= !MapGuide 2.4 Release Notes = !MapGuide Open Source 2.4 Preview Release is now available! * Release wiki: [wiki:Release/2.4] * Milestone: [milestone:2.4 2.4] * [query:?status=closed&group=component&resolution=fixed&milestone=2.4&order=status Resolved Tickets] == Installation == Binaries for Windows and Ubuntu Linux 11.10 have been posted to OSGeo Windows 32 bit installer: * [http://download.osgeo.org/mapguide/releases/2.4.0/Test/MapGuideOpenSource-2.4.0.6579-Test2-x86.exe MapGuideOpenSource-2.4.0.6579-Test2-x86.exe] Windows 64 bit installer: * [http://download.osgeo.org/mapguide/releases/2.4.0/Test/MapGuideOpenSource-2.4.0.6579-Test2-x64.exe MapGuideOpenSource-2.4.0.6579-Test2-x64.exe] Windows 32-bit InstantSetup bundle: * [http://download.osgeo.org/mapguide/releases/2.4.0/Test/MapGuideOpenSource-2.4.0.6579-InstantSetup-x86.zip MapGuideOpenSource-2.4.0.6579-InstantSetup-x86.zip] Windows 64-bit InstantSetup bundle: * [http://download.osgeo.org/mapguide/releases/2.4.0/Test/MapGuideOpenSource-2.4.0.6579-InstantSetup-x64.zip MapGuideOpenSource-2.4.0.6579-InstantSetup-x64.zip] Ubuntu Linux 11.10 install script: * [http://download.osgeo.org/mapguide/releases/2.4.0/Test/ubuntu11/mginstallubuntu.sh mginstallubuntu.sh] == Windows Compatibility == ||||32-bit||64-bit|| ||Windows XP SP3||Yes||Maybe*|| ||Windows Server 2003||Yes||Maybe*|| ||Windows Vista||Maybe+||Maybe+|| ||Windows 7||Yes||Yes|| ||Windows Server 2008||Yes+||Yes+|| ||Windows Server 2008 R2||N/A||Yes|| * IIS configuration will probably not work. Apache config should work due to its self-contained nature + Not tested, but similar enough to Windows 7 to theoretically work == Additional Post Release Patches == N/A == Major New Items for Preview Release 2 == * New MgInstantSetup zip bundles for flexible installation/configuration. Choose the MgInstantSetup bundle over the regular installer if you want to have side-by-side installations of MapGuide * Ubuntu install available for this release. Install script now has a basic interactive text installer allowing for FDO provider selection. == Major New Items == * A new service for profiling performance ([wiki:MapGuideRfc110 RFC 110]) * Web Tier directories now include SVN metadata, allowing for the pulling of viewer updates and fixes instantly with a subversion client ([wiki:MapGuideRfc111 RFC 111]) * Path scaling support in Symbol Definitions ([wiki:MapGuideRfc113 RFC 113]) * New Feature Service API for save points [wiki:MapGuideRfc114 RFC 114] * Improved Coordinate System conversion performance ([wiki:MapGuideRfc116 RFC 116]) * IPv6 support ([wiki:MapGuideRfc118 RFC 118]) * Support for enhanced URL information in Layer Definitions ([wiki:MapGuideRfc119 RFC 119]) * Configurable Coordinate System dictonary paths via serverconfig.ini and webconfig.ini ([wiki:MapGuideRfc122 RFC 122]) * Feature Join performance optimizations ([wiki:MapGuideRfc123 RFC 123] and [http://themapguyde.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/improving-feature-join-experience-or.html]) * Toggle-able tooltips for AJAX and Fusion viewers ([wiki:MapGuideRfc120 RFC 120]) * Lots of performance and usability improvements in Fusion (see [http://themapguyde.blogspot.com.au/2011/12/fusion-is-actually-usable-now.html this link] for an overview) Also included are features from the (cancelled) 2.3 milestone * Datum Transformation enhancements ([wiki:MapGuideRfc94 RFC 94]) * WMS 1.3.0 support ([wiki:MapGuideRfc95 RFC 95]) * QuickPlot command for AJAX and Fusion viewers ([wiki:MapGuideRfc96 RFC 96]) * EPSG/SRID code changes ([wiki:MapGuideRfc98 RFC 98]) * WFS 1.1.0 support ([wiki:MapGuideRfc106 RFC 106]) * Watermark support ([wiki:MapGuideRfc108 RFC 108]) Thanks to the ever growing team of developers who are contributing to make the !MapGuide Open Source project a more self-sustaining project. Please [wiki:SubmitTicket report any defects]. == Compatibility == MGOS 2.4.0 is compatible with [http://fdo.osgeo.org/content/fdo-370-downloads FDO 3.7.0]. == FDO == FDO is compiled against the Oracle 11.2 instant client available from [http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/index.html?rssid=rss_otn_soft Instant Client Downloads]. For a Linux installation, the Oracle shared library path should be included in LD_LIBRARY_PATH or ldconfig. == Installer notes == Installing MGOS 2.4 preview alongside MGOS 2.2 or older releases '''is not a currently supported configuration''' The installer '''does not''' currently support IIS Express as an IIS configuration option. Please observe the updated software requirements if you are using .net and/or IIS configuration: * IIS (all versions) require FastCGI for IIS to be installed. * For IIS6 and below, download and install the FastCGI extension from [http://www.iis.net/download/FastCGI this link] * For IIS7 and above, you can install FastCGI by enabling the CGI feature of your IIS installation. See [http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/246/using-fastcgi-to-host-php-applications-on-iis/#EnableFastCGI this link] for more information. * The supported .net Framework version for the MapGuide .net API is '''4.0''' * For IIS6 and below, the installer will still set the ASP.net version to '''2.0.50727'''. You will have to manually change the ASP.net version to '''4.0.30319''' post-install To assist new MapGuide users and developers, the installer also now bundles the following optional components: * .net/PHP/Java viewer samples * MapGuide Developer's Guide in HTML format with updated content * .net/PHP/Java Developer's Guide Samples All bundled