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July 02, 2010 (260410A to 020710A)
  • New features:
    • Added preview for KML/KMZ Google Maps/Earth files.
  • Improvements:
    • Added solution for downloading very large files on servers that do not allow long execution time for PHP/CGI scripts. Requires Apache web servers with "mod_rewrite" module enabled (most hosting services have it) and it is not enabled by default. Click here to read how to enable it.
    • Folders can now be shared without any permission. The users will only be able to see the contents of the folder, without being able to download, upload or make changes.
    • Aded the ability to make changes using online services to files inside shared folders.
    • The drag&drop java applet is now signed, to avoid security warnings.
    • Improved transfer speed for the drag&drop uploading.
    • Added new option "$this->JSconfig["replaceDoubleClickAction"]" to custom actions. Setting it to "true", will make the action be executed when double-clicking the associated files, no matter what is configured in the control panel for the double-click action.
    • Updated list of file types compatible with Zoho Viewer: "doc", "docx", "xls", "xlsx", "ppt", "pptx", "pps", "odt", "ods", "odp", "sxw", "sxc", "sxi", "rtf", "html", "csv". The preview for these files is now handled by default with Zoho viewer.
    • Added special "ALL" recipient in "Control Panel » Notifications", to notify all users about an event. The users need to have an e-mail address configured and the "Notifications" option checked.
    • Improved file integrity protection when moving folders.
    • General code optimization for improved loading time.
    • Improved Spanish translation.
    • Hidden "Edit" and "Save" links displayed by "Zoho Viewer".
    • The generated short URLs for WebLinks are now saved in the local database. If a short URL is available, it will be used when clicking the "E-mail" button, instead of the regular URL.
    • Overwritting files inside shared folders requires both "Upload" and "Alter" permissions. With only "Upload" permissions the files need a different name.
    • Added suport for PHP installations with tokenizer disabled.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed interface bug causing folders to appear twice after moving them.
    • Fixed filename display issue with the flash upload mode.
    • Fixed issue with selecting the language on the login form.
    • Fixed issue with persistent logins.
    • The "WebLink" and "E-mail -> Quick Link" contextual menu options are no longer displayed inside shared folders when the user doesn't have permission to create WebLinks.
    • The users created by an independent admin user, using a role, are no longer able to see all other users avaialble in the system.
    • Fixed compatibility of the drag&drop upload mode with the latest Java version.
    • Fixed JavaScript error on the password form of the protected WebLinks.
    • Fixed the "cron/reindex_files.php" command line script.
    • Removed dropdown icon from the logout buttton when user doesn't have the option of changing its password.
    • Changed confusing message "Folder empty." to "There are no files in this folder."
 
   
   
 
April 26, 2010 (100210A to 260410A)
  • New features:
    • Added Chinese translation.
    • The default/thumbnail view is now showing small icons attached to the files, indicating which files have been recently uploaded, which files have comments or WebLinks.
  • Improvements:
    • The main toolbar options have bigger buttons now and a few buttons were rearanged for a cleaner user interface.
    • The metadata options can now be hidden/disabled for certain users. This option can be set to users trough their roles as well.
    • Read-only users can now use the online services (Google Docs Viewer, Scribd iPaper, etc.) for previewing files.
    • The "Tools" toolbar item has been removed and "Import e-mail attachments" option was moved inside the upload window. It can be disabled from "Control Panel » System configuration » Interface options".
    • The file comments are now loading in a popup window. This is allowing the user to check the comments of multiple files at the same time.
    • The MP3 player has been improved. It now shows a playlist, allowing you to play all the MP3 files from a certain folder.
    • The list of users with shared folders is now sorted alphabetically.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed issue that was allowing one user's WebLinks to be affected by the actions of another user.
    • Fixes bug preventing users with space quotas from uploading files inside shared folder.
    • Fixed filesize display issue on files larger then 2GB, on 32bit servers.
    • "Metadata" and "Comment" contextual menu options are now displayed only when there is only one file selected.
    • Fixed bug causing the search indexer to use a different encoding than UTF-8.
 
   
   
 
February 10, 2010 (141109A to 100210A)
  • New features:
    • Option of vieweing "pdf", "tif", "tiff", "ppt", "doc" files with Google Docs Viewer.
    • Option of vieweing "pps", "ppt", "pdf", "odp" and "sxi" files with Zoho Viewer.
    • Russian translation.
  • Improvements:
    • Added ability of creating weblinks on shared files and folders. (The weblinks will be automatically removed if the folder will no longer be shared.)
    • Search files by metadata value without selecting a particular metadata field.
    • The "Comments" folder-sharing option was split into "Read comments" and "Add comments" permissions.
    • Added option for generating short URLs for Web Links (Example URL: "http://bit.ly/aUIhc8").
    • Zoho documents can be opened even if the FileRun installation is not accessible via the Internet. (Changes cannot be saved though.)
    • The "preview" contextual menu option for "doc" files now uses Scribd iPaper.
    • Drag&drop proxy information is now stored in cookies not in the session, so you don't have to configure it each time you restart the browser.
    • You can choose which independent admin user will manage the newly registered users by appending its user ID to the FileRun installation URL like this: "http://demo.filerun.com/?puid=123"
    • Pressing "Enter" key on the WebLink password form it will submit the form.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed problem with multiple consecutive e-mail notifications.
    • When uploading files to a shared folder, the space quota of the user who shared the folder is taken into consideration and the upload is prevented if the user doesn't have free space available.
    • Fixed MP3 playback for files with non-ASCII filenames.
    • Users can move personal folders to shared folders only if the shared folders have both "upload" and "write" permissions.
    • Fixed JavaScript error preventing the folder downloading to work when French language was selected.
    • Fixed JavaScript error preventing the drag&drop uploading to work when French language was selected.
    • The "Unzip" context menu option is now displayed only for "zip" files in a shared folder. The "Zip" context menu option is no longer displayed for "zip" files, in shared folders.
    • Text preview is now converted to UTF-8.
    • Fixed multiple minor translation issues.
 
