Cradle-5.1.3
3SL is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Cradle-5.1.3, an update to Cradle-5.1 that we announced in December 2004.
Initially the update was to address issues brought to our attention by customers. But as we had a range of enhancements completed for various parts of Cradle, notably the editing of eFFBDs, we have decided to make these changes available now and not keep them for the Cradle-5.2 major release.
We hope that you agree with this decision!
The changes are summarised below, grouped 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 only minor documentation revisions specific to this update.
All changes in this Cradle-5.1.3 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-5.1.3 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 5.1.3 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-5.1.3, you do not need to convert your databases.
If you upgrade directly to Cradle-5.1.3 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-5.1.3, you do not need to install any new fonts.
If you upgrade directly to Cradle-5.1.3 from Cradle-5 or an earlier version, then you must apply the new fonts supplied with the Cradle-5.1.3 release, just as you would have done if you had upgraded to Cradle-5.1 from the earlier version.
Must I Install Cradle-5.1.3?
Cradle-5.1.3 contains all the enhancements and bug fixes from Cradle-5.1.2 that we announced last month. It provides new query facilities, new converters from other tools, improved Linux support, eFFBD editing improvements and bug fixes. In particular, it contains a fix to prevent large CDS error log files accumulating when users navigate through model elements in WorkBench trees.
Cradle-5.1.2 contained an important bug fix for users of VPN connections. This fix is also in the Cradle-5.1.3 release. If you plan to upgrade to Cradle-5.1.2 but have not yet done so, then we recommend that you upgrade directly to Cradle-5.1.3.
From 3SL’s perspective, we would like you to use Cradle-5.1.3 in preference to Cradle-5.1.2, and we would definitely like you to use it in preference to Cradle-5.1. That is why we have released it!
Mixing Cradle-5.1 and Cradle-5.1.2 and Cradle-5.1.3
Our verystrong recommendation is that if you install Cradle-5.1.3 anywhere, that you install it everywhere.
If you do not want to upgrade everywhere:
- You can run Cradle-5.1.3, Cradle-5.1.2 and Cradle-5.1 clients simultaneously
- You can use Cradle-5.1.3, Cradle-5.1.2 and Cradle-5.1 clients with the Cradle-5.1 servers (CDS and CWS)
- You can use the Cradle-5.1.3 servers with Cradle-5.1, 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 clients
Downloading Cradle-5.1.3
All Cradle-5.1 download files for Windows and UNIX in our website were replaced by Cradle-5.1.3 on 25 th March 2005. If you download Cradle-5.1 from our website now, you will get Cradle-5.1.3.
For Windows, the file to download is: Cradle51_Setup.exe
For UNIX, download boot and core.Z, and 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
- sparc for Sun SunOS 4.1.4
- sparcs2 for Sun Solaris 2.5.1 or later
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