Applying IBM Service fixes with Fix Manager

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:

  1. In the Workbench, from the Selected menu, select Tools > Fix Manager.

    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. 

  2. Select a fix that you want to apply, and click the >> button.   It will be added to the Fixes to Load list on the right-hand side.   You can add more than one fix to the Fixes to Load list.
  3. Click OK.  The fixes listed in the Fixes to Load list will be applied.

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.