   
   
 
November 16, 2009 (110909A to 141109A)
  • New features:
    • Added mobile user interface for accessing FileRun using smart-phones. Only file upload and download are the supported operations at this time. To access the interface append "/m/" to your FileRun installation URL (Example: http://www.your-site.com/filerun/m/).
    • Added support for FileRun DropBox and FileRun HotFolders desktop applications.
    • Added preview support for MPEG (.mpg) video files. Requires Apple's QuickTime browser plugin.
  • Improvements:
    • You can now allow or prevent certain users to change their passwords. The permission can be set trough roles as well.
    • When sharing folders or e-mailing files you can now search for existing users, instead of browsing the groups. Useful if your system has a lot of users.
    • Improved error handling with the drag&drop upload mode.
    • The Scribd iPaper document preview can now work even if your server is not accessible via the Internet. Please note that the file "app.php" needs to be reconfigured after installing the update.
    • If your FileRun installation doesn't have dirrect access to the Internet, you can now configure a proxy server to be used for downloading FileRun updates.
    • Zip archives that contain files with non-ASCII names (containing multibyte characters) can now be displayed and extracted correctly. A list of expected character sets needs to be configured for this though. Please check this page for more information.
    • Added the option of setting a predefined list of values for a metadata field. A dropdown option will be displayed instead of the text input.
    • The "Metadata" administrative section was moved under "System configuration".
    • The "File space quota usage" tool can now be used also by other admin users. The tool will display information only on the users the admin is allowed to manage.
    • Activating and deactivating a user account is now added in the admin's activity log, so e-mail notifications can be configured for the action.
    • The encryption used for the users passwords can now be customized. This feature can be useful when you import the users information from an existing database that keeps the passwords hashed. Please read here how to set this up.
    • Added BCC field to the "signup_email.tpl.txt" e-mail notification template.
    • Sharing folder actions are now logged ("folder_shared.tpl.txt" e-mail notification template file was added).
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed JavaScript error preventing the Internet Explorer users to access a password protected weblink.
    • Fixed drag&drop upload issue preventing folders to be uploaded correctly on Linux servers.
    • Fixed drag&drop upload issue preventing files with Chinese filenames to be uploaded correctly.
    • Deactivated user accounts can no longer login even if a third-party authentication plugin is used.
    • Various WebDAV fixes.
    • Fixed bug allowing independent admin users to see all other system users.
    • E-mails were not getting sent by the comand line quota level tool.
    • The "E-mail > Quick Link" contextual menu is now disabled as it should be when the user doesn't have permission to create weblinks.
    • Fixed bug preventing MP3s with quotes in their file names to be played.
    • Fixed issue preventing folders to be deleted or moved on some Windows servers.
    • The randomly generated password users receive when they signup is no longer encrypted if a password encryption is configured.
    • Fixed logs archiving option's compatibility issue with PHP version 5.0.x .
 
   
   
 
September 11, 2009 (240709A to 110909A)
  • New features:
    • Files partially uploaded using the drag&drop mode can now be resumed, even after closing the browser.
    • Added file space quota usage overview tool.
    • Added the option of automatically notify users about reaching their space quota limits.
    • Users can now receive e-mail notifications also when their files are being commented by the other users.
  • Improvements:
    • Added contextual menu option "View it with iPaper..", allowing the following file types "pdf, ps, doc, docx, ppt, pps, pptx, xls, xlsx, odt, sxi, ods, sxc, txt, rtf" to be viewed online using "http://www.scribd.com/ipaper".
    • Added contextual menu option "Preview" which should be used to open the preview window when a different action is set for double-clicking the files.
    • Custom actions ("View it with Vuzit/iPaper", "Edit with Snipshot", etc.) are no longer available if the user doesn't have download permissions.
    • Hidden folders are highlighted for the user who hide them from other users.
    • Added new file list column "Date Created", showing the file's creation/upload date.
    • Search results can now be sorted by filename or by path.
    • The WebLinks now include the files names and the use of Apache "mod_rewrite" can be enabled from control panel for prettier URLs.
    • The "{ADMUSERNAME}" variable can now be used in the "Home folder template path" to be automatically replaced with the admin's username. Useful for organizing users folders while managing independent admin users trough roles.
    • Added the option of encrypting the users passwords (password recovery will no longer be possible with this option enabled). Check the documentation site for informtaion on how to set this up.
    • Completed the Italian translation (thanks to Marco De Bortoli).
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed multiple IE8 interface problems.
    • Fixed WebLinks download limitation to allow more than one downloads.
    • Fixed problem introduced by the previous update, affecting the WebDAV interface.
    • Fixed bug in the e-mail notification system that was sending login notifications instead of the selected "Account deactivated".
    • Previewing files is no longer avaialble for users without download permissions, to prevent them from downloading the files. (Thumbnails will still be displayed.)
    • Fixed problem preventing the download/upload traffic from being properly logged towards users' quotas.
    • Fixed small bug, keeping the "May see" option still displayed when a role was selected for the user.
    • Fixed JavaScript error when canceling Flash upload.
    • Fixed JavaScript error while trying to add a new SMTP account for importing e-mail attachments.
    • Fixed error preventing FileRun from running while the "intl" (Internationalization Functions) PHP extension was enabled.
 
