Released 30 May 2018
Support for Ares 4.5 ends 1 September 2018
Important Update Information
Additional information is available for items with single or double asterisks. Please see the Ares 4.7 Implementation Information page for single asterisk ( * ) items and the Ares 4.7 Web Page Changes for double asterisk ( ** ) items.
Please consider running updates and installations during standard support hours 8 am - 5 pm eastern time (business days Monday - Friday) so that help is readily available if any issues are encountered.
Bug fixes and new features are added periodically as point releases.
Ares 4.7 New Features & Fixes
Ares Client | Ares Administrative Tools | Ares Server | Copyright | Course & User Loads | Course Management Systems | Database | External Systems | Installation | Printing | Web Interface
Ares Client
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Changed
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The "Change Status on Send" button will always be present but will be disabled (greyed out) when email routing is not relevant. |
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Fixed
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Fixed MRU Unicode issues that would occur when attempting to edit dropdown values in the client that had Unicode values. Mostly noted when modifying Z39.50 search queries. |
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Fixed
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Resolved an issue where splitters would not save their position in saved client layouts. |
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Fixed
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Fixed an issue where an exception would be thrown if the Item field 'PageCount' was an invalid number. Tests now handle this exception. |
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Fixed
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Added logic check for CopyItemDetails to fix an issue where importing item details didn't work if both items were free text documents. |
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Fixed
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Fixed an issue where items created in the Ares Client had a different sort order than those created on the web. |
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Fixed
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Fixed issue of opening items with invalid processing locations. |
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Fixed
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Fixed an issue where staff could accidentally remove URLs from multiple items at once. |
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Fixed
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Information from course fields and item fields are now HTML encoded. |
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Fixed
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Fixed an issue in the client when calculated page ranges exceeded 32,767 pages. |
Administrative Tools
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New
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Added APIConfig table to the customization manager to hold any API keys relevant to the new Ares API. |
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Ares Server
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New
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Support for the Chromium browser in the add-on system. (Requires .NET 4.6.2 Framework or higher full version.) |
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Copyright
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Changed
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The dialog that appears when an error is returned from the CCC has been changed so that it shows the issues that the CCC service had with the provided information. |
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Course & User Loads
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Support for PGP Encrypted Data Loads |
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Fixed an issue where course user type was reverted to user for proxies added by staff. |
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Fixed |
Fixed an issue where the format of import data files wasn't being properly validated in certain cases, resulting in the successful import of potentially invalid or mangled data. |
Course Management Systems
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New
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Added LTI Content Item Selection to integrate Ares course readings directly into the learning system so students aren’t having to navigate outside of the learning system. |
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Changed
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Removed 'Current Semester' from semester selection on LTI course creation page.** |
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Changed
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Courses created via LTI will now import from Course Validation.** |
Database
See Ares 4.7 Database Changes for a list of all changes made to the Ares database.
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Changed
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The ReservesContact and ReservesEmailAddress customization keys were removed from the seed scripts for the Ares Customization table only. |
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External Systems
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Changed
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.NET Framework 4.6.2 is the required version for .NET for both clients and server. |
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Changed
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Minimum client version is now Windows 7. Windows Vista and Windows 8 are no longer supported. Windows 8.1 is still supported. |
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Changed
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Windows 2008R2 SP1 is the minimum supported version for Ares server. Windows Server 2016 (Desktop Experience mode only) is also supported. |
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Changed
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Ares will now support TLS 1.2 secure connections to SQL Server. The SQL server that the Ares database is located on must also have support added. |
Printing
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Changed
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Users no longer have to disable the Word setting that opens e-mail attachments in reading view.**
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Changed
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In an attempt to correct behavior where MS Word becomes unresponsive after printing and will not quit when printing directly without showing the merged document, a short delay has been added between the time the document is printed and when Ares attempts to close MS Word.** |
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Changed
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Word documents were updated to the docx format. Sites can choose to use the new templates provided during the update in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Ares\Updates\Client\Print folder or update existing templates.** |
