Release Notes - Version 3.x

Version 3.24 (3 April 2006)

The following changes were made:

• Allowed HTTP redirects to pass through filter to browser with automatic URL re-writing.
• Set response encoding to UTF-8 whenever xformat=xml or xformat=data.xsl parameter is specified.

Version 3.23 (21 March 2006)

The following features were added:

• Simplified: user interface with customization via CSS.
• Added: PDF generation customization via FO configuration files.
• Added: Rendition menu customization via configuration files.
• Added: 'Save Release' and 'Compare' functions for document editing.
• Created: new documents and links to them using the XRef tool when editing.
• Added: Logging of authenticated username in Tomcat access logs.
• Added: 'On Vacation' option under My Preferences.
• Added: 'Approver' group role for issue workflow.
• Allowed: <root> element for Schema format to be identified by <?stylesheet  format="schema" xsl-rootelement="myelement"?>
• Added: listed, notify, details, fields1..15 parameters to RegisterMember function.
• Added: link in help to download schema for standard document format.
• Added: email moderation option to group properties and made 'Can be added by' editable by group managers.
• Added: ignorePrefix property to global.properties to hide certain files in the Document Explorer.
• Allowed: spell checking of selected text in rich text editor.
• Added: a drop down menu to select the 'Assigned To:' user in the Issues view.
• Allowed: properties <param> for <servlet> tags in HTML.
• Added: '(Status Change)' prefix to email status notifications.
• Added: Editing comments now saves an archived copy of the original for auditing.
• Added: support for proportional table column widths in standard XML format.
• Added: HTML rendition to standard XML format.

The following changes were made:

• Changed: Exception now returned as XML if xformat=xml parameter is set.
• Fixed: error in Acrobat 6 with annotation that don't have content.
• Fixed: error when contributors add a status change comment.
• Changed: Issue notification sender is now the user that changed the status.
• Changed: Notes entered on issues are now emailed along with status change notification.
• Fixed: filter encoding problem when the document source is a web server.
• Changed: Defaulted filter document source to port 80 as per integration examples.
• Allowed: arbitrary attributes starting with 'xsl-' in <?stylesheet?>
• Tightened: mail loop detection to reject any reply with the same content as a previous reply
• Fixed: problem of double numbering of headings and lists in some WML files
• Allowed: registration details form and properties to be customizable by group.
• Changed: the 'My Issues' function under a group to 'Issues'.
• Fixed: existing <servlet> tag recognition for filtered HTML documents.
• Fixed: problem removing files with escaped characters.
• Fixed: XRef explorer displaying correctly for contributors.
• Disabled: issue tracking for replies to comments.
• Allowed: New Member Message to be customizable by group.
• Fixed: filter problem with spaces in URL.
• Fixed: character encoding problem in RTF rendition.
• Added: /:[port] to absolute URL rewriting for filtered HTML.

Version 3.22 (10 October 2005)

The following features were added:

• Added: Editing of external documents via filter API.
• Added: API to plugin external rendering engines.

The following changes were made:

• Fixed: problem inserting new pages to group general discussion.
• Allowed: folders to be removed.
• Added: list items to default auto seeding.

Version 3.21 (5 September 2005)

The following features were added:

• Added: Notification of group managers when comment status set to 'Resolved' or 'Closed'

The following changes were made:

• Changed: Returned email messages are forwarded without altering To & From headers
• Improved: IndexLoader interface

Version 3.20 (29 August 2005)

The following features were added:

• Added: 'New Document' right-clicking option on folders in the Document Explorer
• Added: Customizable Status, Priority and Assign To fields when adding a new comment
• Added: Customizable Status column in the Comment Detail which can be filtered
• Added: My Issues option in the Group Explorer
• Added: Comments, Documents, Uploads & Edits, My Issues options at the top level of the Group Explorer
• Added: RTF rendition for XML editing
• Added: Support for double tags in autoSeed property under global.properties (e.g. </td></tr> will seed the last cell in each row of a table)

The following changes were made:

• Added: notifyFromAddress=user|group|suppressed and mailReturnedAddress properties to global.properties
• Added: reviewMaxXLinks=100 and searchMaxXLinks=100 properties to template.properties
• Standardized: XML output from com.pageseeder.Search function
• Renamed: username/password fields to fix unwanted browser autocomplete

