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Release Notes / v8.8.13 (Feb 2023)

Changes

User Interface Enhancements.

  • Action menu icon is now new action dropdown

  • Larger spacing between rows

    libray spacing

    An example of document properties with larger spacing

    document property spacing

  • Step and Task definition changes can no longer be performed without deactivating the workflow.

  • The main menu has been re-arranged and simplified. Most of the advanced functionality has been moved to a new "Advanced" menu to reduce clutter in commonly used menus.

    advanced menu

  • Form buttons are now displayed under the form if the form is small enough to fit the screen without a vertical scrollbar. For example,

    form buttons

  • "Send To" has been restricted to prevent accidental sending of large zip attachments. If the total document count in the email exceeds zip download settings, it switches to "send links".

Enhancements

  • Breadcrumbing has been added to most screens for better navigation. "Back" links have been removed.

    new action dropdown

  • Users (other than search and category administrators) can create and manage personal custom search pages or categories for themselves.

  • Control Panel - Server Status - Exception logs can now be viewed from within the Control Panel.

  • A new field called "Message Id" has been added to the system custom properties for emails.

  • Search - 'between' operator has been added to custom properties where 'date' and 'number' fields are used. For example,

    between operator

  • Control Panel - License manager displays 'disabled user counts'.

  • When the workflow ends, the workflow submitter receives an email.
  • A workflow submitter will receive a task completion email even if the task was reassigned.
  • Portals - gadget - 'Link Farm', links can be reordered.
  • Shortcuts or associations - create - search for a document or folder Id using D or F . For example D12133 or F12334

Technical

  • Change: IIS application no longer uses the classic application pool. It must be in integrated mode.
  • User groups no longer reveal their members via web services if the group is not marked public.
  • New APIs:
    • AddUsergroupToFolderSubscribers,
    • RegisterEmail3,
    • RemoveUsergroupFromFolderSubscribers,
    • RemoveUsergroupFromDocumentSubscribers,
    • ActivateFlowDef,
    • DeactivateFlowDef,
    • RemoveCurrentWorkflow,
    • StopCurrentWorkflow,
    • TestTaskCompletion

Fixes

  • Select columns - "Document Id" cannot be moved around, and it appears stuck at position one.
  • Control Panel - Security Audit Log ignores the start date criteria.
  • APIs of 'DownloadDocumentVersion' and 'DownloadDocument' Web service did not return any results.
  • User groups no longer reveal their members via web services if the group is not marked public.
  • Number fields in custom property sets allowed only four digits in the search screen.
  • While creating new search page or category, user cannot specify custom property-set since release 8.6.440.
  • A version author may get 'access denied' error when trying to access the document.
  • If two shortcuts to the same document exist in a folder, subscribing the folder fails.
  • Documents not inheriting parent folder custom property sets. (Zendesk #8341)

Foundation Manager v8.8.13

  • Added better support for TLS 1.2 for emails.

Document Navigator

  • Send via Email no longer requires {enter} key to be used if selecting an email address from the list.

  • Document Navigator - Send via email:

    • For this functionality to work, SMTP settings need to be added into Foundation.
    • Using the option of 'Send as a link', the link path was not formatted correctly, and it also included an authentication path. (Zendesk #17704).