   
   
 
July 24, 2009 (130509A to 240709A)
  • New features:
    • Added ability to WebLink folders.
    • Multiple e-mail notifications can now be received in a single e-mail message.
    • Added option to receive e-mail notifications when files are being downloaded trough WebLinks.
    • When setting up admin users, you can now choose which administrative sections he can access.
  • Improvements:
    • Added ability to search in shared folders.
    • Independent admin users can now be allowed to interact with other users.
    • Superuser is now the only user who can see, edit or create other admin users.
    • Admin users can create or delete groups only if they have the permission of managing all groups.
    • Users can now be automatically notified when shared folders are made available for them.
    • The e-mail notification templates have been improved and optimized for receiveing information about multiple actions in the same message.
    • Added new contextual menu option for files allowing you to create a WebLink that should be sent using your default e-mail program.
    • Added support for PHP's "short_open_tag = Off". This is available only for new software packages so turning the setting to "Off" will break the FileRun installation.
    • Failed upload actions are now logged, to help identify and troubleshoot software configuration issues.
    • Documents uploaded into a folder that belongs to multiple users are now included in each user's search index.
    • Added script for indexing documents uploaded in FileRun folders by other means (FTP, SMB, etc.)
    • Completed German translation (Thanks to Mirco Schnarwiler).
    • Accessing FileRun trough a special URL can make it automatically open a specified folder.
    • The default document viewer was set from Zoho to Scribd.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed bug breaking the ability of editing a role after setting a space quota.
    • Improved thumbnails for some layered PSD files.
    • Added workaround for IE8 bug that was making comments pane to hide its contents.
    • Fixed issue that was breaking the display of the files list on Darwin operating systems.
    • Corrected URL problem that was breaking the e-mail attachment importer.
    • Fixed Session/Cookie authentication issue breaking the drag&drop upload mode.
    • Fixed search indexing error hang issue.
    • Fixed filesize sorting problem on Linux servers.
    • Saving snipshot edited files now closes the popup and reloads the files list.
    • The "Tools" menu option is no longer showed if empty.
    • The size of downloaded previously zipped files was not saved in the activity logs.
    • Prevented admin users from deleting their own accounts.
    • The "May see" option is now hidden, as it should be, when a role is selected for the user.
    • The IE download workaround popup has been disabled for the "download zipped" action.
    • The "Keep me logged in." login option is no longer displayed when a custom authentication plugin is used.
    • Creating WebLinks in shared folders using the "E-mail" form is no longer allowed.
    • Shared folders that are no longer available (deleted/moved/renamed by other means) are automatically unshared.
    • Fixed bug preventing files and folders with "," characters to be zipped.
    • Fixed bug preventing files to be e-mail to selected FileRun users.
 
   
   
 
May 13, 2009 (090409A to 130509A)
  • New features:
    • Ability of viewing documents with Vuzit.com service. (Please note that you need to signup for a private API KEY!)
    • Ability of editing images with Snipshot.com service.
    • Ability of easily integrating web services to view or manipulate various document types.
    • Ability to download folders by zipping them on the fly.
    • Option to disable the file versioning system, to save storage space.
  • Improvements:
    • Interrupted downloads can now be resumed. This is also available for the WebLinks downloads, which can also be downloaded using download managers.
    • Improved the speed of file downloads up to a couple of times.
    • Added support for zipping and unzipping large files, avoiding PHP's memory limitations.
    • Replaced the "Image browser" tool with the double-click image preview. Previews automatically resize based on the popup size.
    • Added option for automatically including the self-registered users in certain groups or setting a certain role for them.
    • Editing documents with Zoho no longer interferes with the weblinks that are set for the files.
    • Added option to display the contextual menu when double-clicking a file.
    • The automatic user deactivation occured when the maximum number of login attempts is reached is now added to the activity logs, so the admin can set an e-mail notification for it.
    • Thumbnails of images and documents are now cached by the browser, for instant loading. The thumbnails are refreshed only when the files size or last modification date changes.
    • A broken image icon is now displayed for the image file for which the thumbnail could not be generated.
    • Renamed "Edit" to "Edit with Zoho.." and changed the option's icon.
    • Added loading animation for the image popup previews.
    • Added loading indicators for thumbnails.
    • Image previews generated with ImageMagick are now automatically rotated according to the digital camera's orientation.
    • Popup windows are no longer allowed to get their title-bar outside the browser window in such way so that they cannot be moved or closed.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed medium security vulnerability.
    • Fixed low security "Cross-Site Scripting" vulnerability.
    • Added protection against "Session Fixation" security attacks.
    • Removed padding displayed when the language selector is hidden on the login page.
    • Added error message for zipping empty folders.
 
