Flux News

Flux 7.7.6 maintenance version released

nickm — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:00:22 GMT

A maintenance release for Flux 7.7 is now available and includes four improvements and several bug fixes.

Flux 7.7.6 downloads are available here:
my.fluxcorp.com (for Flux customers)

The latest version of Flux is available from:
www.fluxcorp.com/download (for Flux evaluators)

The following maintenance changes were made in this Flux maintenance release, version 7.7.6.

Improvements:

(FLUX-463) Made the default engine bind name for the Desktop Designer configurable via a Java properties file.
(FLUX-371) Added support for loading resources from JAR files located in the flow chart's listener class path.
(FLUX-492) Added a configuration option to remove the "remember me" check box when signing into an engine in the Operations Console.

Bug Fixes:

(FLUX-461) If the file_transfer_debug configuration option was set to true and a Secure FTP host was used, the expected debug output would not be generated. Fixed.
(FLUX-430) If a File Not Exist Trigger criteria include used variable substitution and the file limit was set to a value greater than zero, a ClassCastException would occur. Fixed.
(FLUX-457) Transferring files using a Secure FTP host did not work correctly with some Secure FTP servers. Fixed.
(FLUX-454) Cluster networking utilized the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) when configured to use the Transfer Control Protocol (TCP). Fixed.
(FLUX-203) If a flow chart was resubmitted to the engine soon after completing execution, an EngineException would occur. Fixed.
(FLUX-495) Agents registered to an engine would fail to re-register if the engine was restarted. Fixed.
(FLUX-343) The SQLException was not logged when Flux obtained an invalid database connection. Fixed.
(FLUX-496) When running Flux against Sun JDK 6, cluster networking did not work correctly and the log displayed the error message "Unable to initalize the Flux network cache". Fixed.
(FLUX-486) If an agent encountered an error while running a Process Action, a NullPointerException could be thrown. Fixed.

Flux 7.5.3 maintenance version released

nickm — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:23:41 GMT

A maintenance release for Flux 7.5 is now available and includes one improvement and several bug fixes.

Flux 7.5.3 downloads are available here:
my.fluxcorp.com (for Flux customers)

The latest version of Flux is available from:
www.fluxcorp.com/download (for Flux evaluators)

The following maintenance changes were made in this Flux maintenance release, version 7.5.3.

Improvements:

Flow charts names are now case-sensitive in order to reduce database deadlocks. WARNING: This could have a negative impact on your application. Please test and make appropriate changes.

Bug Fixes:

The Flux engine could become blocked and cease processing jobs under a heavy load. Fixed.
Confirming a Business Process Trigger on a stopped engine would result in a NullPointerException. Fixed.
All engines running in the same JVM logged to the same log file. Fixed.
Using an unsupported XML parser would display XML errors to the engine console. Fixed.
Icons indicating the state of engines in the engines page of the Operations Console were sometimes incorrect. Fixed.
Clicking a flow chart in the flow charts page of the Operations Console
could cause a JavaScript error when using a secure engine. Fixed.
A File Move Action using multiple Simple File Target Criteria would only move files to the first target criteria. Fixed.
Running a flow chart with a checkpoint (a flow that publishes messages)
could cause a message iterator to close prematurely. Fixed.
JavaScript exceptions occurred when embedding the Web-based Designer as a JavaScript widget. Fixed.
A NullPointerException could occur when removing a running sub flow chart. Fixed.
A ClassCastException occurred when editing action variables in the Web-based Designer. Fixed.
An EngineException occurred when running the software developer's security example. Fixed.
Regular expression special characters were not allowed inside variable values when using substitution. Fixed.
A NullPointerException occurred when attempting to access the
Web-based Workflow Designer of the Operations Console on an engine
configured to use external security. Fixed.
A NullPointerException occurred when accessing the security page of the
Operations Console on an engine configured to use external security.
Fixed.
When using a UNC file host, regular expression excludes were not working properly. Fixed.
An exception occurred when using a Process Action in a sub flow chart with an agent pool defined. Fixed.

Flux 7.7.4 maintenance version released

nickm — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:53:58 GMT

A maintenance release for Flux 7.7 is now available and includes several bug fixes.

Flux 7.7.4 downloads are available here:
my.fluxcorp.com (for Flux customers)

The latest version of Flux is available from:
www.fluxcorp.com/download (for Flux evaluators)

The following maintenance changes were made in this Flux maintenance release, version 7.7.4.

Bug Fixes:

In the Operations Console, applying a filter to the Flow Charts page did not work properly. Fixed.
Running a flow chart with a checkpoint (a flow that publishes messages) could cause a message iterator to close prematurely. Fixed.
Agents and Engines with cluster networking enabled would not dispose correctly. Fixed.
Regular expression special characters were not allowed inside variable values when using substitution. Fixed.
A Class Cast Exception would occur if a flow chart containing a runtime data map was exported to the engine. Fixed.

Monitor thousands of jobs and workflows from a simple Web interface with Flux 7.7

brian — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:23:02 GMT

Flux announces the release of Flux 7.7, which allows you to easily design, export, monitor, and edit running jobs and workflows all from your own Web application, embedded with a Javascript widget.

Flux is an embeddable Java job scheduler, file transfer, workflow and business process management (BPM) engine targeted at Java developers. The Flux Web user interface can be embedded seamlessly in Web applications using a JavaScript widget. Additionally, Flux can be embedded and is therefore hidden inside Java applications using Flux's APIs.

Flux's file capabilities support local, FTP, FTP over SSL, SFTP, and UNC hosts and can be configured to wait for incoming files to arrive or to transfer files to remote systems.

Improvements continue to the Flux Web-based job and workflow designer, including the increased scalability of the Flux Web-based Operations Console to support monitoring thousands of jobs and workflows.

Certificate-based SFTP authentication can now be used as an alternative to passwords with SFTP hosts to make configuration of secure file transfers simpler.

Download Flux 7.7, and try it on your own box.
Review the key features in Flux 7.7 and see why they're important.

About Flux Corporation: Flux Corporation launched its product Flux in August 2000. Flux is located in Billings, Montana, USA and was founded in 1997. Flux now has hundreds of customers and OEM partners in 33 countries, spanning several industry sectors. With a decade of innovation and focus, Flux is a recognized leader in Java job scheduling, file transfer, and workflow. Industries such as finance, healthcare, communications, and government rely on Flux software daily.