SR-121200 · Issue 184842
DB2 DateTime conversion fixed
Resolved in Pega Version 7.1.8
After inserting date values in DB2, using the select command and retrieving the above date values using RDB-List returned the date as one day earlier. The root cause of this issue was the logic used for reading and writing date columns in DB2. The logic was implemented in order to ensure that the values in the column were both saved and retrieved in GMT time zone. However, when a java.sql.Date object was retrieved from the JDBC metadata, it was returned as the date value at the time of Midnight, and the time zone was set to the local time zone by the metadata (instead of the expected GMT time zone). When preparing to return this value, the Date object was formatted with reference to GMT, which causes the Date object to have an hour subtracted and report a date value that was one day less than expected. To fix this, the datetime logic for the Date columns has been modified to use a DateFormat object in the system's local time zone.
SR-121277 · Issue 181001
Deployment user privileges updated for upgrades
Resolved in Pega Version 7.1.8
When attempting to upgrade some installations, the upgrade script was failing while trying to determine the current PRPC version. This was caused by the deployment user lacking the DBA privileges to read/write the tables in the rules and data schema, and has been updated.
SR-121331 · Issue 180473
Updated handling of Visio objects in Word files
Resolved in Pega Version 7.1.8
In order to cleanly present Visio images, they have been included as Visio objects in recent versions of the software and the objects were only viewable in Visio itself. This required switching back and forth from Word to Visio while viewing a document with Visio objects included, which was not ideal handling. In this release, the behavior has been further updated: The documentation will be generated server side, so no Visio glimpse will be possible in the app docs. The ERDs will still be included as embedded Visio files, but instead of the icon the system will present an embedded image. Clicking on the image will open Visio. Documentation has also been added to clearly indicate that Visio is required for a more detailed view of the ERD.
SR-121331 · Issue 184808
Updated handling of Visio objects in Word files
Resolved in Pega Version 7.1.8
In order to cleanly present Visio images, they have been included as Visio objects in recent versions of the software and the objects were only viewable in Visio itself. This required switching back and forth from Word to Visio while viewing a document with Visio objects included, which was not ideal handling. In this release, the behavior has been further updated: The documentation will be generated server side, so no Visio glimpse will be possible in the app docs. The ERDs will still be included as embedded Visio files, but instead of the icon the system will present an embedded image. Clicking on the image will open Visio. Documentation has also been added to clearly indicate that Visio is required for a more detailed view of the ERD.
SR-121429 · Issue 187948
Encoded handling for Chinese characters in SOAP
Resolved in Pega Version 7.1.8
Signature verification failed when a SOAP message contained multibyte Chinese characters. This was due to the engine passing platform specific request bytes instead of sending UTF bytes to the third party metro webservices code when signature is enabled. The JAR encoding has been modified to use the style it gets in the request in order to bypass third party platform decisions.
SR-121464 · Issue 182061
Editing privileges corrected for the clipboard
Resolved in Pega Version 7.1.8
An issue was found where it was possible to use the "Edit" option in the clipboard even when the clipboardViewerUpdate privilege is set "0" or blank. This has been resolved via rule check-in with a 'clipboardViewerUpdate on Edit' function to ensure proper privilege setting.
SR-121471 · Issue 179231
Potential XSS vunerability eliminated
Resolved in Pega Version 7.1.8
The system has been modified to enhance security and eliminate a potential XSS vulnerability related to adding a file attachment.
SR-121475 · Issue 188297
Row repeat behavior smoothed for HTML5
Resolved in Pega Version 7.1.8
After migrating, row repeat was expanding the width of all the cells each time the section was refreshed even if the width was selected as pixel (fit to content). Selecting "include HTML5 document type" option at the application level prevents the issue, but this issue has been addressed with the "Align Column With Data" Check box available on header cell.
SR-121501 · Issue 183603
Enhanced security for SQL exceptions errors
Resolved in Pega Version 7.1.8
In order to avoid a potential security vulnerability, the error messages generated by database exceptions have been made consistent for DB2 and Oracle and do not display SQL information in the log.
SR-121535 · Issue 188591
Autocomplete response tuned to resolve latency
Resolved in Pega Version 7.1.8
When the autocomplete list was displayed, a delay was seen between the focus highlight and the mouse pointer when using Google Chrome or Microsoft Internet Explorer 11. The highlight style is applied using CSS hover selector and the style is applied by the browser, so any delay is dependent on overall performance of the application in the browser, however the system has been optimized for performance and some memory leaks were tightened, and the overall application should display a noticeable improvement in response time.