Hi Everyone, Beta 2, which is the last scheduled public test release of 2.5, is up. This is your last chance to test 2.5 and report problems before we ship.
Please note this version requires a new key. If your license has not expired you can request a new key be issued automatically from: http://www.runrev.com/revolution/updatekeyrequest.shtml The changes to the key generation system will make it much easier for us to issue updates and lost keys in the future. It is a big step forward in the service we will be able to offer you. However, the system is new and still being tested. Please do not contact support without exhausting use of the automated system and waiting the period specified in any email it sends you. *WE ARE STILL TESTING THE KEY ISSUING SYSTEM, IF THE EMAIL YOU RECEIVE SAYS YOUR KEY IS GOING TO BE ISSUED MANUALLY, DO NOT CONTACT SUPPORT* The file format has changed in this release. This is a minor change which in no way affects backward compatibility. The details will not be made public. As with all beta test releases, back up your stacks before using with this release. We have tracked down most of the issues reported against beta 1. However we have still been unable to locate the cause of a few types of crash reported against beta 1. The purpose of this beta is to track those down, and to check that there are no other stability issues, before we ship this as the final release. To help us do that, the engines have increased debugging information and will write out data about their state to the console. Please include this information, together with the crash log with any crash report. Please also try to include a recipe if you have one. We hope the additional debug data will be enough, but a recipe remains the *only* way to be sure we can fix something, so please send one in *if at all possible*! This version also ships with a new logging mode. If you are having problems or anticipate problems, please run revVerboseDebug true in the message box. This property is persistent between sessions and only needs to be set once. Revolution will write a complete message log to a file, veboseLog.txt in the Revolution directory as it runs. Please include a compressed version of this log file with a crash log. Note that this file is erased when Revolution is restarted, so you need to copy this file and send in a report before reopening Revolution. Parts of the Learning Center have now been uploaded for use with this release. We are aware of an issue on Rev Online where images will highlight incorrectly under certain circumstances, we are working on it. In order to view the videos, you will need to download the Ensharpen decoder from the bottom of the page at: http://www.techsmith.com/download/ensharpendefault.asp?lid=DownloadEnSharpen The release version will include this codec in the distribution and prompt to install it automatically. Also note that some of the videos that are up are marked as requiring a key. In the final release only the more advanced topics will require a key. Right now we are testing our key issuing mechanism so have marked some of the Getting Started videos as not available, even though these will be free to all in the release. All Studio and Enterprise customers with active licenses will get a free key to access all videos, including the advanced topics. The URLs are as follows. In this release we have included both Linux and Classic builds, along with Mac OS X and Windows: Linux: http://www.runrev.com/downloads/distributions/2.5B2/linux.tgz http://www.runrev.com/downloads/distributions/2.5B2/revolution-2.5-b2.i386.r pm Mac OS X: http://www.runrev.com/downloads/distributions/2.5B2/revolutionosx.dmg Mac OS Classic: http://www.runrev.com/downloads/distributions/2.5B2/revolution.sit Windows (no installer): http://www.runrev.com/downloads/distributions/2.5B2/revolution.zip Windows (with installer): http://www.runrev.com/downloads/distributions/2.5B2/revsetup.exe Finally, thanks for all the great feedback on the test releases to date. Enjoy! Kind regards, Kevin Kevin Miller ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ http://www.runrev.com/ Runtime Revolution - User-Centric Development Tools _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
