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I want to develop EJB 1.1 using VAJ 3.5. But it only supports EJB 1.0. For example, while exporting the Deployed JAR/EJB JAR, it does not create a XML deployment descriptor, but a serialzed (.ser) file....
Tools:IDE:VAJ:Enterprise, Tools:IDE:VAJ:EJB
Eric Rizzo PREMIUM, Mar 29, 2002
VisualAge for Java 4.0 now includes a new XML-based deployment tool to assist exporting EJB 1.1-compliant JAR files. See the VAJ Features desciption at...

I got a message saying that the workspace had become corrupted, that it was going to shutdown, and would restart, rebuilding the workspace. It's been out to lunch ever since Now, when I launch VAJ,...
Tools:IDE:VAJ
Ben Bailey, Mar 20, 2002
I was able to find a an old reference on the ibm vaj forum that mentioned removing the busy.sav file - a zero (0) byte file size. I did remove this...

Why are only some border types available in the Border Properties Editor in the Visual Composition Editor? Shouldn´t all the types that implements Border interface be available?
Tools:IDE:VAJ, Tools:IDE:VAJ:Visual Composition
Eric Rizzo PREMIUM, Feb 9, 2002
The simple PropertyEditor in the VCE for borders can only handle some of the borders (the ones you see listed). Scott Stanchfield has developed a more...

How can I import other XML parsers into VAJ without getting errors because of conflicts with the "IBM XML Parser" project?
Tools:IDE:VAJ
Eric Rizzo PREMIUM, Feb 8, 2002
The problem is that the Project "IBM XML Parser" contains some non-IBM packages (org.xml.* and org.w3c.*) These should be organized into separate Projects...

How do I relate more then one radio button (JRadioButton) to a button group using VAJ's Visual Composition Editor?
Tools:IDE:VAJ:Visual Composition, Tools:IDE:VAJ:AWT and Swing
Eric Rizzo PREMIUM, Feb 1, 2002
[Note: JToggleButton or any subclass, including JRadioButton and JCheckBox, will work correctly with a ButtonGroup] There are a couple of different...

What causes a VAJ workspace to become corrupt? How can it be prevented? Are the corrupt workspace problems fixed in later releases of VAJ?
Tools:IDE:VAJ:General IDE Use
Eric Clayberg, Jan 28, 2002
Almost any system exception trapped by VAJ and shown in the log window is sufficient to corrupt the workspace at some level. There are almost an infinite...

How can I debug problems with the VAJ integration with external CM tools?
Tools:IDE:VAJ:Version Control
Bruce Files, Jan 15, 2002
When problems in occur in the VAJ external version control interface with external SCMs such as ClearCase, a detailed trace from the interface can be ...

What are IBM's plans for VAJ beyond version 4.0?
Tools:IDE:VAJ
Eric Rizzo PREMIUM, Dec 6, 2001
Initially (spring-summer of 2001) there was much confusion surrounding the status and future of VisualAge for Java and the new technology IBM announced...

What is the meaining of the following message appearing in the Log window? An exception occurred in a system program. Terminating Default (System)
Tools:IDE:VAJ:General IDE Use
Eric Rizzo PREMIUM, Dec 4, 2001
This message indicates a general internal error in VAJ. Sometimes it means that the user is trying to do someting that the IDE does not like, but often...

Is it possible to have remote access to emsrv (shared repository server) for VAJ Enterprise clients? In other words, clients that connect to the repository server that are not on the same LAN as the server...
Tools:IDE:VAJ:Enterprise, Tools:IDE:VAJ:Repository
Eric Rizzo PREMIUM, Nov 30, 2001
Although there is nothing to stop you from setting up access to a shared repository over WAN or Internet, such a configuration is not supported (see the...

What is the best strategy for creating a large app... What is the best strategy for creating a large application with many screens (Frames) using the Visual Composition Editor? Is there a better way...
Tools:IDE:VAJ:Visual Composition
Dimitris Dinos, Nov 27, 2001
The approach we finally used and seems to work fine is the following : - we created each frame individually, sometimes adding new constructors if needed -...

VAJ 3.5 for Linux? Does anyone know when VAJ 3.5 will be available for Linux?. I know 3.0 is available, but it doesn't support Java 1.2.2.
Tools:IDE:VAJ
jc p, Nov 27, 2001
Copy of an answer from IBM the 12/19/00 Hi there, I have checked with VAJAVA developer, now there is no plan for Linux for VAJAVA 3.5 in the near...

How do you change the initial working directory for... How do you change the initial working directory for programs running in VAJ? It always starts in: <VAJ-Installation>\ide\project_resources...
Tools:IDE:VAJ:General IDE Use
David Rees, Nov 27, 2001
It seems the short answer is you can't. See my feature request at Ability to set working directory for program properties

When using Websphere 3.5, VisualAge and Oracle to develop CMP EJB's I receive the following error: "Unable to insert data into a NOT NULL field". What am I doing wrong?
Tools:IDE:VAJ:EJB, Java:API:EJB:EntityBean:CMP, Tools:AppServer:IBM WebSphere
Shai Almog, Oct 9, 2001
You need to modify the create method for the Entity bean to initialize ALL the not null fields. VAJ defaults to initializing the primary key but it...

When I click 'help' VAJ never even opens the browser for the online help system. What might I be doing wrong?
Tools:IDE:VAJ, Tools:IDE:VAJ:General IDE Use
Daniel Walker, Sep 4, 2001
Try running the /ide/program/ivjenv.bat to start VAJ, rather than the .exe You should probably also check your browser path is correct in the Help...

Using VisualAge for Java, the servlet engine starts but while accessing it from the browser it is giving an error 503.
Tools:IDE:VAJ:Servlets, Java:API:Servlets:Products
Aron Tunzi, Jul 2, 2001
[ Message:Application is currently unavailable for service Target Servlet: null ] The error message 503 means that the service is unavailable and...

Is there a way to access the VAJ APIs from outside VAJ? For examle, to add files into the workspace without explicitly importing files from within the IDE.
Tools:IDE:VAJ:Tool API
Eric Rizzo PREMIUM, Jun 16, 2001
Beginning with version 3.0, VAJ offers a Remote Access to Tool API feature. It can be started and configured from the Options dialog. On the VAJ help...

Is there any documentation explaining the icons used to tag classes and methods in the VAJ code browsers?
Tools:IDE:VAJ:General IDE Use
Arun Bharathan, Jun 16, 2001
You can get an explanation of all the symbols from the VAJ Help system at Topics -> Reference -> IDE hints and Tips -> IDE Symbols. If you...

How does the repository/workspace combination work?
Tools:IDE:VAJ:General IDE Use, Tools:IDE:VAJ:Repository, Tools:IDE:VAJ:Version Control
Eric Rizzo PREMIUM, Mar 22, 2001
The repository/workspace relationship is a database/view relationship. The repos is the database where all source code is stored, including all versions...

How can I restore a non-versioned class (or method or package or Project) that I have deleted? I've looked through the repository, but can't find it there.
Tools:IDE:VAJ:Repository, Tools:IDE:VAJ:Version Control
Eric Rizzo PREMIUM, Mar 22, 2001

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