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The following changes have been made to the SDL Contenta documentation since it was released on December 15, 2017.

LocationDescriptionDate
Clarified third-party information and updated description of affected Contenta tools5/13/2020
Added additional information about SDL Contenta compatibility with XPP to the following 5.6 Platform Requirements documents:
  • Windows App Server
  • Windows Web Server
  • Linux App Server
  • Linu Web Server
September 13, 2019
Corrected the description of the -sid parameter.May 16, 2019
Added a note about the field length restriction for the CONFIGS_ALREADY_INITIALLY_INDEXED AppData key.March 29, 2019
Added the SDL Contenta COM API to the list of items deprecated in the 5.6 release.March 29, 2019
Noted that the Contenta COM API is delivered only by the Contenta Explorer installation program.March 29, 2019
Corrected the title of this topic to include reference to the Contenta COM API.March 29, 2019
Added full Apache Tomcat 8.5.27 (32-bit) version to the following Platform Requirements documents:
  • Windows Web Server
  • Linux Web Server
January 24, 2019
Added details about modifications to Perl tools required for Strawberry Perl.January 15, 2019
Corrected and clarified instruction for editing the httpd.config file.August 8, 2018
These new topics were added under Using the Contenta Password Manager utility. To consolidate and clarify the instructions for using the utility, content was moved into these topics from the following topics: May 18, 2018
Added additional information about configuring Contenta Client for use with Microsoft SQL Server.April 27, 2018
Renamed this topic and added information about configuring Contenta Client for use with Microsoft SQL Server.April 27, 2018
Added a description of the MSSQL_HOME Windows environment variable for Content Client.April 27,2018
Updated version information for MSSQL client.April 27, 2018
Renamed this topic and updated descriptions of the Contenta Password Manager utility (dbpwdmgr.exe) prompts.April 27, 2018
Updated descriptions of the Contenta Password Manager utility (dbpwdmgr.exe) prompts.April 27, 2018
Updated descriptions of the Contenta Password Manager utility (dbpwdmgr.exe) prompts and other, minor updates and corrections.April 27, 2018
Updated link to Microsoft IIS documentation.April 27, 2018
Added a note to indicate that Contenta 5.6 provides only limited support for JustSystems XMetaL.April 16, 2018
Removed JustSystems XMetaL from the list of supported Editors from the following Contenta 5.6 Platform Requirements documents:
  • Citrix Desktop Client
  • Citrix Web Client
  • Windows Desktop Client
  • Windows Web Client
April 13, 2018
Content was added and edited to reflect the release of SDL Contenta version 5.5.2.April 4, 2018
Corrected the path for the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and path environment variables to:

{$XYV_PDM_ROOT}/system

March 3, 2018
Reorganized some of the topics in this section to improve navigation and display of the contents panel.March 1, 2018
In the online and PDF versions of the Contenta 5.6 Release Notes, edited the Strawberry Perl for Windows description to show the following, correct file path for the Strawberry Perl executable.

Contenta_home\Contenta\SPerl\Perl\bin\perl.exe

February 20, 2018
  • Added Red Hat Linux Enterprise 7.4 to the list of supported operating systems
  • Minor corrections and formatting changes
February 15, 2018
  • Added Red Hat Linux Enterprise 7.4 to the list of supported operating systems
  • Added Apache Tomcat 8.5 to the list of supported Tomcat versions
  • Minor corrections and formatting changes
February 15, 2018
Added Apache Tomcat 8.5 to the list of supported Tomcat versionsFebruary 14, 2018
A description (including a workaround) of the following issue was added to the Contenta Known issues list.

CAS-7111 Tomcat 8.5 directory is reported as invalid or version is not supported error

February 12, 2018
An incorrect reference to an Application Request Routing (ARR) version was removed from the online and PDF versions of this documentation.January 24, 2018
Downloadable PDF versions of the following documents were added:
  • SDL Contenta 5.6 Release Notes
  • SDL Installing Contenta Server on Windows
  • SDL Installing Contenta Server on Unix with Oracle Server
  • SDL Upgrading Contenta Server on Windows
  • SDL Upgrading Contenta Server on Unix
  • SDL Contenta Migration to Linux Server
  • SDL Contenta Pre-Installation Notes for Contenta Web
  • SDL Installing or Upgrading Contenta Web on Windows or Linux Systems
  • SDL Installing the Contenta Client on Windows
  • SDL Upgrading Contenta Client on Windows
January 15, 2018
The PDF version of the SDL Contenta Explorer User Guide was replaced with an online version of the documentation.December 29, 2017
  • Various
Several minor corrections were made throughout the documentation.December 29, 2017
The HTML version of the documentation was updated to encompass changes and corrections.December 29, 2017