Allows to change back to a previous case stage. Added a history of the stage changes in the case info panel. Infamous stage change bug has been fixed. Fixed a few MSIE keyword bugs. Added option to display currencies in Indian notation. Fixed problems with the way currencies in general are displayed. Updated italian, german and french translations. Many other bugs fixed.

Warning: development release! Before upgrading, make sure that you have a backup of your database. This release is rather stable, but it has not extensively been tested. Use at your own risk.

Your feedback is appreciated: please send us a short report of your experience using LCM: good and bad points, features you like or dislike, etc. Send your report to legalcase-devel@lists.sf.net (public list) or to legalcase-core@lists.sf.net (a private list which includes only the core team members).

 See also: Freshmeat announcement

Installation

The software can be freely downloaded from our Source Forge project page:

 Development version (0.7.3)
 Stable version (0.6.4c)

For more information, consult the quickstart notes.

Upgrading

To upgrade from a previous version, overwrite the files then login as administrator. This will trigger the upgrade of the database structure (if necessary).

About LCM

Background: The Legal Case Management system is a free software initiative of the Internet Rights Bulgaria Foundation (IRBF). The project was initiated on August 1st 2004 in collaboration of several Bulgarian not-for-profit organisations. Today, with the help of user contributions, the software is available in seven languages and continues to be actively developed. We also offer commercial support, trainings. For more information: legalcase-core@lists.sf.net

Release ChangeLog

 Core: added possibility to go many times at the same stage, show history of case stages in case info. (ML)
 Core: fixed infinite loop in the list of cases for a client displayed when creating a new case, when there are more than 10 cases for that client. (reported by MH, ML)
 Core: if no birth date, show "n/a" instead of "2008 years old" (ML)
 Core: edit client, allow to enter an empty birthdate in the html inputs, it is later validated according to site policy. (ML)
 Core: do not display calendar if we need to upgrade, otherwise generates an error (ML)
 UI: fixed display of "stage change" info (ML)
 Core: fixed bug which would cause a panic during stage change. (reported by JVG, fixed by ML)
 Core: fixed keyword revalidation (cache update) for MSIE, which was causing a panic because of how MSIE sends form info. (reported by JVG, fixed by ML)
 Core: added option to customize the case ID. (req by BM, added by ML)
 Core: added option to print currencies using the Indian notation (req by BM, added by ML)
 Core: "sum billed" and other places where money/currencies are used (and possibly for file sizes too) were not being correctly formatted for values such as "1000", it would show "1,0". (Reported by BM, fixed by ML)
 Core: the navigation links in the list of organisation/clients in the forms "add a org/client to a case" have been fixed. (ML)
 UI: xhtml corrections in the "internal requests" forms, and hiding "edit" button when updating a request status or when adding a comment. (ML)
 Core: Fixed bug in pager (next/previous) for list of internal requests. (Reported by Ramesh, fixed by ML)
 Trad-IT: corrections (?)
 Trad-DE: corrections (Felix von Courten)
 Trad-FR: corrections (ML)
 PostgreSQL: fixed SQL bug in calendar day view. (Reported by Ramesh, fixed by ML)
 Core: Improved and fixed a few features in "create a new organisation for this case" function. (Reported by CM, fixed by ML)
 Core: Fixed "client date of birth" validation. (ML)