Merative ™ Social Program Management 7.0.11.0 iFix6

Release Notes

Abstract

Merative Social Program Management 7.0.11.0 iFix6 Release Notes

Content

Introduction
System Requirements
Download
Installation
Improvements, Resolved Issues and Third Party Updates
Known Issues
Notices

Introduction

Welcome to the Merative Social Program Management 7.0.11.0 iFix6 release.

This is a cumulative release which incorporates the Improvements, Resolved Issues and Third-Party Updates contained in all previous 7.0.11.0 interim fix releases. Details of these Improvements, Resolved Issues and Third-Party Updates are included separately in the release notes for each of the previous interim fix releases. For the latest version of the release notes, see https://curam-spm-devops.github.io/wh-support-docs/spm/release-notes.

Full product documentation can be found in the Product documentation and PDFs.

System Requirements

For information about the supported software and hardware for this release, see the Merative Social Program Management Prerequisites.

Download

See the download instructions for this release at /support/curam.

Installation

Before running the installer please ensure all files in your Merative Social Program Management installation are writable.

The installation steps are as follows:

• Extract the contents of the .zip file to a local drive location.
• Run the Merative Social Program Management installer, which can be found in the INSTALLER folder at that location.
• After installing, the appropriate build targets must be run as necessary for your installation.

Additional installation instructions can be found in the Development Environment Installation Guide.

Upgrading

If you are upgrading from a previous version, the Merative Social Program Management Upgrade Helper contains documentation and tooling to help you to upgrade your Merative Social Program Management application codebase and database to work with your new version of Merative Social Program Management. The Merative Social Program Management Upgrade Guide describes a recommended process for performing application and database upgrades. The Upgrade Helper contains tools to assist you with implementing the upgrade, including tooling to produce a schedule of required migrations for your upgrade, tooling to provide information about database schema changes and tooling to generate initial SQL scripts for applying changes to your database.

To download the appropriate version of the Merative Social Program Management Upgrade Helper, see the download instructions at /support/curam.

Improvements, Resolved Issues and Third Party Updates

Third Party Updates

WorkItem:273647 - The version of the logging framework used by the SPM product has been updated from Apache Log4j-1.2.17 to Log4j-ibm-1.2.17

Apache Log4j is a Java-based logging utility that is used as the logging provider for the Social Program Management (SPM) product.
Two classes in Apache Log4j 1.2.17 were found to be incompatible with some logging configurations and could not be shipped. Therefore log4j-1.2.17.jar has been replaced with log4j-ibm-1.2.17.jar which does not contain the affected classes. The classes which have been removed from the JAR file are:

• org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender
• org.apache.log4j.net.SocketServer

As a result of this upgrade, the following changes have been made in the Java Development Environment deliverable:

• CuramSDEJ/lib/log4j-1.2.17.jar - This JAR file has been removed.
• CuramSDEJ/xmlserver/log4j-1.2.17.jar - This JAR file has been removed.
• CuramCDEJ/lib/ext/jar/log4j-1.2.17.jar - This JAR file has been removed.
• CuramSDEJ/lib/log4j-ibm-1.2.17.jar - This JAR file has been added.
• CuramSDEJ/xmlserver/log4j-ibm-1.2.17.jar - This JAR file has been added.
• CuramCDEJ/lib/ext/jar/log4j-ibm-1.2.17.jar - This JAR file has been added.

It should be noted that any references in custom scripts and other artifacts to the old 'log4j' JAR file should be updated to point to the new version of that JAR file as specified above. References to the JAR file which is no longer part of the JDE deliverable should be removed.

WorkItem:273763 - Update to the Dojo Toolkit library used in the SPM Client Development Environment for Java (CDEJ)

The Dojo Toolkit is an Open Source modular JavaScript library (or more specifically JavaScript toolkit) designed to ease the rapid development of cross-platform, JavaScript/Ajax-based applications and websites. It is used as the JavaScript framework of choice in the CDEJ (Merative Social Program Management Development Environment for Java) delivered as part of SPM.

An issue with the version of Dojo used in SPM (dojo-ibm-V1.10.5) has been addressed. This has resulted in an update to the following module within the delivered toolkit:

• dojox/Grid/DataGrid

This change is not impactful as it does not modify any of the externally available Dojo APIs delivered.

WorkItem:273765 - Update the version of the Jsoup library to the latest version: 1.14.2

Jsoup is a Java library used to work with HTML. It provides an API for fetching URLs and extracting and manipulating data, using HTML5 DOM methods and CSS selectors.

The version of the Jsoup JAR used by SPM has now been updated from 1.13.1 to 1.14.2. This new JAR file contains some minor bug fixes and enhancements.

As a result of this upgrade, the following changes have been made in the Java Development Environment deliverable.

• CuramSDEJ\lib\third_party_version.properties - the version of the specified Jsoup JAR file has been updated.
• CuramSDEJ\lib\jsoup-1.14.2.jar - the jsoup JAR has been added into the SDEJ at this location.
• CuramCDEJ\lib\ext\jar\jsoup-1.14.2.jar - the version of the JAR has been updated.

