Im just about to read the release notes on this. The only i...

[Toby Mills]

Im just about to read the release notes on this.

The only issue Im hitting at the moment that would be nice to get around is that Excel XLSX output sometimes arrives corrupted. Ive got some other problems with Clustered reporting servers and running old code, but theyre manageable.

Ive heard rumors of a new release but Im not close enough to the company anymore to know if they mean a new major release (like an 8208) or if they meant this round of patching.

Heres the link in case anybody wants to check it out.

TIBCO WebFOCUS 8207.28.0 HF-008 is available

[john cullen]

Hello Toby,

On those XLSX files corrupting. Are they compound try removing all the references to KEEPDEFINES. (it can be a SET or it can be an ON TABLE SET, or just make sure all the keepdefines are OFF)

I heard the next release is going to have a name like release 11. Something about container based. But I know nothing else. Not really being chatted up.

[Toby Mills]

Thanks John

I have one domain where xlsxs are coming down okay and one where its not. Likely, it really has nothing to do with the Domain and more to do with whats being shoved inside the worksheet.

Im also seeing some differences if a report tries to -INCLUDE a stylesheet on my CLM managed WFRSs. Somebody used explicit IBFS:/EDA/EDASERVE to point to the .sty sheet and my new CLM node name is MAIN_CLM - not EDASERVE (EDASERVE is still local to the client).

Anyway - its always something. Ill keep my eye out for KEEPDEFINES. Thanks for the heads up!

Hope all is well up there!

Toby

[Brian Suter]

if the server name after /EDA matches the server name you are running on, IBFS turns that into a simple local -INCLUDE, if they are different, IBFS attempts to get the STY and put it to the running server as a in-memory file.

[Warren Hinchliffe]

We have been told V9 will be out this month and followed soon after by 9.1

[Mike Long]

We installed HF008 on our Linux system and it wiped out our install.cfg, left it with the default values. Unusable as it was, who knows what else was hosed. Not fun. Weve backed it out to where we were before; 8207.28_05 HF007.

[Toby Mills]

@warren.hinchliffe Have you guys heard anything new about the release I presume TIBCOs next step is to try to start integrating their other products. Im not sure I want to start down that road just yet.

@mike.long Everytime I do an upgrade, I use Beyond Compare to check the new files under /webfocus82 with the backups created under /webfocus82/backup_files to see what all is different. Mentioning this in case it might save you from reverting the whole thing in the future.

[Naeem Sufi 3]

Toby we had a meeting with TIBCO-IBI rep I was told they will be announcing Rel 9 this past Monday