CaliberRM® 2008 - Borland Technical Publications

CaliberRM 2008 Release Notes
October 2, 2009
This document contains system requirements, software-compatibility requirements, and other important
information that might not appear in the Help. It is recommended that you read these Release Notes in their
entirety. To view the most recent version of this document, visit http://techpubs.borland.com/caliber.
The CaliberRM SDK Programmers Guide and the CaliberRM Tutorial are not included in the release media.
However, they are available for download from http://techpubs.borland.com/caliber.
What's New
This section provides an overview of the new features found in CaliberRM.
Support for Third-Party Integration Tools
HP Quality Center Version 10.0 is supported for non-versioning projects. Support is not provided for Mercury
Quality Center (QC) 10.0 for versioning-enabled projects that use CaliberRM Mercury Publisher and CaliberRM
Test Wizard tools.
Enhanced Document Factory
A new version of Document Factory has been added to the product. This new version uses a set of XML
interfaces to Word rather than the COM interfaces. This change results in the faster generation of documents
and allows the generation of more flexible templates in releases following v2008. Additionally, documents are
now generated without the use of an intermediate MS Access database because data is pulled directly from
the server during generation.
The original Document Factory is still included. For any version of Microsoft Word v2003 or earlier, the default
version is the original Document Factory. For Word 2003 or 2007, you can choose either the new or the old
document factory. The new Document Factory works with Microsoft Word version 2003 or later. To continue
using the previous version of Document Factory for Microsoft Word version 2003 or later, specify the appropriate
path in the registry. Otherwise, the new Document Factory is initiated by default for Microsoft Word version
2003 or later. For more information, contact technical support.
Initial comparison results for document generation indicate that the new version of Document Factory can
generate a document twice as fast as the previous version.
Access to Saved Grid and Matrix Filters in Document
Factory
Beginning in v2006, the Traceability Matrix filter mechanism allowed users to save their filters. In v2008, that
filter capability was added to the Requirements Grid. The filters that are created and saved can be accessed
by keyword in the new Document Factory. As a result, the output is captured in the Document Factory when
the filter is executed.
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