WriteRAP 1.4 Released 12/9/2010

WriteRAP version 1.4 has been released on the USA WriteRAP server today, 9 December 2010. Most of the enhancements are ones that will benefit administrators and super-users of the system, though a few will improve life for all users:

1. There was a bug in the handling of projects whose project admins/project managers had been removed from the WriteRAP system. The bug is fixed in this release.
2. Documents in WriteRAP are added to a parsing queue upon sign-in; the documents are parsed to ensure that they are not corrupted. But documents in archived projects do not need to be parsed. This release removes those documents from the parsing queue.
3. Similarly, documents that have no template assigned do not need to be parsed. This release also removes those documents from the parsing queue.
4. Temporary folders and files build up on the WriteRAP server just as they do on any computer. This release removes them automatically.
5. Some actions that are available for documents in active projects should not be available in archived projects. In this release, those actions are disabled in archived projects.
6. Upon export of document(s), the user can now choose to have all documents that are being exported placed under administrative lock automatically.
7. This release fixes a bug and a usability issue concerning workflow status -- the status can now be set and will be properly maintained until it is explicitly changed.
8. WriteRAP system administrators can now update notices on the welcome page using a web-based interface, rather than by logging on to the WriteRAP server itself.
9. Users can now choose to sign-out and download multiple documents simultaneously; likewise, they can upload and sign-in multiple documents simultaneously.
10. WriteRAP administrators sometimes work with the Template Manager window, which lists a large number of templates. Previously, any action an administrator took in this window would cause the view on the window to return to the very top of the full list of templates, requiring the administrator to re-navigate to the point of interest in the list; this release leaves the view unchanged, thus making it easier to work in the list.
11. In this release, administrators can quickly toggle between a project page and that project's document list page.
12. A report of documents that failed to parse is now available in the reports page.
    

There is no update to the WriteRAP toolbar at this time.