CCF 2009 SP1 was released!

CCF 2009 SP1 was released on 31th of March. The main important features and fixed are described below.

Enhancement & Improvements

Integrated Desktop

  • new features called "Dynamic Positioning": Dynamic Positioning allow developer to integrate applications which don't support the SetParent method (this method makes them inoperable);
  • Citrix Enhancements: added support for running more than once instance of IAD (with integrated Citrix applications) on the same machine;
  • Support 64-bit Client: CCF 2009 SP1 provides support for running CCF client (ID) on 64-bit machines, with Windows Vista.

Composite DDA

Composite DDA allowing developers to assing multiple DDAs for one application.

Hyper-V Support

CCF 2009 SP1 includes support for Microsoft Hyper-V for CCF server and client components and support for mixed enviroment (where some of the components exist on a Hyper-V, and the rest on normal machines).

Platforms

CCF 2009 SP1 includes support for SQL Server 2008 for backend databases.

Known Issues

MCE

  • MCE Containers are not pre-loaded into the Visual Studio Toolbox after installation (steps for resolution can be found in the document "Customer Care Framework 2009 SP1 Release Notes");
  • MCE MOSS Containers do not support Custom Error Control Path attribute;
  • PhysicalProvider class is not fully extensible;
  • <ContainerMappings> is required when starting a WorkUnit (steps for resolution can be found in the document "Customer Care Framework 2009 SP1 Release Notes");
  • SendExternalCommand activity cannot pass parameters from a child WorkUnit ;
  • MOSS container web parts without container name display an exception.

HAT

  • Listen All option in HAT Test Harness displays an exception;
  • RegisterActionForEvent does not support ActiveX controls when called by the default action (steps for resolution can be found in the document "Customer Care Framework 2009 SP1 Release Notes");
  • Admin Console displays an error while building application Init string of a deployed java application.

Configuration Server

  • Upgrading the Configuration Server database displays an error (steps for resolution can be found in the document "Customer Care Framework 2009 SP1 Release Notes").