Release Notes For SoftBench 6.97

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1 Release Notes For SoftBench 6.97

Announcements

SoftBench 6.x is the latest version of HP’s premier Integrated Development Environment for

C and C++ software developers. This version of SoftBench provides the same tight integration

(editing, building, and debugging) that has always been available in SoftBench. SoftBench 6.x

offers the following features:

• The SoftBench project model helps you group important information together and reduce

the overall complexity of your software projects.

• SoftBench versions 6.30 and later do not require or provide network licensing.

• The SoftBench code analysis tool (CodeAdvisor), the SoftBench Software Developer’s Kit

(SDK), and the SoftBench Conﬁguration Management tool (SoftBench CM) are now

bundled with SoftBench as follows:

— C SoftBench includes SoftBench CM.

— C++ SoftBench includes SoftBench CM, CodeAdvisor, and the SoftBench SDK.

• Blinklink has been removed from SoftBench. It is no longer bundled with the SoftBench

compilers.

• The HP-PAK (Puma) performance analyzer has been removed from SoftBench.

• The WDB-GUI debugger is bundled with SoftBench and has been made the default

debugger.

• DDE has been obseleted and Softdebug is no longer the default debugger.

• Support for HP-UX 11i has been provided in SoftBench 6.60.01 and later.

• ClearCase is integrated into SoftBench 6.70 and later releases. See “Compatibility

Information and Installation Requirements” on page 9 for details.

• The Static Analyzer parser has been upgraded to match Version C.03.30 of the aC++

compiler.

• The Static Analyzer has been enhanced to display the Public, Private, and the Protected

members of all classes in a ﬁleset.

• C SoftBench includes SoftBench CM.

• C++ SoftBench includes SoftBench CM, CodeAdvisor, and the SoftBench SDK.