[Chameleon-dev] Chameleon 2.4 beta1

Fri Mar 24 09:32:19 EST 2006

Hi Julien,

can you please give an example of how to use the 2.4 branch?

I tried something similar to what Paul used to do like described here:

http://lists.maptools.org/pipermail/chameleon-dev/2005-January/003771.html

cvs co -r chameleon24 -d chameleon24 chameleon

But that does not seem to work.

Best regards,
Bart

Julien-Samuel Lacroix wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> This is to inform everyone that the Chameleon 2.4 release cycle has 
> begun.
> Chameleon 2.4 beta 1 is now available on Maptools website (or will be 
> shortly).
>
> http://chameleon.maptools.org/index.phtml?page=downloads.html
>
> Or the MS4W package at:
> http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml?page=downloads.html
>
> For developpers, there's now a new branch in CVS: branch-2-4
> Please use this branch for any fix in 2.4 and keep in mind that only 
> bug fixes
> should go in that branch from now on. For new features, use the main CVS
> version.
>
> In the next few weeks we won't add new feature but take feedback on 
> the new
> release and make bug fixes. So please fell free to try it out and 
> report any
> problem you have with it.
>
> This release include a bunch of bug fixes and enhancements. I'll try to
> summarize them here.
>
> Changes
> -------
>
> One of the big change of this version is in the language handling. The 
> MLT
> (Multi-Lingual Translator Module) now allow widget developpers to 
> maintain
> language files more easily via text files instead of DBF. Widget 
> directories
> now contains one file per language currently supported in Chameleon 
> (english
> or en-CA, french or fr-CA and dutch or nl-NL). The process to add a 
> new one is
> now simplier. Feel free to contribute new language! The migration of 
> custom
> widgets to the new language handling should be very straight-forward.
>
> Another related change of this release is the addition of a new language:
> dutch.
>
> The other big addition is the support for popins in Chameleon. Popins are
> just like popups, but open inside the main windows. This gives a bunch of
> advantages like not being affected by popup blockers. Currently only the
> MapNotes widget is configured to support this new feature. It is planned
> to migrate all Chameleon widgets to the new popin archtecture as we get
> feedback from the community. So let us know what you think of it.
>
> Bug Fixes
> ---------
>
> - Fix PHP notice that appears with PHP 4.4 and above
>
> - Legend drop down list was empty. Caused by malformed MLT get()
>
> - MT bug 1369: fileSystemToURL cannot deal with skins outside of 
> chameleon dir
>
> - MT bug 1366: [MLT] mlt calls dont take into account widget inheritance
>
> - bug 1108: Modified apply function to take care of the case where 
> element
> type is a FEATURE.
>
> - bug 1108: Modified LocateCB function to take care of the case where 
> element
> type is a FEATURE. Also in the same function, when actionID equal 
> zero, use
> mszHTMLForm variable instead of wh variable.
>
> - Modified test to verify if difference between minx and width error
> (same for:  miny, maxx and maxy) are in the tolerance.
>
> - MT bug 1364: MapDHTML: provide widget option for saving webimage
> instead of using drawmap.php
>
> - MT bug 1229: md5_file warnings
>
> - changed queryresult layer status to ON (before: DEFAULT)
>
> - fixed assigning wrong projection to re-projected query result
>
> - Modified CONTROLVISIBILITY attribute to be case insensitive.
>
>
> - Ruler: Changed units attribute to be optional.
>
> - TableRenderer.php: Use lower case for Row keys
>
> - Bug 1275: Remove mszTitle since it's not used at all.
>
> - cwcjsapi.js, cwc_roi.js: Round the return values of Geo2Pix
>
> - MT bug 1327: [MapDHTML] waitimage: cannot use URL
>
> - MT bug 1332: [Chameleon-Core]MLT resources are not loaded in 
> external widgets
>
> - MT bug 1324: ROI shows imagetoolbar in IE
>
> - MT bug 1323: MapDHTML widget shows image toolbar in IE
>
> - WidgetManager.php: Added code to call mlt loadResource
>  method (bug 961 comment #1).
>
> - chameleon.php: Added test to verify if aszLang session
>  variable is set, if not use mszCurrentLanguage instead when
>  MLTPHPInclude is instanciated (bug 961 comment #2).  Also corrected
>  the call to MLTPHPInclude setLanguage method (bug 1292).
>
> - MT bug 1306: CWCJSAPI widget has problem with https and IE
>
> - SQLQuery.widget.php: added PORT support for PostGRES
>
> - cwcjsapi.js: Added an array index to the CWCEvents array inside the
>  DeRegisterEvent function in the if statement and in the assignation 
> statement
>  (inside the if backets).
>
> -cwcjsapi.js: Added the DeRegisterEvent function in the prototype list.
>
> - RemoveLayer widget: present alert to user when there is no layer 
> selected
>
> - MT bug 1258: WMSCache widget: add showlegend attribute
>
> - MT bug 1272: LayerAttributes.php does not work with Ionic or Geoserver
>
> - MT bug 1277: ExtractWFSData: assumes geometry attribute is called Name
>
> - MT bug 1276: ExpressionBuilder: BBOX filter always uses Name for 
> geometry
> attribute
>
> - MT bug 1121: [Chameleon-Widget] CURSORTYPE not recognized after using
> ROI tools
>
> - MT bug 1233: ExpressionBuilder: GetJavascriptFunctions contains
>  absolute URL for the popup link
>
> - MT bug 1232: ExtractWFSData: GetJavascriptFunctions contains 
> absolute URL
>  for the popup link
>
> - MT bug 1257: ROIRectangleTool has no support for cursortype
>
> - MT bug 1259: WMSCache widget: add minscale/maxscale values
>
> - MT bug 1260: chameleon.php calls undefined function error
>
> - LocateByAttribute: removed "pointzoombuffer" attribute, replaced with
>  "zoombuffer", which also works for polygons and lines
>
> - admin/htdocs/viewstats.phtml: removed redundant quotes in CSS,
>  causing style not to work in Mozilla
>
> - cwc_dhtml.js: added small null check on existance of layer object
>
> - MT bug 1245: XMLThemeLegend: add support for theme_visible
>
> - MT bug 1240: UploadContext widget: wrong root element for 
> ContextCollection
>
> - MT bug 1231: [Chameleon] ExpressionBuilder shows geometry property 
> in list
>
> - MT bug 1230: ExpressionBuilder does not work (parse error)
>
> - MT bug 1227: MapNotes properties.php does not check if dbase module 
> is loaded
>
> - Update contributed by Roland Martin to enhnace the drawing of grouped
>  layers
>
> - WFSSearch: Updating as per bug 1174
>
> - when a geometry is not point, zoom to the extent of the geometry and 
> ignore
> the zoomscale parameter.
>
> - WFSSearch.phtml: changed to UTF-8 for output
>
> - And a bunch of others...
> Just check CVS logs if hyou want more details :)
>

-- 
Bart van den Eijnden
OSGIS, Open Source GIS
http://www.osgis.nl