Note that any references in custom scripts and other artifacts must be updated to point to the new version of the JAR file as specified above.

WorkItem:273971 - Update the xmlsec JAR to the latest version: 2.2.3

The Apache XML Security for Java (xmlsec) library includes a mature Digital Signature and Encryption implementation. It is used in the Social Program Management (SPM) product as part of the Axis 2 secure web services solution.

The version of the xmlsec library used by SPM has been updated from 1.5.8 to 2.2.3. This new JAR file contains some minor bug fixes and enhancements.

As a result of this upgrade, the following changes have been made in the Java Development Environment deliverable.

• CuramSDEJ\lib\third_party_version.properties - the version of the specified xmlsec library have been updated.
• CuramSDEJ\lib\xmlsec-2.2.3.jar - the version of the JAR has been updated.

Note that any references in custom scripts and other artifacts must be updated to point to the new version of the JAR file as specified above.

Cúram Enterprise Framework

Business Services

WORD INTEGRATION

WorkItem:273769 - Issue with Word Integration Assistant installed at the system level when using 32-bit Google Chrome or installed at the user level when there is a space in the Windows user name

Issue Description:

This issue affects users who have either

• (A) Performed a system-level install of the Word Integration Assistant and are using 32-bit Google Chrome; or
• (B) Performed a user-level install of the Word Integration Assistant when the Windows user name has a space in it.

This was caused by changes introduced in Story 272038 (7.0.9.0 interim fix 9) and Story 272039 (7.0.11.0 interim fix 5). It is also present in IBMCuramSPM-WIA-Patch-1090.

**User Interface Impact: **No

Prerequisite(s):

1. Install Microsoft Word.
2. Install a supported Java Runtime Environment (JRE) at the system level.
3. Create a JRE_HOME system-level environment variable that points to the location of an installed Java™ Runtime Environment (JRE).
4. Install Google Chrome 32-bit.
5. Install and enable the Merative Social Program Management File Edit Native Messaging Bridge Extension for Google Chrome. This is available on the Chrome Web Store.
6. Copy the Merative Social Program ManagementWordIntegration
   Assistant from the Merative Social Program Management Client Development Environment (CuramCDEJ\lib\curam\installers\IBMCuramWordIntegration
   Assistant.msi) to the client machine.
7. On the client machine, launch a command window as an Administrator of the machine.
8. Change directory to the location of the copied IBMCuramWordIntegrationAssistant.msi.
9. Run a system-level install of the Word Integration Assistant:
10. msiexec /i IBMCuramWordIntegrationAssistant.msi ALLUSERS=1 /l*v
    UIPerMachineInstall.log
11. Restart the machine.
12. Login to Social Program Management as a system administrator.
13. Navigate to Microsoft Word Templates under Communications in the shortcuts panel.
14. Select the New page action to create a new Microsoft Word template.
15. Enter a name and template document ID for the template and upload a file to be used as the template.
16. Select a suitable category and sub-category and click Save.
17. Quit the running instance of Google Chrome.
18. Create a copy of the Google Chrome shortcut on the Windows Desktop.
19. Right-click the new shortcut.
20. Select Properties.
21. At the end of the Target: line, add the command line flags:
22. −−enable-logging −−v=1
23. There should be a space after the chrome.exe and these command-line flags.
24. Click Apply.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch Google Chrome using the new shortcut.
2. Login to Social Program Management as a system administrator.
3. Navigate to Microsoft Word Templates under Communications in the shortcuts panel.
4. Click the edit link for the template configured above.
5. The Word File Edit Screen is loaded in the Tab Content page, and the File Edit Control Panel modal is shown.
6. Issue: Microsoft Word does not launch, and an error icon is shown in the File Edit Control Panel. The chrome_debug.log stored in the Chrome user data directory will contain an error similar to the following.

Error: Could not find or load main class Files
[6048:10304:0923/141324.829native_message_process_
host.cc(347)]
Error when writing to Native Messaging host: -101

Resolution:

The Word Integration Assistant file, launchbridge.bat, has been updated so that the circumstances leading to the error cannot occur.

Cúram Modules

PO09544, WorkItem:274135 - Section navigation error when navigating between sections

Issue Description:

An Intelligent Evidence Gathering (IEG) application form displays an error when navigating to a previous section and then back to the current section via the left panel navigation section.

User Interface Impact: No

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Start the IEG script.
2. Complete the first section.
3. On the second section, click the left panel navigation to go to the first section.
4. On the first section, click the left panel navigation to go to the second section.
5. Issue: The following error message is displayed preventing the user from navigating to the desired section: 'This page is no longer available. Resume the form to continue.'

Resolution:

IEG is now able to properly handle this navigation to avoid an error and the user can navigate to the current section as expected.

Known Issues

See the Known Issues section in the 7.0.10.0 release notes.

Notices

Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in "Notices"