Sun Java System Communications Express 6.3 Release Notes
The Release Notes document contains important information available at the time of the patch release of Sun Java System Communications Express 6.3 including:
- What's New in This Release of Communications Express
- About Communications Express
- Deprecated and Removed Features for Communications Express
- Communications Express Browser Requirements
- Communications Express Compatibility Issues
- Problems Fixed in This Release of Communications Express
- Known Issues and Limitations in Communications Express
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What's New in This Release of Communications Express
See the What's New document.
About Communications Express
Sun Java System Communications Express 6.3 provides an integrated web-based communication and collaboration client that consists of three client modules - Mail, Calendar, and Address Book. The Mail, Calendar, and Address Book client modules are deployed as a single application on any web container and are collectively referred to as Unified Web Client (UWC).
Deprecated and Removed Features for Communications Express
Going forward, no new features will be added to the Communications Express user interface. It has been deprecated in favor of Sun Convergence. Communications Express will be removed from the product in a future release.
No patches will be issued for Communications Express versions prior to 6.3.
Communications Express will only support use of Directory Server on Solaris and Linux; not on Windows or HP-UX or any other platform. Communications Express does not support Web Server version 6.
Communications Express Browser Requirements
Communications Express 6.3 requires a JavaScript-enabled browser. See Supported Browser Versions for Communications Express Clients for more information.
Communications Express Compatibility Issues
The following table lists the known incompatibilities between Communications Express 6.3 and earlier versions
| Incompatibility | Impact | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| The User Interface for creation of a new calendar event has been changed from earlier versions of Communications Express 6.3 release. In this release, when users create new calendar events, the Start Time, and End Time of the event has to be supplied. In previous releases, only the Start Time and Duration had to be supplied (6305790). | The change has been made only in the User Interface. The behavior of the way events are created is not affected. | |
| Java Enterprise System (Java ES) 4 release of Communications Express is incompatible with Java ES3 version of Messaging Server Multiplexor (6328658). | A HTTP 502 error is displayed when users log in with valid credentials when Communications Express is upgraded with the Java ES 4 version. | If you upgrade Communications Express to Java ES 4, you must also upgrade Messaging Server Multiplexor to Java ES 4. |
| Java ES 4 release of Communications Express is not compatible with the Communications Suite version 5 version of Messaging Server. This incompatibility is seen in a setup containing a Java ES 4 version of Messaging Server, Communications Express, Calendar Server, and Access Manager are installed on the same machine, if only Messaging Server is upgraded to the Communications Suite 5 version, some functionality in Communications Express is broken (6395931). | Some of the Communications Express functionality such as compose mail, search, and folder management do not work. | If Messaging Server is on one machine and Webmail, Messaging MultiPlexor, and UWC are on different machines, Messaging Server can be upgraded to Communications Suite 5 version. If you upgrade only Webmail and Messaging Multiplexor without upgrading Communications Express, some of the Communications Express functionality do not work. |
Problems Fixed in This Release of Communications Express
This list describes problems fixed in the Communications Express 6.3 patch.
