_______________________________________________________ August 2005 DEC/EDI Version V5.0 Release Notes This document provides supplemental information about DEC/EDI Version V5.0 for OpenVMS Alpha systems. Please read this Release Notes before attempting to install this product. DEC/EDI V5.0 product includes DEC/EDI Application Client and Server for OpenVMS Alpha Systems. It includes notes on restrictions and known problems. Software Version : DEC/EDI V5.0 for OpenVMS Alpha systems Required Operating System : OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.2-1 or above Required Software : TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha systems Required Software : Oracle Rdb 7.1-01 or above Required Software : DECForms 4.0 or above Optional Software : DECnet (Phase IV) or DECnet-Plus V7.2-1 Optional Software : MAILbus 400 MTA version 2.0C Optional Software : Compaq X.25 for OpenVMS, V1.4 Hewlett-Packard GlobalSoft Limited _____________________________________________________________________ August 2005 Possession, use or copying of the software described in this publication is authorized only pursuant to a valid written license from Hewlett-Packard GlobalSoft Limited or an authorized sub licensor. While Hewlett-Packard GlobalSoft Limited believes the information included in this publication is correct as of the date of publication, it is subject to change without notice. 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All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Contents ____________________________________________________________ Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Document Contents 1.2 New Users 1.3 Existing Users 1.4 Features of DEC/EDI V5.0 1.5 Bugs Resolved 1.6 Known Problems ____________________________________________________________ Chapter 1 Introduction ____________________________________________________________ 1.1 Document Contents This document forms the release notes for: o DEC/EDI V5.0 for OpenVMS Alpha systems: This product contains both application client and server components for the OpenVMS Alpha systems. All information in this document applies equally to all of the above products unless specifically stated otherwise. __________________________________________________________ 1.2 New Users If you are a new user of DEC/EDI, you should follow the installation instructions for the product contained in DEC/EDI: Installation Manual. You are also recommended to read DEC/EDI: Introduction, which gives an overview of DEC/EDI, describing the main components of the system and explaining how the system processes business data. __________________________________________________________ 1.3 Existing Users If you are an existing user of DEC/EDI, you should follow the installation instructions for the product contained in DEC/EDI:Installation Manual. After migrating to DEC/EDI V5.0, if you need to use the existing maps, kindly ensure that all existing maps are re-compiled and copied to the DEC/EDI server's map directory (i.e DECEDI$MAPS). DEC/EDI V5.0 supports upgrading from DEC/EDI V4.2. Customers using earlier DEC/EDI Versions are to first upgrade to to V4.2 and subsequently to V5.0 ____________________________________________________________ 1.4 New Feature of DEC/EDI V5.0 1.4.1 OFTP/IP gateway support This release introduces the OFTP/IP gateway.The gateway will use the TCP/IP protocol to send and recieve EDI documents between trading partners. NOTE: The OFTP/IP and OFTP/X.25 cannot co-exist. To use the OFTP/IP gateway the user has to define DECEDI$OFTPIP logical. For additional information regarding the OFTP/IP configuration and usage kindly refer to the documentation. ____________________________________________________________ 1.5 Bugs Resolved DEC/EDI V5.0 kit contains fixes for the following problems. The following list contains the IPMT numbers and their problem description. Sl No QUIXNo Problem Description 1.5.1 QXCM1000214314 DEC/EDI has fetched a single document twice. 1.5.2 QXCM1000236490 According to X12 standards, the GS08 should be able to contain 12 characters. Customer has TP that requires all 12 characters. Customer created custom standard (by copying X12 004010 to X12 004010RFIM). When posting a file, only 10 characters are placed in the GS08, even with an envelope containg all 12 characters in the Group Standard. ____________________________________________________________ 1.6 Known Problems:- 1.6.1 Problem creating transmission file:- %DECEDI-I-JOBSUB, job submitted to gateway -DECEDI-I-INFO, Gateway Type = 3780 -DECEDI-I-INFO, Job Id = TJOB1 -DECEDI-I-INFO, Connection Id = TEST01 -DECEDI-W-FAILTRANSCREATE, failed transmission file create DECEDI$STORE_14:20041207102305AY0X24_TEST01 -RMS-E-CRE, ACP file create failed -DECEDI-I-CONDLOGGED, condition logged by DECEDI$CC_1 on node ABACUS: The reason for this error might be due to either lack of disk-space or due to disk-fragmentation. If the problem is due to disk-fragmentation it can be overcome by the following methods. . Use a new initialized disk for the store directories and the impexp directories. . Use an appropriate tool to de-fragment the disk. Similar kind of error can also occur for other components of DEC/EDI.