Release Notes - Version 2.x

Version 2.3 (24 November 2003 - also called 2.23)

The following features were added:

• Added: Custom module framework
• Added: International language support
• Added: Cross version support for Acrobat 5 or 6 Reader, full Acrobat 5, Acrobat 6 Standard and Professional
• Added: Commenting on documents of any type
• Added: Automated database creation during setup
• Added: Option to change TCP/IP port during install
• Added: Integration with Acrobat 6 replies
• Added: Automated closing of popup windows on success

The following changes were made:

• Fixed: error replying to a PDF comment with " in the title
• Added: ALT attributes to Toolbar graphics
• Added: custom template folder
• Removed: reliance on FDF files for commenting on PDFs
• Fixed: archived PDF comments being displayed in HTML view
• Added: automatic inclusion of 'xsl-' prefixed parameters in XML
• Fixed: 'New Comment' link on comment thread page
• Fixed: removal of PDF reply icon when comment deleted
• Fixed: Highlight, Strikeout and Underline in Acrobat 6
• Stopped: line breaking of comment contents

Version 2.22 (17 June 2003)

The following features were added:

• Added: View a list of all comments for a document
• Added: Insert general comments for a document
• Added: Send upload notification from comment list
• Added: Reply to general document comments and upload notifications
• Added: Allowed <param name="behavior" value="many-comments"> inside seed tags which only loads a single comment thread into the pop-up
• Added: 'many-comments' behavior to General Discussion, Search and default new page.

The following changes were made:

• Changed: Preserves manual extension on files when uploading
• Added: serialization functionality to XTemplate Java interface
• Fixed: moderated comments with reply not notifying author
• Added: xml output option
• Added: parameter for alternative session templates
• Changed: Move function will only add groups to XLinks where the link source is in the document being moved
• Stopped: creating a new log file each day
• Allowed: seed fragment to contain non-element characters
• Changed: 'Group' link in toolbar to 'Options'
• Removed: 'datetime' param from default new page
• Added: Search for archived comments allows viewing of archived comment contents

Version 2.21 (22 January 2003)

The following changes were made:

• Enhanced: External Filter by passing cookies through
• Fixed: add moderator bug in ChooseMember
• Fixed: problem editing a comment with " in title
• Fixed: European character problem in PDF annotations
• Changed: Memory error when too many search results is now caught
• Fixed: seed at bottom appearing when <!--no seeding--> is used
• Allowed: member notification of replies in non-public groups
• Added: emailSenderDomain setting for when webSiteAddress is an IP number
• Allowed: email submission to be disable from Setup screen

Version 2.2 (4 October 2002)

The following features were added:

• Added: Search comments function
• Added: Improvements to email notification footer
• Added: Automated PageSeeder installer for Windows
• Added: Auto seeding for external filter

The following changes were made:

• Fixed: null locator when moving moderated comments
• Fixed: handling of upper case graphics file extensions
• Ensured: files are closed on an upload error
• Changed: Switched XSLT processor from Xalan to Saxon
• Changed: Optimized XSLT and XML generation
• Fixed: problems with files remaining locked
• Disabled: auto generation of datetime param in toolbar
• Fixed: email attachments appearing in reverse order

Version 2.1 (1 August 2002 - also called 2.03)

The following features were added:

• Added: <!--no seeding--> and <!--seeding--> functions
• Added: PageSeeder Setup option
• Added: Offline PDF annotations upload option
• Added: Daily notification feature

The following changes were made:

• Fixed: updating of <!-no seed-> and <!-no seeding-> in HTML
• Fixed: addition of PDF Start/End Annotations
• Enhanced: table formatting in web interface
• Changed: Settings files and templates moved to documents/WEB-INF/ folder

Version 2.02 (28 June 2002)

The following changes were made:

• Fixed: reply icon position in landscape PDFs
• Added: content length header for PDFs
• Added: Better handling of SMTP errors for HTML and PDF
• Added: foreign key constraints to mysql configuration

Version 2.01 (18 June 2002)

The following features were added:

• Added: Move Document function
• Added: Parameter based authentication
• Added: Delete member function
• Added: Save Attachments function
• Added: Control over public adding of comments
• Added: Mail-Followup-To header in email notification
• Added: Disable options function
• Added: List All Groups function
• Added: Silent email and Acrobat functions
• Added: Mail server relay function
• Added: Autoseed spacing feature

The following changes were made:

• Fixed: web.xml doctype
• Fixed: Mail Server not shutting down
• Changed: Forces correct host address for Admin functions
• Changed: Re-writes stylesheet src attribute in External Filter
• Fixed: problem with &#x; chars in PDF Annotations
• Changed: Allows no title or datetime in Toolbar tags
• Changed: Better comment formatting
• Changed: Better handling of mixed case paths
• Fixed: changing URL case when editing links

Version 2.0 (6 March 2002 - also called 1.13)

The following features were added:

• Added: Created MySQL configuration
• Added: Tested with Tomcat Servlet Engine
• Added: Archive comment type
• Added: Database Dump servlet
• Added: Offline PDF comments 
• Added: Displaying dynamic and external documents in group page
• Added: Autoseed by dragging (accepts .html, .htm and .pdf)
• Added: Configurable mail server port and standalone mode
• Added: Automatic authentication with /ps/filter servlet
• Added: Tree view for documents interface
• Added: PDF document security
• Added: Allow PDF documents to be accessed with /ps/filter servlet
• Added: Email notification of new document uploads

The following changes were made:

• Fixed: PDF truncating comment title
• Changed: Only allow replies to PDF comments stored in PageSeeder
• Fixed: bug in self-registration using group URL
• Fixed: page error after deleting group folders
• Fixed: mysql problem truncating title and datetime
• Fixed: null subject problem in PDF comments
• Fixed: problem with strange characters in PDF name
• Changed: Improvements to manager options