Formate eVo Release 21.5

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Description

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New

Dashboard Explorer: Interactive lookup lists added

Dashboard Explorer allows the creation of named key pair lists. New scripting commands GetListitem() to perform a single item lookup, and GetList() to return list contents to an array, added to support the use of lists within Formtypes.

20

New

WebSvcMon: List Management

New List Management Page available via WebSvcMon to allow population and management of list contents.

30

New

Email Connection: O365 Modern Authentication

New Email connection type added: Microsoft approved O365 Modern Authentication connection can be used. Upon successful authorisation MS Modern Authentication stores a local security token, which will expire if not used for 90 days. Nearing the token's end of lifetime, it will automatically be renewed by a refreshed token for another 90 days by the action of successfully connecting. Should the connection not be used for more than 90 days, the expiry of the existing token will prevent renewal and the connection will need to be re-established within the dashboard.

40

New

Email Connection: Gmail Modern Authentication

New Email connection type added: Google approved GMail Modern Authentication connection can be used. Upon successful authorisation Google Modern Authentication stores a local security token.

50

New

Task Dispatcher: Server Task Backup Lifetime added

Set via Dashboard "System Configuration", Server Task Backup Lifetime, and working in a similar manner to Email backup Lifetime, prevents Task Despatcher from processing spool files older than the backup lifetime set.

60

New

Dashboard: New Explorer Tree

Explorer Tree View updated

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New

Dashboard: Explorer - Ability to add grouping folder to sections

Within Explorer sections, new subfolders can be added to group section elements, such as formtypes, or email connections. Items to be grouped need to be dragged to within pre-existing folders. Folders exist only at Dashboard level, and cannot be exported or imported.

80

New

Dashboard: Explorer - Added "Save As" ability to Shared Values

Introduced "Save As" functionality to Shared Value Section of Explorer to allow duplication of sets, and match functionality of over sections of explorer

90

New

PDF Creation: Insert Bookmark

A named Layout Text element can be set as a pdf bookmark with the SetFormtypeProperty() command as a PDF is generated by CreateCustPdfEx()

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New

PDF Processing: PDFCreateContentsPage()

Auto-create PDF Contents Page, from existing PDF containing bookmarks.

110

New

PDF Editing: New Command PdfMultiMerge()

New Command for the fast combining of multiple PDFs with reduced system overhead. PdfMultiMerge() accepts a single column array containing a set of PDF file paths to be merged in order into a new output PDF. Optimisation settings can also be specified.

120

New

Enhancement: SetformTypeProperty() - PdfCrFontfix can be applied to a display text element

PdfCrFontFix is already available for application to the global formtype, thus applying to all text elements within a created PDF. Now it can be selectively applied to individual display text elements as required.

130

New

Dashboard: General logs: Email Queue

Select and resend individual failed emails as required.

140

New

Dashboard: Service Status - Restart Email Queue

Added ability to restart email queue from Service Status tab.

150

New

PDF Editing: New Operation - EdPdfAdOpLetterHead() add underlying letterhead or template PDF

New PDF Editing Operation, EdPdfAdOpLetterHead() to add underlying letterhead or template PDF to an Operations set for the creation of a new final PDF.

160

New

Scripting: New Command - DownloadImage()

Download image from defined URl for storage within the local filing system and subsequent use.

DownloadImage (https://www.mywebsite.com/image.png,"D:\\Test\\Signature.png")

170

New

Scripting: New Command IsOdd() Determine if a number is odd or even

Determine if numeric variable is Odd or Even: Return True(-1) and False(0)

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New

Scripting: New Command - BtOutputToString()

Build text resultant output can now be passed to a string variable via BtOutputToString()

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New

Scripting: New Command - StrPad() -

New Command StrPad() to allow the padding of strings with chosen character.

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New

Scripting: New Command - SuperTrim()

New Command to superseded and enhance Trim(), LTrim(), and RTrim() with inclusion fo options to remove blank lines, Matches functionality available in Template field Trim options.

210

New

Scripting: Enhancement to ScanBarcode() - New image pre-processing options

Added Options to Scanbarcode() for image pre-processing into Option string. "Invert" - this inverts colours on the image "Despeckle" - used to remove speckles from a poor scanned image "Dilate" - used to expand image pixels. This essentially adds pixels to an image boundary which can help when a scan has caused edges of an image to be faint. "Erode" - used to reduce image pixels. This has the opposite effect of the "Dilate" command. "Sharp" - used to sharpen an image that is blurred.

220

New

Scripting: Enhancement - DBOpen() - Add Option to exclude headers from being included when called DbFillArray()

New Option DbOptExcludeHeaders - prevents headers being included when DbFillArray() is called

230

New

Dashboard - New Brand compliant Pre Splash, Splash and About boxes

New branding of Pre-Splash and Splash screens plus the About box.

240

Fix

Underlying library Updates

A number of the underlying 3rd party provider Libraries updated

250

Fix

CreateCustomPdfEx() Automatic Path creation failing

When using {Autonumber} or {AutoSubfolder} path incorrectly created causing a failure to create PDFs as expected. Fixed

260

Fix

Event Log and General Event Logs now display seconds

Event Log and General event logs updated to record timestamps to the second. Fixed

270

Fix

Info Window -not copying contents to clipboard correctly

Copying System Info to clipboard now contains accurate .Net version information: Fixed

280

Fix

HTMLToText - Erroneous Line break removed

HTMLToText() introduced an unwanted line break at column 80 - Fixed

290

Fix

Deactivation of License Error

Deactivating License generated an inaccurate error: Fixed

300

Fix

Explorer Tree - Not automatically refreshed

Explorer tree could still display and itemise deleted content until refreshed. Added automatic refresh so export works as expected after item deletion. Fixed

310

Fix

Import: Print Monitor Queues and Ports: Similar names causing conflicts

When Importing Print Monitor Queues and Ports similar names were treated as conflicts but were still saved creating naming conflicts: Fixed

320

Fix

Reference to PDF Version 1 removed

"Version 1" removed as an option form Service Configuration{Pipe} PDF Barcode Version as redundant. Fixed

330

Fix

Dashboard - use with Scaled displays

Improved performance with 4K and scaled displays

340

Fix

Shared Value Property dialogue too small

Shared Value Property dialogue made larger: Fixed

350

Fix

Dashboard: Progress Tab - Script Operations Tab removed

Scripted Operation Tab removed within Progress tab as redundant: Fixed

360

Fix

Dashboard: Explorer User logins

Opened as a Window rather than a Tab. Fixed