DevPartner for Visual C++ BoundsChecker Suite Release Notes

Release Notes

DevPartner for Visual C++ BoundsChecker Suite

Version 9.0.1

Copyright © 2009, Compuware Corporation. All rights reserved.

DevPartner for Visual C++ BoundsChecker Suite is a suite of tightly integrated development features. DevPartner incorporates static code analysis, error detection, performance analysis, and coverage analysis. DevPartner helps developers detect, diagnose, and resolve software bugs, maximize code performance, and ensure optimal code coverage and testing.

Installation

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

Compuware License Guide.pdf
DPS Install.pdf

(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 with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System, you must install Visual Studio Team Explorer before installing DevPartner Studio.

Installable Packages on the DevPartner for Visual C++ BoundsChecker Suite 9.0.1 Installation Media

The DevPartner for Visual C++ BoundsChecker Suite 9.0.1 distribution media contains two separately installable packages:

DevPartner for Visual C++ BoundsChecker Suite 9.0.1 provides the latest the latest support for native C++ in Visual Studio 2008 and 2005.
DevPartner for Visual C++ BoundsChecker Suite 8.2.x provides legacy support for native C++ in Visual Studio 6.0, .NET 2003 and 2005.

The DevPartner for Visual C++ BoundsChecker Suite 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 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 menu. For general product information, refer to the Understanding DevPartner manual and the DevPartner Studio Quick Reference guide available through the InfoCenter.

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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 9.0.1

Service release only. See Issues Resolved in This Release section below.

New in Release 9.0.0

Visual Studio 2008 Support
- DevPartner provides full Microsoft Visual Studio support. This includes full support the 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 supports Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Project types. The project types supported by each DevPartner feature are now documented in the DevPartner 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.

Analyzing Mixed Code Solutions
- You can now collect data for unmanaged code portions when profiling a Visual C++ mixed-code solution.

New in Release 8.2.2

Optimal Delivery Manager 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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Issues Resolved in This Release

The following tracked issues are resolved in this release. Other lower priority tracked issues not listed in this section have also been resolved in this release.

Performance Analysis

074039
While profiling a transaction with both client and server code, Performance Analysis would cause a COM surrogate error which caused the application under analysis to stop responding.

Coverage Analysis

074306
Memory access violation errors would generate during coverage analysis or performance expert sessions.

Error Detection

074139
On Vista 32-bit operating systems, the DevPartner Injection Driver service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified.

074192, 074133, 074046, 072041, 073832, 073643, 073615, 073585, 073444
C++ applications with multiple derived template objects caused an access violation when instrumented and built with Visual Studio 2008, which caused the instrumented application to stop responding.

074139
Application would generate C4702: unreachable code error and fail to build.

066098
False errors were reported with Call Validation enabled when checking for invalid API parameter errors for handle and pointer arguments when using strtok_s..

DevPartner Reports

073833
On Windows Japanese operating systems, creating HTML files for reporting would cause creation of empty HTML file.

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Known Issues

If you have Internet access, visit the Known Issues document on Compuware's FrontLine Web site to view 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 Technical Support at 1-800-538-7822 to receive the latest list of known issues beyond that date.

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DevPartner for Visual C++ BoundsChecker Suite Release Notes

01/16/2009 09:29 AM

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