IBM® Rational® PurifyPlus™ for Windows Release Notes, Fix Pack version 5504

Fix Pack version 5504

This file last updated: 12/9/2004


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Scope

This is a fix pack

The product changes described in this document apply to version v2003.06.13 of Rational PurifyPlus for Windows. This fix pack should not be applied to versions earlier than v2003.06.13. This fix pack supersedes fix pack 5450.

Components of PurifyPlus include:

References to PurifyPlus in these release notes apply to Purify, Quantify and PureCoverage.

Contents

What's in this Fix Pack
Installation Information
Contacting IBM Rational Software Support

What's in this Fix Pack

This fix pack is intended to fix defects in version v2003.06.13 of Rational PurifyPlus for Windows. The table below describes the issues that the fix pack addresses, along with the versions of the product to which each fix applies.

Resolved Issues
Product
Defect Number
APAR
Description
Versions where fix applies
PurifyPlus RATLC00373825 IC41368 Negative values shown in summary line of PureCoverage report 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
fix pack 5450
PurifyPlus RATLC00376650 IC40407 Long option list in PurifyPlus .ini file causes failure in application initialization 2003.06.13
PurifyPlus RATLC00377965 none "Missing data structure" message is being generated by an instrumented application 2003.06.13
PurifyPlus RATLC00377967 none Fatal exception occurs when OpenGL library is instrumented with Quantify 2003.06.13
PurifyPlus RATLC00377981 none Need to add support for IBM JVM 1.4.2 to PurifyPlus 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
PurifyPlus RATLC00378001 none Accumulator values in Quantify call graph do not match values recorded by QProf API 2003.06.13
PurifyPlus RATLC00378210 none Purify shows <unknown> version on machines that have Rational products form different releases 2003.06.13
PurifyPlus RATLC00379459 IC43568 ASPNetMon hangs on right click menu item selection 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
fix pack 5450
PurifyPlus RATLC00379479 PQ97507 VS.NET IDE elements disabled after closing PurifyPlus window 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
fix pack 5450
PurifyPlus RATLC00457255 IC40990 PurifyPlus causes applications to crash when virtual memory is running out 2003.06.13
PurifyPlus RATLC00734823 IC43443 "Press any key to continue" should by default be disabled 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
fix pack 5450
Purify RATLC00369161 none Change memprof-track-filtered-method-objects command line option to memprof-track-excluded-class-objects 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
Purify RATLC00371756 none Purify help option /? fails to show all /memprof* options 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
Purify RATLC00377534 IC41221 Instrumented application hangs when calling CRT routine that contains SSE2 instructions 2003.06.13
Purify RATLC00377925 IC41629 Purify is filtering more FMM and FIM messages that requested 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
Purify RATLC00378137 IC41983 Unable to filter out certain MPK messages 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
Purify RATLC00378215 IC42138 Application instrumented with Purify runs more than 100 times slower than uninstrumented version 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
fix pack 5450
Purify RATLC00378355 none Invalid memory block addresses are reported in MPK messages 2003.06.13
Purify RATLC00378572 IC42524 Purify doesn't bring up source file in Visual Studio .NET 2003 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
Purify RATLC00378926 IC2894 Free heap block message is generated when Purify instrumented application is run in Visual Studio 6 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
Purify RATLC00378962 IC42918 Configure button in Settings > Power check tab does not work on Japanese Windows OS 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
Purify RATLC00379070 none Application instrumented with Purify hangs when running via terminal services in Application Server mode 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
Purify RATLC00460692 IC42617 Purify does not report the Exception message for NutCracker built executable 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
fix pack 5450
Purify RATLC00736223 IC43791 Purify "Debug" column doesn't sort properly 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
fix pack 5450
PureCoverage RATLC00377642 IC41333 PureCoverage /SaveMergeData option is not being honored 2003.06.13
PureCoverage RATLC00377977 none Automerge doubles Coverage counts 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
PureCoverage RATLC00378845 none Opening PureCoverage data file results in an exception with error code e29a0010 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
PureCoverage RATLC00379483 IC43588 Default .cfy filename changed after upgrade to WinXP SP2 2003.06.13
fix pack 5408
fix pack 5450

Installation Information

This fix pack consists of files in the Rational\common and Rational\PurifyPlus directories.

To install these files:

At this point, the installation will be complete. The Help->About box for each PurifyPlus component should report a build number of 5504. You will NOT need to reboot your system.

Contacting IBM Rational Software Support

The IBM software support Internet site provides you with self-help resources and electronic problem submission. The IBM Software Support homepage can be found at www.ibm.com/software/support.

Voice Support is available to all current contract holders by dialing a telephone number in your country (where available). For specific country phone numbers, go to www.ibm.com/planetwide.