IBM® Rational® Programming Patterns 9.6 iFix 2

Purpose

This Interim Fix applies to IBM® Rational® Programming Patterns 9.6.

Installation prerequisites

This update requires that you have already installed one of the packages listed in the above section.

Installation instructions

A. Rational Programming Patterns Client

1. Extract RPP960_iFix002_Client.zip to a temporary directory.

For example, on Windows:

c:\temp

2. Installation Manager Updates

Start Installation Manager and add the "diskTag.inf" file path (of the sub directory "disk1") in the Repositories list of the Preference tool of Installation Manager

For example:

c:\temp\RPP960_iFix002Client\disk1\diskTag.inf

Click OK and go back to the Installation Manager main page.

3. Installation:

On Installation Manager, click on "Update" and choose the Package to update then follow the Installation Instructions.

B. Migration procedures

1. Extract the compressed file corresponding to your environment:

- RPP960_iFix002_MI960X02AIX.zip for an AIX environment,

- RPP960_iFix002_MI960X02COS.zip for a z/OS CICS environment,

- RPP960_iFix002_MI960X02LIN.zip for a Linux environment.

- RPP960_iFix002_MI960X02WNT.zip for a Windows environment.

2. Follow installation instructions in The Pacbase analysis and migration procedures in the Rational Programming Patterns Knowledge Center.

It is recommended to use these Migration procedures packages when working on the migration process from Pacbase to RPP.

Otherwise, you can use this interim Fix with the corresponding level of Pacbase:

Pacbase 3.5 Y10F package with Pacbase 3.5 F104 Fix.

Associated level of RPP Server

It is recommended to use this Rational Programming Patterns 9.6 iFix 2 Client with the Rational Programming Patterns 9.6 iFix 1 Server.

APAR corrected in RPP 9.6 iFix 2

APAR	Summary
PI83200	Rule "Prevent Unresolved Design References" wrongly blocks the deliver
PI83478	Segment misplaced in WORKING STORAGE SECTION
PI84153	"Invalid segment for a Table" error detected on table-type segments
PI84375	Blank-type line is wrongly proposed in the -GG type list
PI84894	Wrong length of Data Element displayed on Definition tab
PI84895	Line numbers shown in Problem tab do not match the one of the Macro editor
PI86794	RPP Client 9.5.1 does not generate Program when comments are added using PDP editor from columns 1 to 6
PI86846	RPP Client 9.1.2 does not correctly delete a subfunction within comments from columns 1 to 6