From http://wiki.vtiger.com/archives

Overview

5.1.0 RC is bundled several new features compared to 5.0.4, following are some of the highlights

• Webservices API
• Workflow
• Vtlib library
• Services support
• Layout Editor
• and many more ...

600+ bug fixes and 150+ enhancements have been addressed in this release along with performance improvements.

MySQL Configuration

If you are using an standard or pre-installed MySQL database (instead of bundled MySQL available in vtiger 5.1.0RC Exe / vtiger 5.1.0RC Bin downloads), make sure to enable UTF=8 support in (my.cnf/my.ini)

Features & Enhancements

Features list is available here. Few other enhancements addressed in 5.1.0 RC are listed below. Please click the #ticket for additional details.

#1510 Contacts, leads - always drops back to first page of list

#3230 Multiple Attachments not supported

#4107 provide delete option for related to field(contact) in calendar.

#4109 Accounts -vs- Contacts and saving emails sent?

#4131 HTML Based E-mail Templates

#4175 Email notification when User is added

#3907 Firefox : Small note description

#4075 Ability to change default mysite page

#3013 Allow multiple attachments when sending emails.

#4118 Order filter name alphabetically

#4183 & #4382 Import/Export functionalities for Trouble Tickets & Vendors module

38557 Accounts > Mailer Export : Exports contacts (depending on search criteira) from the Accounts from a previous search into a CSV.

#2607 Selective Export : Export the selected records.

#4131 HTML Based E-mail Templates

- StandardUser configuration in installation : During Vtiger installation, we now provide a feature to set the configuration for StandardUser also, similar to the Admin user.

- Role based PickList : Picklist values can now be defined based on roles. So different set of picklist values can be assigned, for all the modules, based on User roles.

- Firefox plug-in dynamic Role based PickList for Trouble Tickets : Picklist values for Trouble tickets can be defined based on roles.

Bug Fixes

We have fixed around 660+ issues in the 5.1.0RC release. Here are the Top 10 bug fixes:

#2051 Always problem with accents

#2107 Huge security hole

#2196 Inconsitency in charset (UTF-8)

#3952 migration problem from 5.03RC2 to latest SVN

#4050 Error on lead conversion

#4201 Version need to be changed

#2214 i18n issue with picklists

#2590 saved picklist value not remained when edit

#2620 UTF-8 support for Notifications and report folder name

#3728 webmail -->attachment img not forwad to another mails

To more about closed tickets, please follow Trac report of issues fixed in 5.1.0RC.

Integrated Patches

We have integrated around 50 patches in 5.1.0RC release. Here are a few of them:

#3283 i18n issue at calendar (all events and tasks)

#2279 Role assignment upon user creation broken

#2318 RTF document merge instead of word merge

#2346 Calendar Week View Action button displays improperly

#2350 Navigation dropdown problem in IE (and Safari?)

#2404 Problem with HTML Tags in AltBody(Text) on Email, (umlaute)

#2730 Problem in Search and Tag Search when modules are disabled for a profile

#3004 patches to log entries for php 5.2

#3719 Error causing blank screen problem - fix

#3832 picklist encoding problem

For more information look at Trac report of patches integrated in 5.1.0RC.

Known Issues

To learn more about know issues please follow the link: Known issues of 5.1.0

We will address them as we go forward, be patient.