New Features in Version 4.2.1

• Support for Solaris 2.7 operating systems
• Bug fixes
• Online documentation files and documentation viewer upgraded

All features supported in CodeCenter Version 4.2.0 are also supported in CodeCenter Version 4.2.1, with the exception of instrumentation. Refer to the "Object Code Instrumentation Capability Removed" section of the CodeCenter Version 4.2.1 Release Notes for more details.

64-bit Support on Solaris 2.7

With the introduction of Solaris 2.7 comes 64-bit technology. CodeCenter Version 4.2.1 and the CenterLine-C compiler (clcc) are products that can operate on a Solaris 2.7 system since they are "64-bit aware". This means that they will compile and interpret C programs running on a 64-bit aware operating system, such as Solaris 2.7. However, these products have not been enhanced to provide any special 64-bit support.

If you have any 64-bit related questions/issues when using CodeCenter Version 4.2.1 on Solaris 2.7, please direct all inquiries to ICS Technical Support at 617.621.0060 or via email at info@ics.com.

Online Documentation

With the introduction of CodeCenter Version 4.2.1 comes a new format of the online documentation. We have replaced the original DynaText Viewer with Adobe Acrobat Reader for SunOS, Solaris and HP systems. If you don't have a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader for your particular system, the CodeCenter Version 4.2.1 installation process will automatically install a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader for those platform releases of CodeCenter being installed. For example, if you install the Solaris and HP versions of CodeCenter, you will automatically obtain a Solaris and HP version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The documentation files used with the DynaText viewer have also been replaced. All documentation files used with Adobe Acrobat Reader are in PDF format.

The online documentation files in PDF format can be found in:

    .../docs 

To start the online documentation separately from the CodeCenter product, simply run the command:

    .../bin/cldoc2 & 

Along with being able to start the Adobe Acrobat Reader stand-alone and separately from CodeCenter using the above command, you can also start it from within CodeCenter via the Manual Browser option in the Browser menu.

All future releases of CodeCenter following CodeCenter Version 4.2.1 will use Adobe Acrobat Reader and PDF documentation file format.

Support for Sun's Debugging Information

CenterLine has now added support for Sun's debugging information, such that CodeCenter users who use Sun's C compiler instead of the CenterLine-C compiler (clcc) no longer need to use the -xs switch during compilation and linking in order to have CodeCenter's pdm work properly. In earlier releases, the -xs switch was necessary when debugging fully built executables within CodeCenter's pdm if the executable was built using Sun's C Compiler instead of CenterLine's.