Release Notes-1.5.0 Beta 2

Friday, June 26th 2009

New Features Over 1.4

Version 1.5 of OpenMRS is packed with new features! A few of them are highlighted here, and a larger list of them can be found on the Release_Notes-1.5.0_Alpha page.

• Added a wizard for easier setup of the OpenMRS database and runtime properties file. Just deploy the war file into Tomcat, view it in a web browser, and it will step through creating your database for you.
• Removed the need to run and update-to-latest sql files. When downloading an updated OpenMRS file, simply upload the new war file to Tomcat, view it in a web browser, and it will show you what database updates are needed before it can start.
• Images, xrays, sound files, etc can now be stored or referenced as "Complex" observations in the database
• UTF-8 characters are now fully supported in both database elements and as a translation item

A huge thanks to the many people that contributed code or bug reports to this release!

Community Input

We welcome any user to download OpenMRS 1.5 Beta 2 and try it out, give us feedback, and potentially bug reports on this release. We especially ask current users try this version out on their own database and with their custom modules.

If a new bug is found, send an email to one of the mailing lists or create a new trac ticket (registration required).

We do not recommend using this in a production environment!

Download

• Download OpenMRS 1.5 Beta 2
• 1.5.0-beta2-schema-and-core.sql (Database creation is done in the webapp at startup now. This file is only needed if database creation needs to be done offline)
• 1.5.0-beta2-update-to-latest-mysql-diff.sql (Database updates are applied by the webapp at startup now. This file is only needed if not running the openmrs webapp)

Bundled Modules

These modules are bundled with the 1.5 beta 2 openmrs.war download. They will be started automatically and can be removed if they are not wanted.

• Data Entry Statistics 1.0
• FormEntry Module 3.6.5
• Html Form Entry Module 1.3
• Reporting Compatibility 1.5.0.1

What's New over 1.5.0 Alpha?

See Release Notes-1.5.0 Beta

What's New over 1.5.0 Beta?

There were a handful of bug fixes found in the first beta release that have been fixed in the second beta:

Bugfixes
[8635]	Fixed a property-not-null exception when enrolling a patient in a program.
[8670]	Fixed hl7 queue/archive/error not saving because of a missing uuid
#1190	Updated initialization wizard to use ajax instead of refreshing the page - (Thanks Knoll_Frank!)
#1512	Changed "update" wizard to use ajax to show progress of changes - (Thanks Knoll_Frank!)
[8699]	Fixed exception when saving data exports because of missing uuid
[8716]	Fixed exception when saving data exports because of missing uuid
#1587	Fixing portlet extension point tags that use el syntax
#1374	Added ability to create a date observation in the most recent observations portlet (Thanks Ellen!)
#1592	Readded ability to have special characters and spaces in passwords (Thanks nribeka!)

See the 1.5.0 Alpha release notes for changes over the 1.4 releases. See 1.5.0 Beta release notes for changes over 1.5.0 alpha release.

More detailed information can be found by looking at the tickets closed for the 1.5 line.