|
6798573 |
Provide entry point into Access Manager from Communications Express. |
|
6290436 |
Anonymous Access over https to the Calendar is not working in Communications Express. |
|
6467668 |
Deleting members after adding them in a new group using Quick Add does not delete the members. |
|
6652350 |
Unable to create or edit events and tasks and manage Calendar with Java Desktop Kit 6. |
|
6555329 |
An error message "Unknown error(266)" is displayed when you remove the empty space member from the Edit Group window. |
|
6574496 |
Edit Calendar Group window is closed when you press the Enter key after adding a member. |
|
6577268 |
In Internet Explorer, the 'Please select the file to remove' pop-up window is displayed when you press the Enter key after entering the task name |
|
6591085 |
A Java script error message is displayed when you save the email address from the 'To' field link in received mail. |
|
6634696 |
In Internet Explorer 6 and 7, a Java script error message is displayed when you save the draft for a new message. |
|
6640117 |
Selecting Recurrence Frequency to yearly/monthly results in internal server error. |
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6645414 |
An error message is displayed when you move a mail from one folder to another in the View Mail page. |
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6657429 |
Clicking Edit Event button results in internal server error. |
|
6676514 |
Email address is lost when you import the contact in LDIF format. |
|
6691849 |
Communications Express 6.3 Options page is blank when viewed from Safari 2.x. |
|
6758714 |
Web Address & Calendar Address data is lost for a group when you import the contact in LDIF format |
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6784374 |
Able to add a member to a group with display name as space characters. |
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6793990 |
Cross script issues in Sun Java System Communications Express. |
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6797155 |
Unable to create a task in a subscribed calendar. |
|
6804133 |
In Internet Explorer, the Add Addresses pop-up window does not close. |
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6804692 |
Importing an event in the Calender results in server error. |
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6808535 |
Internet Explorer does not display inline images in messages under the Double-bytes folder. |
|
6813636 |
Stepping back through messages from second screen results in Java script error. |
Known Issues and Limitations in Communications Express
This section contains a list of the known issues with Communications Express 6.3. The following product areas are covered:
- Generic Issues
- Configurator Tool Issues
- Calendar Issues for Communications Express
- Mail Issues for Communications Express
- Address Book Issues
- Options Issues
- Localization Issues for Communications Express
- SMIME
- Documentation Updates
Generic Issues
|
6398159 |
Communications Express Login Screen Does Not Honor CSS Definition in themes.propertiesThe login.jsp file in Communications Express has hard-coded style--- sheet information. As a result of this, new skin-definitions cannot be applied for the style-sheets used with the login page. |
|
6798573 |
Error Message Displayed When You Upgrade To Latest Patch With Identity Enabled uwcauth.identity.login.url uwcauth.identity.ssl.login.url |
|
6691303 |
View Group Details link does not work properly |
|
6272426 |
UWCAuth Servlet Throws a NullPointer Exception |
|
6527879 |
Communications Suite Installer Does Not Permit Installation in a Local Zone Unsupported components in zone.
Following components required by the selected components, are not supported in local zone and they can not be
installed directly into the local zone.
Please install these components from the global zone before proceeding this installation.
Workaround: Install the shared components in the global zone using the pkgadd command. This allows the installation to proceed without any problems. |
|
6482226 |
Communications Express Online Help Contains JavaScript Error. |
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6517599 |
Java ES 5-B14a: Linux RH4.0: Unable to load Communications Express Login Page in a Multi-tiered Deployment
The web container logs a series of exceptions indicating a problem with Access Manager when Communications Express tries to execute code that makes calls to Access Manager SDK. This happens when a user tries to log on to Communications Express. |
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6717711 |
Communications Express Online Help Window Titles Do Not Show Correct Information. |
Configurator Tool Issues
This section contains a list of known issues in the Configurator tool for Communications Express.
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6688505 |
Communications Express uwc-config failed when set up with Messaging Server 7.0 Unable to connect to the Webmail Server "XXXX" This may result in an incomplete configuration, if you accept the current Webmail Server host and port details. Select Accept if you want to continue configuration using the current values. Workaround: You can safely ignore this message. The Communications Express 6.3 configuration will be completed correctly. |
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6415155 |
Communications Express Does Not Allow Users to Log in After a Patch is Backed Out |
|
5104756 |
Configurator Tool for Communications Express Does Not Support the `Unconfigure' Option
|
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5028906 |
Communications Express Configurator: devinstall Dumps Core for Unresolved Host Aliases
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4996723 |
GUI Configuration Input Fields are Truncated because Input Fields are Right Aligned |
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4982590 |
The Components for Communications Express are Shown to be Zero Bytes |
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6283991 |
Java Exception on Web Server Startup after Configuration of Communications Express opt/SUNWam/lib:/opt/SUNWam/locale:/etc/opt/SUNWam/config: /opt/SUNWam/lib/am_sdk.jar:/opt/SUNWam/lib/am_services.jar: /opt/SUNWam/lib/am_logging.jar |
|
6298931 |
Communications Express Configurator Fails to Validate Application Server Port and as a Result the Configuration Hangs |
|
6264589 |
Configuration of Communications Express Hangs if Web Server is Running |
Calendar Issues for Communications Express
|
6723521 |
Cannot Create an Event That Spans More Than Two Years.
