New and Improved in Terrapene Client v1.6.1.31010
Released on 17 April 2007
- Fixed an issue that caused sporadic loss of a process’s turtlebox data in offline projects
- Plexus Updater no longer displays an “Administrator Privileges” error unnecessarily.
- Server Customers Only: On the Server Administration site, you are now correctly returned to the “Edit Company” screen after editing user information.
New and Improved in Terrapene Client v1.6.1.31009
Released on 28 February 2007
NOTE: Terrapene v1.6.0 and newer does not support Windows® 98 or Me. If your organization uses these operating systems extensively, please do not upgrade to the newest version of Terrapene until all workstations can be migrated to a newer, supported version of Windows.
Offline Project Changes- Data files and folders are now properly removed when deleting an Offline Project.
- Online Projects can now be deleted.
- Fixed Active Alerts or Reminders from being deleted when moving processes.
- Process Owner names are now correctly listed when generating a Process Report for an Offline Project.
New and Improved in Terrapene Client v1.6.1.31008
Released on 3 January 2007
NOTE: Terrapene v1.6.0 and newer does not support Windows® 98 or Me. If your organization uses these operating systems extensively, please do not upgrade to the newest version of Terrapene until all workstations can be migrated to a newer, supported version of Windows.
Offline Project Changes- Offline projects are in the “Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Plexus International\Terrapene Client\Offline Projects\” folder (or equivalent). This allows non-Administrator users to run Terrapene without setting any additional permissions (Administrator privileges are still required in order to install Terrapene and any Terrapene updates).
- Server Administrators no longer appear as “Unknown User” in Online projects.
- Notes and Findings written by Server Administrators now appear in Process Reports.
- Server Admins can now create projects for any company on the server (a Company selection drop-down box is visible on the project selection screen).
- Improved feedback when a Server Connection Test fails.
- Auditors now appear correctly in the "Grant Project Permissions" dialog.
- Greatly improved the way Japanese text is displayed in the Turtle View.
- Improved positioning of Japanese characters entered in textboxes using the IME.
- Fixed a sporadic issue that caused processes to overlap.
- Improved the drawing performance of Connection Links.
- Improved the performance of the "Remove Broken Connection Links" option.
- Fixed hang error when setting the interval for recurring reminders in certain cases.
- The Active Alerts & Reminders window updates correctly when the Note or Finding contents change.
- The font sizes and styles in the Message Viewer are now consistent.
- Progress is more accurately calculated when working with Process Files.
- The “Create Package” dialog can now only be opened if the project contains at least one process.
- Added the ANSI Z-10 Safety Standard (headers only).
- USAGE NOTE: Due to licensing and other restrictions, not all standards are available in all languages. A "Translation not available" icon will appear in such scenarios, and the content will be presented in English. You can use the Languages menu to switch to another available language.
- If no application can be found to open a type of attachment, a dialog will appear allowing you to select the target application.
- When creating a new person, all other people remain visible in the list.
- Date selection prompts now have a consistent style.
New and Improved in Terrapene Client v1.6.0
Released on 18 August 2006
NOTE: Terrapene v1.6.0 and newer does not support Windows® 98 or Me. If your organization uses these operating systems extensively, please do not upgrade to the newest version of Terrapene until all workstations can be migrated to a newer, supported version of Windows.
Internationalization- Terrapene is now available in 4 new languages: Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish
- Greatly improved the way Japanese text is entered into Terrapene when using the IME.
- Improved handling of international characters on Server Administration pages.
- Process names can now contain percentage symbols
- It's no longer possible to create processes with a "blank" process owner
- Connection Links now appear correctly on the first time viewing a process map
- Connection Links no longer appear in the Turtle View when working through a slow server connection
- The "Remove Broken Connection Links" option now function correctly on offline projects
- Selecting "Core Processes" or "Management Processes" from the View menu will now save any changes made to Turtle Box information
- Improved the speed and accuracy of note/finding "statistic" calculations.
