On occasion, IBM Service releases temporary fixes for VisualAge for Java. They are downloadable from the VisualAge for Java website at http://www.software.ibm.com/ad/vajava/ (follow the Support link).
Once you have downloaded a fix, store it on your machine according to the instructions in the fix's readme file. After downloading and storing the fix, you must apply it to VisualAge for Java.
To apply a fix you have downloaded:
The Fixes list in the Fix Manager window shows all fixes that you have downloaded onto your hard drive. Those fixes that have already been applied have an asterisk (*) beside them. Fixes that have been downloaded, but have not yet been applied do not have the asterisk.
When you apply a fix, it remains on your hard drive so that if you have to replace your workspace in the future, you do not loose the downloaded fixes; you simply have to reapply them.