eRez Imaging Server 5.0.16 – Release Notes
01-may-2009
Table of Contents
eRez 5.0 known issues and limitations
eRez Imaging Server and FSI 5.0 – new features
FSI Viewer, Pages and Showcase 5.0
eRez 5.0.16 Changes
- Fixed problem where setting max flat file size would be ignored.
- Fixed problem where you could not leave SMTP username and password empty.
- Fixed problem where sub configurators could change main configuration real-time and download templates.
- Fixed problem with group list if a group with no name was saved.
- Bundled FSI Viewer version 5.0.4 and fixed issues with the "Publish to web..." interfaces for FSI.
eRez 5.0.15 Changes
- Fixed a problem displaying number of files on the Server Status Page when one or more of the shares had "Monitor Files" disabled.
- Fixed a problem causing the "xmllist" command used by VIA CMS to return an empty list.
- Fixed issue where the SMTP password was visible in clear text
- Removed debug information displayed when you saved a share in the management console.asd
eRez 5.0.14 Changes
- Fixed problem with cache size > 2GB
- Now reports what asset is involved if possible when operations fails.
- Fixed problem where the value in of the "Maximum Size of flat images" is interpreted as bytes instead of mega bytes.
- Detect and prevent certain cross-site scripting (XSS) attempts.
- Improved handling of CMYK images with no embedded ICC profile.
- Fixed problem where showcases and pages could not find images in sub-configurations when using encryption.
- Suppressed Tomcat 6 CACHE-READ error messages when client aborts reading data from the cache.
- Added missing </script> in head section of Publish as AJAX Viewer
- Fixed problem where user names with non-ASCII characters would be corrupted in IE.
- Fixed problem with updating of real-time and download templates.
- Fixed error where a4-cmyk-jpeg download template generates tiff when creating en new default database at startup.
- Fixed problem where FSI presets was not saved in a sub configuration if the user had administrator rights.
- Fixed problem where the download template A5 CMYK EPS was not created in the default database at first start up.
- Added Danish language support.
- Fixed problem with encoding of forms in the management console in IE.
- Lowered the amount of RAM assigned to RAM cache to avoid exhausting memory.
eRez 5.0.10 Changes
- Bundled FSI Viewer 5.0.3.
eRez 5.0.9 Changes
Fixed a FSI Pages compatibility problem preventing searching in FSI Pages from working correctly
eRez 5.0.8 Changes
- Fixed problem where deleting a group could make shares where the group was assigned uneditable.
- Fixed problem where user was asked to save current work before logging out, but the user was already logged out, so changes was not saved.
- Bundled FSI Viewer 5.0.2.
eRez 5.0.7 Changes
- Fixed problem where you could not remove a group from a share.
- Fixed problem with multiple groups with the same name assigned to a share.
- Fixed problem where deleting a group could delete associated users as well.
- Fixed a problem with uploads failing when checking for quota limits.
- Fixed a problem creating a new folder during upload to an ASP configuration.
- Fixed a problem publishing images as HTML from an ASP configuration.
- Bundled FSI Viewer 5.0.1.
eRez 5.0.6 Changes
- Fixed a problem causing the localized text to be missing from the download page. If upgrading an existing installation please check the "Use SVG Template" for the real-time template "Prez".
- Fixed problem where quota limits were not checked on a sub configuration. Only limits on the share itself were checked.
- Updated Canto Cumulus templates for backwards compatibility.
- Fixed problem where you could not add more than one user to a group in Internet Explorer.
eRez 5.0.5 Changes
- Fixed a problem where deleted files were not deleted from the SQL database.
- Fixed a problem where the "Use Proxy" checkbox was displayed during publish to web even when there is no CDN connector defined
eRez 5.0.4 Changes
- Fixed problem where ICC-profile was not set correctly when editing download templates.
eRez 5.0.3 Changes
- Users with administrative rights will now implicitly be member of all groups. This behavior is now the same as in eRez version 4.
- Fixed some problems where FSI viewers would not work correctly with configurations and encrypted strings.
eRez 5.0.2 Changes
- License text in HTML format is now displayed correctly when using “Install Package” from the Management Console.
- Fixed a problem where groups did not get the correct permissions on imported eRez version 4 shared folders.
- Added support for entering eRez4 compatible “System Passphrase” from Management Console.
- Fixed a problem where the default user and admin user accounts were not imported from eRez version 4.
- Fixed a problem with Custom Cache URLs being incorrectly imported from eRez version 4 settings. Allow previously entered Custom Cache URLs to be cleared.
- eRez 4 saved collections can now be moved to eRez 5 by copying the folder "erez4/WEB-INF/private/collections" and all its content to "erez/WEB-INF/private/collections"
- Fixed security issue with "fsi-private" share. eRez 5.0 users: Please make sure to manually disable anonymous edit, delete and upload permissions to the "fsi-private" share after upgrading to 5.0.1.
- Fixed a problem showing the non-flash (DHTML) folder tree as empty.
- Shares, Users, Groups, Realtime and Download template lists are now sorted when displayed in the Management Console.
- Synchronize Color Management is now turned on by default. eRez 5.0 users: Please make sure to turn on “Synchronize Color Management” in the Management Console.
- The FSI Viewer 4 compatibility skins are now available.
