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6.1b

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#1

[Edit - Made this topic a “Sticky” as a lot of folks seem to be looking for 6.1b info. - Dave]
[Edit - Unsticked April 9, 2005 - Dave]

I am being told 6.1b is going to be released next week and addresses many bugs. I am being told alot of the bugs are around using Tomcat as the application server.

We are using Tomcat and 6.1a and are having alot of problems I am being told 6.1b addresses.

Apparently people using a different app server like WebSphere or Weblogic are not having the same issues I am having with 6.1a.

I thought I would pass this along just in case it is useful to anyone else.

Hao.

browncow (BOB member since 2002-09-05)

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#2

Who told you about the release of 6.1b?? Did you hear directly from BO or vendor??

Also,can you elaborate on the problems with 6.1a and tomcat? I have done many tomcat and 6.x installs and not seen many problems??

dcdas :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-17)

#3

Our sales rep told us yesterday.

Problems with 6.1a and Tomcat? Applet time out errors. JVM errors. JVM out of memory errors. Full Client reports don’t work or quit working. BCA is unstable. Just to name a few.

browncow (BOB member since 2002-09-05)

#4

Tomcat in general, or Tomcat on Windows? (What about Tomcat and Unix?)

Amy Miller :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-07)

#5

That I am not sure. I am using Tomcat on Win2ksp3.
I would guess all platforms because 6.1b requires an upgrade of Tomcat as well.

Hao.

browncow (BOB member since 2002-09-05)

#6

Tomcat Out of memory issue/JVM error can be resolved using JAVA_OPTS or CAROLINA_OPTS parameters.Take a look at jakarta.apache.org website on how to do it or search google…

I have one issue about full client document with prompt, where time to display prompt is not very consistant…

dcdas :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-17)

#7

We got a hotfix for that but we’re IIS. The prompt display would be quick at times and slow at others.

Cindy Clayton :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-11)

#8

I have seen inconsistant prompt appearance and I haven’t pin pointed any reason for it so far. I just heard from our sales rep that 6.1b indeed will be available within a week.

dcdas :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-17)

#9

Thanks for the heads up and tips. We too are having issues with full client document prompts. It appears after the server has been running for a while, it just hangs on “Processing document” and never shows the prompts at all and after along period of time, it times out.

Restarting the server fixes the problem for me and then the prompts appear rather quickly.

Hao.

browncow (BOB member since 2002-09-05)

#10

I received the ‘claim’ today from BO that 6.1b should be downloadable sometime tomorrow, April 15th…

bdietz (BOB member since 2002-08-28)

#11

wooohoo…

we’re seriously hoping that 6.1b addresses alot of our bugs…

browncow (BOB member since 2002-09-05)

#12

In case you are not following the off topic thread, 6.1.b is available for download now.

Nick Daniels :uk: (BOB member since 2002-08-15)

#13

Just noting that while it’s there – just on the download site, not updated on the PAR or anything – the only 61b at the moment is for Windows (as of 7:43am Eastern time!). Anyone have any sense of how quickly other versions (AIX in particular) will follow, when PAR will be updated, etc.? They could just be in the middle of posting things, of course…

Amy Miller :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-07)

#14

545am PST I do not see US version, only international version.

browncow (BOB member since 2002-09-05)

#15

I don’t believe that they put out a “US” version as the international version has English in it.

csievert :denmark: (BOB member since 2002-06-17)

#16

Well thanks for the FYI, otherwise I guess I would have been waiting a long time.

Thanks again, I’ll check it out.

Hao.

browncow (BOB member since 2002-09-05)

#17

Yes, that is correct. It should prompt you for the language on install.

MichaelWelter :vatican_city: (BOB member since 2002-08-08)

#18

Ok, well this morning I see that HP-UX has appeared on the ESD site, which give us Windows, Solaris and HP-UX so far. Anyone heard an ETA for AIX?

Thanks!

Amy Miller :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-07)

#19

I heard from a tech support contact - AIX should be 2 weeks after Windows, so early May.

Amy Miller :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-07)

#20

Has anyone faced issues migrating from V5.1.6 to V6.1.b specifically on a Win2K Advanced Server platform?

JSanthanam :india: (BOB member since 2003-12-17)