Updates
Here you can find a history of our updates, as well as update downloads and instructions for licensed versions of the Alcea Tracking Solutions suite.
History
Updated September 12, 2010 – (5,325,582 bytes)
Notes: This is an emergency fix for versions 8.00/8.01.
- Autochange attribute of workflow in a single entry clears the history entry for that edit when firing the autochange rule. Changes are only stored as current values and are lost when subsequent changes are made on each field. This was introduced in version 8.00
- Fix for summary drilldown links on main menu : custom fields, priority entered by and blank values.
- New getFieldListOptions(trackNum, fieldId) javascript function added to retrieve uptodate list field options from server. See FAQ for more instructions.
- New sLoginAfterLogo string added in addition to sAfterLogo to differentiate login screen.
Updated September 1, 2010 – (5,323,095 bytes)
This release has been removed because of problems fixed in 8.02.
* Database Customers need to check for schema changes for each release increment. Make sure your schema is up to date based on the notes for each separate release. Schema changes are indicated with links to the changes.
- Fix “remember password” option. It no longer expires Sept 1, 2010.
- Fix size of title on login screen with new DOCTYPE.
- Calendar and Attachment Manager popup location fixed for older browsers. Problem with new DOCTYPE.
- Spaced out the quick filter options to make it readable with new DOCTYPE .
- Fixed width problems of filter dropdown on hypertext/wideblue skins in older browsers, which arouse with new DOCTYPE .
- Added option to add/edit groups/projects across multiple tracks.
- Added new parent/child custom field types for Cross Context relationships .
- Added drill down links to the summary menu.
- Added multi-list ability to user lists.
- Fixed the display of dates returned from SOAP.
- Fix to SOAP updates so that values to multi-select fields are not lost.
- Added change to notification emails which breaks up html so that lines do not extend past the RFC 2822 998 character limit.
- Disabled fields no longer displayed in history trail.
- Fixed problem with quotes in workflow rule names.
- Limit the filter screen options to default fields which are controlled by hierarchy.
- Testspec – Improvement to speed of deletes.
- Testspec – Fixed heading problems.
- Testspec – Fixed problem with edit test result and blank “Last Modified By” / “Date Last Modified” fields.
- Testspec – Fixed general error due to test run associated with deleted project.
Updated August 19, 2010 – (5,312,095 bytes)
This release has been removed because of problems introduced fixed in 8.02.
* Database Customers need to check for schema changes for each release increment. Make sure your schema is up to date based on the notes for each separate release. Schema changes are indicated with links to the changes.
- Changes made to improve filter performance and improve system response times.
- New Rich Text Formatting option for text areas.
- New Attachment Feature with versioning / folders. Minor fixes and cosmetic changes to recent beta releases.
- New Filter Interface – added more explanation to the new filter menu and toggle to use old method (also allows oldFilterMenu option to default to old style).
- Workflow can now handle multiple rules with separate OGNL formulas.
- Quickview Improvements (allow ESC key to close window properly, larger quickview window to improve scrolling, allow close icon to scroll for access during scrolling.
- fixed dashboard problems with date and number sorting.
- added checkDate routine to edit menus to confirm date formats before commit.
- Removed javascript from edit links in notifications.
- fixed problems creating templates from tracks other than the base track or from the DB.
- added multiple edit warning to Live Update, which warns you if another user is currently updating the same issue.
- Import / Export Improvements . allow importing / exporting of history entries.
- Substitutions of number fields now format properly based on decimal field setting. Additionally, bs.mfieldXformatted is now available for date fields.
- Email retrieval now handles mulipart/mixed messages and digital signatures are skipped.
- corrected bs.LastDescription formatting in plain text return messages of email retrieval.
- enableAlternateSecurityString option available to use a regular expression to identify updates to an issue instead of the less attractive security id appended to the subject of notification messages.
- minor fix for some links starting with “www.”
- fixed field control copy feature where group names contain special characters.
- stopped trying to send messages to blank email address.
- fixed N setting for workflow mandatory settings, when building with other rules
- inlineCssNotify option can be added to server.cfg if email clients are not handling css properly. Improves results with Lotus notes 7 and gmail
- make login page strings more configurable.
- Improvements to CustomUserField class to allow for proper filtering and sorting
- Create Child button now working in quickview window
- Added checkbox to reports (for userlist fields) to use groups as headings rather than user names.
- added option to add blank to top of custom list type fields.
- Notes section no longer hidden if it is the only field in the last section.
- allow dates to default to a relative date.
- added notes option to export
- fixed wordwrapping of lengthy text for lines that do not end in a newline.
- added comment/descriptin to .Define filter. tab
- fixed display of checkbox fields on new filter menu.
- fixed problem removing some elements from filter criteria in new filter layout.
- added second security string option to enable/disable security string in basic response.
- minor improvements to user import
- Added new .email new password. option to login screen for recovering passwords.
- fixed bug links which did not work in some cases.
- problem with [BLANK] entries in history import / export .
- removed erroneous css files from style options in server config menu.
- fixed appearance of newlines in history entries.
- filter option sometimes showed blank rows for some field names and always used default field names of base track. Fixed problem with quotes in field names and field/section mismatches.
- show filter name that you are editing.
- allow substitutions in return messages for email retrieval
- make a log of when shutdown option is used.
- fix default for rank operator in saved filters
- added edit link to filter definition.
- increased chart default dimensions
- allow accented characters in field hierarchy names
- fixed notify list problems with commas in usertags. Notify List is no longer stored with the usertag
- added oldFilterMenu and oldAttachmentsModel server config options for those wishing to use the old behaviours.
- fixed notification problem where group names are equal to user names.
- new OGNL java.util.Date() objects are formatted with sDateFormatInput.
- problem with empty (null) workflow rule
- fixed SSL problem with ssl_error_bad_cert_domain on Firefox
- new security options – enforce password changes every 90 days, validate that new passwords are significantly different from old ones (by xx amount of characters)
- identified problem with charts in events.