Web Interface
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New
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New JavaScript functionality for the Loan Period. * |
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New
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Created a new item menu that has more clarity for differences between enabled, disabled, and hover state. Also has options to hide disabled links. * |
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Changed
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Clicking on a table row now navigates to the View Item or View Course link inside of that row, if it exists. |
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Changed
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Removed duplicate image folder. * |
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Changed
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Corrected improperly formatted INCLUDE tags. * |
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Changed
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The latest Ares default web pages are now using JQuery 1.12.4. * |
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Changed
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The Ares DLL will now use a SQL Native client. |
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Changed
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Changed the offscreen h1 on IPreviousCourseList.html from Item # to Previous Courses. * |
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Changed
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Calendar widgets updated in default pages. * |
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Changed
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Prevent students from viewing items that are not available yet. ** |
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Changed
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Improved the efficiency of the GroupItem tag on courses with a large number of items. |
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Changed
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Action links in certain tables now have an associated CSS class. |
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Fixed
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Fixed an issue that would cause the web server to crash when recursive tags called into themselves causing stack overflows in IIS. |
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Fixed
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Fixed an issue causing PLinks with an ampersand (&) to not redirect to the URL properly. |
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Fixed
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Fixed an issue that would show personal tags for items associated with courses that a user was no longer enrolled in. |
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Fixed
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Fixed issue causing orderby parameter to not work on some tables in the web. |
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Fixed
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Increased visual contrast on student and instructor tables. |
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Fixed
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Resolved issue of extra worksheets in course exports from Ares web DLL. |
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Fixed
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Fixed incorrect file path on some images in main.css. * |
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Fixed
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Fixed issue when instructors attempt to add OpenURL items when they have no available courses. * |
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Fixed
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Added missing single quote on ISharedListItemInfo.html and UItemInfo.html to maintain proper syntax. * |
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Fixed
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Fixed issue in DLL that would show loan periods to instructors that were not marked as VisibleToInstructors. |
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Fixed
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Fixed an issue causing the ImportItemText attribute of an Import Course table to not function properly. |
* See Ares 4.7 Web Page Changes for additional information.
** See Ares 4.7 Implementation Information for additional information.
Ares 4.7 Point Release Notes
08 May 2019 (4.7.4) Web DLL Release
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Fixed an issue where if a Proxy user creates a course on the web on behalf of an instructor, the Full Proxy user won't have access to that particular course through the web. Instructors/full proxies can now add themselves as a course proxy user to courses created for them. |
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Fixed a cloning issue that occurred when copying items from one course to another using Add Reserve Items>Import Items through the web. If multiple items are being copied over at the same, only the notes from the first item are copied over. Each item's notes are overwritten with the notes in the first item. |
03 January 2022 (4.7.5) Web DLL Release
A new version of the Ares Web DLL (v4.7.5) is now available to implement an important security fix.
Update Procedure
Please follow the steps below to implement the DLL fix:
- Download the v4.7.5 Web DLL from the Ares Downloads page.
- Unzip the downloaded file.
- Stop the IIS service.
- Navigate to the DLL installation folder on your Ares Server (default path C:\Ares\Web\DLL\).
- Delete the older version of the Ares.dll file.
- Copy the new DLL file you unzipped in step 2 to this folder.
- Restart the IIS service.
Web DLL Changes (v4.7.5)
| Fixed | Fixed a potential security vulnerability found during a web application scan. |
01 March 2022 Server and Client (4.7.1) Release
Several Ares 4.7 server components and client applications have been updated to address a potential security vulnerability found in their external log4net component.
Update Procedure (These steps can be performed in any order)
1. To install the latest Ares 4.7 server components, please download and run the 4.7.2.0 Ares Server Installer file (available here) if self-hosted. Atlas-hosted sites will be contacted by Atlas Support via email regarding their server update.
2. Download and run the 4.7.1 Client Installer from the Ares Downloads page to install the new client applications.
Server Component Updates
The Ares Server update includes the following new component versions:
- System Manager v4.7.1
- Web Service v4.7.1
| Fixed | Updated the log4net component used in each Ares component to the latest secure version (v2.0.14). |
Client Application Updates
Performing the Ares Client update process will install the following new application versions:
- Ares Client v4.7.1
- Ares Customization Manager v4.7.1
- Ares Staff Manager v4.7.1
| Fixed | Updated the log4net component used in each application to the latest secure version (v2.0.14). |