Cradle-5.1.2

3SL is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Cradle-5.1.2, an update to Cradle-5.1 that we announced in December 2004.

Initially, this update was to address software issues and concerns brought to our attention by our customers. But, since we had a range of enhancements already completed for various parts of Cradle, notably the editing of eFFBDs, we decided to make these other changes available in this release rather than waiting for the Cradle-5.2 major release.

We hope that you agree with this decision!

The changes are summarised below, categorised by Cradle module. As this is a point update to Cradle-5.1, it is effectively still part of the Cradle-5.1 release, and so there are no documentation revisions specific to this update.

All of the changes in this Cradle-5.1.2 release will, of course, be included in the Release Notes and user documentation for the Cradle-5.2 major release. In the meantime, the changes in this Cradle-5.1.2 update are available for download from the Cradle-5.1 software page in the Support → Downloads area in our website.

You can see the version number of your Cradle system by selecting Help → About which will display 5.1.2 if this update has been installed.

Database Compatibility

As this is an update to Cradle-5.1 it uses the same database format as Cradle-5.1. If you have upgraded to Cradle-5.1 and you then install Cradle-5.1.2, you do not need to convert your databases.

If you upgrade directly to Cradle-5.1.2 from Cradle-5 or an earlier version, then you must convert your databases to Cradle-5.1 format, just as you would have done if you had upgraded to Cradle-5.1 from the earlier version.

Toolset Fonts

As this is an update to Cradle-5.1 it uses the same fonts as Cradle-5.1. If you have upgraded to Cradle-5.1 and you then install Cradle-5.1.2, you do not need to install any new fonts.

If you upgrade directly to Cradle-5.1.2 from Cradle-5 or an earlier version, then you must apply the new fonts supplied with the Cradle-5.1.2 release, just as you would have done if you had upgraded to Cradle-5.1 from the earlier version.

Must I Install Cradle-5.1.2?

Cradle-5.1.2 fixes a problem when Cradle clients (WorkBench, toolset and so on) connect to CDS in which, in some slightly unusual situations, the CDS may use the wrong IP address for the client, which prevents the client and CDS connecting.

Examples:

• When a client connects over VPN, the CDS used the client’s IP address, not its address in the VPN network
• When a laptop has multiple interfaces, the CDS might use the wireless IP address even if this interface was inactive on the PC

In these cases you mustonlyuse Cradle-5.1.2 clients and these must only link to Cradle-5.1.2 servers (CDS and CWS).

In all other situations upgrading to Cradle-5.1.2 is optional. It depends on whether the fixes and enhancements in it will be sufficiently useful to you.

Of course, from 3SL’s perspective, we would like you to use Cradle-5.1.2 in preference to Cradle-5.1. That is why we have released it!

Mixing Cradle-5.1 and Cradle-5.1.2

Our verystrong recommendation is that if you install Cradle-5.1.2 anywhere, that you install it everywhere.

Subject to these comments and the guidance in the previous section about VPN and multiple interfaces on a machine, if you do not want to upgrade everywhere:

1. You can run Cradle-5.1.2 and Cradle-5.1 clients simultaneously
2. You can use Cradle-5.1.2 clients with the Cradle-5.1 servers (CDS and CWS)
3. You can use the Cradle-5.1.2 servers with Cradle-5.1 clients

Downloading Cradle-5.1.2

All Cradle-5.1 download files for Windows and UNIX in our website were replaced by Cradle-5.1.2 on 2 nd February 2005. So if you download Cradle-5.1 from our website now, you will get Cradle-5.1.2.

For Windows, the file to download is: Cradle51_Setup.exe

For UNIX, please download the boot and core.Z filesets, and then the fileset for your architecture:

• hp700_10 or hp800_10 for HP HP-UX 10.20 or later
• ibm4 for IBM AIX 4.2
• ibm5 for IBM AIX 5.1 or later
• linux-ia32 for all compatible versions and types of Linux (explained later in this newsletter)
• sparc for Sun SunOS 4.1.4
• sparcs2 for Sun Solaris 2.5.1 or later