DevPartner Studio Professional Edition Release Notes

Release Notes

DevPartner Studio Professional Edition

Version 9.0

Copyright © 2008, Compuware Corporation. All rights reserved.

DevPartner Studio Professional Edition is a suite of tightly integrated development features. DevPartner Studio incorporates code reviewing, error detection, two kinds of performance analysis, coverage analysis, and a memory analysis feature all integrated into Visual Studio. DevPartner Studio helps developers detect, diagnose, and resolve software bugs, maximize code performance, and ensure optimal code coverage and testing.

Installation

For licensing, system requirements, supported environments, and installation information, see the Distributed License Management Licensing Guide and the Installing DevPartner manuals:

Compuware Licensing Guide.pdf
DPS Install.pdf

DevPartner Studio provides installation and licensing guides in PDF format. Users can print any product documentation offered in PDF format by opening the document and using the Adobe Reader print options. The Installing DevPartner Guide is also accessible from the DevPartner installation media, by clicking on the "Read the installation guide" link on the initial setup page. These documents can be opened and printed prior to installation.

(If you do not have the Adobe Reader, you can download it from the Adobe Web site.)

Before installation, note the following:

If you are upgrading from a previous version of DevPartner Studio, refer to the Installing DevPartner manual for code review rules and preferences migration information before uninstalling your previous version of DevPartner Studio.
If you will be using DevPartner Studio with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 Team System, you must install Visual Studio Team Explorer before installing DevPartner Studio.

Installable Packages on the DevPartner Studio 9.0 Installation Media

The DevPartner Studio 9.0 distribution media contains two separately installable packages:

DevPartner Studio 9.0 provides the latest support for Visual Studio 2008 and 2005 using .NET Framework 2.0 through 3.5 or native C++.
DevPartner Studio 8.2.x provides legacy support for Visual Studio 6.0, .NET 2003 and 2005, using .NET Framework 1.1 through 3.0 or native C++.

The DevPartner Studio installation program automatically detects supported releases of Visual Studio on the target system and installs the appropriate DevPartner package. If the target system contains an ambiguous combination of Visual Studio versions, the installation program will prompt the user for a choice of which one to install. Only one version of DevPartner Studio may be installed on a single system at any given time.

Refer to the Installing DevPartner Guide for more information on installation options.

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InfoCenter and PDF Manuals

Information about DevPartner is available through the InfoCenter option in the Start>Programs>Compuware DevPartner Studio menu. For general product information, refer to the Understanding DevPartner manual and the DevPartner Studio Quick Reference guide available through the InfoCenter.

(If you do not have the Adobe Reader, you can download it from the Adobe Web site.)

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Contacting Compuware Customer Support

Customer support is available as a Priority Support Service from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST, Monday through Friday. For purchase or upgrade issues, select the Compuware Sales option when prompted.

North America: 1 800 538 7822
International: +1 313 227 5444 (Check Compuware Worldwide Offices for your local phone number.)

For technical problems, from installation to troubleshooting, contact Compuware Customer Support online at:

Internet: Compuware DevPartner Customer Support
E-Mail: DevPartnerSupport@compuware.com

Problem reports should include:

Product name and version
System configuration (CPU, RAM, OS, compiler, and IDE if applicable)
Detailed problem description
How to reproduce problem

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What's New in This Release

New in Release 9.0

Visual Studio 2008 Support
- DevPartner Studio provides full Microsoft Visual Studio support. This includes full support in analysis of applications developed using Microsoft Visual Studio, and full integration into the Visual Studio 2008 IDE.

Windows 64-bit Support
- DevPartner Studio supports development and testing of 32-bit Windows applications on 64-bit platforms. 32-bit applications running under WoW64 (32-bit emulator) are also supported. DevPartner Studio does not support 64-bit applications.

Management Reports
- DevPartner Studio provides code quality reporting capabilities that leverage DevPartner XML data to produce HTML reports for Development and QA Managers.

Project Types
- DevPartner Studio supports Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 project types. The project types supported by each DevPartner feature are now documented in the DevPartner online help system and in the Understanding DevPartner manual.

Windows Server 2008 Support
- DevPartner Studio supports 32-bit Windows applications on 64-bit platforms on the Windows Server 2008 operating system.

LINQ Support
- DevPartner Studio provides LINQ block level support for analysis.

AJAX Support
- DevPartner Studio provides performance and coverage analysis support for AJAX language features in Visual Studio 2008.

New in Release 8.2.2

Optimal Delivery Manager 1.0 Support

Optimal Delivery Manager (ODM) solution metrics provide a summary view of the many kinds of data that DevPartner and other ODM products generate. You use Changepoint reports to view this summary data. Use these data summaries to track the progress of software development projects for requirements implementation, code quality, test coverage, and stability.

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Known Issues

If you have Internet access, visit the DevPartner Documentation page on Compuware's FrontLine site to view the Known Issues file that contains a current list of known DevPartner Studio issues. This list is updated with new information as it becomes available.

If you are unable to access the Known Issues file through the Internet, refer to the KnownIssues.htm file on your DevPartner CD or, after installation, in the Program Files\Compuware\DevPartner directory. The installed version of the Known Issues file contains information available at the time of product release. Contact Compuware Customer Support at 1-800-538-7822 to receive the latest list of known issues beyond that date.

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