samples require the [http://download.osgeo.org/mapguide/releases/2.0.2/samples/Sheboygan.mgp Sheboygan dataset] to be loaded into the MapGuide Server. For Developer's Guide samples, the developer's guide data package needs to be loaded. These can be found in the root directories of the respective devguide samples in your MapGuide Web Tier installation. Finally, due to coordinate system dictionary paths no longer tied to a global environment variable (RFC 122) a mandatory system reboot after installation is '''no longer required''' for all supported versions of Windows. However, a restart of Apache and/or IIS may be required for PHP to work. For the InstantSetup bundles, the MgInstantSetup utility requires .net Framework 3.5 to run. This is in addition to whatever existing software requirements imposed by this release of MapGuide Open Source. == Known Issues == * The Performance Profiler may not work due to insufficient permissions to save the generated report files. To fix this, ensure the directory {{{\Web\www\mapadmin\profilingmapxml}}} has sufficient write permissions for the user account that php-cgi.exe runs under. * ~~The installer will not remove the IIS virtual directories correctly if you specified a different virtual directory in IIS. For example, if you install with a virtual directory of "mapguide24" it will still remove the "mapguide" virtual directory on uninstall.~~ * Uninstallation can leave "ghost" IIS virtual directories behind, which currently include: * ~~dotnetviewersample~~ * ~~dotnetsamples~~ * ~~mapviewernet~~ * Any virtual directory / application you create inside the mapguide virtual directory that '''was not created by the installer''' These "ghost" directories can impact on future installations. To ensure these "ghost" directories are completely gone after uninstallation, use the appcmd.exe utility to remove these virtual directories. You can find out what virtual directories are still there by running {{{appcmd.exe list vdir}}} * ~~IIS7.x: The installer does not properly configure the mapviewernet, dotnetviewersample and dotnetsamples directories as IIS applications if you enable such features in the installer. Workaround is to manually create these applications with IIS manager afterwards.~~ * ~~#1984: An asp.net security setting prevents selection XML from being set from the .net viewer. The current workaround is to add the following line to web.config for the mapviewernet directory under the {{{}}} configuration section:~~ ~~{{{}}}~~ * PHP Viewer and Developer's Guide samples will not work if the PHP viewer feature is not enabled. Likewise for .net and Java. Nothing in the installer will prevent you from making such a choice. * For the IIS configuration or Apache configuration with a custom http port, you will have to update the WFS and WMS server name configuration properties via the MapGuide Site Administrator after installation if you intend to use such features. This is currently set to localhost:8008 for both. * ~~#1985: 32-bit IIS configuration does not work on 64-bit windows. To fix this, set the "Enable 32-bit applications" property to true on the IIS application pool that is created by the installer.~~ * We have used a non-standard binary build of Apache/PHP to produce this installer, as a result some PHP extensions and Apache modules may not be available. * The exe installer will automatically install the Visual C++ 2008 and Visual C++ 2010 redistributables if required. The Visual C++ 2008 redist installer if it is run, it will leave a whole bunch of temp files in the root of C drive (usually). This is a defect in the VC2008 redist installer. == API changes ==#ApiChanges [wiki:MapGuideRfc110 RFC 110] A new API for rendering performance profiling [wiki:MapGuideRfc114 RFC 114] A new API for transaction save points == New Server Configuration (serverconfig.ini) Options == [wiki:MapGuideRfc122 RFC 122] introduces the MentorDictionaryPath configuration property, which is the first place MapGuide Server will look for the coordinate system dictionary files. The MENTOR_DICTIONARY_PATH environment variable will be used instead if the specified path in serverconfig.ini does not exist == New Web Configuration (webconfig.ini) Options == [wiki:MapGuideRfc122 RFC 122] introduces the MentorDictionaryPath configuration property, which is the first place the MapGuide Web Tier will look for the coordinate system dictionary files. The MENTOR_DICTIONARY_PATH environment variable will be used instead if the specified path in webconfig.ini does not exist == Debugging Installer failures == If the installer fails, you can unpack the internal msi from the exe (see Disk Space section below) and run the msi like so: {{{msiexec /l*v install.log /i filenameofthe.msi}}} The Windows Installer engine will log all messages to install.log. Fatal errors thrown during installation are usually logged to this file. Be warned that this file can grow really large during installation. == Disk Space == The installer requires at least 1.5GB of disk space on C: during installation. Otherwise installation may not proceed. If you do not have sufficient space on C:, you can open the installer file with [http://www.7-zip.org 7-zip] and extract the contents to another drive, and run the extracted setup.exe from there. It may also be helpful to set your TEMP environment variable to a different drive. == Submissions == This list of submissions up to this release can be found [http://trac.osgeo.org/mapguide/timeline?from=04%2F27%2F12&daysback=376&changeset=on&update=Update here]