Under the hood (GN3 comparison)
Contents
Item |
GN4 |
GN3 |
Server OS |
Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 server, Microsoft Windows 2008 R2. See more about hardware config in Minimal configuration (2 servers), Standard configuration (4 servers), Enhanced configuration in a cluster with SAN (4 servers). Note: In version 2.0 or newer, Windows Server 2003 is not supported any more. |
Windows Server 2003, 2008 |
Client OS |
Windows 8.x, Windows 7 (version 2.1 or newer) |
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP |
Database |
Microsoft SQL or Oracle or MySQl (since 2.1). |
Microsoft SQL, Unicode |
Separate database for wires |
No |
Yes |
Separate database for archive |
No |
Yes |
Protection by dongles |
No, but by server licenses. |
Yes |
Full-text engine |
Exalead CloudView, SQL FTS, MySQL FTS |
Microsoft SQL, Turbo SQL* |
Programming languages |
C#, C++, XAML, WPF |
C++ |
Configuring language |
VB.NET, XML, XAML, Microsoft Workflow, XSL |
VBscript |
Scripting editor: for more, see also Differences between GN4 and GN3 scripting |
internal |
|
Can use standard debugger for scripting? |
Yes |
No |
Scripts need compiling before being used? |
Yes |
No |
Application to configure system |
Edadmin4 |
GN3MMC |
Which configuring requires editing of files in XML format? |
Directory styles, keyboard shortcuts, menus, toolbars, custom dialogs, search panes. |
Perl scripts, custom VB scripts |
Custom dialogs |
VB.NET, XAML (ObjectUI, SearchUI) |
QuickPrompts |
Text format in database |
XML |
GN3 internal |
Typographical language |
GNML, basically the same as in GN3 |
GNML |
Works over internet - uses Web services architecture? |
Yes |
No, or with difficulties |
Requires Citrix for remote access? |
No |
Yes |
Includes browser access? |
Yes |
No |
Includes mobile access? |
Yes |
No |
Auto-deployment on clients? |
Yes, installation through ClickOnce or login scripts; further updates either through ClickOnce or login scripts. |
Yes, through login script |
Integrated with Web CMSs |
Yes, GNWeb, VCom, Drupal, etc. |
Yes, GNWeb |
Requires OPI? |
No, direct images are used. |
Can work without it as well |
Uses Topic? |
No, uses Back 4 for all import operations.
|
Yes |
Uses WireImage? |
Yes |
|
Text conversion language |
XSL for all. |
ITB, WTB, XSL |
Wire baskets |
Renamed to Collections: some functionalities are different or less than in GN3, e.g. search for "wires" includes also pictures that are part of a collection; pictures linked to collections can be deleted and purged |
Wire baskets |
Picture cropping presets |
Based on fixed list of presets, e.g. 5x7 or similar. |
Based on geometry preset from which it inherits ncol etc. |
Carbon copies |
Yes, but no creating article from carbon copy |
Full functionality |
Tracking |
Yes |
Yes |
Menus in Fred4 when editing text |
Do not change, all the text editing options are there even when you edit page, but unavailable. |
Menu changes to Ted4 menu |
Different menus can be created for each groups or user? |
No, but you can assign permissions to each script. |
Yes |
Permissions to each script? |
Yes |
No |
Sign-in information (user name and password) passed from Windows? |
Yes, if integrated authentication. |
Yes |
Can locally store sign-in information (user name and password)? |
Yes, if enabled. |
No |
Object names (articles, images, multimedia) are unique |
By default, only on the folder level - this can cause necessity to rename articles/images when sending, or disable replacement of images when a image is re-put in hot-folder (Back4). It is however, question of schema, and it can be forced by selecting a name instead a folderRef to be a primary key, thus to work as in GN3. It is recommended to set the primary key BEFORE creating items, as any later change would require to provide name uniqueness manually, by renaming eventual duplicates. |
Yes, on the system level |
Print directly to PDF (no Adobe Distiller needed) |
Yes |
Yes, since build 90 |
Print to Postscript |
Yes, since the version 1.5. |
Yes |
Multiple logons with the same or different user name allowed on the same workstation? |
Yes, but can be prevented. |
No |
Can prevent to sign in more than once on different workstations? |
No |
Yes |
Can open pages from different titles in the same session? |
Yes |
No |
Can drag & drop and manage objects in Web page preview? |
Yes |
No |
Access permissions on sections and zones |
Yes |
No |