   
   
 
April 09, 2009 (110309A to 090409A)
  • New features:
    • Added ability to view SWF Flash movies.
    • Added ability to copy folders.
    • Added the option to automatically disable the user account after a defined number of failed login attempts.
  • Improvements:
    • Added workaround for Internet Explorer's issue that prevents the user from downloading files without reloading the page.
    • FileRun now displays loading messages while performing file management actions.
    • Prevented the WebLink password from showing in the URL when submiting the form.
    • The following variables can be used for the user's home folder path template: {email}, {name}, {company}, {description}. Any filesystem illegal character will be automatically removed. Please note that these variables are available only for the user signup process.
    • Added automated focus on the username field when loading the login page.
    • Added "Reset" button to the classic upload form, to help clearing the file fields.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed security issue allowing users to signup although the option has been disabled from the control panel.
    • Upload button is now hidden when the user doesn't have write permissions.
    • The admin users are now prevented from deleting roles that are currently assigned to user accounts.
    • The folder sharing feature now works properly.
    • The folder hiding option didn't worked because of one file not being replaced correctly by the previous update.
    • Fixed problem with files being added to the zip archives with their folder tree.
    • The space and traffic quotas were not displayed correctly on IE7 after last update.
    • Hiding folders for groups now works properly.
    • The license information is now displayed in the control panel.
    • Fixed issue preventing the use of email addresses containing dashes as sender, when sending files by email.
    • Cached thumbnails are now getting deleted with the files.
    • Previous versions are now deleted when you permanently delete a file from trash.
    • The interface remains maximized if it is configured from the control panel. Even when the browser windows is resized.
 
   
   
 
March 11, 2009 (090209A to 110309A)
  • New features:
    • Preview DWF (Autodesk Design Web Format) files with Autodesk Freeweel web service.
    • Select FileRun users and groups to e-mail files to.
    • Ability of customizing file preview or adding support for new file types.
    • Admin users can now hide sub-folders from users.
    • Added ability to search files by their comments.
    • Arhive current activity logs.
  • Improvements:
    • Added support for Google Chrome browser.
    • Interface changes:
      • The interface was simplified, making more easy to figure out how to upload a file or create a new folder.
      • The top-right refresh button is also refreshing the folders list.
      • The "New folder" button also shows the contextual options for the currently selected folder.
      • The interface window is now automatically maximized if it doesn't fit the browser window.
      • The "send files by e-mail" window and WebLinks panel have been improved and are now loading only once per session.
      • Selecting a shared folder automatically expands it.
      • Sorted list of shared folders.
      • Removed the close button from the main window. Pressing the escape key will no longer hide it.
      • All root folders are now reloaded after a trash item is restored.
      • The users names are now highlighted in the "deleted from" path.
      • Moving a file or a folder now shows an arrow icon instead of the "+" sign.
      • Dragging a file into its current folder is now prevented.
      • Replaced icon for the "Deleted files" tree item.
      • Reorganized some of the control panel options.
    • Added control panel configuration for choosing what action is performed when double-clicking a file.
    • Added control panel option for setting the interface window's default size.
    • Made the embedded FLV/MOV video player resizable with the window.
    • Hidden "Deleted Files" folder for read-only user accounts.
  • Fixes:
    • Medium severity security issue.
    • The Flash upload mode was uploading the previously browsed folder, instead of the current one.
    • Files can now be moved from personal folders to shared folder with "Upload" permission enabled but "Move/Rename/Delete" permission disabled.
    • Fixed SQL error message displaying inside the classic upload window.
    • Fixed a couple Safari interface issues.
    • Fixed bug preventing FileRun to e-mail files with foreign characters in their names.
    • The "deleted from" field now shows the entire path for files deleted from shared folders.
    • The folder icon is now displayed correctly inside the "Deleted Files" folder.
    • The default file view mode setting now works.
    • Deleted files: The original path is showed correctly even if it contains foreign characters.
    • Fixed bug preventing the admins from creating new metadata filetypes, fieldsets and fields when MySQL is running in strict mode.
    • Added a couple of missing translation keys.
    • Improved detection of server's port, when 80 default HTTP port is not used.
 
