FileVista v4.0 RC2 is released

We have released FileVista version 4.0 Release Candidate 2.
This version is for testing and feedback purposes. Upgrading an existing v3.x installation to this version is not possible at this time. Upgrade will be possible with the final version which is to be released soon.

We released RC1 last month but we decided we should also include "Direct Link" feature in v4.0 as a lot of customers had been requesting this feature along with "Email Notifications" feature which we already added in RC1. Release of v4.0 was delayed due to development time spent on "Direct Link" feature which we think we implemented really "properly".

Please download the trial copy of version 4.0 RC2 from this link:
FileVista v4.0 RC2
Please send us feedback related to RC2 within this forum topic.

Improvements and new features in RC2 (released on June 2th):
- Added: "Direct Link" feature with advanced options. "Direct Link" feature will allow you to reference files within FileVista folders via permanent URLs.
This way you can reference the files in other systems, in documents or in emails.
When creating a direct link, it is possible to set a expiration time, a maximum download limit and a password.
You also have the option to use a custom file name (eg. SomeDocument.pdf) in the direct link URL (for the sake of user friendliness) instead of an automatically generated name (eg. 34817ed6802e4a42aa11527e5d7230fb.pdf).
One other option to specify is forcing download or opening the file directly in browser (for displaying PDF, Word, Excel, Image etc files inline in browser)
- Added: New "Application Settings" dialog with tabs.
- Changed: All user changeable settings in filevista.config are moved to "Application Settings" dialog for convenience.
- Changed: Used tabs for permissions and notifications options on the root folder properties dialog.
- Changed: Notification emails are sent asynchronously for better performance.
- Changes: Removed "User Settings" icon from toolbar and made user name which is displayed on the top right of the toolbar, clickable to open "User Settings"dialog.
- Fixed: Refresh problem which occured only when you paste after entering into the subfolder.

Improvements and new features in RC1 (released on May 3rd):
- Added: FileVista will be able to run under ASP.NET "Medium" trust level from now on. Many shared-hosting companies (eg. GoDaddy) force Medium trust level on their servers for securtiy reasons and FileVista will be compatible with them now.
- Added: Dropped the default Microsoft Access database in favor of a 3rd party compact database engine VistaDB for being able to run under Medium-Trust and 64 bit operating systems.
SQL Server is still supported. Actually, any database engine which provides a SQL Server compatible DbProviderFactory library will be supported.
- Added: A third upload method and optimized existing upload methods. Renamed the old upload method "Browser" to "Ajax" and the new upload method to "Browser". New "Browser" method will allow uploading even in medium-trust level by sacrificing the realtime progress information.
"Ajax" method (formerly "Browser") still needs higher permissions due to displaying the realtime progress information so it will not be available in medium-trust level.
Note that the best possible upload method "Flash" will now work in medium-trust level.
- Added: Email notifications feature. It's now possible to send automatic email notifications for the following events: Failure, Browse, Create, Delete, Rename, Copy, Move, Compress, Extract, Upload and Download.
The notifications can be set for users and groups on subfolder level just like permissions on the root folder properties page. For instance, if someone uploads to a specific folder, the people in the notification list of that
folder will be notified via email about the upload. Details such as uploaded file names will be also included in the notification email.
- Added: New setting "ShowSystemTypeDescriptions" in filevista.config for forcing to show file and folder type descriptions from the system's registry.
If not enabled (default behaviour), then simple (but current language dependant) type descriptions (eg. EXE File) will be shown.
Under Medium-Trust, registry access will not be possible so even if this setting is enabled, simple type descriptions will be shown.

Excellent! I love the Direct Link feature, only thing i would like to see is a list of all active direct links where i could choose to exipre some if i needed to.

Keep up the great work.
Rob

Cem,
Once a link has expired how can we show a different 403 error other than the standard one? What i want is " Sorry this link has expired"
Thanks
Rob

Hi,

I came across this post and thought of trying it out. I am not able to test the directlink feature.

The link that gets generated for one of the file is 
http://localhost:1879/filevista/link/elexopharm.jpg

Actually the file is in this folder
\FileVista\App_Data\testfolder

Even the test link fails.

Could you let me know what needs to be changed to make this work?

Thanks,
Sanchi

Rob,
Editing existing direct links will be possible in future versions. You can change the direct link error message in the language file (FileVista\languages\en.xml). Look for strings with keys 704 to 716.

Sanchi,
Direct link URLs will be generated in this format: http://HOST/filevista/link/LINKNAME
The physical folder does not matter but your host name will change according to how you access FileVista.
So I guess, the problem is you are creating locally (localhost:1879) so you can not access it remotely.
You should try replacing localhost:1879 with the remote host name.

Thanks very much for the reply Cem

Thanks for the reply Cem.

Well could you please let me know when this version will be or might be released?

Thanks,
Sanchi

ver. 4 RC2 on Hostway---server 2008 iis 7 ASP.net 2 SP1

configuration runs w/o problem but when going to login screen at completion it is just blank like the app doesn't kick-off.

thoughts?

when i run filevista 4 RC2 on WIN2003 ,I get "Upload Module is not active" error message .could tell me how to confige this?thank you?

resolved. thanks.

Hi,
I too receive the message of "Upload Module is not active" when updating to upload a file. Installed 4.0 RC2 on windows 2003 x86. Is there a resolution? Looking forward to the final release so we can upgrade without loosing all settings. Thanks.
N

Hi,
I suspect the below setting (specific for IIS6, Win2003) in FileVista's web.config fails for some reason so upload module is not triggered.

  <location path="FileVistaControl/upload.aspx">
    <system.web>      
      <httpModules>
        <add name="FileVistaControl.UploadModule" type="GleamTech.Web.FileTransfer.UploadHttpModule, GleamTech.Web.FileTransfer" />
      </httpModules>
      <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="2096053" />
    </system.web>
  </location>

It seems the location path specified (FileVistaControl/upload.aspx) is not effective. This may be due to the folder structure of your web site where you installed FileVista.

I recommend you to delete the above setting and put the below setting to the main <system.web> section in the web.config file:

      <httpModules>
        <add name="FileVistaControl.UploadModule" type="GleamTech.Web.FileTransfer.UploadHttpModule, GleamTech.Web.FileTransfer" />
      </httpModules>
      <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="2096053" />
 
Let me know the results.

Thanks Cem,
Your suggestion worked!

Here's the <systen.web> section of the web.config file for reference

 <system.web>

    <authentication mode="None" />
    <identity impersonate="false" />
    <compilation debug="false" />
    <sessionState mode="InProc" />
    <webServices>
      <protocols>
        <add name="HttpPost"/>
      </protocols>
    </webServices>
    <httpHandlers>
      <add verb="*" path="link" type="GleamTech.FileVista.DirectLinkHandler, GleamTech.FileVista" />
    </httpHandlers>
    <httpModules>
        <add name="FileVistaControl.UploadModule" type="GleamTech.Web.FileTransfer.UploadHttpModule, GleamTech.Web.FileTransfer" />
             </httpModules>
      <httpRuntime maxRequestLength="2096053"/>

</system.web>