Release Notes

JBTS-RN-8/5/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contents

About This Guide. 5

What This Guide Contains 5

Audience. 5

Prerequisites 5

Organization. 5

Documentation Conventions 5

Additional Documentation. 6

Contacting Us 6

Release notes 7

Enhancements 7

Fixed issues 7

Known issues 7

 

About This Guide

The Release Notes contains important information on changes to JBoss Transactions 4.2 since the last release and information on any outstanding issues.

This guide is most relevant to engineers who are responsible for administering JBoss Transactions 4.2 installations.

None.

This guide contains the following chapters:

�       Chapter 1, Release notes: contains the actual release notes.

The following conventions are used in this guide:

Convention	Description
Italic	In paragraph text, italic identifies the titles of documents that are being referenced.  When used in conjunction with the Code text described below, italics identify a variable that should be replaced by the user with an actual value.
Bold	Emphasizes items of particular importance.
Code	Text that represents programming code.
Function | Function	A path to a function or dialog box within an interface.  For example, �Select File | Open.� indicates that you should select the Open function from the File menu.
( ) and |	Parentheses enclose optional items in command syntax. The vertical bar separates syntax items in a list of choices. For example, any of the following three items can be entered in this syntax: persistPolicy (Never | OnTimer | OnUpdate | NoMoreOftenThan)
Note: Caution:	A note highlights important supplemental information. A caution highlights procedures or information that is necessary to avoid damage to equipment, damage to software, loss of data, or invalid test results.

Table 1      Formatting Conventions

In addition to this guide, the following guides are available in the JBoss Transactions 4.2 documentation set:

�       JBoss Transactions 4.2 Administration Guide:  Provides information on administering JBoss Transactions 4.2.

�       JBoss Transactions 4.2 Installation Guide:  This guide provides instructions for installing JBoss Transactions 4.2.

�       JBoss Transactions 4.2 Programmer�s Guide:  Provides guidance for writing applications.

�       JBoss Transactions 4.2 Quick Start Guide: Getting started with JBossTS; not for a novice user.