   
   
 
February 9, 2009 (070109A to 090209A)
  • New features:
    • Ability to watch FLV and MOV video files without downloading them.
  • Improvements:
    • You can now preview files by double-clicking them instead of opening a pane. Multiple files, even from different folders, can now be viewed at the same time.
    • The file type icons have been replaced with nicer onces.
    • Added "System configuration" option to hide the language menu and select the default language.
    • Added new grid column that shows the files' current version.
    • If you are running LigHTTPD web server, or Apache with the "mod_xsendfile" enabled, you can configure FileRun to use a special feature which improves the download permformance. To enable this setting you only need to set "$config['enable_x_sendfile']" to "true" inside the "customizables/config.php" file.
    • The superuser ("admin") can now unlock files locked by other users.
    • The upload window prevents now the user from changing the folder durring the file transfer.
    • Addded ability to customize a template for the body of the e-mail message that gets sent when the user is sending files by e-mail.
    • Interface cookies are automatically deleted from users' browsers after a software update.
    • Improved the software update system.
    • "user_added", "user_edited" and "user_deleted" events have been added to the list of logged activities.
    • Thumbnails are now replaced with icons when GD extension is not enabled or the image files are corrupted.
    • Back-slashes used for the home folder paths are now automatically replaced with forward slashes.
  • Fixes:
    • Improved file size reporting on Windows, for files larger than 5GB.
    • Added backwards compatibility with Java version 1.4 for the drag&drop upload mode.
    • Flash upload was placing the file inside the home folder instead of the selected shared folder.
    • Foreign characters are now displayed correctly inside the drag&drop upload mode.
    • Fixed flicker of drag&drop upload cancel button.
    • Refresh folder option is now disabled when the "Deleted files" folder is selected.
    • The loading animation of the tree was removed to avoing getting it stuck.
    • "New folder" toolbar option was disabled when browsing a shared folder with write permissions.
    • Fixed bug preventing FileRun to delete to files larger than ~1GB from the trash folder.
    • Control panel: Admin users are now prevented from accidentaly deactivating their own user accounts.
    • Search: The filename search function works now correctly with PHP version 4.
    • Users without the permission to create WebLinks can no longer send files by email as WebLinks.
    • The users registration no longer displays the password in the activity logs.
    • The "BCC" fields in the email notification templates are now handled correctly.
    • Fixed problem preventing FileRun to install successfully with MySQL running in strict mode.
    • Fixed zip filename when downloading multiple files in a sigle zip while German language is selected.
    • The English version of the "Uploading..." word is no longer translated in Romanian when English language is selected.
    • Disabled drag&drop upload debugging action which was causing a JS error on Internet Explorer browsers.
    • Fixed bug showing message "Failed to set new URL" when uploading files.
    • Fixed bug preventing the metadata system to function properly with MySQL running in strict mode.
    • Fixed JS error "console not defined" (both d&d and flash).
    • Fixed interface bug having the search and sharing panels confusing the selected folder.
    • The upload window is now automatically closed after an upload using Flash mode.
    • Failing to upload using classic and flash upload modes now provide a reason message.
    • Fixed interface bug that was changing the current path after creating a new folder.
 
   
   
 
January 7, 2009 (301008A to 070109A)
  • Improvements:
    • Drag&Drop upload mode:
      • Added HTTPS support.
      • Added NTLM proxy support.
      • Improved Linux support.
      • Added HTTP authentication support.
      • Added custom HTTP port support.
      • Added the ability to increase the upload chunk size (to decrease overall upload time on less responsive web servers).
    • User Interface:
      • Added buttons for refreshing the current folder structure and as an alternative for showing the contextual folder menu.
      • The "Folders" pane can now be hidden by the users.
      • The view mode (thumbnails or detailed) is now preserved between sessions.
      • Added versioning sub menu option for better usability.
      • Improved usability of the folder sharing panel.
      • Added versioning feedback on file upload overwrites.
      • Files deleted from shared folder are now displaying their original location.
    • Admin Interface: changed icons to recognize admin and deactivated user accounts.
    • Folder Sharing: the list of shared folders is now alphabetically sorted.
    • Multilanguage: most of the untranslated keys were added to the translation files.
    • Performance: space quota is now calculated only when required by the performed action, to avoid unnecessary load.
    • Functionality: When restoring deleted files, FileRun is now trying to recreate the original location.
  • Fixes:
    • Users can now alter files locked by themselves.
    • Users can no longer restore or delete previous file versionins when the file is locked by somebody else.
    • Users without proper permissions cannot send files by e-mail anymore.
    • Fixed bug that was preventing new user roles to be added when running MySQL in strict mode.
    • Fixed major security issue allowing ilegal access to the server's files.
    • Flash upload mode wasn't working on Firefox 3.
    • Flash upload mode JavaScript error on IE 7.
    • Fixed minor cross-site scripting security issue./li>
    • Added workaround for PHP bug causing ImageMagick to hang before generation all requested thumbnails./li>
    • Fixed MySQL error when moving files to folders containing single quotes in their names.
    • Folder was dissapearing on rename or folder creation failure.
    • Fixed bug preventing FileRun to log when a user uploads a file in another users' folder (configured using a role).
    • Multilanguage file comments are now displayed correctly.
    • Corrected icons for PPT file types.
 