- filter is not longer changed multiple issues are returned using the GOTO menu option
- .eml attachments should be attached from email retrieval, not added to the description.
- Problem reading old groups/projects/users on some operating systems. Old .grp .use .prj files are now removed so they can not be read in an incorrect order.
- Hide underlying select boxes from the new attachment popup
- fixed Cloning problem which updated a bug rather than cloning it if a workflow rule was hit with the cloning flag set and autochange was used.
- added a checkbox to copy profile tab settings to all groups
- only link to www if it is followed by a …. Stop losing carriage returns when updating a custom comment field.
- moved FAQ default project to the bottom of the list so that it is not used as a default if not deleted.
- no longer skip the content of multipart/alternative messages that only have one part
- proper defaulting of Priority field if set to Read only
- fix problems with Microsoft characters when reading incoming mail
- fix the use of the cancel button from quickview.
- changed html/plain links in comments to show images in the label instead. Only shown if .</. and .>. exist in the text. Allow .First Last <first.last@company.com> email format in email retrieval.
- event logging feature added
- fixed the notification subject for bulk update notifications where the assignment note was inaccurate.
- ignore child column settings unless child bugs are being shown as part of the filter. They cause a lot of confusion.
- added optional dbOracleUTF server config setting for Oracle databases which run into .Char array not long enough: javaCharsToUtf8. error
- fixed workflow problem checking text fields with new bug flag set.
- added ability to use AND/OR in searchString field on Quick Filter tab. This was a simple implementation for just a single field but we hope to add more depth in the future.
- Fixed attachment display for anonymous query results
- Unarchived bugs are no longer reloaded on enterprise systems
- Email retrieval – fixed handling of multipart/alternative content, where both forms are present.
- Removed color codes from reports when using print layout
- Filter page now handles uinique ids for parent field
- Added filter speed improvement which runs security filters first if the user is using mSearchString which checks all fields and takes longer.
- Fixed security bypass issue which was introduced with recent filter enhancement (in earlier revisions from bug 3528)
- fixed sub tags in notify list
- minor fixes to RTF controls when switching between RTF and console.
- Email Issue Details – fix problem with skipped emails (due to newlines) in notify list and reasons for skipped addresses
- Allow proper editing of filter details when using CustomUserField classes.
- Fixed workflow default values for custom text areas.
- Fix for cumulative fields which could show wrong total values.
- Stop checking ignore rules on updates to existing bugs from emails.
- Added clone link to quick view menu
- Fix to the mandatory check code that is run when submitting a change. It was not working on custom dropdowns due to recent option to add blanks to dropdowns (in this release).
- Fixed javascript error when trying to initialize tabs.
- Workflow rules using cloning can not use the “start new history” option
- Trashed files for duplicate projects/users/groups in older versions are now done per context.
- Enterprise version is no longer editing count files on file system.
- Added AND/OR option to quick filter tab
- Improved quickview functionality. Added close image that scrolls with page and made height of subwindow for better scrolling. Escape will close the window and closing the window will return the user to where they clicked from.
- New option for adding blanks to user dropdowns
- New priority ladder field (custom feature)
- Minor changes to options on Export menu
- separate long text due to RFC 2822 which limits the length of lines in emails to 998 characters
- new server config option (disableTrackCreateChoices) to disable create dropdown menu choices for other tracks.
- Field Hierarchy import option to add new field values to the field options when reading in new values for an issue. Fixed single relationship rows for importing.
- Testspec – export to Excel/Word added to Generate Document
- Testspec . fixed html problem on custom field menu.
- Testspec . corrected problem with creating/renaming duplicate fields.
- Testspec . Fixed Generate Document problem when modules only have child modules
- Testspec . Test Run details missing FitJavaScript routines.
- Testspec . added missing fields to Edit Test Set menu
- Testspec – The previous next links should skip items that are not in the set when viewing a test set
- Testspec – fixed possible delete loop.
- Testspec – fixed priority autopopulation which was defaulting to -1.
- Testspec . added export functionality.
- Testspec . added import functionality.
- Testspec – test set date stamps now reflect the given time zone.
- Testspec – Active test run results are now updating whild test run is set.
- Testspec – Added generate document option to test runs
- Testspec – Fixed problem where objects are added after the last activation date of a test run.
Updated September 16, 2009 – (4,196,942 bytes)
* Database Customers need to check for schema changes for each release increment. Make sure your schema is up to date based on the notes for each separate release. Schema changes are indicated with links to the changes.
Notes: Fixes for some limited problems with 7.11
- Fixes filter problem due to some advanced group setups.
- Fixes “Class Not Found” problem with email retrieval.
Updated July 23, 2009 – (4,182,003 bytes)
* Database Customers need to check for schema changes for each release increment. Make sure your schema is up to date based on the notes for each separate release. Schema changes are indicated with links to the changes.
Known Issues:
Some systems that use the advanced group options may notice that filters are not working correctly, depending on your setup. We will be releasing a new version over the next week to correct this. Filters may return more data than normal due to the bypass settings. This only pertains to the user filter, not the security filter.
- Workflow rules could be corrupted when multiple rules were fired for one event, where checkboxes were involved.
- Email retrieval rules will now check multiple addresses from the “To” list.
- License checks no longer includes trial tracks.
- New server.cfg option available to turn on multiselect fields.
- Fix new notify list javascript problems where usernames contain apostrophes..
- Fix security problem where a user in the notify list can see any issue, instead of checking group “containing notify list” advanced option.
- Hidden option for sections in field control does not affect history section.
- Unchecked checkboxes are now assumed in the first history option. Otherwise the detail is cubersome on systems with lots of boxes.
- New export to CVS option added for displaying history items separately (rather than having one line with all entries in the corresponding [H] cell).
- Notify List double click option added back.
