrated project is flagged with errors, refer to Troubleshooting WebFacing applications as well as the online document WebFacing Migration technote, which is kept up-to-date.
After workspace migration is complete, you can manually reset the perspective by clicking Window > Reset Perspective.
Your projects are now ready for use in the new workspace; however, they still must be migrated using the WebFacing Migration wizard.
Preparing a project for WebFacing migration
You must perform the following preparatory tasks before running the WebFacing Migration wizard.
Running the WebFacing Migration wizard
Next, use the WebFacing Migration wizard to update your projects to the current version. You can no longer migrate projects by reconverting DDS files.
Customized projects may require manual intervention. See Manual steps for migrating projects with customized files and WebFacing support for multiple browsers for further details.
Migrated WebFacing projects require a HATS license to be deployed, just as new WebFacing projects do. If you already have a HATS license applied, your migrated projects will also contain this license setting. Refer to Enabling licenses for more information.