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.
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.