Damian Spangrud posted some information about the issue with the Service Pack 3.
All,
I apologize for the confusion; please let me clarify the situation with SP3.
A minor issue was found in the final version of SP3 which impacts developers and applications using geoprocessing tools via .Net, the core ArcGIS products functionality is not impacted. The specifics of the issue are that the .NET Geoprocessing wrappers in SP3 changed Boolean to Strings for ease of use in Visual Studio. However this API change impacts some GP tools and some existing applications and requires a minor code change and recompile to fix. However, because we generally do not require developers to recompile at service packs, we have removed the impacted setups from the download page and will be reposting fixed versions of them today with the APIs reverted back to the 9.2 final APIs. We do plan on making this API change at 9.3 instead where it can be better documented and accounted for.
The setups impacted by this issue are:
Desktop
ArcViewDemo
DesktopHelp
Desktop SDK for .NET
Engine Runtime
Engine SDK for .NET
ArcReader
ArcGIS Server for .NET
ArcGIS Server Web ADF Runtime
ArcIMS ADF for .NET (IMS Web page)The other setups are unaffected and still available for download.
The setups for the impacted SP3 install will be posted later today.
If you have already installed SP3 for one of the impacted files, you will just need to install the new version of the SP3 to fix the issue without uninstalling.
We are committed to quality and sincerely apologize for missing this issue.
Sincerely,
Damian
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3 University Update - UN Studio - Information about the ArcGIS 9.2 Service Pack 3 // Aug 3, 2007 at 12:38 pm
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Luiz Amadeu
// Aug 3, 2007 at 12:51 pm
Very crazy
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Canuck
// Aug 3, 2007 at 8:03 pm
Many are quick to become ‘disillusioned’ with the company. I dunno, seems like many have a quick neg. reaction. Seems more like a communications problem here.
Re: SP3 Is OK after all….
Author Damian Spangrud
Date Aug 03, 2007
Message All,
After further investigation, it’s been determined that SP3 is OK as is and the initial files will be reposted this evening without any changes. Anyone who may have already downloaded SP3 should use what they have downloaded already as we have not changed the setups and what you may have downloaded is good.
The issue that caused the confusion is related to the use of Boolean values in GP tools in .NET. At 9.2 there is a bug that the TRUE value never worked for these GP tools, and the FALSE value only worked in some limited cases. Given that, we feel that the changes in SP3 have a positive impact on a majority of the user community and limited negative impact on very few applications.
There is now a Knowledge base article describing the API change as some people will be affected ( http://support.esri.com/index.cfm?fa=knowledgebase.techArticles.articleShow&d=33441 ).
I will post an update as the files go live again on the site.
Again I apolgize for the confusion this caused.
Thanks,
Damian
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Jesse Ash
// Sep 4, 2007 at 7:38 am
Microsoft Vista crashes when I use ArcGIS 9.2. Is there a service pack or a download that resolves this?
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Pieter Pauwels
// Nov 29, 2007 at 12:22 am
@ Jesse Ash
Just startup any ArcGIS Desktop product with the “Run as Administrator” option and all will be fine.
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