- Fix problem with QuickView cancel button when cancel is used from view option.
- Disable links in email notifications option always loads from Track 0.
- Email retrieval converts Microsoft characters which do not save properly in database due to character set limitations.
Updated July 7, 2009 – (4,178,947 bytes)
* Database Customers need to check for schema changes for each release increment. Make sure your schema is up to date based on the notes for each separate release. Schema changes are indicated with links to the changes.
Database notes:
New Attachment Manager requires you to add several attachment tables and modify the existing FBT_ATTACHMENT table for folders and versions. Links to 7.10 schema modifications are located here:
- Performance improvements to filter search times. Significantly improves main menu listing times.
- New Notify List feature including groups and searching
- Attachment Manager Feature. Improves attachment maintenance and adds options for attachment folders and versioning.
- updated javamail libraries
- remove double notification if email is duplicated as me@company.com<me@company.com>
- better job of breaking up long lines in email notifications as exclamation mark can appear.
- report improvements. Several options were not working on edits and the report layout options have been corrected.
- Fixed nullptr problem with anonymous query and security filters.
- Fixed “Copy Main Menu Defaults” option on reports.
- Field controls were not being saved for fields with ids > 200.
- Check for email retrieval loop if host mailbox address is cc’d
- Disable security Id option now works for additional tracks.
- Added “suppress email” option to email basic response feature.
- Added Copy Report option, allowing you to clone reports
- Option to remove edit links from main menu
- Option to disable field updates on email retrieval
- Added ability to send reports as plain text
- Dashboard tab added to tabbed skin.
- Fixes for multiclass color codes not working in Outlook 2007
- Fixed problem with workflow filter setting for LoggedIn=changed. Option should not exist.
- New unique option for custom fields. Error given for duplicate value.
- New Group summary link added to groups admin page.
- attachments were repeated for sequential bugs (with no attachments), when looking at View All Issues.
- Workflow rule corruption problem on some advanced systems
- AC should override H in field control settings
- Number fields did not properly accept large numbers. They are no longer converted to exponential format.
- simple javascript date check added for date fields
- corrected example date strings in custom strings feature.
- Fixed problem clearing parent field.
- Modifications made to clean up the email retrieval feature. Better stripping of html.
- Live Update performance improvement
- Improvements to field hierarchy modifications, including ability to import/export relationships.
- Option to show attachment prompts for email basic response feature.
- Added error handling to field hierarchy administration when dealing with deleted fields.
- Added substitution option for usertag and logintag in addition to login.
- Alcea now remembers the tab that you were just working on when you submit changes.
- allow sections outside of tabs in the field order section.
- new readonly option for groups.
- allow status field to be RO on new bug page.
- fixed problems with using usertag first setting. Username lists did not reset till restart and problems with field hierarchies. Sorting problem.
- added option for multiselect fields
- New Discussion option for textarea fields. Shows full discussion in main details.
- no need for new strings.cfg to be created when adding a new template.
- timezones were always read from the base track
- FAQ items were reappearing on DB systems after a restart.
- grouping links on MainMenu were disappearing when running a filter.
- fixed problem with notifications stopping intermittently.
- added option to set default filter for users that do not have one set.
- fix // comments in css for Outlook 2007.
- added isHidden routine as the Elapsed Time Calculation was using the wrong method some times.
- Additional CSS now properly added to reports and Events.
- Improvements to showChildren option for reports. Images no longer shown, initialization fixed when editing reports.
- Text area fields no longer have to be full row. The custom field option is now used.
- new showSectionIds variable can be added to server.cfg to show ids on field order page, making javascripting easier
- Field options on the filter screens not reflect an hierarchy involving project, thus shielding values for which a visible project is not the parent.
- Added priority field to workflow flow controls.
- check for cyclical parent links
- extendAreaField option not available for server.cfg
- added new disableNotifyAssignedTo option for server.cfg, which ignores notifications to assignTo, when set .
- Admin->SMTP settings fix to save .users not shown in list. option.
- Create Template was not saving workflow rules.
- updated create view to include all tracks.
- new options in customize strings to allow saving in all tracks and all languages.
- removed the .#. character from urls in attachments as they were not accessible.
- fixed javascript errors on reports.
- fixed quickview error when running with SSL
- nullptr check added in EditProfile.
- fixed problem with userlist custom fields used in field hierarchies.
- fixed problem with blank subjects read by email retrieval.
- fix for blank field names on show fields selection of Field Control feature
- sHiddenComparison changes no longer need a system restart.
- added option to rename sections in field order, rather than needing to delete them.
- Improvements to workflow field defaults option.
- custom checkboxes were impacting modifications to other fields depending on where they were located.
- group improvements (ability to remove tabs from user profile menus)
- Added “Use Projects Visible” option to group advanced options. This will use the projects visible option even when using a group security filter.
- Improvements to user summary
- Added default charset to newly generated server.cfg
- Timezone is no longer inherited from an admin user, when modifying a users profile.
- Usertags now shown in report headers
- Data Import summary no longer lists deleted fields
- Quick filter options are now alphabetical
- disabled workflow rules now show in grayed out format.
- fixed default workflow option for custom fields.
- template creation now properly copies field controls
- allow separate SMTP settings for different tracks.
- added dashboard warning message when deleting components
- minor sHiddenComparison fix to cope with .Closed,Closed-Pending…
- fix to helpdesk template for missing mailrule in defaults.
- minor cosmetic changes made to system templates.
- fixed migration of dashboard to database.
- separate checkboxes added for children on cloning menus.
- cosmetic changes to workflow admin screen listings.
- Added ability to create tabs in field order as groupings for sections and fields.
- New Dashboard feature with disable option.
- new currency option for custom number user fields.
- added monthStart and monthEnd options to relative dates.
- added ability to add sURLPREFIX option to server.cfg which overrides LANG-lang.cfg settings across all tracks.
