This file contains information about installing and using the current release of Serena® Prototype Composer™.
This document also describes requirements for integrating Prototype Composer with Serena® Dimensions® RM.
To get help with the product, visit http://community.serena.com.
The minimum system requirements are:
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Client Systems - Minimum | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Platform |
Memory |
Screen resolution |
System Colors |
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Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista |
256 MB |
1024x768 |
65,536 colors |
The recommended system requirements are:
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Client Systems - Recommended | |
|---|---|
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Platform |
Memory |
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Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional, or Windows Vista |
512 MB |
.NET Framework version 1.1 must also be installed on the system.
Microsoft® Word 2003 (either the standalone version or the version supplied with Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003) or Microsoft Office Word 2007 is required to generate documents in the Document Publisher. The XML support supplied with these specific versions is needed to generate documents.
This section explains how to install Serena Prototype Composer. You must perform the following installation procedures on all client machines where necessary.
NOTE:
You cannot open
projects created in Prototype Composer 2009 R1 in versions prior to Prototype
Composer 2.4.
To install Serena Prototype Composer:
Download Serena Prototype Composer and run PrototypeComposer2009R1.exe.
Follow the instructions until the installation is complete.
You cannot upgrade to Prototype Composer 2009 R1 from previous versions of Prototype Composer (2.1, 2.1.1, 2.2, 2.3, or 2.4). If a previous installation is found, the following warning message is displayed:
"Another version of this product is already installed.
Installation of this version cannot continue. To configure or remove the
existing version of this product, use Add/Remove Programs on the Control Panel."
Uninstall the previous version of Prototype Composer and then install Prototype Composer 2009 R1.
Projects and data created in Prototype Composer 2.4 will be supported in Prototype Composer 2009 R1.
Prototype Composer 2009 R1 introduces improvements to the Prototype
Composer with Dimensions® RM integration. Key features include:
The ability to integrate Prototype Composer with Microsoft VSTS and with Serena® Business Mashups has been removed.
The requirements for the Prototype Composer with Dimensions® RM integration are outlined in this section.
The system requirements for the Prototype Composer with Dimensions RM integration are as follows:
The integration between Serena Prototype Composer and Serena Dimensions RM works only with Dimensions RM version 10.1.1 and later.
For Dimensions RM Browser support, go to support.serena.com.
DEF78077: If you have Microsoft Office Document Image Writer configured as your default printer driver, you may get an unhandled exception error message if you cancel out of the Save As dialog accessed from Print Preview.
DEF88820: While Prototype Composer can import and execute a wide variety of Web Services as part of an application prototype, some services, such as those containing recursive type definitions, may not execute successfully. Developers who help you populate the set of IT Services for use in application prototypes are advised to test those services for proper execution within Prototype Composer before making them available to you.
DEF88930: Dimensions® RM must be properly configured for Prototype Composer to successfully publish model items to it. In certain circumstances you may see an error message that indicates the publishing failed. In this case you need to ensure that the Tablespace setting for tables used to store Prototype Composer model items and requirements is sufficient to contain the items published. For example, Microsoft Word documents can be very large and will overflow the available space if it is not reconfigured. You should also ensure that the temporary directories that may be used by both the Dimensions® RM Web service and Dimensions® RM itself are writable by the Web service and Dimensions® RM processes.
DEF86108, DEF84168: While in most cases the Web Capture utility in Prototype Composer will import and convert simple Web pages with high fidelity, pages with dynamic content or complex HTML elements may result in less than optimal capture results. Examples include:
Web pages with data tables converted to bitmaps with text objects representing the data records.
Web pages with scrolling panels vertically truncated and the panels converted to bitmaps.
You are advised to perform test captures and adjust the capture controls to maximize the quality of imported Web content.
DEF88549: Images of process or activity flow maps included in published documents may not scale to the full extent possible depending upon the aspect ratio of the image. These images can be selected and scaled manually following the generation of the document.
DEF98689: When downloaded the Prototype Composer installer checks the local machine to see if the required .NET Framework version 1.1 (or greater) is present. If it is not present, the Prototype Composer installer attempts to access the InstallShield Web site and download the redistributable .NET Framework program (dotnetfx.exe) to the local machine and install it. If the Prototype Composer installer fails to run, it might be due to an inability to download .NET Framework. Check that you have internet access to the InstallShield Web site. If this site is down or you are otherwise prevented from accessing it, download and install .NET Framework from the Microsoft web site. When .NET Framework is finished installing, run PrototypeComposer2009R1.exe located in the installer ZIP file.
DEF152287: When a user selects an empty value from any drop-down list (Priority, Requested By, Assigned To, Status) in the property window, the value is not updated in Dimensions RM.
DEF152573: When a user provides an empty value in the description of a requirement, the empty value is not replaced in Dimensions RM.
DEF153367: If a user provides the same prefix value to PUIDs in different classes in the Class Definition tool, the synchronization process does not complete.
DEF155249: A user holds down the Shift key, selects all requirements in Prototype Composer, clicks Synchronize, and then clicks Publish, without making any changes. The user then presses the Shift key and tries to select the first requirement. Prototype Composer crashes.
DEF154082: If a user removes the name for a Branch from a Decision step, Prototype Composer crashes.
DEF152533: If a user changes the background color for a button, the new color is not displayed when the user runs a simulation.
The Requirement Description field in Prototype Composer does not support HTML formatted text, but Dimensions RM does support HTML formatted text. Therefore, when a user overwrites a description field from Dimensions RM that is HTML formatted, Prototype Composer removes the HTML formatting and stores the description as plain text.
In the following scenario, the Synchronize function does not update links from Dimensions RM:
Perform the following steps as a workaround to this issue:
See Synchronizing Published Requirements for the new features of Serena Prototype Composer.
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