- "Blank" notes/findings won't be created anymore when you click the "Alerts & Reminders" button.
- Deselecting a note/finding in the Message Viewer now functions as intended.
- Notes no longer disappear temporarily after creating alerts/reminders.
- Alerts & Reminders triggered while moving/duplicating processes are now handled correctly.
- The "clock" icon now appears correctly when working on offline projects, and after process displacement operations.
- Fixed a number of issues with the date selector used when scheduling reminders.
- Clicking the Note/Finding title in the "Active Alerts & Reminders" window now functions correctly in all scenarios tested.
- Resolved a number of scenarios when importing a package would result in "Object Reference" errors.
- Both packages and process files will now work properly with documents that contain unicode characters in their filenames.
- Duplicate uploaded files will now only be included once in package and process files.
- Moving Processes from the Turtle Box View now functions as intended.
- Documents that could not be included when creating a process file will no longer appear in the imported processes.
- Improved the accuracy of the progress bar while fetching and importing documents.
- "Sent to Sub-Process" notes will no longer be included twice in sub-processes when moving/duplicating a process.
- The relationship between "Sent to Sub-Process" notes is now preserved in moved/duplicated processes.
- Fixed a server error that occurred when imported process files in certain scenarios.
- Improved the paragraph spacing and appearance of the Process Report.
- The "Date Range" option on the Clause Usage Report now functions correctly.
- Improved the accuracy of the Clause Usage Report results in certain scenarios.
- Reports now show Japanese and Korean characters correctly.
- Reports now function correctly within snapshots.
- User lists within a snapshot no longer include multiple instances of the same user.
- Improved caching of standards when working on a server
- USAGE NOTE: Due to licensing and other restrictions, not all standards are available in all languages. A "Translation not available" icon will appear in such scenarios, and the content will be presented in English. You can use the Languages menu to switch to another available language.
- Terrapene will now remember whether the program was maximized, and will restore that setting when restarted.
- Server time and dates are now offset to reflect the end-user's local time/timezone.
- Improved error handling when saving and loading files in Terrapene.
- Permissions-related menu items now disable when you have insufficient permission to affect other permission changes.
Changes for Terrapene Client v1.5.1
Released on 23 December 2005
NOTE: Terrapene Client v1.5.1.28016 replaces v1.5.1.28014 released on 19 December 2005, and fixes an issue with process importing.
- If any documents couldn't be included in a package or an exported process, Terrapene allows you to view a "Document Error Report".
- In the Attachment dialog, Terrapene will now indicate if a linked file or folder appears to be unavailable.
- If a linked file or folder appears to be unavailable When attempting to save an attachment, Terrapene will ask you to confirm that the link is correct.
- The "Send to Sub-Processes" option on Notes now functions as intended. Errors involving archiving and transforming notes into findings while this options is selected are now resolved.
- You can now move or duplicate processes from the Turtle or Turtle Box Views without error
- Uploaded documents included in a process file can now be imported to an offline project without error
- Fixed inconsistencies when importing documents in process files
- New improved interface for creating and importing package files
- Password entry boxes now use asterisks (***) to mask password entry
- New progress bar to indicate status when creating a package
- More-detailed error reporting
- Notes/Findings with the "Include in Snapshot" option checked are now visible in snapshots, as intended
- Resolved a few issues with the Snapshot Selection screen
- You can now double-click an item in a listbox to select or activate it (for example, in the project selection, or "Select Person" screens)
- Error messages now show more relevant information, and errors can be copied to the Clipboard to assist with Technical Support
- Improved handling of international (Unicode) characters
- Improved auto-sizing of the Terrapene window on non-standard monitors and resolutions
- Improved error handling in the event of corrupted Windows Registry data
- A number of other minor improvements and bug fixes
Changes for Terrapene Client v1.5.0
Released on 30 August 2005
General:
- Significantly improved the speed when working in large offline projects
- Terrapene now supports International operating systems, and can fully handle data entered in non-latin character sets
- The project name now appears in the Title bar.
