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--- en:release:3.12_release_notes [2025/07/25 02:40] – [Other useful extensions] kjdon
+++ en:release:3.12_release_notes [2026/09/29 03:29] (current) – [Windows Notes] anupama
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 **Release Date:** 16 July 2025
-** Released: **
+**Released:**
    * Binaries for Windows, GNU/Linux 32 and 64 bit machines, a Mac binary for Mac Sonoma (OS version 14.7.6, generated on Mac Monterey 12.6.7)
    * Download from [[https://www.greenstone.org/download]]
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    * ( [[http://svn.greenstone.org/main/tags/3.12/|svn tag page]] [[https://trac.greenstone.org/browser/main/tags/3.12|trac tag page]]. Code revision up to 40516. Tag revision: 40531. )
-** Release Candidate History **
+**Release Candidate History**
   * **Greenstone 3.12 rc1:** Release Candidate 1. Released 11 June 2025.\\ Binaries for Windows, GNU/Linux 64 and 32 bit, Mac Monterey. Mac version generated on MacOS Monterey/12.6 and tested on Mac Sonoma 14.7.6. See notes directly below.\\ Download from the [[http://www.greenstone.org/snapshots|snapshots]] page\\ [[https://svn.greenstone.org/main/tags/3.12rc1/|svn tag page]] [[https://trac.greenstone.org/browser/main/tags/3.12rc1|trac tag page]]. Code revision up to 40380. Tag revision: 40383.
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 ===Windows Notes ===
-  *  There is increased security for downloaded binary installers from newer versions of Windows 10 onwards.\\ After double clicking on the binary, you may first see Windows pop up a blue dialog ensuring you approve the installation. If you see the blue popup, click //more info// and then the button //Run anyway// that appears. Eventually, the Green splash screen of the installer should appear.
+  *  On **Windows 11**, there have been more advanced security measures that prevent running the Greenstone installer out of the box. It is insufficient to unblock the Smart App Control for the Greenstone Installer (by rightclicking the installer executable file > Properties > General > ticking Unblock check box next to the security message at the bottom saying the file came from another computer). \\ You actually need to turn off the Smart App Control first as follows:
-  *  For slightly older versions of Windows 10, the procedure may be different. After double-clicking, if the green installer splash screen doesn't appear after a few seconds, then right click on the installer executable, choose Properties, go to the General tab and at the bottom (in the Security section) look for a tick box labelled Unblock and tick this.
+      - Press the Windows key, type Settings, and press Enter.
+      - Click on Privacy & security on the left or right menu.
+      - Select Windows security, then click on App & browser control.
+      - Click Smart App Control settings.
+      - Select Off.
+      - Confirm the prompt by clicking Yes, I'm sure. (Note: Windows warns that you cannot easily turn it back on via the UI once disabled, but you can re-enable it later using the Registry Editor if needed).
+      - Run through the Greenstone installer.
+      - Then turn the Smart App Control back on.
+  *  There is increased security for downloaded binary installers from **newer versions of Windows 10** onwards.\\ After double clicking on the binary, you may first see Windows pop up a blue dialog ensuring you approve the installation. If you see the blue popup, click //more info// and then the button //Run anyway// that appears. Eventually, the Green splash screen of the installer should appear.
+  *  For **slightly older versions of Windows 10**, the procedure may be different. After double-clicking, if the green installer splash screen doesn't appear after a few seconds, then right click on the installer executable, choose Properties, go to the General tab and at the bottom (in the Security section) look for a tick box labelled Unblock and tick this.
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   * The bug in incremental building (to do with archives_keepold) has been fixed.
-  * **GLI Changes: **
+  * **GLI Changes:**
     * **Webswing GLI** - a lot of tidying up and stability fixes. Introduced in 3.11, Webswing GLI allows running the GLI in a browser. (But regular, desktop GLI is not going away, and still available as before.) WebSwing GLI replaces the client-GLI with Remote GS3 server combination and GLI applet/GLI Webstart application. Refer to the [[https://files.greenstone.org/tutorial/gs3-current/en/all_tutorials.html#webswing_gli|Using WebSwing GLI (Web GLI)]] tutorial for instructions on how to start using WebSwing GLI. It's mostly the same as Desktop GLI, so the linked tutorial runs you through just the differences. See also [[en:user_advanced:webswing_gli|Webswing GLI page]] for additional info on getting it working.
