Rational DOORS version 9.2.0.4 Fixes

IBM Corporation
30 June, 2010

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This file contains details of defects that are fixed in IBM® Rational® DOORS® 9.2.0.4 (Rational DOORS).

It is divided into the following sections:

Access controls	Attributes	Change proposal system	Documentation
DXL	Exporting	Filtering	Generate support request
Importing	Links	Managing users and groups	Miscellaneous
Object properties	OLE objects	Performance	RIF
Scroll bars	Search and replace	Tables	Views

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Access controls

Defect Number	Summary
30481	The performance problems with the Access Controls dialog box have been fixed.
33207	You can now add access to a view using DXL.
33952	Users who have been given edit access to the access controls for attribute values can now edit them.

Attributes

Defect Number	Summary
33862	You can now import link attributes from one link module to another.

Change proposal system

Defect Number	Summary
29857	If you accept a change proposal, the change that is applied is now the same as the proposed value. Previously, there were circumstances when the proposed value was not being applied.
30539	When the Reviewers can edit CPs check box on the Change Proposal System dialog box is cleared, you can now use the scroll bar to read the full contents of an object.
33087	When you create a Change proposal system, the Everyone Else group now has read-only access to the items in the Change proposal system folder.
30263, 32709	When you attempt to submit two conflicting change proposals against an object, a warning message is now displayed.

Documentation

Defect Number	Summary
33861	The information in the Online Help about traceability columns is now correct.

DXL

Defect Number	Summary
33577	The oleSetHeightandWidth index parameter now functions correctly.
33846	Previously, the toolBarComboAdd perm always added entries to the first drop-down list in a window. This no longer happens, and the perm now adds entries to the correct list.

Exporting

Defect Number	Summary
33810	When you export a module to RTF, and the module contains a table, the font in the table in the RTF is now correct.
33871	When you create a link either by right-clicking or using the Link menu, and then export the module to Word, any OLE objects in the resulting Word document are no longer replaced by URLs.

Filtering

Defect Number	Summary
33932	When you change an object that has been filtered and has descendants enabled, the change is now applied to the object.

Generate support request

Defect Number	Summary
33780	You can now run the Generate Support Request utility without an error when you have a mapped drive.

Importing

Defect Number	Summary
21802	Previously, there were certain occasions when a Word document was imported into Rational DOORS with the Capture paragraph styles check box selected, a DXL error was displayed. This has been fixed.

Links

Defect Number	Summary
33852	When you create linkset in a link module and the source module is open for editing, a warning message is displayed. Previously, when you cancelled the message, the linkset was created. This has been fixed.

Managing users and groups

Defect Number	Summary
33972	When you have more than one Rational DOORS databases using LDAP for user authentication, you can now migrate all the users to an RDS server.

Miscellaneous

Defect Number	Summary
33827	When there is a drop-down list containing a number of values, and you type a letter on the keyboard, the first entry in the list starting with that letter is highlighted. When you type the same letter again, the second entry beginning with that letter is highlighted, and so on. This functionality now works.

Object properties

Defect Number	Summary
34063	When you demote or promote an object, all the object numbers in the hierarchy are now updated immediately.

OLE objects

Defect Number	Summary
33629	Previously, when you updated an Excel spreadsheet that was embedded in a module as an icon, and then you selected another object in the module, the updates to Excel could be lost. This has been fixed.

Performance

Defect Number	Summary
33786	When you save a module that contains RTF attributes, there is no longer a lengthy pause before the module is saved.

RIF

Defect Number	Summary
33769	Previously, there were rare occasions where empty XHTML content was being exported. This has been fixed.

Scroll bars

Defect Number	Summary
33588	When you create a form with a large number of attributes, and the full form is not displayed on the screen, a scroll bar is now available.

Search and replace

Defect Number	Summary
34056	When you use search and replace, you can choose to search all the attributes in the view. Previously, when you changed the view, the selected attributes did not change to match the attributes in the new view. This has been fixed.

Tables

Defect Number	Summary
30803	Previously, when you were working in a table in a module, and you inserted a table containing an enumerated attribute, and then moved the inserted table to a different location, there were problems with continuing to edit the module. This has been fixed.

Views

Defect Number	Summary
33819	If you are using RDS, and you have a module with a large number of views, each containing a number of ACLs, there is no longer a performance issue when opening the Manage Views dialog box.