Awasu 2.4.1.alpha2

IMPORTANT: This is an alpha release (what's this?). Some features may not be complete and there will probably be bugs!

You must be already running 2.4 or 2.4.1.alpha1.

To install:

• Read the release notes below first!
• Backup your Awasu installation directory and keep it, even if the alpha appears to work correctly.
• Unpack one (!) of the following zips on top of your existing installation:
  • Personal Edition
  • Advanced Edition
  • Professional Edition
• If you are upgrading from 2.4, run admin.exe to upgrade your database (this will be quick). Otherwise, if you are upgrading from 2.4.1.alpha1, delete the Awasu.upgrade file in the Awasu installation directory.

New features

• Added an option to automatically add new feed items to workpads as they arrive.

• User/Send-to tools can now send HTTP POST requests.
• User/Send-to tools can now send HTTP requests that require authentication.
• User/Send-to tools can now check the response they get back and show a message (e.g. success/failure) based on what they find.
  This feature is not currently exposed in the UI.

Minor changes and bug fixes

• The first click on an item pane column will header will now sort in ascending order.
• Added a way to remove sorting from item pane columns.
  Clicking repeatedly on the column header will cycle through "ascending sort", "descending sort", "no sorting".
• Item panes now sort their items correctly if the sort column is built using more than one {%ITEM-METADATA%} value.
• When adding item pane columns, you are now asked to enter the item metadata first.
  Also, if you choose one of the standard item metadata values, the item pane column will be pre-populated with a default title.
• Metadata modules can now suggest metadata values to use for item pane columns.
• Fixed a problem that was stopping some metadata modules from working.
• Optimized metadata module processing.
• Fixed a problem that was stopping {%ITEM-METADATA%} parameters from being processed correctly in workpad reports.
• Choosing "Add to default workpad" from the IE context menu now includes the link text and/or page title.
  Thanks to kevotheclone for contributing this enhancement.
• The HTTP interface has been expanded to allow an entry to be added to any workpad, not just the default one.
  Simply add a "id=..." parameter specifying the workpad's GUID or name.
• Ensured that the ItemMetadata value passed to channel hooks contains well-formed XML.
• The RevisedFeedItems event is now passed through to channel hooks correctly.
  The LogChannelActivity channel hook has been updated to log this event as well.
• Channel hook parameters can now request that {%ITEM-METADATA%} and {%CHANNEL-METADATA%} processing be done on their values.
  To turn this feature on, a parameter must include the following line in their definition:

      ProcessItemMetadata=1

  Processing will only be done for the following events:

  • NewFeedItem
  • ConsolidatedNewFeedItems
  • RevisedFeedItems

  This feature has been turned on for the "Email Subject Line" parameter in the SendEmail channel hook.
• Worked around an intermittent problem that was causing channel plugins to occasionally fail.