   
   
 
October 30, 2008 (091008A to 301008A)
  • New features:
    • Added "Forgot password" form. (Must be enabled from "Control Panel > System configuration")
    • Added ability for independent admin users to setup their own metadata filetypes and fields. One independent admin user cannot see or modify the metadata setup of another user.
  • Improvements:
    • Admin > Activity Logs: Formated the "Folder zipped" and "Files zipped" activity log entries.
    • WebDAV: Files managed trough WebDAV are now versioned as well. (Older versions can be accessed trough the web interface.)
  • Fixes:
    • Sharing and security: bug allowed user A to access folder shared with user B.
    • Zip: Unzip function got broken by the previous software update.
    • Logging and notifications: "Login" and "logout" actions were not logged correctly.
    • WebDAV: Fixed problem preventing the WebDAV interface to work.
    • JavaScript errors: Fixed JavaScript error that was occasionally displaying ("X is not defined").
    • JavaScript errors: Fixed JavaScript error displayed in the Metadata panel when the fieldset does not contain any fields.
    • Interface: Fixed interface glitch on IE browsers.
    • Interface: Fixed bug that was limiting the folder dragging to one action per session.
    • Interface: The trash folder will no longer be displayed if a file is permanently deleted.
    • Interface: The "Permanent deletion" checkbox will be checked and disabled when deleting files from trash.
    • Admin > Users: Improved performance while browsing the list of users.
    • Admin > Users: Independent admin users with roles are now filtered correctly in the control panel.
    • Admin > Users: Fixed problem with wrong number of users displayed in control panel users list.
    • Admin > Users: Missing "Space quota info" and "Browse users" links from independent admin users configured trough a user role.
    • Zoho: Zoho editing didn't worked correctly over HTTPS.
    • Multilanguage: Translation keys were added to all the language files.
 
   
   
 
October 09, 2008 (250908A to 091008A)
  • Improvements:
    • Added workaround so that WebDAV interface can work with PHP running as CGI and not as module.
    • Added ability to permanently delete files and folders, without storing them inside the trash folder. Usefull for very deleting large files.
    • Admin: Users: Sorted the users list to display the independent admin users on top.
    • Sorted file versions list and fixed the grid columns.
    • Added ability to set a "redirectOnFailure" URL when using a custom login form.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed multiple Internet Explorer JavaScript related problems (empty windows and error messages).
    • ImageMagick thumbnails didn't showed when PHP GD library was not loaded.
    • Search indexing had a problem with retrieving the text contents produced by "pdftotext" binary.
    • Users' home folders paths can now be assigned trough the role created by an independent admin user who has a role of its own.
    • Downloading a previous file version works correctly now.
    • Independent admin users were required to define traffic quota for users when a role was selected.
    • Independent admin users with limited space and traffic are now required to set quota limitations when creating user roles.
    • Independent admin users can no longer setup roles and users in such way so that it can get over its own quota limits.
    • Deactivating an independent admin user configured trough a user role now deactivates its created sub user accounts as well.
 
   
   
 
September 25, 2008 (070808A to 250908A)
  • New features:
    • Ability to set monthly traffic limitations for the users.
    • Ability to set a different logo images that could be displayed in the interface for each user.
    • Authentiation plugin for "Omni Secure" (http://www.omni-secure.com).
  • Improvements:
    • Improved Firefox 3 compatibility.
    • Made the filename search case insensitive.
    • The files list grid will now save the columns' preferences.
    • Zoho editing: Added option for using CURL, to support the HTTPS URL.
    • Added description and icon for DOCX files.
    • Added folder sharing to the list of permissions of the users created trought hte signup form.
    • Search results are cleared before opening search form.
    • Added example login form (customizables/example_external_login_form.php).
  • Fixes:
    • Files larger than 2GB were displayed as empty on some servers.
    • Space quota is now reported correctly when having 2GB+ files on Windows servers.
    • Zipping files didn't worked.
    • Options for shared folders weren't properly displayed and saved.
    • PHP warning was displayed for users who do not have permissions to view other users' shared folders.
    • Calculating user's space quota is stopping at users with single quotes in their names.
    • Files were dissapearing when comments were added.
    • Drag&drop upload mode proxy support got broken in the previous update.
    • The number of downloads limitation when creating a WebLink wasn't saved properly.
    • It now works to rename a folder inside a shared folder.
    • Users can now create zip folders out of empty folders without seeing error messages.
    • A couple of upload feedback messages didn't got translated.
    • Flash upload mode now provides feedback messages instead of error codes.
    • Multiple untranslated words and phrases.
    • Trash items records are automatically removed if trash filesystem item is manually removed.
    • Hide useless column menu in comments pane.
    • Removed escapeshellarg from ImageMagick thumbnail command as it was breaking filenames with German umlauts.
 
   
   
 
August 07, 2008 (170708A to 070808A)
  • New features:
    • Added the ability to restore deleted files and folders (Trash/Recycle bin).
    • Added the option to allow users to share folders only with certain users or groups of users.
  • Improvements:
    • Deactivating an independent admin user will also deactivates all the other accounts created by the user.
    • For Opera browser users: Holding ALT key while clicking a folder will now display the folder contextual menu.
    • Added the ability to define a BCC address inside the email notification templates.
    • Added new "Comments count" column to the files list, showing the number of comments each file has.
    • Adding or removing file comments is now recorder to the users' activity log.
    • The file rename prompt was replaced with inline grid editing.
    • Small correction on Turkish translation.
  • Fixes:
    • Drag&drop upload method was displaying incorect progress information when uploading files larger than 2GB.
    • Added workaround for Firefox 3 and Opera Java applet bug.
    • Feedback message didn't get displayed for a couple of actions (mainly when deleting files).
    • Fixed problem with creation of folders inside shared folders.
    • Zipping folders had unpredictable results.
    • Deleting a user now deletes also: its weblinks, email accounts for attachment importer and files queued for search indexing.
    • Image preview pane didn't displayed correctly every time.
    • Comments were not loaded for files with special characters in their names.
    • Sharing folders with quotes in the name resulted in error.
    • Fixed problem with Metadata manipulation on files with quotes.
    • Fixed problem with file comments inside folder with quotes in its name.
    • Added language keys for untranslated strings: Weblinks "days" and "Remove Web Link".
    • Toolbar option "Select > none" was broken.
    • Fix a problem with WebDAV URL encoding.
    • Control Panel > Users > "Space quota info" popup didn't showed a scrollbar required to see all the users' information.
 