The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
|
|
6199523 |
Cannot Edit Imported Events and Tasks in Calendar. |
|
6199523 |
Cannot Edit Imported Events and Tasks in Calendar |
|
6528031 |
Communications Express Calendar Web Exception When Searching Calendar Groups for an Event |
Mail Issues for Communications Express
|
6425114 |
Direct Delivery of Mails to a Multi-byte Shared Folder Corrupts the Recipients Email Address |
|
6691269 |
Multi-byte data becomes garbled for Folder names and in Search field in Mail tab(Safari only) |
|
6691274 |
Cannot open or share "Sent" folders in Non-English versions |
|
6329862 |
Communications Express Does Not Behave as Desired when Popup Blockers are Enabled in Browsers |
|
6501841 |
When User Logs in Through a Domain Specific URL Without Providing @virtualdomain.com, the Mail Tab is Missing
|
Address Book Issues
|
6383327 |
The Address Book Component of Communications Express Does Not Validate the Format of the File That is Being Imported
|
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6355706 |
Communications Express Displays a Configuration Error When Users Try to Search in the Corporate Directory With a Valid Keyword 						Your server is not configured properly or your search query has exceeded the limit. 								Please check server configuration |
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6514534 |
Some of the Fields Are Ignored When Exporting Communications Express Address Book |
|
6337537 |
Compose Window is Not Displayed to the User When Popup Blocker is Enabled in the Browsers |
|
4995472 |
The Address Book Name Cannot be Localized by defaultps/dictionary-<lang\>.xml for Every Session |
|
6540765 |
The Sequence of Phone Numbers Changes When The Exported File is Imported in Microsoft Outlook CSV Format |
|
6308706 |
Importing Data from Outlook CSV Format Creates Invalid Birthday and Anniversary. |
Options Issues
|
6693973 |
User Cannot Log In to Communications Express Immediately After Changing the Password. Authentication Failed. Reenter your username and password. Workaround: Wait for about 2minutes before you login again. |
Localization Issues for Communications Express
|
6387130 |
Users Unable to Localize Date Format in Event View and Check Availability View
|
|
6186520 |
Importing CSV from Localized Microsoft Outlook Express Version 6.00.2800.1123 Does Not Work |
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6472240 |
Communications Express Calendar, Multi-byte Attachment Filename will be Garbled when it is Opened in Internet Explorer 6.0. |
|
6480589 |
Opposite First Name and Last Name Entry when Adding a Contact in Japanese |
|
6480593 |
Cannot Add Proper Name to Address Book from 'Add Address' Button. |
|
6494315 |
Communications Express does not Handle Password Policies as Desired
|
SMIME
|
6225672 |
Certification Revocation List Not Working |
Documentation Updates
Exporting Address Book Contacts as vCards
Communications Express supports only UTF-8 encoded files for import and export of vCards in the Address Book. To configure Address Book to support import and export of files with other encoding:
For importing, in the following file:
/var/opt/sun/comms/ce/WEB-INF/config/import/import.properties
change
import.vcard.encoding = utf-8 to import.vcard.encoding = <required-encoding>
For exporting, in the following file:
/var/opt/sun/comms/ce/WEB-INF/config/export/export-vcard.xsl
change
<xsl:output method="text" encoding="UTF-8" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
to
<xsl:output method="text" encoding="<required-encoding>" omit-xml-declaration="yes"/>
You must restart the container for the changes to take place. Currently, Communications Express does not support multiple encoding formats for vCard.
| Note: Both the settings are application wide, and will be enforced for all users in all locales. Changing from UTF-8 may not be suitable if different locales are to be supported. |
Limitations of the vCard Export Feature
When you create a contact in the Communications Express Address Book, you can label the telephone numbers in the following categories:
- Home
- Work
- Fax
- Other
When a contact is created with the label as "Other" and exported as a vCard, then this number is not exported because vCard with telephone number labeled as "Other" is not supported. So, if vCard is the medium of exchange of contact data, then ensure you don't label the telephone numbers as "Other".