- Updated terminology: Support Processes are now consistently known as Sub-Processes
- Menus have been re-organized into a more logical structure
- New Technical Manual, accessible from the Help menu
- Added the ability to move, duplicate, import, and export processes
- Added pop-up descriptions for hexagon icons and buttons
- Significantly improved the speed of the "Connections View" when working on a Terrapene Server
- The contents of available ISO standards are now accessible from the Clause Selection dialog, and the "Standards Lookup Tool" available in the Tools menu
- When removing all applicable standard clauses from a specific turtle box, the title of the standard now disappears appropriately from the "Quality Management Standards" list
- Fixed a reporting error involving selected Standard clauses in the Clause Usage Report
- Added the ability to link to entire document folders
- Fixed issue opening document attachments on Korean operating systems
- Fixed a number of issues related to the "Upload to Server" option for attachments
- Added improved status indicators when uploading a file to the Terrapene server
- Improved detection of missing or "not found" document links
- When working online, the maximum file size permitted by the "Upload to Server" option for attachments is now visible. This can be adjusted by a Terrapene Server administrator.
- Improved scrollbar for the Notes and Findings section in the Turtle Box View
- The number of "sent-to-support" notes in a process is now counted correctly when working online
- Notes can now be successfully sent to sub-processes when accessed through the Message Viewer dialog
- The Alert/Reminder icon on a note or finding will now redraw automatically when an active alert or reminder is dismissed
- Improved status indicators when creating a package
- Linked documents are only included once in packages, even if linked to multiple times, resulting in smaller package file sizes
- New and improved tools for installing and updating
- Microsoft .NET Framework v1.1 is now required, and is installed automatically
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation is no longer supported
- You can no longer create snapshots without a title
- Fixed a glitch that prevented users from editing turtle questions in a specific situation
- It is no longer possible to open multiple different windows of Terrapene at the same time on the same computer
Changes for Terrapene Client v1.08.0126
Released on 9 February 2005
General:
- Added ISO 14001:2004 Standard
(NOTE: If you are connecting to a Terrapene server, the server must be upgraded before the new standard will appear.) - A scrollbar will now appear if too many documents are placed in one section of a given Turtle Box Section.
- Fixed a rare bug that prevented the first-created process from being saved in one specific scenario.
- Fixed an issue that occurred when attempting to drag a process hexagon outside the Terrapene window.
- Findings can no longer be saved unless the corresponding message is given a title.
- In previous versions, alerts sent to the Parent Process Owner were not being received - this has been fixed.
- In previous versions, alerts sent to the Project Owner were also being sent to the Process Owner - this has been fixed.
- Fixed a few errors and omissions from the ISO 9001:2000 Standard.
- When accessing a process on a Terrapene Server with "View Permission", the selected standards now correctly appear in the "Chosen Standards" dialog when clicking the icon in the appropriate Turtle Box.
- Support Processes created by Process Owners (non-Administrators) from the How Box while connected to a Terrapene Server are now successfully saved.
- "Error Code 91" no longer occurs when attempting to create a package when the "Include Documents" checkbox is unchecked.
- Fixed the "Permission Denied" error during package creation that occurred in 1.07.
- Fixed the document inclusion for packages so that the only documents included are those in the selected processes and with the "Include in Packages" option checked.
- Changes made in turtle boxes now appear in Reports right away.
- Fixed rare "Error Code 91" when creating Process Report showing Document Titles
- Fixed the "Error Code 91" that occurred when customizing the Turtle Box selection in the Process Report.
- Fixed an issue that caused sporatic login problems when pressing the Enter key on the Login screen.
- Fixed an issue with company names on a Terrapene Server that contained an apostrophe; they were mistakenly appearing as "\'" in Terrapene Client.
- When deleting a process that was linked to in Terrapene, connection links are marked as "broken" to alert you that the connections should be reviewed. There is now an option in the Project Menu to "Remove Broken Process Links" from all processes in one step.