-    * **the Files tab.** Added mainly to support Webswing GLI users, the Files tab gives a view of the entire collection - unlike the Gather tab, which just shows the import folder. Using the Files tab, a user can add resources, xsl files, javascript etc to their collection. Previously this would have required logging in to the server and uploading files.
+    * **the Files tab.** Added mainly to support Webswing GLI users, the Files tab gives a view of the entire collection - unlike the Gather tab, which just shows the import folder. Using the Files tab, a user can add resources, xsl files, javascript etc to their collection. Previously this would have required logging in to the server and uploading files. This tab is only active in Expert mode - to change modes, go to File->Preferences->Mode.
     * **custom fields** Allows adding custom metadata names for indexes, sort fields, facet fields - in case you need to use extracted metadata that doesn't end up in the metadata lists in GLI.
     * ** shared-collections-editor** New authentication group in webswing GLI - allows the user to edit shared collections, but not personal collections. Gli now also provides the option when creating a new collection for it to be personal or shared (depending on the user's authentication groups).
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 ===== Greenstone Extensions =====
-Greenstone has many extensions - projects that add functionality to it. Some are Greenstone3 extensions, which live in the //greenstone3/ext// folder, and can be viewed at [[https://trac.greenstone.org/browser/gs3-extensions]]. Others are greenstone2 versions - if they relate to collection building then they are suitable for Greenstone 3 also, and would live in //greenstone3/gs2build/ext//. They can be viewed at [[https://trac.greenstone.org/browser/gs2-extensions]].
+Greenstone has many extensions - projects that add functionality to it. Some are Greenstone3 extensions, which live in the //greenstone3/ext// folder, and can be viewed at [[https://trac.greenstone.org/browser/gs3-extensions]]. Others are Greenstone2 versions - if they relate to collection building then they are suitable for Greenstone 3 also, and would live in //greenstone3/gs2build/ext//. They can be viewed at [[https://trac.greenstone.org/browser/gs2-extensions]].
 ==== Extensions included by default in 3.12:====
 ** Greenstone3 extensions**
-  * solr - adds collection indexing using SOLR
+  * **solr** - adds collection indexing using SOLR
-  * webswing - adds the ability to run Java programs (GLI, phind, collage) in the browser.
+  * **webswing** - adds the ability to run Java programs (GLI, phind, collage) in the browser.
 To deactivate these, you can run the DEACTIVATE.sh script in greenstone3/ext
 ** Greenstone 2 extensions**
-  * pdf-box - adds better PDF handling
+  * **pdf-box** - adds better PDF handling
-  * tika - adds support for docx files using UnknownConverterPlugin
+  * **tika** - adds support for docx files using UnknownConverterPlugin
 ==== Other useful extensions ====
-  * OpenOffice - If you have LibreOffice or OpenOffice installed, you can use the OpenOffice extension to process some newer versions of Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents. Refer to the [[http://wiki.greenstone.org/doku.php?id=en:user_advanced:greenstone_extensions|openoffice greenstone extension]] instructions.
+  * **OpenOffice** - If you have LibreOffice or OpenOffice installed, you can use the OpenOffice extension to process some newer versions of Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents. Refer to the [[en:user_advanced:greenstone_extensions|openoffice greenstone extension]] instructions.
-  * Tesseract - allows extraction of text from image files
+  * **Tesseract** - allows extraction of text from image files using OCR. Refer to the [[en:user_advanced:greenstone_extensions#tesseract|tesseract extension]] instructions.
 ===== Known Issues =====
-=== RSS issue ===
+=== RSS issues ===
-The RSS button (see [[en:user:rss| the RSS page]] for more information) gives a transformation error. - To fix this please edit web/interfaces/default/transform/gslib.xsl - copy the collNameChecked variable definition from web/interfaces/default/transform/layouts/header-vars.xsl into this file.
+  * The RSS button (see [[en:user:rss| the RSS page]] for more information) gives a transformation error. - To fix this please edit web/interfaces/default/transform/gslib.xsl - copy the collNameChecked variable definition from web/interfaces/default/transform/layouts/header-vars.xsl into this file.
+  * If you edit the collectionConfig file to add a plugout line, it gets removed by GLI. Solution: use the import options -saveas and -saveas_options on the Create Pane instead.
+  * Incremental build doesn't update the RSS information with any deletions. Solution: do a full rebuild to remove all the deleted items from the RSS info.
 === GLI issue ===