Also, if you create a contact in Communications Express with more than two telephone numbers with the same label such "Home", "Work", "Fax", and so on, and export the contact as a VCard, then only one of them is exported while the other similarly labeled number is ignored. Communications Express supports export and import of only one number for each type of telephone number.

Comments (7)
Jan 24, 2008
gangadharcm says:
1.Problems Fixed in This Release of Communications Express ----> Bugs lis...1.Problems Fixed in This Release of Communications Express ----> Bugs listed in this section are fixed for the previous release not for the current ,new bugs fixed specific to this release needs to place in this section.
2. Known Issues and Limitations in Communications Express ----> Some of the bugs mentioned in this section already fixed and verified by QA and these bugs are no longer an issue & limitations for CE,List of bugs fixed and verified by the QA is given below ,these bugs we can remove from the Known issue & limitations sections.
Generic Issues
6520692 login_type=proxy Doesn't Seem to Have any Effect.
Configurator Tool Issues
6401263 The Communications Express Patch Configuration Program Prompts Users for the Webmail SSL Port Number Even if SSL is Not Enabled
5008791 Silent Configuration Does Not Work.
6508243 Cannot Configure Communications Express in a Multiplexor Environment.
6195866 Cannot Go Back in Command line Mode Configuration
Calendar Issues for Communications Express
6366481 After Patch Upgrade in a Virtual Domain Setup, the Invitations Tab is Disabled.
6388119 Owner Cannot Edit or Delete Event/Task if Existing User is Migrated from Non-virtual Domain to Virtual Domain
6412999 The Calendar Component for Communications Express Behaves Incorrectly When Monthly Recurring Events are Scheduled
6255153 MiniCalendar is not opening for "Start Date", if we Select "No Due Date" in the New/Edit Task Window for Internet Explorer
Mail Issues for Communications Express
6526287 Saving Draft with Multiple Copies of Same Attachment Removes all Duplicate Name Attachments
Localization Issues for Communications Express
6201676 Mail Sent Using Large Japanese/French Data Appears Garbled.
6489857 Localization Bug When Creating a Sieve Filter on Inbox
MIME
6522347 S/MIME Draft Added Junk Attachment Smime.p7m to the Message After Saving Draft Message
Customization
6526507 Domain Specific Users Cannot Access Communications Express After Upgrade from Jav ES 4 to Communications Suite version 5
Feb 25, 2008
nileshp says:
Thanks Gangadhar, I've addressed your comment. NileshThanks Gangadhar,
I've addressed your comment.
Nilesh
Feb 26, 2008
gangadharcm says:
Still the section 1.Problems Fixed in This Release of Communications Express ---...Still the section 1.Problems Fixed in This Release of Communications Express ----> Contains Bugs listed are fixed for the previous release not for the current ,Once the developers gives the lists of bugs fixed for this release.Please do incorporate in this section.
Feb 26, 2008
gangadharcm says:
For Communications Suite 6 Release ,Communication Express version is 6.4 not Com...For Communications Suite 6 Release ,Communication Express version is 6.4 not Communication Express 6.3
Feb 26, 2008
joesciallo says:
Gangadhar, I just checked w/ Release, the version is going to be CE 6.3.Gangadhar,
I just checked w/ Release, the version is going to be CE 6.3.
Oct 15, 2008
benc2 says:
Shouldn't we remove/merge "Communications Express Documentation Updates" with Co...Shouldn't we remove/merge "Communications Express Documentation Updates" with Communications Express 6.3 Documentation?
Oct 15, 2008
Steven_Kahn says:
Done.Done.