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Download & Releases

3.9.6 (stable)

Release 3.9.6 has been published on September 4, 2008. It is a bugfix release and does not contain major new features compared to release 3.9.0.

Please read the 3.9.0 release report for information about major changes and new features.

Information about first time installation can be found here.

How to Update: Instructions for updating ILIAS can be found in section 3 of the general installation instructions. For major updates (e.g. 3.8.x -> 3.9.x) the safest proceeding is, to upgrade a copy of your productive system first and test whether everything works ok.

Notes for MySQL 4.0.x Upgraders: If you plan to upgrade from MySQL 4.0.x to MySQL 4.1.x or higher please read our Migrating from MySQL 4.0.x to MySQL 4.1.x instructions.

If you update from ILIAS 3.4.0 or 3.4.1 and already used MySQL 4.1.x: Due to a problem in the UTF-8 handling some extra update steps are necessary. Please click here and follow the instructions.

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Format: .tar.gz

Download 3.9.6.tar.gz
46MB, 2008-09-04
md5: 6e8ef3a3b601cfb19d35a872dda69e25


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Format: .zip

Download 3.9.6.zip
47MB, 2008-09-04
md5: 357c438725b96a0b541f8b6a7196db27


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ILIAS is free, open source software and published under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Known Issues

1. Test & Assessment Question save issue and Test & Assessment Certificate issue

This bugfix patches two issues in Test & Assessment.
- During tests, the buttons at the bottom of the test do not save the participant answers.
- Sometimes the background image of test certificates is not visible in the PDF certificate

The zip file contains tree files:
Modules/Test/templates/default/tpl.il_as_tst_output.html, Modules/Test/classes/class.ilTestCertificate.php and Modules/Test/classes/class.ilTestCertificateGUI.php

Please backup your current versions of Modules/Test/templates/default/tpl.il_as_tst_output.html, Modules/Test/classes/class.ilTestCertificate.php and Modules/Test/classes/class.ilTestCertificateGUI.php and copy the patch files to the corresponding directories.

- ilias-3.9.6.test-output-patch.zip - md5sum: 22fe11039e756deca3b61711b0faeda2

2. Permission patch

This patch fixes a bug, which removed permissions for all filtered roles after saving the permissions with enabled role filter.

The zip file contains one file:
class.ilPermissionGUI.php

Please backup your current version of classes/class.ilPermissionGUI.php and copy the patch file to the corresponding directory.

- ilias-3.9.6.permission-patch.zip -
md5sum: 39b3e6c382a72cc3e676e63b3aa29944

3. Survey matrix question patch

This patch fixes multiple issues with matrix questions.
  • The neutral column values are written incorrectly when a user selects a neutral column. ILIAS always uses the number of rows instead the number of columns to count for the neutral column.
  • It fixes Mantis bug #4107: Matrix questions with Check Boxes (Multiple Response) makes errors
  • It fixes an issue with the row/column editor in the author view

The zip file contains two files:
class.SurveyMatrixQuestion.php and class.SurveyMatrixQuestionGUI.php

Please backup your current version of Modules/SurveyQuestionPool/classes/class.SurveyMatrixQuestion.php and Modules/SurveyQuestionPool/classes/class.SurveyMatrixQuestionGUI.php and copy the patch files to the corresponding directory.

- patch.matrixquestion.zip - md5sum: 4bf16d283c8083e540cbe85515b749a4
4. Survey matrix question patch

This patch fixes multiple issues with matrix questions. It includes all the patches of the above matrix question patch file and one additional patch.
  • The neutral column values are written incorrectly when a user selects a neutral column. ILIAS always uses the number of rows instead the number of columns to count for the neutral column.
  • It fixes Mantis bug #4107: Matrix questions with Check Boxes (Multiple Response) makes errors
  • It fixes an issue with the row/column editor in the author view
  • It fixes Mantis bug #4155, an issue with the export of the specific user results (new)

The zip file contains two files:
class.SurveyMatrixQuestion.php and class.SurveyMatrixQuestionGUI.php

Please backup your current version of Modules/SurveyQuestionPool/classes/class.SurveyMatrixQuestion.php and Modules/SurveyQuestionPool/classes/class.SurveyMatrixQuestionGUI.php and copy the patch files to the corresponding directory.

- patch.matrixquestion_v2.zip - md5sum: 084109dc142dc8c6c4b61d07e4236f62

Fixed Bugs

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed certificate generation and removed additional creation of newlines at the certificate top and bottom after saving (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed problem with test evaluation (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Added additional visual feedback for test imagemap editor (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed wrong filter setting for filter by name in test statistics (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed Mantis bug #3802: Question block behaivior fails (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed sorting problem in test statistics export (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Added JavaScript and Form fixes (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed ordering question save method for non JavaScript output (Helmut Schottmüller)

  • Test & Assessment: Fixed Mantis bug #3809: Not able to navigation through a test using Internet Explorer (Helmut Schottmüller)

    Not fixed entirely. Please use the patch file ilias-3.9.6.test-output-patch.zip of the Known Issues section (Helmut Schottmüller)