- new hostedSystem option will be added to all hosted systems to stop them from abusing backups.
Module Specific:
- TestSpec – New Test Set Feature for controlling access to test cases for a test run.
- TestSpec – activating a test run takes you directly to the project list menu. Less confusing.
- TestSpec – Fixed problem with blank pages after some operations.
- Custom Authentication – problem fixed due to recent LDAP modifications, so custom modules can work.
- DB – smart quotes are now converted in DB module because the database will not properly store their character codes.
Updated November 19, 2008 – (2,866,069 bytes)
- Group admin menus no longer default the field control setting to first visible group.
- New defaults feature added to workflow allowing you to set defaults for fields.
- Updates to QUickView feature to make inner links open in full window rather than subwindow which does not work well.
- Added ability to update fields when creating new issues using email retreival, to match update functionality.
- Cross Site Scripting security fix.
- Fixed CURRENT_USER option problem in custom fields (including workflow definitions).
- Added CURRENT_USER option to workflow autochange.
- LDAP.cfg now read after contexts are set up.
- Migration of templates now initializes counts properly for default fields in templates.
- Allow Date Entered and Date Last Modified on imports.
- Added option to stop Live Update inactive warning message on mass updates.
- Added catch for maxMemory method in sysinfo, for older JVMs that do not support it.
- Improved error handling for mail problems.
- New CSS menutitle class for titles.
- Blank space removed at top of issue details section, when only blanks located in a section.
- Modifications to layout of new login page.
- Allow custom fields to start with hash ‘#’
- Option to allow view/edit links in email issue details or basic response features.
- Fit Info window fixed in firefox
- Fix decimals in Report totals.
- Fixed problem with unsuccessful login attempts and default report
- Fixed report sort order on report dropdown links.
- Always edit option fixed for readonly users and reports
- Fixed disable edit links problem on bulk update menu.
- Allow date fields to show as row fields.
- Added ability to import attachments. Simply add absolute paths (new line delimiter) for files in Attachment column.
- Added check for missing userfields.
- Fixed problem with due dates showing in dashboard.
- Editing a user filter now populates the system filter user/group select boxes
- Addied formatuserlist ajax functionality to set a custom userlist field based on groups.
- Allow CURRENT_USER right at the beginning of a filter name
- Import user from other track now copies user tag
- Detailed traceback fixed for custom fields
- LDAP license checks
- Added IMAP and SSL support for e-mail retrieval
- LDAP debug mode fix.
- Fixed delete databse data option that was broken by dashboard feature.
- Group Hierarchy option added
- Added limit for total size of attachments added to a notification
- Fixed one hour
- Added a new sDateFormatTimeInput to allow times in dates. Fixes timezone problem.
- Changed description for TestSpec option
- SOAP custom fields for filters can now take an array of values like the default fields
- SOAP now hides Closed issues by default
- Fixed problem with TestSpec and confirm delete
- Added sincleSubmitCatch feature to stop duplicates.
- Minor fix for soap suppression
- Added ability to copy field control settings between groups
Updated August 5, 2008 – (2,818,902 bytes)
* Database Customers need to check for schema changes for each release increment. Make sure your schema is up to date based on the notes for each separate release. Schema changes are indicated with links to the changes.
Known Issues:
Group Settings: If you are using Groups Visible in your Group definitions and rely on field controls for some groups, there is a new copy field control settings option in the Advanced tab which incorrectly defaults to the first selected group in of “groups visible”. You need to make sure and default it to blank if you make any group settings or it will change the field control settings to those for that group.
Database notes:
The FBT_DASHBOARD and FBT_DASHBOARD_COMPONENT tables are new for the upcoming Dashboard feature. All Database customers need to update their schemas. Links to the updated schemas are located here :
New Features:
– QuickView allows you to click on an item from the main menu and have it show up in a dhtml window for quick details. You can update it quickly without having to refresh the main menu. There is a close button or you can hit escape.
– The new dashboard feature is actually due to be released in the next version. If you wish to try the beta, you can add “enableDashboard=1” to your server.cfg and restart the system.
We have updated the following documents to reflect this release :
Alcea User Manual (pdf)
Alcea Administrator Manual (pdf)
Alcea Database Modules Manual (pdf>
- New autocreate option added to workflow / events
- Row highlighting feature with disable option in MainMenu server config options.
- Added Quickview feature with option to disable in MainMenu server config menu.
- Field Hierarchy improvements.
- Fixed problem loading older user profiles after new ones on some systems.
- Live Update performance improvements.
- New formats for user/project/groups pages.
- New “Show Issue Children” option in User Profile to show hierarchy list of children for bugs in the main menu.
- mDescription added to WSDL for SOAP calls.
- Workflow field control will no longer override normal field controls for sections.
- Blank Value for filters will now match white space.
- You can now add “attachmentMaxFileSize=X” to server.cfg to override maximum 100M size.
- Custom dates will now show up properly in charts.
- Custom userfields now offer group option in workflow controls.
- Checkboxes no longer appear as text fields in workflow autochange.
- SOAP will now take an array of values. Closed can now be used properly by filters.
- Last Description not showing new lines in row fields.
- New Signature field added to user profile. This is used by the Email Response feature.
- New “From” setting added to SMTP Settings.
- Added “Other Tracks” submenu to first menu.
- New Workflow Autochange Create option to spawn new issues
- Fixed rare infinite SMTP timeout problem.
- Added checkboxes to color coding feature.
- Added new login screen. Add “com.other.HttpHandler.default=com.other.AlceaLogin” to server.cfg to convert older systems. Might want to clear or customize the rLoginBackground/rLoginBackdrop strings.
- Added mEnteredBy option to regular autochange fields.
- Fixed browser problem with export on large XML files.
- LDAP improvements for SUN Directory Server
- Fixed history date format for export.
- TestSpec module – fixed test result forms for accented characters.