   
   
 
July 17, 2008 (020708A to 170708A)
  • New features:
    • Added Turkish translation.
    • Added Joomla 1.5 authentication plugin.
  • Improvements:
    • Singup form gets now hidden when license limits is reached.
    • User registration, user creation and password changing are disabled when a third-party user authentication source is used.
  • Fixes:
    • Drag&drop upload mode had some problems with the encoding of space and + characters.
    • Japanese filenames weren't encoded right for download.
    • Characters unsupported by the current encoding are converted to # characters (to avoid unmanageable filenames).
    • Problem with SMTP line feeds prevented e-mails containing FileRun WebLinks to be sent.
    • Search indexer: added support for converters that do not output the text but instead write it to a file.
 
   
   
 
July 02, 2008 (180608A to 020708A)
  • New features:
    • Added Portuguese translation.
    • Added Swedish translation.
    • Added support for the DropBox desktop tool.
  • Improvements:
    • User Interface: Added the ability to maximize Control Panel window. Also, the window is constrained to the browser's viewport, so that is closeable for low-res monitors as well.
    • Independent admin users can now change their own passwords as well.
    • Search indexer handles better missing files now.
    • Added a ".htaccess" file for protecting contents of "system" folder (Unix-like operating systems only).
    • User Registration: Users are now being told to check their email accounts for completing the registration process (if email verification is enabled).
  • Fixes:
    • WebLinks: There was a problem with creating WebLinks on files with single quotes in the name.
    • "Change password" form looked broken in IE browsers.
    • Added PHP command line compatibility for the search indexer cron script.
    • Double-clicking or accessing a PDF file trough a WebLink will now prompt for download.
 
   
   
 
June 18, 2008 (230508A to 180608A)
  • Improvements:
    • Added option to automatically create users' home folders when using a role.
    • File locking/unlocking actions are now logged.
    • Minor improvements made to the software update process.
  • Fixes:
    • Drag&drop upload mode doesn't encode right the folder names with special characters.
    • Image Browser: IE6 bug workaround.
    • Error message on IE when moving the mouse while the page is loading.
    • Admin: Users: Space quota info is now displaying "no users" when indep admin user haven't created any accounts.
    • Admin: Users: Independent user's information was incorectly displayed.
    • Admin: Users: Missing options "Browser users" and "Space quota info" for independent admin users.
    • Admin: Users: Home folder for users created by independent admin users was not created or the path set correctly.
    • Admin: Users: Independent admin users were asked to set a space quota to users although they didn't have a quota defined by the super-user.
    • Admin: Users: Independent admin users were able to see and use roles that were not created by themselves.
    • Admin: Users: Admin users turned to simple users when trying to change their own information.
    • Roles: Is no more possible for independent admin users to create admin users.
    • Roles: Adding a new role redirected to a page with missing role id information.
    • Roles: Home folder allocation had problems.
    • "New folder" toolbar menu wasn't creating the new folder under the currently selected folder.
    • Zoho: XLS editing had problems.
    • Admin: Failed to save the Zoho file extensions correctly.
    • Zoho Edit file context menu was shown in a shared folder although FileRun does not allow creating WebLinks inside shared folders.
    • Disabled browser's contextual menu inside the file commenting area.
 
   
   
 
May 23, 2008 (120508A to 230508A)
  • New features:
    • Proxy support was added to the drag&drop uploading.
    • File commenting system (available in the "File Preview" pane).
    • Edit XLS and CSV files using Zoho Sheet.
  • Improvements:
    • Better image quality in image browser.
    • Added next/previous buttons to Image Browser to function as a slideshow.
    • Added wait message to login form.
    • Slim preview pane + option added to the toolbar
    • Better compatibility for Joomla authentication plugin.
    • Disabled the ability to hide the filename column in the grid.
    • Added untranslated strings to all language files.
  • Fixes:
    • Zoho: Unable to save file (Access denied!).
    • Admin: Users: Add/Edit User: Setting user as "admin" didn't worked.
    • Admin: Users: Fixed user pagination problem in users list.
    • Admin: Users: Choosing a role for the user wasn't hiding all the fields as it should.
    • Faulty character encoding (filenames containing the plus sign "+" weren't accessible).
    • Interface: "Sort by size" grid function wasn't functioning correctly.
    • Search: Folder recursivity was broken.
    • Interface: Chiense characters in page title breaks IE 6
    • Interface: Modified date was provided in 12 hours format (thus AM/PM information wasn't available).
    • Interface: IE 6/7 JavaScript error (FR is undefined).
    • Admin: Roles: A couple of "Cancel" link weren't pointing right.
    • System: The installation folder of FileRun was used for storing temporary Zip files.
    • System: "Failed to rename file" action description was missing, displaying a blank action in the activity logs.
    • System: POP3 library displayed (pass-by-reference) warning.
 
