Released: SPServices 0.7.2 BETA (Aug 16, 2012)

This release is in an pre-release state. Please only download it if you know what you are getting and are willing to test it. In any case, it's a bad idea to use any release with the word ALPHA or BETA in its name in a production environment.

See all items in the Issue Tracker here.

Read about some of the new features on my blog here.

New Functionality

Alpha	Issue Tracker Item	Function	Operation	Description
ALPHA1	10071	$().SPServices.SPXmlToJson	NA	Enhanced userToJsonObject for use when ExpandUserField = True
ALPHA3	10074	$().SPServices.SPFindPeoplePicker	NA	Add SPFindPeoplePicker Function
ALPHA4	10070	$().SPServices.SPXmlToJson	NA	SPXmlToJson - calculated fields and "blank" xml attributes
ALPHA5	9969	$().SPServices.SPGetStaticFromDisplay and $().SPServices.SPGetDisplayFromStatic	NA	Getting multiple columns in one SPGetStaticFromDisplay call

ALPHA3 - Added caching capability to the SPServices core AJAX function to make it available across all SPServices value added functions and Web Services operations.
ALPHA7 - Fixes to SPFindPeoplePicker to work with non-IE browsers.

New Operations

Alpha	Web Service	Operation	Options	MSDN Documentation	Issue Tracker Item
ALPHA1	Diagnostics	SendClientScriptErrorReport	message, file, line, client, stack, team, originalFileType	SharePointDiagnostics.SendClientScriptErrorReport Method	10028
ALPHA2	People	ResolvePrincipals	principalKeys, principalType, addToUserInfoList	People.ResolvePrincipals Method	10062
ALPHA5	Lists	AddListFromFeature	listName, description, featureID, templateID	Lists.AddListFromFeature Method	10064
ALPHA5	SpellCheck	SpellCheck	chunksToSpell, declaredLanguage, useLad	SpellChecker.SpellCheck Method	10063
ALPHA5	Lists	various	NA	see work item	9884

ALPHA2 - Added these Sites Web Service operations: CreateWeb, DeleteWeb, GetSite, GetSiteTemplates

Bug Fixes and Efficiency

Alpha	Issue Tracker Item	Function	Description
ALPHA1	10061	$().SPServices.SPDisplayRelatedInfo	Not Properly Handling UserMulti Columns
ALPHA1	9926	$().SPServices.SPCascadeDropDowns	'&' symbol values
ALPHA1	9925	NA	dropdownCtl bug in Italian Sites
ALPHA5	9931	$().SPServices.SPGetLastItemId	missing reference