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Metamerge Integrator - Version 4.6

This page contains links to the latest full installer as well as service packs to be applied after the full installer.

Metamerge Integrator 4.6 introduces a new release scheme:  Few and stable main releases, as well as nimble and frequent Connector updates.

Supported platforms are described here.

Furthermore, all Connector now have their own versions:  This makes it easier to release new versions of Connectors, since the rest of the Integrator does not need to be released.

Installation Notes

For a list of important files included in a Metamerge Integrator installation, click here

Java Runtime

When asked for a Java virtual machine (VM) you may have a list of VMs to choose from. From this list you must select a Java2(tm) virtual machine. Microsoft VMs do not support the Java2 specification so these cannot be used. The Microsoft VMs are typically named "wjview" and "jview" and should not be used.

If you don't have an appropriate Java virtual machine we recommend you download the latest java runtime version from Sun. Sun's download site is at http://java.sun.com/products. Unless you are planning to develop your own Java classes, then all you need is the run-time.

Metamerge Integration Server - Upgrades

There are two kind of upgrades to Metamerge Integrator 4.6

Metamerge Integrator 4.6.4

Download instructions

Licenses: 4.6 will reuse the license file of 4.5.  Make sure you do not delete this file (aslicense.jar), but rather copy it to a temporary directory before starting to install.

Due to reorganisation of the way libraries are handled, you are strongly encouraged to install version 4.6.4 on a fresh directory.  You will have to copy your license file (aslicense.jar) from the old jars/ directory to the new one after installing.  If you have made your own connectors, refer to the section about making a new connector in order to make it available for 4.6.

If you don't install 4.6.4 on a fresh directory (for example over a patched version of 4.6), you might experience that the installer don't want to replace certain of your changed (patched) files. 

See the Service Pack Page to see fixes for 4.6.4. Bugs in versions 4.6 to 4.6.3 are described there as well.

Download 4.6.4

(If you are running on a Unix system where it is impossible to use the Installer because of the GUI, refer to the FAQ on this topic)

New Features 4.6
  • New scheme for handling missing values:  Set default behaviour if the Connector or the Assemblyline have missing attributes.
  • Improved Debug Functionality:  Works for EventHandlers. Lets you watch variables and evaluate expressions.
  • Advanced Link Criteria possible (scriptable)
  •  Jar File Splitting.  Connectors, EventHandlers and Parsers are now stored in separate files.  This makes it much easier to add new ones outside a main release (as well as easier to fix bugs), and simplifies the way you write your own Connector.
  • Possibility to extract parts of the configuration files (such as passwords) in an External Parameter File.  Possibility to Include URLs into configuration files.
  • Log-files are handled slightly different: EventHandler and AssemblyLine logs go to different directories. 
  • When running AssemblyLines from the Admin Tool, you can reuse the Java command window if you want to
  • A trivial Parser has been added:  LineReader reads a line (and from 4.6.3 it can also write a single line)

 

GUI Improvements 4.6
  • Keyboard shortcuts added to some of the menu items
  • Open/Save/New Icons can be removed to save some space
  • Hooks are displayed differently: They now show the call order better
  • When doing a Configure|Connector,  all connector attributes will be selected for you and made available to the AssemblyLine
  • When selecting Attributes for the work entry, you have the option to select all (or none)
Bugs fixed since 4.6 beta2

Older bugs are described under versions before 4.6 beta2

  • XML parser did not output strings of length 1 
  • Errors counted twice in main error counter
  • NT4 Connector did not always support international characters
  • Error Object would only exist in some of the failure hooks
  • It was possible to get access to some passwords in clear-text even if the configuration file was encrypted.
  • The Before/After SelectEntries were listed as common hooks
  • If connector throws exception, Connector Stats would be  empty 
  • Logs for EventHandler and logs for AssemblyLines would show up in different places
  • JDBC connector : Syntax error in SELECT clause when table name contains a space 
  • The Before/After SelectEntries were listed as common hooks
  • Script Component could destroy the work entry
  • Script Component was executed on initialisation
  • Encrypted configuration files would create temporary versions that were not encrypted

Deprecated: Version 4.6

You are strongly discouraged to use version 4.6, as 4.6.4 is the latest complete installer.  However, 4.6 will be available for some weeks until we have are sure that all platform issues have been fixed with 4.6.4

  • Unix Installer
  • Windows Installer  (This will fail under certain Unix Installations.  Problems are reported with Solaris 2.6 and we are in the process of getting new Installer software to fix that).

 

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