   
   
 
May 12, 2008 (070408A to 120508A)
  • New features:
    • Added User Roles. This feature will allow you to set the permissions of multiple users at the same time.
    • Added LDAP authentication plugin.
    • Added image preview for filetypes handled with ImageMagick (PDF, PSD, EPS, etc.).
    • Added ImageMagick filetypes to the list of images processed by the "Image Browser" function.
  • Improvements:
    • Added new control panel option for setting the interface full-screen by default.
    • Automatically create user groups and assign the user to them, when using third-party authentication. (Contact FileRun tech support for more information on how to configure this feature.)
    • Added new control panel option for defining Zoho editable file types.
  • Fixes:
    • Fixed multi-language support problems:
        - shared folder names
        - download file names
        - image viewer
        - application title
        - user group name
        - user group name in sharing panel
        - folder rename
        - file preview
    • Minor improvement to download function.
    • Fixed minute displaying for "modified date".
    • Fixed display of "Invalid folder" error message.
    • When using an external authentication source FileRun will no longer require you to define a password when editing a user account.
    • Fixed small bug that prevented EPS thumbnails to display.
 
   
   
 
April 07, 2008 (050308A to 070408A)
  • Improvements:
    • Ability to set the default view mode to list or thumbnails.
    • Ability to set the default upload mode and hide any of the options.
    • The home folders of users created by independent admins are automatically created.
    • Added the ability to share folders with users that are not included in any particular group.
    • Folders change icon imediatly after sharing.
    • "Send files by email" actions are now recorded to the activity logs.
  • New features:
    • Added the ability to zip folders.
  • Fixes:
    • Small graphic clitch on the login form on Safari browser.
    • "Logout" action-name was not displayed in the activity logs.
    • Independent admin users were not able to see their own activity log.
    • Renaming a file in thumbnail mode causes the file to appear multiple times in the list.
    • All date formats showed the current month instead of minutes.
    • Interface problem (hidden left column) for "read-only" users.
    • Hidden "New folder" toolbar option for "read-only" users.
    • All shared folders are available for users not included in any user groups.
    • Users were able to rename other users shared folders.
    • Sending files with filenames containing single quotes failed.
 
   
   
 
March 05, 2008 (260208A to 050308A)
  • New features:
    • Added the ability to disable folder sharing for certain users.
  • Improvements:
    • Drag&drop upload reloads the current folder tree node to show uploaded folders.
  • Fixes:
    • Sign-up button still shows although set otherwise from the Control Panel.
    • Sign-up page shows JavaScript error and doesn't load.
    • File's size is displayed using a "." character as decimal separator.
    • Added scroll-bar to the list of users shown when sharing a folder.
    • Creating weblinks to files containing special characters shows an error.
 
   
   
 
February 26, 2008 (040208A to 260208A)
  • Improvements:
    • New user interface, see http://demo.filerun.com
    • Translations: Improved German and French translations.
    • Control Panel: Users: Added pagination and search options.
    • Control Panel: Users: Added home folder automatic creation and path checking.
    • E-mail files: weblinks are now included in the mail's body.
    • The configuration options are now editable from the Control Panel.
  • New features:
    • Added Italian and Spanish translation.
    • Added thumbnails and preview for EPS and TIFF files (requires ImageMagick).
    • BETA: Added the ability to edit documents (DOC, RTF, TXT) using Zoho API.
  • Fixes:
    • Multiple minor problems.
 
   
   
 
February 02, 2008 (10108A to 040208A)
  • Improvements:
    • Choose to automatically create and send WebLinks instead of files, via e-mail
    • Added new optional grid column: "Locked by"
    • Image Browser improvements: option to set full screen, ability to preview a file to custom sizes.
  • New features:
    • Upload folders by drag&drop!
    • Added German translation
    • Added French translation
  • Fixes:
    • FileRun now plays nicely with MySQL running in SQL strict mode.
    • Classic upload mode works fine but throws an ugly error message.
    • The logout procedure for custom authentication can be customized as well.
 
   
   
 
January 22, 2008 (210108A to 220108A)
  • Fixes:
    • Thumbnails generated by PHP's GD library don't show.
    • JavaScript error breaks the "Add to Zip" feature.
 
   
   
 
January 21, 2008 (180108A to 210108A)
  • Fixed minor CSS issue: some tables had ugly large fonts.
  • E-mail attachments importer: Important security fix: users should have access only to e-mail accounts added by themselves.
 
   
   
 
January 18, 2008 (170108A to 180108A)
  • Improvements:
    • Ability to use ImageMagick for generating image thumbnails and previews.
  • New features:
    • Ability to download multiple files in one Zip archive. (Option available even for users who dont have write permissions.)
    • Beta: Thumbnail generation for PDF and PSD files (requires ImageMagick with GhostScript). Please note that this feature is disabled by default. If you would like to enable it please email us for instructions.
  • Fixes:
    • Folders pane doesn't show a scroll bar when browing a large folder tree.
 
   
   
 
The automatic software update system was introduced on January 17, 2008.
 
   
   
 
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