5.0.3 Release Notes

Release Information

The Appspace Core 5.0.3 build is a maintenance release that focuses on security enhancements and includes the latest bug fixes.

Dynamic media lets you specify content that is located externally (such as images or video files) and set a frequency to retrieve new versions of the content.
Dynamic media is useful to display content that changes frequently without manual uploading such as weather and traffic camera images, and server generated graphs.

A new device registration wizard for the Cisco Edge 340 player device is now included.
The Cisco Edge 340 also appears in the Target Device drop-down list in the Sign Manager extension.

When an on-premise Core is linked to the Cloud, the workflows between the local and Cloud identities are better defined.

The Advanced Device Management extension is updated with a collection of default device tasks for supported players, and also includes support for the new Cisco Edge 340.

When a user needs to change their current password to a new one, they are now required to enter their old password for verification.
Additionally, password resets are sent as an email that bring users to a secure page to perform the reset.

All API methods have been reviewed for security compliance against Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) exploits.

The PC (DirectX) Player has been updated with the option to activate Screen Saver Mode.
When activated, the player will run when the Windows OS screen saver starts.

The PC (DirectX) Player has been updated with the option to support browser-based presentation modes:
IE-Chrome presentation engine
IE-Flash presentation engine

The PC (DirectX) Player now has feature parity with the Flash-based players to support conditional events.

The Edge 340 player includes support for VLC format videos which allows the display of non-MPEG4 video formats (such as WMV). Note: VLC video formats will take a longer time to load as it needs to instantiate the codec and plugin for different video types.

System Admin – Unprompted password recovery e-mails being sent
System Admin – Username/e-mail unable to support apostrophe character
System Admin – in Administrator Mode, server error message encountered when using duplicate e-mails to create accounts
API – RetrieveDevice API call fails to pull the proper device ID

Unexpected yellow border around media container
Media container missing content after importing application
Event room layout cannot adjust column width if there is only 1 row
“More Options” schedule settings don’t adjust for Daylight Savings Time
HTML content not properly contained in Visual Editor in Internet Explorer 10
Reordering (re-numbering) media zone contents not functioning
Table listing widget content not updating changes
Application export fails due to script error
Imported application does not appear if imported after switching accounts
Scheduled content failing after importing an application
Encoded double quotes in data source fails when used in Table Listing widget
Media zone preload fails if the first item in playlist is a video asset
Certain Rich Text fonts are incorrectly displayed in Preview, Visual Editor, and the player
Copied (duplicated) media zones do not retain the same dimensions (width/height)

Content Library – unable to delete allocated images if selecting > than 20 items
Multi-Tenancy – failed account creation failure prompts check for multi-tenancy license
Network Management – inaccurate player tags when exporting player listing via CSV format
User Management – exception error when adding a new group after switching accounts

System Admin – adjusted terminating process methods within Appspace server
System Admin – applying configurations returns failed error messaging when using valid credentials

Advanced Device Management – unable to properly execute frequency-type tasks
Advanced Device Management – daily/weekly/monthly tasks are incorrectly implemented
Campaign Manager – campaign zone ID hard coded for a specific widget ID
Extension Manager – unable to reorder (move up/down) extensions
Extension Manager – “Whoops” error when attempting to save on Extension Details page
Priority Messaging – player client displays a black screen for the first broadcast after deactivation

Edge 340 – client post-installation processes fail to execute
Edge 340 – resolved orientation persistence upon startup
Edge 300/340 – Appspace monitor fails to reboot the device
Edge 300/340 – playing short videos back-to-back results in a black zone (VLC player)
Edge 300/340 – optimized startup scripts and Download Manager processes, resolved ADM tasks using NaN parameter
Edge 300/340 – Flash player unable to retrieve application player properties
DMP4310G – speed limit (rate limiting) option when enabled is not being enforced
SmartHub ASE – servers using MS SQL database cannot add SmartHub resources

System Admin – password in user profile field inadvertently hidden
System Admin – Appspace servers linked to Cloud does not handle authentication exceptions properly
System Admin – max execution timeout of Appspace server to be increased to handle large file size uploads
System Admin – script generation (application syncing) fails if the player tagging is being used
System Admin – password in user profile field inadvertently hidden
API – unable to properly upload (video) content is a user is from a different user group
API – unable to retrieve all players using “retrieve network by id” API

Advanced Device Manager – maxed out at listing only 50 devices when 50+ exists in the network
Content Library – unable to upload content if user is from a different user group
Network Management – sub-networks unable to add or inherit properties of parent network
Sign Manager, Content Library – unable to create and edit web page with selected type (URL)
Sign Manager – remote control widget properties not properly updated during import process
Sign Manager – Visual Editor listing of widget fails if more than 40 widgets exists inside a single layout
Sign Manager – unable to create a widget due to tables that contain XML null (empty value)
Sign Manager – calendar widget events are not properly imported (duplicate results)