Sugar Professional Release Notes Version 5.5.4

Introduction

This document describes the requirements, new features, enhancements, and known limitations in Sugar Professional 5.5.4.

You can upgrade from Sugar versions from 5.5.0, 5.5.1, 5.5.2, and 5.5.3 to Sugar 5.5.4. All Sugar 5.5.0 and 5.5.1 plug-ins and extensions are compatible with Sugar 5.5.4.

Note:

It is strongly recommended that you test 5.5.4 on a copy of your production system before upgrading it to 5.5.4.

Please continue providing feedback on this release as we continue to develop Sugar functionality for the upcoming releases. We will continue to work to incorporate your feedback into the development process. The SugarCRM Development Team is closely monitoring your feedback and is making every effort to fold it into upcoming releases.

For more information on a bug or to provide feedback, use the SugarCRM Bug Tracker which is accessible through http://bugs.sugarcrm.com. Use “5.5.4” to designate new bugs found in this release. You can also update existing bugs with additional information.

Check the Bug Portal for known issues prior to submitting bugs.

For information on downloading Sugar Plug-ins as well as Sugar installation, upgrade, and conversion packages, see this Knowledge Base article.

Topics include:

•	Requirements

•	Compatibility Matrix

•	Known Limitations

•	Change in Behavior

•	Fixed Bugs in 5.5.4

Requirements

Requirements for 5.5.4 are as follows:

•	Increase the value of the memory_limit parameter in the php.ini file as follows:

•	MySQL Server: 40M or higher

•	MS SQL Server: 40M or higher

•	To install Sugar 5.5.4 successfully, ensure that the Multibyte String (mbstring) module is installed in your PHP libraries.

•	If you are using MySQL, install version 5.0 or higher to use with Sugar 5.5.4.

•	For Microsoft Exchange, Sugar supports only versions 2000 and higher.

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In order to better support multi-byte character storage with Microsoft SQL Server, you can configure Sugar to use FreeTDS driver. See “Installation Prerequisites and Guidelines” in the Sugar Professional Application Guide. The supporting files are in a zip file, sugarcrm-MB-mssql.zip at http://www.sugarforge.org/frs/?group_id=6.

Compatibility Matrix

SUGAR BUILDING BLOCKS	SUPPORTED VERSIONS	COMMENTS
PLATFORMS		Sugar runs on any OS that runs PHP
• Linux	Red Hat 4.x, 5.x (Advanced Server, Enterprise Server) Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.1 CentOS 4.x, 5.x
• Windows	XP, 2003, 2008, Vista
• Mac	OS X
PHP
PHP	5.2.1- 5.2.6, 5.2.8 - 5.2.13
DATABASES
• MYSQL	5.0x, 5.1
• MS  SQL Server	2005, 2008
WEB SERVERS
•    Apache	1.3x, 2.0x, 2.2x	Supports any version that runs PHP
•    IIS	6.0, 7.0
MAIL SERVERS • Exchange
• QMail
• GMail
• Yahoo
SUGAR PLUG-INS
• Sugar Plug-In for Microsoft Outlook	Outlook 2003, 2007
• Sugar Plug-in for Microsoft Word	Word 2003, 2007, XP
• Sugar Plug-in for Microsoft Excel	Excel 2007
• Client (Browser)	Firefox 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 3.6 IE 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0 Safari 4.0
MULTIMEDIA
• Adobe Flash	7.0 and above
RECOMMENDED STACKS
Linux Stack
• PHP version	5.2.8
• Apache	2.0.63, 2.2.4
• RedHat Enterprise	Workstation 4
Preferred Databases
MySQL	5.1
SQL Server	2005
Windows Stack
• Windows	2003
• PHP version	5.2.8
• IIS	6.0
Preferred Databases
MySQL	5.1
SQL Server	2005

Notes:

1.	Strict mode is supported for MYSQL.

2.	The PHP setting, MBstring.func_overload =7 is supported.

Known Limitations

The Microsoft SQL Server driver version 1.0, does not support UTF8. Therefore, use the FreeTDS Driver.

Change in Behavior

Prior to 5.5.3, a single username could be used to log into a Sugar system under multiple sessions simultaneously. As of 5.5.3, a single username can be used to log into a Sugar system only under one session. Any additional user sessions started using the same username will log out previous sessions.

Fixed Bugs in 5.5.4

Bug 38210

Reports fail to run when custom fields are included.