- Fixed format of Date Entered field on import.
- Added new Summary Report type for comparing list options.
- Customize is removed from Main Menu options, if edit profile is disabled.
- Fixed line terminators in SOAP custom fields.
- Notify exception.
- Max Memory not available on some JVMs
- Fixed Child List ordering.
- mContextId added to WSDL for SOAP.
- added project suffix feature.
- Children now show up even if they do not match current filter. Note is added to the filter definition but no checkbox is available on Bulk update due to danger of select all option.
- Checkbox/Event exceptions
- Slash problems in custom strings.
- Added checkboxes for exporting custom fields.
- Added option for mHideClosed to SOAP filters.
- TestSpec – changed some forms to POST.
- Fixed the color coding disable option.
- Child row ids are incorrect.
- Email Issue problem with quotes in text.
- SOAP errors formatted correctly for XML.
- SOAP fixes for dealing with arrays.
- Proper error message to except log for DB systems with invalid keys.
- Event notifications had white text in Outlook.
- Larger group option on Save tab of filters menu.
- Fixed cyclical reference parent/child problem when submitting an issue.
- New projectColSpan option for wider project field.
- SOAP not returning custom fields in bug entries.
- Added “-DDEBUG=file” or “-DPORT=port” command line options to Fit
- LDAP improvements.
- New installer to work on Vista and simplify Services.
- Cosmetic changes for notifications in Outlook 2007.
- Workflow – OGNL overwrites any existing field data when continue building is set.
- Fixed view bug details in MS Word.
- Added group option to workflow filters for custom fields.
- Field Hierarchy error message when using a custom field.
- Added “Reload License” option to System Info so a new key can be added without having to restart the system.
- Color coding performance improvements.
- Field ids do not match alphabetical sorting on the custom field admin screen
- Workflow edit screens are not initialized properly for Field Changed/Unchanged fields.
- Added ability to set dates in milliseconds.
- A section shouldn’t be considered empty if it has a blank field with html in it .
- fixed LDAP null group problem
- New direct response feature.
- workflow autochange in a single entry was not working with bugs submitted via email
- workflow null/notnull attributes not combined properly
- Username loses its backslash from time to time
- TestSpec tester users get No Permission when creating a Test Run
- Fixed color coding option on event reports
- Workflow Continue building would alter workflow rules that were just edited.
- Child modules can now be reordered in Testspec
- Any bug entries > 100K must now be read manually.
- Custom date fields historical entries now save properly on database systems.
- Fixed SOAP suppression for notifications.
- Groups option fixed for Workflow flow control.
Version 7.07 – (Rev 61)
Updated January 21, 2008 – (2,694,486 bytes)
Database notes: make sure schema is up to date.
- Added separateEntry option to Workflow autochange so that changes do not have to take the form of a separate entry.
- Ajusted Live Update settings to compensate for systems with more users. Fixed problem with updates to filtered menus.
- Alphabetical sorting of users/groups/projects in admin pages.
- Group Admin page revamped with new options for defining group access
- New “Show child issue list” option available in column preferences to list children as sub list of parents (using new child columns checkboxes). Children are highlighted in yellow.
- New report format available for printing reports.
- New feature for defaulting layout for field sections to closed/hidden
- Email addresses can be used as logins for Alcea, without impacting notification.
- Custom New option added to hide the view issue links on main menu.
- Upgraded milonic menu library which conflicted with SSL links.
- Added functionality for inline ftp links.
- Custom fields were not being tested correctly in PreDefinition of workflow rules.
- Custom userlist field type was not working with hierarchies.
- All deleted files being added to the ignore.cfg
- Option to disable a field hierarchy without deleting it.
- Should not be able to delete default language.
- Renaming a custom field to an existing name causes lost field (duplicate name).
- Email Bug link now working for userids.
- Additional CSS on login page is configurable.
- Removed erroneous exception for MyByteArrayOutputStream.
- Case Insensitive login option.
- Workflow problems with readonly and flow control.
- 0 length attachment error
- renaming custom fields should not change field order.
- added sOptionViewLinkExtraParams/sOptionEditLinkExtraParams configurable strings for view/edit links to allow adding of target=blank.
- New “Enforce Password Reset After Change” server config option.
- MS Project admin was using invalid clear() method from newer JVM
- Check notification security in case user is not able to view issue (due to new group options)
- LiveUpdate of first item in list not working in firefox
- Updated milonic menu to solve https refresh problem.
- Workflow flow control problem with user tags first option set.
- Added “hide system filter” option so filters can be used just for group definitions.
- Workflow Cloning option not working on submits.
- Option to send redundant SOAP notifications.
- Option for only showing edit links on main menu.
- Anonymous Retrieval messages from Alcea system were never deleted.
- Missed UnsupportedEncodingException in retrieval.
- Added sendRedundant option for retrieval options.
- Fixed email retrieval exception.
- User Names / tags which contain single quote are messing up Live Update javascript.
- Clear search
- new “Notify creator” option added to Events
- LastModifiedBy and EnteredBy removed from workflow flow control
- Added comment for “show fields” option of field control.
- Problem with email settings when importing users from tracks.
- Fixed xml special character problem.
- Need alphabetical ordering for new group lists.
- Exclamation marks appear in notifications which contain long text lines.
- Filters on EnterredBy will also check emails from anonymous cases.
- Added Security bypass option so Users can be assigned to an issue even if not in the correct group.
- Added “Delete” option to unarchive menu.
- Copy Profile now copies email preferences properly.
- Attachment strings are now configurable.
- Added units to user profile column preference width options.
- Priority string shown in history and Latest Changes rather than just integer value.
- Deleted users are no longer reloaded on a restart, which caused email notifications for old users.
- Added drag/drop options to load order admin menus.
- Fixed problem with cancel button on View Issue control.
- New View Issue option added to view issue menu.
