Release Notes for Version 2.4.0 of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for WebSphere Commerce

These release notes cover release information for version 2.4.0 of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration Adapter for WebSphere Commerce. Refer to the Adapter for WebSphere Commerce User Guide for detailed information about the adapter and the new features.The release notes contain the following sections:
Hardware and software requirements Known problems and workarounds
Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information Documentation updates
WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API and Run-time

Note: Important information about this product may be available in Technical Support Flashes issued after these release notes were published. These can be found on the WebSphere Business Integration support Web site, http://www.ibm.com/websphere/integration/wbiserver/support. Select the component area of interest and search the flashes section.

Hardware and software requirements

Hardware and software requirements are included in the product documentation. See Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information for links to those guides.

Installation, migration, upgrade, and configuration information

Installation information

Whether you are installing the software from the CD or downloading it from Passport Advantage and installing it from a local directory, refer to the appropriate guide:

These guides also include general configuration information.

For hardware and software requirements and configuration information specific to this adapter, refer to the Adapter for WebSphere Commerce User Guide.

Upgrade notes

WebSphere Business Integration Adapters API and run time

Make sure that you run adapters with WebSphere Business Integration Adapters (WBIA) run-time version 1.5.0 or later.

Verifying the version of WBIA run time

To check the version of WBIA run time, locate the manifest file (ProductDir\lib\WBIA.jar) and open it in a suitable Java JAR editor. Look for the following lines:

Implementation-Title: "CWConnectorAPI"
Implementation-Version: 1.5.0
Implementation version indicates the current version of WBIA API.

If the version is not 1.5.0 or later, you must download the latest WBIA run time.

Downloading the WBIA run time

To download the latest version of the WBIA run time:

  1. Go to http://www.ibm.com.
  2. Click the Support and downloads tab.
  3. Under the Downloads heading, click All downloads & drivers.
  4. In the Enter search terms field, type "wbia api" and click Submit.

After you download and install the the run time, you should see the following files:

lib\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\3.0.0\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\4.0.0\WBIA.jar
lib\WBIA\4.1.1\WBIA.jar
bin\CWConnEnv.bat (Windows)
bin/CWConnEnv.sh (UNIX)
bin\CWODAEnv.bat (Windows)
bin/CWODAEnv.sh (UNIX)
connectors\messages\CwConnectorAgentMessages.txt

Enabling adapters for earlier versions of Adapter Development Kit and InterChange Server

To enable an adapter to work with various versions of ADK or InterChange Server, follow the appropriate procedure below:

InterChange Server versions 4.0.1 and 4.1.0, ADK versions 2.0.x

Windows: In CWConnEnv.bat, set the CWVERSION variable to 4.X.

set CWVERSION="4.X"

UNIX: In CWConnEnv.sh, set the CWVERSION variable to 4.X.

set CWVERSION="4.X"
InterChange Server versions 4.1.x (except 4.1.0), ADK versions 2.1.x

Windows: In CWConnEnv.bat, set the CWVERSION variable to 4.1.X.

set CWVERSION="4.1.X"

UNIX: In CWConnEnv.sh, set the CWVERSION variable to 4.1.X.

set CWVERSION="4.1.X"
Running an Object Discovery Agent (ODA) against InterChange Server versions 4.0.1 and 4.1.x, ADK versions 2.0.x and 2.1.x

Windows: In bin\CWODAEnv.bat, set the CWVERSION variable to 4.1.X.

set CWVERSION="4.1.X"

UNIX: In bin/CWODAEnv.sh, set the CWVERSION variable to 4.1.X.

set CWVERSION="4.1.X"

Known problems and workarounds

CR number Problem
When using the adapter with earlier versions of the WebSphere Commerce product and processing Order Requests, you may experience issues such as the incoming XML value for OrgID not matching the business object and non-English character sets being improperly encoded. To resolve these issues, upgrade to WebSphere Commerce 5.4 with Fix Pack 4 (that is, WebSphere Commerce 5.4.0.4). See http://www-3.ibm.com/software/webservers/commerce/wc_be/support.html.
15662 In an AIX environment, when uninstalling an electronic software distribution (ESD) image, the final panel of the uninstaller reads "Errors occurred during uninstallation -null." You may disregard this error message. The entire product has been deleted from the machine, except the log.txt file, which describes the uninstallation error. log.txt can be found directly under the installation directory.

Documentation updates

Product documentation is not included as part of the product package, either by CD or electronic product distribution. The documentation for this product can be found in the following InfoCenters:

To obtain the product documentation, visit the Web site and download the current documentation set for the release that you are using. Follow the instructions provided on the InfoCenter page to complete the installation.

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