CentralPark 1.8.2630.5531 is available

You can download it here.

Release note: 

Improvements:
- Updates / additional config to the StandardBankCATSSSVS plugin.

Bug Fixes:
- Critical bug fix on the Run Process screen when loading Document Generation process definitions. The filter conditions were interfering with other features.

CentralPark 1.8.2628.5526 is available

You can download it here.

Release Note:
- Added a new plugin called StandardBankCATSSSVS. This plugin is different to the the existing StandardBankCATS format as it is not a Host-to-Host format. 

CentralPark 1.8.2624.5518 is available

This build replaces version 1.8.2620 as there were some problems with clean installs in that version.

You can download it here.

Active Directory Authentication with Windows Authentication

A feature that will allow clients to have some control over user access to CentralPark from Active Directory has been added. 

The concept is that domain administrators can create a group in Active Directory and set domain users as members of this group. When using CentralPark, with Windows Authentication, users can additionally be validated against this group. If the user exists in CentralPark but does not exist in the Active Directory group they will not be allowed access to the application. This assists domain administrators in controlling users access to CentralPark without having to access CentralPark. 

To use the feature the administrator should:

• Create a group in Active Directory
• Add the required users as members of the group
• Confirm that CentralPark is using Windows Authentication
• Access CentralPark and navigate to Setup -> Options
• At the bottom of the page is an Active Directory Settings section (Shown below)

• Set the value for the LDAP server and Allowed User Groups. 
• Only 1 server name can be specified
• Multiple user groups can be specified and must be separated by a ; 
• Test the settings and confirm that a success message is received.
•  If there is a failure message the values will not be allowed to be saved since that could prevent ALL users from accessing the system, including admins.
• Save the settings.

Now, when users access CentralPark they will first be validated in CentralPark. If they exist in CentralPark they will be validated against the list of groups in the Allowed User Groups field and if they exist in one of those groups they will be allowed access to CentralPark.  

Upgrading to .Net Framework 4.5

A long overdue .Net Framework update was done in version 1.8.2624. This is a major version update to the framework and as a result requires some changes to the configuration. 

If you are doing a clean install you will not be required to make any framework specific changes. 

However if you are doing an upgrade from an older version to version 1.8.2624 or later please follow the steps outlined in the PDF below. It is advisable to backup your existing config files, at least, until you have the new version up and running.

CentralPark 1.8.2620.5510 is available

This build has been replaced by version 1.8.2624

Release Notes: 

Features:
    * Additional validation of users against an Active Directory group when using Windows Authentication. 
    * Upgraded to .Net Framework 4.5

CentralPark 1.8.2615.5499 is available

You can download it here.

Release Notes: 

Improvements:

* Added caching of Script Validations in the front-end and service to improve validation performance. 

Description:

This functionality was tested in a client environment and it made a big difference. A single reported result was process validations that took 10 minutes previously now take less than 1 minute.

The idea behind the change is that we keep a copy of the compiled version of the script validation in a cache. This will save time when executing the validation since we do not have to compile it every time we need it. 

Essentially the way it works is:
- When we need to run a validation we will check the cache
- If the validation does not already exist in the cache
    - we compile it and
    - add it to the cache
- We then load the precompiled version from the cache and run it
- When a validation is changed we update the version in the cache when the user saves the changes
- If a validation is set inactive or deleted we remove it from the cache
- The cache will have the latest versions of the validations precompiled and ready to be used, thus saving compilation time on every use. 

Hashing implementation updated and CentralPark 1.8.2613.5495 is available

You can download it here.

After some investigation it was identified that there was an issue with the hashing algorithm related to regional settings. This has been fixed in this version. The previous versions with hashing have been removed. 

If you have installed version 1.8.2605.5471 or 1.8.2611.5488 there may be issues when upgrading to this version or later versions if hashes generated in those version need to be validated in this or later versions. 

Should you encounter these problems please contact Vimesh for assistance. 


Release Notes:

 Improvements:
    * Made Disabled buttons a bit more discoverable
    * Some browser compatibility fixes
    
    Bugs:
    * Made the Hashing algorithm oblivious of the culture.