Version 3.11 (8 August 2005)

The following features were added:

• Added: XML Editing: numbered headings, automatically updated cross references and image upload.
• Added: Issue tracking
• Added: Document searching framework
• Added: Ability to assign comments for a document to a particular contributor

The following changes were made:

• Added: notifyProcess=true and ignoreExtensions=.xml_BAK,.xsd_BAK properties to global.properties

Version 3.10 (28 June 2005)

The following features were added:

• Added: XML editing/commenting with change history, PDF rendition, spell checker and WIKI markup support.
• Added: XSD documentation and occurrence editing/commenting
• Added: Addition of arbitrary properties to XLinks

The following changes were made:

• Added: XML output support to Upload function

Version 3.05 (1 December 2004)

The following features were added:

• Added: Rename Document/Folder function
• Added: Support for Acrobat 7 client
• Added: Support for PDFs produced by Acrobat 7

The following changes were made:

• Changed: Date of comment is not changed when it is edited

Version 3.04 (5 November 2004)

The following features were added:

• Added: Ability to allow commenting from contributors only
• Added: Ability to set default role and notification for new group members
• Added: Move comment function for group managers
• Added: Documents and Comments nodes to Review Group tree
• Added: Page level commenting on MS Powerpoint documents

The following changes were made:

• Fixed: making comments accessible to other groups when moving documents
• Fixed: problem uploading/moving/archiving files with strange characters in the name

Version 3.03 (5 August 2004)

The following changes were made:

• Fixed: automatic saving of annotations when PDF is closed.
• Fixed: error in Comment Detail when sorting replies
• Changed: General Topic is now not displayed in Comment Detail

Version 3.02 (21 July 2004)

The following changes were made:

• Fixed: Upload Document function
• Fixed: deleted annotations appearing in HTML pages
• Fixed: Move function incorrect naming of nested folders
• Added: error message when moving a folder inside itself
• Added: error message when removing a group's archive folder

Version 3.01 (28 June 2004)

The following features were added:

• Added: Page level comments for Microsoft Word documents
• Added: New XML processing framework
• Added: Update database function

The following changes were made:

• Fixed: autoseeding problem with returns and extra white space after tag names
• Added: icons for new Acrobat 6 annotation types
• Changed: Archiving comments prefixes contentRole with 'archive-' in all cases except when contentRole is null
• Fixed: scrolling to annotation location for landscape or rotated PDF documents
• Fixed: problem with strange characters in document filenames and URLs
• Changed: Trees now automatically scroll to display the opened node

Version 3.0 (18 May 2004 - also called 2.31)

The following features were added:

• Added: Moderation of PDF comments
• Added: Editing of PDF comments
• Added: Tree based Review Space interface
• Added: Tree based comment interface
• Added: Enhancements to custom module framework
• Added: Full security for all file formats
• Added: Extensible document processor framework
• Added: Full-text searching for Oracle database
• Added: New Review wizard
• Added: Archive group function
• Added: Automatic archiving/versioning of documents
• Added: Archive document/folder function
• Added: Move folder function
• Added: Add member function
• Added: Reply to comments using normal email client reply function
• Added: Enhanced email loop detection
• Added: On-line Read Me First documentation
• Added: Optional document display title
• Improved: file attachment handling
• Added: Printable comment list

The following changes were made:

• Disabled: alternate email prefix feature
• Disabled: automatic URI moving based on title/datetime params
• Disabled: the following PDF annotation types: File Attachment, Sound Attachment and Custom/Dynamic Stamp.
• Changed: Database admin functions are disabled by default
• Changed: Delete comments is disabled by default
• Changed: Different members cannot have the same email address
• Changed: Moderators now have the same permissions as Managers
• Changed: Settings autoExtension, autoExtension2 & pdfExtension in global.properties are no longer supported
• Changed: Filters invalid unicode characters from XML
• Upgraded: XSLT processor to Saxon 7.9.1
• Upgraded: object relational mapping to VBSF 3.12
• Upgraded: servlet engine to Tomcat 5.0.19
• Upgraded: JRE to 1.4.2_03