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1. ABOUT THIS RELEASE
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Thank you for downloading the eigth packaged release of iTop. This version is
a maintenance release. It aims at upgrading seemlessly an existing 1.0 or 1.0.1 installation.
a maintenance release. It aims at upgrading seamlessly an existing 1.0 or 1.0.1 installation.
Additional documentation can be downloaded from http://www.combodo.com/itopdocumentation
- User guide
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1.1 What's new?
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- Three new localizations were added: Chinese, Russian and Turkish
- User Interface enhancements: quick search and create within a form when dealing with external keys
- Improved support of IE8: a few cosmetic enhancements
- Enhanced CSV import (with a special CSV "synchro" mode, confirmation dialogs for "risky operations",
better history tracking of imports) and command line support for importing objects
1.2 Should I upgrade to 1.0.2?
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This maintenance release fixes brings the following improvements:
- Added localization for Turkish, Russian and Chinese
- Fixed issues with Internet Explorer
- Fixed some usability issues with Internet Explorer
- Improved the usability of the CSV import feature, both in interactive and command-line modes
If any of the above items is important for you, then you should upgrade your version of iTop.
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On some systems you'll see a 5 to 10 times performance boost for writing data into
the MySQL database !
2.3. Migrating from 1.0
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2.3. Migrating from 1.0 or 1.0.1
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Overwrite your current installation files with the new ones.
Configuration file, Data model files, and the database made by iTop 1.0 are
fully compatible with iTop 1.0.1.
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3. FEATURES
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3.1. Changes since 1.0
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3.1. Changes since 1.0.1
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Version 1.0.1 is a maintenance release.
Version 1.0.2 is a maintenance release.
Localization
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Major changes
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None: this is a maintenance release!
#320 Integrated an HTML Editor
#320 Integrated an HTML Editor, though none of the fields of the standard iTop data model uses it!
Minor changes
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Added the ability to attach files to a user request from the "portal" page.
Use XMLPage passthrough mode to speed up and consume less memory for big XML exports.
- Improved feedback while searching and reloading added objects. (N-N links)
REVIEWED THE FILE INCLUSION POLICY -> the application can be moved !!!
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Renamed 'autocompleteWidget' to 'extkeyWidget' since it's not always an autocomplete...
Make sure that the "+" (Create) button is never displayed for an abstract class.
Support resizable elements inside tabs.
Allow DBObjects to be deleted by the standard UI 'Delete', which may be useful in case a DBObject has to be deleted as a dependent object of a CMDBObject.
Force a dummy timezone to prevent a warning during the setup...
Cosmetic on the iTop logo (under IE8). Removed an unneeded size=100% that bothers IE.
XML data loader now requests credentials
* iTop Customization
Customize iTop
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Added the capability to enable/disable menus based on the rights to apply a given stimulus.
Allow a module to provide a handler to override application settings: OnMetaModelStarted()
Menus created via a handler, at runtime
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Added support for hierarchical ZLists when checking the data model consistency
Browser compatibility
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Tested successfully with IE8 and Chrome.
* Browser compatibility
iTop was tested successfully ON FF 3.6, IE8, Chrome and Safari 5 (Windows).
Fixed the "Relationships" Flash navigator so that it works also on Safari. (tested with Safari 5.0.2 on Windows) (Trac #310)
- Fixed the search form, and also fixed the search/selection of objects to link (n:n links) that was broken on IE8.
Fix to prevent IE 8 from running in IE7 compatibility mode... to be tested...
CSV
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* CSV Import
- Added the new "synchro" mode to the CSV load page.
- Ask for confirmation when doing a CSV import/synchro that is considered as "risky" (based on thresholds from the config file)
- Added a "Restart" button to quickly start over a CSV import/synchro
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Bugs fixed
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The complete list of active tickets can be reviewed on http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/itop/report/1
The complete list of active tickets can be reviewed at http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/itop/report/1
#314 Set a longer timeout during setup
#318 (and #335) added the check of the mandatory DOM extension.
#321 Display PHP errors during setup instead of hiding them!
#331 Import.php could not be run in HTTP mode (when PHP running in CGI mode)
- Fixed bug #334: proper handling of the "remove objects" button (was working only for the first linkset in the object).
- Allow DBObjects to be deleted by the standard UI 'Delete', which may be useful in case a DBObject has to be deleted as a dependent object of a CMDBObject.
Fixed a typo in German translation (Trac #339), thanks to ulmerspatz and Jonathan Lucas
Fix for Trac #337: email validation. Use a simpler regular expression that is much faster to execute.
- Bug fix: support resizable elements inside tabs.
#332 Improved usability of the CSV import wizard with IE8.
#333 Organizations' drop-down list is truncated on IE when the name of an organization is too long.
#334 Proper handling of the "remove objects" button (was working only for the first linkset in the object).
#337 email validation. Use a simpler regular expression that is much faster to execute.
#339 Fixed a typo in German translation thanks to ulmerspatz and Jonathan Lucas
Setup/installation
Force a dummy timezone to prevent a warning during the setup...
- Display PHP errors during setup instead of hiding them ! (Trac #321)
- Set a longer timeout during setup (Trac #314)
- Fixed Trac #318 (and #335): added the check of the mandatory DOM extension.
IE8 support
- Cosmetic on the iTop logo. Removed an unneeded size=100% that bothers IE.
- Fixed Trac #332: improved usability of the CSV import wizard with IE8.
- Fixed Trac #333: organizations' drop-down list is truncated on IE when the name of an organization is too long.
Security...???
XML data loader to request for credentials
3.2. Known limitations (https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/itop/report/3)