Reflection Desktop 17.0 Service Pack 1 Update 1 Release Notes

1.0 Introduction

Reflection Desktop products are full-featured desktop applications that allow you to run host applications, transfer files, and integrate host data into the latest Windows and Office software applications.

  • Reflection Desktop for IBM provides access to applications running on IBM mainframe and AS/400 systems.

  • Reflection Desktop for UNIX and OpenVMS provides access to applications running on UNIX, Linux, and OpenVMS systems.

  • Reflection Desktop provides access to applications running on IBM, UNIX, Linux, and OpenVMS systems.

  • Reflection Desktop for X provides access to applications running on UNIX, Linux, and OpenVMS systems. It also includes Reflection X Advantage, an X server that allows you to view your UNIX or Linux desktop and work with X client applications from a remote workstation.

  • Reflection Desktop Pro includes Reflection Desktop along with Reflection X Advantage, and provides access to applications running on IBM, UNIX, Linux, and OpenVMS systems, as well as X clients.

  • The Reflection Desktop for NonStop Add-On is a separately licensed product for connecting to HP NonStop hosts (Tandem 6530).

The Reflection Desktop 17.0 Service Pack 1 Update 1 Update 1 Release includes several resolved issues.

2.0 Resolved Issues

2.1 Update 1 (Version 17.0.634)

Reflection Workspace

  • Fixed the functionality of left-mouse clicks on the HTML/javascript page to allow users to easily enter credentials for SAML Authentication.

  • Resolved a failed request when multiple hosts are launched at the same time with Reflection Desktop sessions using Centralized Management with SAML Authentication.

Reflection X Advantage Enhancements

  • Log4j library updated to version 2.17.1 to address CVE-2021-44228, CVE-2021-45046, CVE-2021-45105, and CVE 2021-44832.

    For more information, see the. Log4j vulnerabilities status for Reflection Desktop and InfoConnect Desktop bulletin.

  • Resolved display issues with Kana charactars.

  • Fixed the default install directory location for Reflection X Advantage when performing a silent install on a Linux system. The new default install directory is now $HOME/.microfocus/reflection/logs.

3.0 Installing Reflection Desktop

Maintained customers are now eligible to download the latest product releases at https://download.attachmate.com/Upgrades/. You will be prompted to login and accept the Software License Agreement before you can download a file.

3.1 System Requirements

For information about supported platforms and hardware requirements, see System Requirements in the Refection Deployment Guide.

NOTE:Reflection Desktop 17.0 and subsequent releases require a 64-bit operating system.

For more information about installing, see the Reflection Help and the Reflection Deployment Guide.

4.0 Previous Releases

For information about the Reflection Desktop 17.0 Service Pack 1 release, see the Reflection Desktop 17.0 Release Notes.

5.0 Contacting Micro Focus

For specific product issues, contact Micro Focus Support at https://www.microfocus.com/support-and-services/.

Additional technical information or advice is available from several sources: