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Version 4.9.1.0 brings new features into EPPI-Reviewer Web and fixes a handful of bugs, both on EPPI-Reviewer Web and the Silverlight versions. Main improvements are around editing references/items and allowing you to create/delete Coding Assignments. As one could expect, given our relatively fast publish schedule, in the last couple of updates our main emphasis was on porting frequently used features into the new Web version. In the meantime, we've been working also on larger parts of the application(s). We expect to make some major steps forward with the next updates, involving duplicate checking (both versions), PDF viewing and line-by-line (inductive) coding, as well as supporting Cochrane licensing also on the Web interface. Please watch this place!

Features implemented in the Web version.

This part covers the "porting" of features from the Silverlight version, into the new "Web" user interface. Our general approach is to start by trying to replicate existing features on a one to one basis. However, while doing so, we are always happy to try to improve what we have, whenever possible.

Create and delete coding assignments.

This feature is actually comprised of 2 (or 3) separate abilities. These are: (1)"Randomly assign (new) codes to References (Items)", [(2)Create a new code, useful to organise the "randomly assigned new codes" within appropriate sections] and (3)"Create/delete coding assignments". For convenience, these features are now all available from within the "collaborate" tab. It is our intention to combine all of these features together into a single "Wizard", which should help in guiding users through what can otherwise feel like a complicated activity.
For the time being, besides moving features (1) and (2) so that they both appear in the "Collaborate" tab, not much has changed. All three features conceptually work as in the Silverlight version.

Upload documents.

It is now possible to upload documents (on a per-reference basis) using both versions. This is now possible in all "Item/Document details" pages (Silverlight and Web, "Full" and "Coding Only"). This feature also includes the ability of deleting uploaded documents.

Item details page.

For the Web version, this page was first created for the "proof of concept" first implementation. Thus, it was in need of a complete redesign: in this release (both "Full" and "Coding Only" interfaces) the "Item Details" page now shows all the reference fields available. To be precise, some fields are now considered optional and can be shown by changing the appropriate "in page" option. Concurrently, we've added the ability of the interface to adapt to different publication types, so to indicate what information a given field represents in a manner that depends on the current "publication type".

Edit Item details.

In the full (Web) Interface, it is now possible to edit the reference details. In parallel to the work done for the presentation of the "Item Details", we've now written what is needed to edit references/items also via the Web interface (Full version only; this isn't supported in the "Coding Only" interface).

Manually create new references.

It is now possible to manually add new references from the Web version, this page works like the "edit" page described above, but allows you to start from an "empty" reference.

Small enhancement (Web version): (reversible) source deletions.

This feature was not warning users that marking a source as "Deleted" is not fully reversible. In detail, this operation will erase the "Included/Excluded/Individually Deleted" status of the references imported via the affected source. In fact, undeleting a source would restore all items therein to the "Included" status. The present version will show appropriate warnings when deleting/restoring sources.

Bugfixes (Web Version):

On the login page, the date of the last update could show "invalid date", instead of the correct value. Similarly, treatment of date fields was unreliable or inconsistent in various places across the user interface. Date handling should now work in the whole app and show dates in consistent formats.

The status message in the lower left corner is truncated when it is too long to be shown in its entirety. When this happens, a "...More" link is added. However, clicking this link produced an empty window with no message at all. This problem is now solved and the full "status" message should be readable also on the Web interface.

Bugfixes (Silverlight version):

When adding and editing the "Info" text for a given code, the latest edit could disappear when moving back and forth between arms (without changing the current reference/item). This was a "presentation" bug, in the sense that edits were saved on the database, but the latest change done could disappear from the user interface. This problem could only happen when changing arms while applying multiple changes to "info" texts. Problem is now solved.

When deleting an uploaded document, a check is performed to see if codes have been applied to the full-text. This check wasn't working properly and could report that no codes had been associated with an uploaded document even when this wasn't the case. This problem is now solved.

 
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