- Removed LastModifiedBy and EnteredBy from Flow Control
- New password reset security option.
- Custom Fields can not be named to an existing field name.
- Ignore improperly formatted cookies
- Added Main Menu options dropdown for old skins
- Main menu navigation issues when clicking on error message or arrow image for MainMenu Functions
- New group options to control access to bulk update and new issue menus.
- Deleting a group will now remove the group from a user.s profile for new multiple groups feature.
- New option for not sending event emails if the filtered list is empty.
- Allow filtering of empty parent for finding child issues
- Admin users can make filters visible to other users.
- Added checkbox custom fields.
- Minor SOAP fixes
- Blank subject no longer showing for FAQ list
- Custom strings now properly exported with data
- Email reports now working with userids and email addresses.
- Show fields option fixed for field controls.
- Calendar fixed on workflow screens
- RSS fixes
- Allow admin users to see all users on workflow admin screens
- Fixed minor filter problem searching for blank/non blank values
- New date format check to stop administrators from entering invalid date formats.
- Removal of server.cfg allows you to enter new admin password.
- Fixed the disable links option for email notification preferences.
- New System Info format
- Fixed chart problem with JVM > 1.6
- Anonymous entry no longer affected by cookie setting for internal users. Also fixed id tag in return messages.
- Changed security settings to be server wide, rather than track specific
- Added show html options for all fields.
- Anonymous email retrieval problems fixed. Style tags no longer picked up and added to comments.
- Fixed add track option so that users are added from selected track rather than first one.
- Parent id can not be same as child.
- Workflow SeparateEntry option no longer valid on rules where no autochange option set, so building of rules no longer affected.
- New permission checkboxes for groups granting access to AssignedTo, EnteredBy, NotifyList users. Security bypass options in advanced group tab and global option in Securty server settings.
- Overwrite option now saved properly in workflow options.
Module Specific:
- LDAP – When not controlling a user’s type through groups, Alcea allows you to control this.
- LDAP – New default group option.
- LDAP – Fixed response problem on newBug/EditBug screens.
- LDAP – Alcea uses the most permissive group, if users exist in multiple directory groups.
- LDAP – Alcea accepts Siteminder headers for sustained authentication.
- Enterprise – fixed problem with archiving issues with attachments for some Enterprise customers
- FTS – Generate Doc null pointers…
- FTS – Report problem with child modules fixed
- FTS – Added FTS link to the Hyperlink skin
Updated July 18, 2007 – (2,611,747 bytes)
* Database Customers need to check for schema changes for each release increment. Make sure your schema is up to date based on the notes for each separate release. Schema changes are indicated with links to the changes.
- New! Multiple group feature allows you to assign users to multiple groups.
- New! MS Project integration allows you to export data to create a Gantt chart.
- Improved workflow allows multiple rules to run at once.
- New! Alcea LiveView provides a realtime view on the main menu of what issues are being viewed, edited or have been recently updated.
- New! To take advantage of Alcea’s modular design and unique integrated system capability (Tracks), we are introducing three new templates. A project management template, a knowledge base and a help desk template.
- Improved tabbed interface on a number of screens in the administration area make it easier to find what you are looking for.
- Email Structs are now cloned along with UserProfile.
- Added group option for copy profile for cases where you only want to copy prefs/settings.
- DEBUG option added back to tool.
- Formatting of row fields fixed when above columns do not stretch the whole row.
- Page notification will no longer send incorrect pages if you are using multiple windows.
- Fixed disable color code option for reports.
- Added option for logo on anonymous query pages.
- Added proper filter options for parent field.
- Added new report totals option tab to reports.
- Major email retrieval improvements. Removed new line problem occurring from HTML in emails. Modifications now identify prior comments and system is able to strip them from subsequent comments. Proper stripping of CSS from Outlook.
- Corrected setTimeInMillis error on specific Java versions.
- LDAP no longer impacts system when users login.
- Workflow option “Normal Changes to Existing Issues,” remains selected after restarts.
- When status of parent item is automatically changed due to child issue, the parent status changes to value of sOpen variable, rather than “Open”, in case they differ.
- Can now filter system based on custom priority 0.
- Hitting return on filter page now uses the Run button as the default, rather than the Edit (first button on the screen).
- Fixed HTML problem on main menu when parent field is given a character length limit which alters the HTML.
- Added default field admin sub menu to dropdown skin.
- “Normal Changes” option should is now cleared when workflow definition is cleared.
- Users are no longer able to manually change tracks using the variable in the URL.
- Email retrieval now functioning properly on additional tracks. #FBT-ID substitution fixed in return messages. Skip messages rules return messages to sender.
- Admin Project and Group screens now have a selection to make a Project/Group visible to a selection of groups.
- Workflow changed “Null / Not Null” to “Blank Value / Non Blank Value”.
- RSS 2.0 Support improvements.
- Fixed escaping of HTML in history / latest change.
- Improved track dropdown ordering.
- Track Administration screen re-organized.
- Create template functionality significantly improved.
- Admin Server screen re-organized.
- Saved report properties now loaded correctly.
- Performance improvements for filters, mail retrieval.
- Fixed attachment links in email notifications.
- Added configurable cache sizes to tweak performance on large systems.
- Improved carriage return support when editing custom strings.
- Added ability to set value of Date Entered via soap.
- Additional CSS included on login page.
TestSpec Module Specific:
- TestSpec project list now sorted by date entered.
- Added functionality for Copying/Moving objects in TestSpec. Also made it so you can’t save over an existing test run (unless you are editing it).
- Improved breadcrumb when using FTS module.
- Child test cases now displayed before child modules.
Revision 38 – updated July 18, 2007
- Added hide System Filter option so that security filters need now show up in filter dropdown.
- Removed ability to update subject by email, as the subject is near the top of the email, above the notification tag.
- Fixed javascript error caused by disabling the LiveUpdate functionality.
