Upgrade Guide - Prolifics

DocumentationCGI variablesIn Web applications, the variables containing the HTTP header information,such as @cgi_request_method, are now referred to as HTTP servervariables.cgi-bin directoryWith the addition of ISAPI and NSAPI requester executables, the cgi-bindirectory is now referred to as the program directory or scripts directory.ReportsThe first release of Panther documentation incorrectly included descriptionsof the Bar Height and Portable Placement properties. These properties are notin the Panther product.sm_card_valsm_tw_valThe first release of Panther documentation incorrectly included thesefunctions. For tab card validation, use sm_validate.sm_msg_delsm_msg_readInitial releases of the Panther documentation did not have an updated list ofthe message prefixes or message classes. FM_MSGS, JM_MSGS and JX_MSGSmessages are now located in SM_MSGS. The value for WB_MSGS has also beenupdated.sm_prop_get_strThe documentation has been updated to say that this function stores thereturned data in a pool of buffers that it shares with other functions so youneed to copy or process this data immediately.Traversal properties for table viewsTraversal properties for table views and server views in the transactionmanager return the table view or server view name as a string, not as an objectID.Quick Reference Changes and CorrectionsThe Panther Quick Reference which was printed in November 1999 does not have thefollowing changes.1-66 Upgrading to Panther from JAM 7