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About this Release:
This is the first general release of Valence 2.0. If you have previously installed one of the Valence 2.0 release candidates you must download and install this new version as the release candidates are no longer supported. Existing Valence customers running Valence 1.X should contact CNX to schedule a migration of your current Valence applications to this release (see section below entitled "Migrating to Valence 2.0 from Valence 1.X" for more information). To download this version of Valence, visit http://www.cnxcorp.com/valence/try.
Version: 2_0_20090930_0
Release Date: 2009-09-30
System Requirements:
New Features in Valence 2.0:
Migrating to Valence 2.0 from Valence 1.X:
Valence 2.0 significantly alters the development methodology of Valence programs as well as changes the names of all the Valence RPG Toolkit procedures to be more closely aligned with their function. The benefit of this is that developing applications with Valence 2.0 will be faster and easier, but the downside is that existing applications developed for Valence 1.X will not run under Valence 2.0 without significant changes. In addition, because of the new design there is no automated way to migrate your Valence Portal data from a previous version of Valence to Valence 2.0. The CNX development team will assist licensed Valence customers who are current on maintenance to port their existing Valence applications and Valence Portal data to 2.0 at no charge. At this time our plan is to make all future versions of Valence backward compatible with your Valence 2.0 applications wherever possible.
Installing Valence 2.0 over Valence 2.0 RC1, RC2 or RC3:
If you already have Valence RC1, RC2 or RC3 installed, this version will completely overwrite that version. Any settings in the Valence Portal and any development work you have placed in the /valence-2.0 path or VALENCE20 library will be completely overwritten. Copy any of your work out of those locations prior to installing this version. Before installing over RC1, RC2 or RC3, be sure that the VALENCE20 Apache server instance is ended and that there are no locks on the VALENCE20 library.
Customers Using CCSID other than 37 or 65535:
Valence is installed by default with the VALENCE20 server instance CCSID set to 37 (U.S. English). This maximizes the probability that the server instance will start on the first try. Many customers will be able to run fine with this setting. However, if your default system CCSID is set to a number other than 37 or 65535, or if you want to use a special character set, you may need to adjust this setting to your desired CCSID for Valence to be able to render special characters correctly. To adjust the Valence CCSID, look for this line in the Apache server configuration file for VALENCE20 and change the number to your desired CCSID:
DefaultFsCCSID 37
Once this is changed, restart the VALENCE20 server instance.
Support:
If you need assistance with installing this release please email support@cnxcorp.com.
This is the first general release of Valence 2.0. If you have previously installed one of the Valence 2.0 release candidates you must download and install this new version as the release candidates are no longer supported. Existing Valence customers running Valence 1.X should contact CNX to schedule a migration of your current Valence applications to this release (see section below entitled "Migrating to Valence 2.0 from Valence 1.X" for more information). To download this version of Valence, visit http://www.cnxcorp.com/valence/try.
Version: 2_0_20090930_0
Release Date: 2009-09-30
System Requirements:
- Any hardware running the IBM i operating system V5R3 or higher.
- If at V5R3, then 5722-AC3 Cryptographic Access Provider is also required. V5R4 or higher, Cryptographic Access Prover is not required.
- A personal computer running Windows XP, Windows Vista, MacOSX or Linux (for installation only).
- A compatible browser on client computers. This version of Valence has been extensively tested with Internet Explorer 7, Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3 and Safari 4. Google Chrome is also very likely to work fine, but we do not currently QA test Valence with Chrome.
- If you would like to use the new PDF or Email capabilities of Valence 2.0 then you need 5722JV1 *BASE and option 6, Java Developer Kit 1.4. This is installed on most newer systems by default. After installing this version of Valence, just try to run the PDF and email examples. If they work then you know for certain your system has the correct configuration. Note that even though Java is required, you do not need to know or use Java to develop PDFs or send emails with Valence. You will use the Valence RPG Toolkit procedures, which use certain Java functions behind the scenes.
New Features in Valence 2.0:
- Enhanced SQL integrationNew Valence RPG Toolkit proceduresImproved back-end supportValence Portal improvementsUpdated front‐end Ext JS frameworkNew Valence manual - A new Valence manual is available with tons of great information at http://www.cnxcorp.com/downloads/pdf...anual2-0-0.pdf. This is the best place to get started whether you're a new or experience Valence developer.
- New examples - Many new example programs categorized by function.
- Better Charting functions - Upgraded Fusion Charts and Fusion Widgets from 3.0 to 3.1.
- Help Desk application - Added an entirely new Help Desk example application. This application includes a "My Tickets" program where end users can open "tickets" with the help desk, and a "Ticket Manager" program for help desk personnel to manage and report activity against tickets. While the Help Desk example application is intended as a learning tool for developers, it can also be used as an actual Help Desk application. As with all Valence example applications, full source code is included.
- New Tab Link Feature - Added new "Tab Link" capability that allows for easy communication between programs in the portal. Also includes new examples that show how to link an inquiry in one program to a search list in another, and how to launch multiple portal tabs dynamically from a Valence program.
- Use International Character Sets in Charts - Changed programming technique for loading Fusion Charts and Fusion Widgets. Charts are now loaded with data by making a standard Ext JS Ajax call and pumping that response into the chart. This technique allows for all global character sets to work with the charts. All chart examples and other programs in Valence have been updated to use this technique.
Migrating to Valence 2.0 from Valence 1.X:
Valence 2.0 significantly alters the development methodology of Valence programs as well as changes the names of all the Valence RPG Toolkit procedures to be more closely aligned with their function. The benefit of this is that developing applications with Valence 2.0 will be faster and easier, but the downside is that existing applications developed for Valence 1.X will not run under Valence 2.0 without significant changes. In addition, because of the new design there is no automated way to migrate your Valence Portal data from a previous version of Valence to Valence 2.0. The CNX development team will assist licensed Valence customers who are current on maintenance to port their existing Valence applications and Valence Portal data to 2.0 at no charge. At this time our plan is to make all future versions of Valence backward compatible with your Valence 2.0 applications wherever possible.
Installing Valence 2.0 over Valence 2.0 RC1, RC2 or RC3:
If you already have Valence RC1, RC2 or RC3 installed, this version will completely overwrite that version. Any settings in the Valence Portal and any development work you have placed in the /valence-2.0 path or VALENCE20 library will be completely overwritten. Copy any of your work out of those locations prior to installing this version. Before installing over RC1, RC2 or RC3, be sure that the VALENCE20 Apache server instance is ended and that there are no locks on the VALENCE20 library.
- End the VALENCE20 server instance configuration with command "ENDTCPSVR SERVER(*HTTP) HTTPSVR(VALENCE20)"
- Check for locks on the VALENCE20 libary with command "WRKOBJLCK OBJ(VALENCE20) OBJTYPE(*LIB)". Do not proceed until all locks are cleared.
Customers Using CCSID other than 37 or 65535:
Valence is installed by default with the VALENCE20 server instance CCSID set to 37 (U.S. English). This maximizes the probability that the server instance will start on the first try. Many customers will be able to run fine with this setting. However, if your default system CCSID is set to a number other than 37 or 65535, or if you want to use a special character set, you may need to adjust this setting to your desired CCSID for Valence to be able to render special characters correctly. To adjust the Valence CCSID, look for this line in the Apache server configuration file for VALENCE20 and change the number to your desired CCSID:
DefaultFsCCSID 37
Once this is changed, restart the VALENCE20 server instance.
Support:
If you need assistance with installing this release please email support@cnxcorp.com.