- Fixed problem where you could not login in to the management console when you renamed the “admin” user.
eRez 5.0 known issues and limitations
- This is an English language only release.
- The FSI Viewer 4 compatibility skins are not included.
eRez Imaging Server and FSI 5.0 – new features
This chapter lists some of the major new features included in eRez Imaging Server 5.0 and FSI 5.0.
Logistics
eRez 5.0 offers several major improvements in the area of logistics.
- Use of embedded or external SQL databases. eRez 5.0 stores a variety of information regarding media files, meta data, configurations, status etc. in an SQL database. eRez 5.0 includes an embedded, zero-configuration Apache Derby database which will be used per default. This Derby database can optionally be replaced by an external database such as MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL or DB2. The addition of a standard JDBC compliant database offers many advantages, including:
- Ease of integration with other systems through employment of the database as a new point of integration. External applications can read, and in some cases (and with great care), write information to and from the database.
- Many housekeeping tasks – including logging and statistics – are greatly simplified.
- Completely new management console, including:
- Support for all new features, including multiple configurations and sub-administrators.
- Simplified license activation and reporting.
- An e-mail is sent to the administrator a few days before an license expires.
- Great looking “live” Flash-based charts.
- Improved reporting of status and internal queues.
- Easy access to warnings and system messages.
- E-mails sent are now logged and can be view from the management console.
- Tracking of downloads.
- Quotas on disk space, number of images and number of users.
- Improved error reporting.
- Support for alternative images in cases where a requested image isn’t available.
Scalability and Performance
- RAM-based image cache.
- Optional “CDN Connector” license, offering automated integration with Content Delivery Networks and Reverse Proxy servers such as Mirror Image, Akamai and Squid.
- Numerous added performance and scalability improvements.
Installation and Licensing
- Automatic configuration of optimal thread and memory usage settings based on available CPUs, RAM and license restrictions.
- The eRez Server will now run on systems containing more CPUs than permitted in the purchased licensing agreement; however, the server will only take full advantage of the number of CPUs permitted in the agreement.
- A notification is sent by email to the administrator a few days before a license expires.
- Simplified upgrade from version 4 by importing version 4 configuration files to the SQL database.
Imaging and Media Handling
- Black Point Compensation greatly enhances the appearance of CMYK source images.
- Support for video and sound playback using Flash or Quicktime players.
- JPEG images can optionally be preserved on the server as JPEG files. eRez will create private copies in optimized TIFF format and use those for internal processing – but this process is completely transparent for the user.
- Preconfigured generic support for the 500 common file formats.
- Several PDF Splitter improvements including support for splitting multiple PDF documents in parallel and PDF metadata support.
- Several upload improvements:
- Support for ZIP files with non-ASCII file names such as Asian.
- Optional support for preserving folder structures in ZIP files.
- Option for allowing uploaded ZIP files to remain packaged, rather than unpacking them.
- Check for maliciously constructed “ZIP Bombs”.
Indexing and Searching
- SQL database keeps record of all media files and associated metadata.
- IPTC metadata can now be associated with any file format by means of external “side car” files and the SQL database.
- Improved searching for parts of filenames seperated by underscore and other special characters.
- Support for queries with leading wildcards.
eRez Web Interface
Major enhancements to the web interface include:
- New Flash-based navigation tree with on-demand loading provides instant access to very large folder structures.
- Integration of new FSI hyperlink editor for Pages and Hotspots.
- Integration of new FSI Pages overlay editor for easy insertion of video and other overlays to FSI Pages.
- Define and store FSI Pages “Chapters” directly from “Publish to Web”, without having to manually create XML files.
- Option to store the current “Publish to Web” configuration as an "FSI Preset".
- Ability to write custom FSI configuration files etc. to the file system directly from the “Publish to web” pages.
FSI Viewer, Pages and Showcase 5.0
eRez 5.0 comes bundled with the new FSI 5.0 viewers. Major improvements to FSI 5.0 include:
- FSI Pages 5.0:
- New optional Shopping List plug-in product.
- FSI Pages Link Authoring. Web-based tool based on FSI Pages, enabling the user to author links in pages (square and polygons).
- Sticky Notes for FSI Pages. See figure below.
- Thumb bar and page markers. See figure below.
- New options for links (open product page, zoom page, zoom product, add bookmark, print, etc.).
- Optional "mirror" effect.
- Zoom function works on double page spreads.
- Links to related catalogs.
- New overlay editor for inserting videos and other overlays.
- FSI Viewer & FSI Showcase
- Print and Save dialogs in FSI Viewer and Showcase.
- Navigation in FSI Showcase to publish folders with sub-folders.
- Extended styles for dialogs in custom FSI Viewer skin including "close" buttons.
- New FSI Viewer default skins.
- FSI Cache
- The FSI product ZoomCache will be renamed “FSI Cache”, now included as part of a suite of server side applications together with “FSI Converter” and “FSI Connector” (used for retrieving live data from FSI Pages from SQL servers etc.).
Miscellaneous
eRez is now fully compatible with Tomcat 6 which is also bundled with the Windows and Mac installers.
Discontinued Features
Support files for integration with Canto Cumulus Web Publisher Pro is no longer included and maintained. eRez 5 is designed to work transparently with the integration files bundled with eRez 4.