Weave 2.6.7 includes a number of bug fixes and enhancements. The enhancements increase the flexibility and usability of some of Weave’s standard tools.

The most important change in this release is the use of a new logging library (Logback). This change ensures Weave is using a modern, secure and versatile logging framework. Logback is a logging framework for Java applications, created as a successor to the log4j project.

A full list of changes in this release can be found on the Weave What's New page.

The main enhancements in 2.6.7 are:

Weave Logging

• The logging in Weave has always been done using a third party library. Prior to Weave 2.6.7 Log4j 1.2 was used, and from 2.6.7 Weave is now using Logback.

• In essence, the logging works as it has in previous versions of Weave with the following changes:

  • Logging configuration is through the logging.xml rather than logging.properties file.

  • The ordering of items in the logging.xml file is important so the ordering in the logging.xml file provided in the Weave upgrade should not be altered.

  • The logging.xml file contains comments in every section to assist the Weave Administrator with changing settings.

  • When Weave has been installed without any modifications to the logging.xml file, Weave logs information to the weave.log file within the $WEAVE_HOME/logs/ directory when started as a service/daemon. 

  • You can now also use the dump logs OSGi command, or the Admin Tool Log Tool, to see additional log output if Weave was not started as a service/daemon.

• For more details on logging refer to the Administration Guide Logging page.

Single Image Slider

• Previously offered as a custom bundle, the Single Image Slider is now part of core Weave.

• This slider offers an alternative to having basemap-type layers in the Table of Contents and allows transitioning visibility between vector and raster layers.

• An example of configuring the Single Image Slider is given on the Client Components page.
  

Splash Screen

• The ability to display a message to the user as they enter Weave, and have them interact with that message, has been enhanced. This enhancement provides full splash screen functionality.

• The new splash screen has the combined function of what was previously available as the licence and start-up tip. A splash screen provides a way to display information to the user at start-up similar in appearance to the licence agreement but provides additional options to customise the experience for the user.

  

• A full description of how to configure a splash screen can be found in Client section in the Weave Configuration Reference.

Data Upload - Spreadsheet

• The Upload tool now allows displaying of coordinate values from a spreadsheet.

• This adds another format to the wide range of files that can be uploaded for map display.

  

Redline Tool - Organise Redlines

• A new tool has been added to the Redline tools, the Organise tool. It appears on the Redline toolbar by default.

• This tool allows you to organise Redline objects by reordering them to ensure overlapping objects are visible. The window also gives the dimensions of the Redline objects.

  

  

• For more details on the Organise tool refer to the Weave User Guide Organise tool page.