- Break up email notifications with newlines, to avoid poor formatting due to long lines causing exclamation points at random locations.
- Added email notification option to custom userlist fields.
- Info section is no longer hidden on newBug page, if it contains a field.
- Fixed problem with custom languages not being accessible to new tracks.
- Full row fields no longer display short if the text inside them fills up the field.
- Fixed minor css problem showing links of some skins in TestSpec green color.
- added “notification_tag” class definition for customers customizing the look of notification emails, with css.
- Added fix for corrupted requests from IE.
- Added comments to all Server Configuration options
- Fixed order of Tracks dropdown on UserAdmin and TrackAdmin menus.
- Corrected the context value of newly created events.
- Added default mappings for exporting to MS Project.
Updated March 19, 2007 – (2,250,055 bytes)
* Database Customers need to check for schema changes for each release increment. Make sure your schema is up to date based on the notes for each separate release. Schema changes are indicated with links to the changes.
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- Removed Security problem introduced in Version 7.04 which allows filter notifications to alter the logged in user.
- Fixed nullPtr exceptions generated by secure notification setting.
- Change made to allow initial config sequence to jump out of install mode.
- Changed profile email option to “Disable Latest Entry” from “Disable Header”
- Allow users to press enter from Quick filter tab.
- Added submenu to Default Fields on milonic menu.
- Allow attachment section to be hidden
- Changed some old references to FBT.
- Modified Group Filter check so that it can have an empty project list that is not null.
- Added space to “Chart heightmust be an integer …” message.
- Fixed Hierarchy admin page so that the hide option works for custom user fields.
Prefixed HTML no longer causes invalid HTML problems in the middle of a FORCE_HTML tag.
TestSpec Module Specific:
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- li>Bugs created from Testspec now properly populate the Description field with test case information.
- Fixed minor Testspec HTML problem which showed unnecessary space after title option in TestCase lists.
Updated March 14, 2007 – (2,249,820 bytes)
This release has been removed because of problems fixed in 7.05.
* Database Customers need to check for schema changes for each release increment. Make sure your schema is up to date based on the notes for each separate release. Schema changes are indicated with links to the changes.
Database notes:
A new TS_ATTACHMENT table was introduced to store TestSpec attachments. All Database customers need to update their schemas.
Links to the updated schemas are located here :
- Fixed BR tag problem with newline fields in main menu and reports for custom fields.
- Added dynamic textarea controls that grow as user types.
- Removal of server.cfg no longer logs you in if you are still authenticated with the remember password cookie.
- Added Skip option to Anonymous Retrieval Rules.
- View Report without header option is formatted more clearly with the filter setting.
- Added Filters to groups, so a filter can be chosen to override using Projects Visible as the security filter.
- Reformatted workflow error messages for better readability.
- Added ignore option to Anonymous Retrieval mail rules.
- Added bug number and subject to window title on edit/view menus in tool. Controlled by new sTitleOnIssue string.
- Proper default project if project field is readonly.
- Added Customize link above the main menu as fast way to go to menu column settings in Profile
- Fixed option to disable color coding on reports.
- Reports without headers are no longer reversed.
- Default number of attachment prompts is changed to 1 from 2. This value is controlled in Server Configuration.
- WRAP option was causing problems in old anon configuration files
- Readonly fields are no longer hidden on the newBug menu. There were a few inconsistencies and it was confusing some users.
- SMTP from address with quotes no longer breaks look of HTML
- Added full customization screen for Anonymous Query, to match the controls in the User profiles. Also fixed the history setting so that it no longer shows fields that a user does not have permission to see.
- Color codes now working on Comment/Description fields in Main Menu.
- Reformatted notifications in Outlook 2007.
- Removed erroneous exception messages resulting from ID searches on the Database system, as unique IDs were searched for in other tracks.
- Tabbed Interface spacing problem with smaller logos now fixed.
- Passwords with accents can no be used for the “remember password” login option
- Workflow was not working for Groups, where definitions referenced Groups and individuals.
- White space is now trimmed from Parent option on edits.
- “issue X” links do not work if the ‘.’ character is in the project prefix for that issue.
- Added Normal Changes and Clone Bug options for Workflow rule definitions, in addition to the existing NewBug. NewBug Only option is now removed …
- Added sNotificationFooter Variable for configuring outgoing notifications.
- Fixed BR output in Anonymous query results
- Corrected problems with soap calls via Apache Axis.
- Database migration now skips over invalid dates (giving warning in stdout)
- When a parent issue is re-opened, the sDefaultStaus string is now used instead of “Open”, which was hard coded before.
- LDAP module now checks to see that proper license key is being used.
- Importing blank custom fields will no longer choose a default value from the last entry.
- Text Only notification now includes custom fields and only displays fields where proper access is granted for the user.
- Fixed random ZLIB exception problem.
- Moved email notificaton options to a new tab with more options and an extra notification setting for users who want specific settings for their PDA.
- Fixed notification of users with Inverted User Tags in the notify list.
- Implemented drag and drop functionality for field order, project and users pages (more to come).
- Fixed default attributes for saved reports which was not working in new customization interface of 7.03
- Improved date filtering logic which was inaccurate between time zones.
- Fixed mandatory field selection for the new anonymous entry interface introduced in 7.03
TestSpec Module Specific:
- Attachments option added to entities in Testspec module.
- New TestSpec Administration pages to give users permissions and control access to features.
- TestSpec improvements – Modules can now have child modules. Fixed expanding test step problem.
- Added an admin menu to TestSpec and access control with following roles: No Access, ReadOnly, Tester, Normal, Admin.
- Added Custom Fields to TestSpec module.
Updated December 22, 2006 – (2,177,221 bytes)
- Added Latest Changes section to the top of email notifications for quick reference.
- Implemented caching improvements to make connections faster.
- Email page now sends text only emails if desired in user profiles.
