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Download & Releases

3.9.7 (stable)

Release 3.9.7 has been published on October 28, 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 3.9.7.tar.gz
46MB, 2008-10-28
md5: b11d609abce33b8a264d76eec4ef4352


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Format: .zip

Download 3.9.7.zip
47MB, 2008-10-28
md5: 70d804a98dd89d73d07f5f1757777811


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

Known Issues

1. Mail Security Fix

This patch fixes a security issue in the mail system.

The zip file contains one file:
Services/Mail/classes/class.ilMailFolderGUI.php

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

- ilias.3.9.7.mailsec.patch.zip - md5sum: bf7d8ce1b06b935151d74ef1924afe58

2. 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
3. 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

  • Webfeeds: Fixed Bug #04035: no valid rss-feed when category/course/group name includes "&". (Alex Killing)

  • News/Forums: Fixed Bug #3829: Edited posts at forums are not updated in personal/course internal news. (Alex Killing)

  • News: Fixed Bug #3886: News text ignores line breaks. (Alex Killing)

  • Learning Modules: Fixed Bug #3898: crash when creating scorm module of an ILIAS learning module. (Alex Killing)

  • Administration

    • Added missing return (<CR>) at line end of user csv export (Helmut Schottmüller, 2008-09-18)

    • Fixed Mantis bug #3899 : User Account administration blocked by setting filter "Users without Course" (Helmut Schottmüller, 2008-10-08)

  • Test & Assessment

    • Fixed test output template. Bottom buttons did not save the question results (Helmut Schottmüller, 2008-09-05)

    • Removed dummy parameter from certificate images to prevent problems with PDF creation (Helmut Schottmüller, 2008-09-05)

    • Fixed "Select All" of test participants by renaming a HTML form with a duplicate name (Helmut Schottmüller, 2008-09-18)

    • Fixed language variable and added name of corrector to log entry of manual changed points (Helmut Schottmüller, 2008-10-01)

    • Fixed log entry for manual scoring of test questions and added name of the scored participant (Helmut Schottmüller, 2008-10-05)

    • Fixed Mantis bug #3145 : Error with synchronization between test and question pool questions (Helmut Schottmüller, 2008-10-09)

    • Fixed Mantis bug #4021 : Problems with image integration in test certificates (Helmut Schottmüller, 2008-10-21)

    • Fixed Mantis bug #4049 : Problems with special characters in test certificates (Helmut Schottmüller, 2008-10-27)

  • Survey

    • Fixed Mantis bug #3699 : Irritating chart layout (Helmut Schottmüller, 2008-10-01)

    • Fixed Mantis bug #3942 : creation of own phrases in matrix questions failed (Helmut Schottmüller, 2008-10-09)

    • Fixed matrix question row/col editor (Helmut Schottmüller, 2008-10-09)

    • Fixed Mantis bug #3276 : Survey reports "Changes saved", when changing the properties after (Helmut Schottmüller, 2008-10-09)