OnTime 2008 V8.1 RC is now publicly available. This release includes several new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. Please review the list below for full details.

Important Note:  Before upgrading to 8.1 RC, please back up your current database.

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New Features:

2873    Ability to edit footer links for customer portal
3497    Emails Tab
3498    Color coding items on the main list
3506    Search for customers and users when sending emails
3508    Management Console
3675    Ability to remove multiple locks for windows
3717    New Item Locked page
3744    Remove the Security Roles restrictions from Express
3751    Change POP3 mail reader to use message hash instead of unique id to keep track of already imported emails

Defects Fixed:

2087    Project dashboard is not showing items in [none] status in user workload section
3050    When creating new database, Administrator's culture is set to CurrentUICulture instead of CurrentCulture
3092    Multi-select custom Contact field on Incidents displays data incorrectly on 8.02. <MultiSelect><Value>IT<Value><MultiSelect>
3093    Services can miss work items if the SQL Server and the Services Server are on different time zones
3098    Location of Details Section in Project Wiki is not remembered between runtimes
3110    Sorting on last page blocks moving back using slider in customer portal gets out of sync
3114    Pasting images from clipboard crashes in some scenarios
3115    Users are able to upgrade their instance of OnTime via the Remote Server connection method
3147    OnTime Notifications After Upgrade are not consistent
3156    Sorted customers list is not working in multi-edit
3159    Enter key to search in Find Customer screen should work same as click on search
3195    Date fields reverting to 1/01/99 in templates and forms
3223    Add Notification for workflow steps generates exception on save
3232    New Customer Defaults settings reference Company instead of Customer Contact
3244    If CompletionDate field is set by the WF step actions, a time value is stamped in the data
3248    Users cannot use multiedit to archive an item or items if field level security is set
3249    Added a customer pick list custom field - display is not ordered alphabetically by name, makes it quite hard to find
3250    Notification List ""Save and Add Emails"" button does not work. New tasks/incidents not sending notifications
3251    The related items list displays tasks that are private to other users
3253    When viewing items from web UI, email/attachment scrollbar is not fully displayed
3262    Import process looks for CustomerFullName field in the customer contacts dataset which is no longer there
3265    Customer Contact Name not showing up for Incidents in the Portal
3277    Adding attachments through paste screenshot tool in customer portal its not refreshing the page
3283    Changing an item's workflow step through the edit form loses an image 'link' in a large txt field
3295    Refresh Items list after Archive is completed
3327    Footer callback in web is not getting updated for any item types
3333    Using F5 in large text fields can remove data
3342    Completion date showing ""1/1/1899"" in reports when value is null

OnTime V8.1 Beta Fixes

New Features:

3087    SSL for SMTP notifications
3176    Automatic update of actual time when add/edit/delete work logs entries now a setting in system options
3295    Support for VS2008
3497    Emails Tab to manage all emails in Ontime
3496    Project Wiki for Customer Portal
3499    Allow incoming email messages to modify existing items workflow or status through email accounts
3500    Notifications for item details (attachments, emails, work logs, SCM and Related items) are now individual
3501    Alerts for specials users ie [assigned to] only get to applied to the matching user not all items in the filter
3502    Ability to only send one email the first time an item matches a filtered alert
3503    Scheduled alerts option
3504    Ability to disable alerts
3505    Main Tabs Customization
3512    Performance enhancements for add/edit item page in Web
3513    Performance enhancements for main page in Web
3663    Remember grid page size on Manage Filters page
3664    Remember grid page size on Manage Field Templates page
3625    Add option for "NOT LIKE" filter conditions so more complex/flexible filters can be built
3700    Welcome screen with links to resources
3723    Update new database default security roles


Defects Fixed:

2974    Switching Project-Folders is not displaying items if user doesn't have <all project> access in security role for Web
3047    Print option does not work when edit items through related items
3049    Increase size of page when changing password in user options
3051    Using a ""#"" sign in the item ID field label causes the ID to not be displayed in the subject of notifications
3054    InsertProjectWikiLink dialog box displays too small
3058    When editing a pick list's name, its does not save the new name
3059    When viewing an item with no customer assigned to it, you see '()' it should be blank
3061    Hitting enter key while in a large text field in the Edit Project window saves and closes the window
3064    Change font type and size on Incidents item is not available like other item types
3075    Using  ';' in From field when sending emails causes exception in exception viewer
3078    Email service checking POP3 account over SSL fails when running in 64-bit mode
3086    Filter based Task Alerts giving exceptions when alert is triggered
3096    Stamping large text when using plain text instead of HTML does not work anymore
3100    Enter key doesn't work with a custom text field in customers
3102    Lock manager should display incident number not incident id
3107    Filter alerts do not work for custom email addresses
3108    Worklog stamping previous date if DB server and client in different timezones, when using Remote Server
3112    Task priority doesn't show up in the user dashboard
3116    Comments with line-breaks do not work with Subversion SCM integration
3127    Incorrect subject in notification emails when attachments are removed from an item
3139    Exporting from the Worklogs tab doesn't include the project field, which is available as a column in the grid view
3140    Installing Ontime Services produces warning for IIS security
3143    Searching for customers in incidents should select user and not close window
3156    Custom field referencing customer picklists are not Sorted
3159    Enter key to search in Find Customer screen should work same as click on search
3165    When filtering for large text fields, the ""="" option always gives an invalid filter message
3169    Workflow template copy button does not copy everything
3170    Add Contact window is hidden when Alt-Tabbing between applications
3172    Time stamp is missing in the e-mail header
3176    Using horizontal JS scrollbar previous/next causes web table height window to increase
3191    New Item to a pick list always displays at bottom of filter in customer portal
3192    Filter Alerts need to disable the field holders in the subject line
3216    Changing projects when adding an item does not change the workflow step that is enforced in current project
3228    Incident Details tabs do not display when using ViewIncident.aspx through notification link
3230    After lock message, when save is grayed out in edit form, canceling still prompts you to save
3252    Priority for tasks does not display on the list of related items