- Database migration will now convert invalid dates in MS SQL – leaving note instead of generating “outside the range allowed by the SQL Server ” exception . Exceptions will now also log conflicting bug numbers, rather than sending to stdout
- Custom text areas now display properly formatted text in viewBug menu. Newlines are correct added now.
- Plus signs are now allowed in text links.
- Fixed session cookie bug that logged user out when running a chart.
- Closed issues are now shown with strikeout font
- Report column formatting has changed to give more preference to subject, which aligns other columns more evenly between sections.
- Updated server to generate Alcea.wsdl and FastBugTrack.wsdl
- Removed incorrect spanish translation for 25logoecs warning message.
- Fixed the links in emailed reports/issues from the email page feature.
- Corrected Database problem with loading of mail rules for email retrieval. Also fixed issue with mail rules and Tracks.
- Added functionality for Domino server to LDAP module.
- Added new “Notes://” option for adding access to internal links starting with “//”.
- Added multiple column sorting, and sorting options to reports and filters.
- Fixed removal of calendar, if second calendar is opened.
- Fixed test run links in test case details.
- Track contexts are now working properly for mail rules, custom fields, filters, color codes, Import and Projects.
- Fixed Import issues : nextId problem after import which overwrites latest import id. Added support for importing unique ids and saving correct nextId for unique projects / corrected the first history entry for imported custom fields (was blank).
- Added a working create Template option.
- Fixed the reorder option for Test Case Steps / Added dynamic add test case (like attachments)
- Menu Headers now removed from emailed bug details / reports.
- sHistoryDateFormat now used across all history dates. History shows values at time of entry, even if no change was made. Added history setting for custom fields.
- Allow apostrophe in anchor links shown in Alcea details.
- Added Alcea_NOTIFICATION_TAG comment to top of email notifications to mark past history details in replies to email retrieval system. This will eliminate old details from being re-added / re-initialized every time replies are retreived from POP account.
- Allow shorter title headers in main menu where data is shorter than title. No longer leaves a blank title.
- Workflow Flow Control now properly works for Groups..
- Added configurable string for notify list size.
- Removed erroneous “Unable to remove” warning from Database “Delete File Data” option.
- FTS Database Delete now working properly.
- Workflow Improvements. Bulk update option now handles workflow. Autochange/Custom Fields now listed in definitions.
- Improved the Delete Tracks messaging.
- Added Color Coding Inheritance and color coding to email notifications.
- FTS Database Delete now working properly.
Updated November 2, 2006 – (2,091,058 bytes)
- Allow ‘+’ to be used in filter searches (encoding problem)
- Only one save button working on Workflow PostRequirement menu.
- Invalid image for textfield help on Filter menu for custom fields.
- Added TestSpec to migration process.
- Create default result types in FTS.
- Stop migration of FAQ questions.
- Allow updating of fields with colons in Anonymous Email Retrieval.
- Added SMTP settings option to turn off security string in notifications.
Updated October 23, 2006 – (2,083,814 bytes)
- Allow sURLPREFIX to begin with http:// or https://
- Make Dropdown skin usable without javascript enabled.
- Fixed Cumulative field initialization after restart which was double if column was shown in main menu.
- Changed generic exception message to be more meaningful.
- Improved initialization of User Tags on startup.
- Removed all image references (broken links) in email notifications.
- SOAP newline problem because the DOM parser standard is to convert CR to LF. SoapHandler checks strings for “nn” and converts it back to “rn”
- Improved handling of SOAP calls from C#. Added support for receiving parameters of SOAP variables by reference.
- Fixed random Database archive problem where getConnection can potentially close an existing open connection
- Fix for case insensitive usernames in LDAP module.
Updated October 3, 2006 – (2,081,430 bytes)
Download Version 7.00
- A new restructured code base which includes a new TRACK feature which gives the ability to incorporate multiple templates on a single system.
- Restructuring of libraries. All prior systems will migrate to fit.jar (see migration section) which includes Database Module and system templates.
- Database system is now handled as a module once a valid key is found. New LDAP and TestSpec modules have also been developed.
- Added clickable icon to attachment section with javascript for adding more attachment prompts to the New/Edit menus.
- New writemanager to control suspected deadlock cases which appear in java write() to socket
- Anonymous email defaults to text for unrecognized MIME types.
- Default priority for color codes is now 50 (larger than the rules created when the system is installed)
- Archive feature only archives one attachment.
- Added checkboxes for cloning attachments along with Issues.
- Links on Dropdown styles are now underlined for clarity
- New icons for help/mandatory/add attachment
- Added tabs to customize strings with new area for most commonly used strings.
- Field Control now has the ability to show groups and fields individually
- Help Link now goes to correct Help page at Alcea site.
- Normal user can now access internal report menu
- Fixed backup proplem with absolute path.
- Had to add back attachment limit of 6M for enterprise system due to driver issues on some DBs. We will look at allowing Database customers to store files on FS in the future.
- Added sOptionPageAfterSubmit string to control the next menu after editing an issue.
- New server security option for “Unsuccessful login attempts before locking out user”
- Sections with just HTML fields are now displayed and no longer leave closing div tags in emails, which may have hidden some history info.
- UserTag feature will default to on.
- Links are now shown to attachments on the Main Menu if that column is shown.
- New option for “Never skip Notifications”, even if you assign to yourself. (very good for testing notification)
- Edit Profile tab is removed in Tabbed skin now, if “Disable Edit Profile” option is used.
- Added Common tab to Customize strings menu which for groupings such as Date strings
- Fixed search of non-historical subject when historical subject selected…
- Fixed All Anonymous option for Anonymous Query
- Underlined anchors now in Dropdown styles
- Delete standard report, and another user tries to run, exception now caught
- Corrected possible event exception which is possible when system clock is set ahead.
- Removed history option in EditProfile/Export for fields that do not record history. Nullptr problem if incorrect fields are chosen
