DM Release Version 9.0
Release date: 10th January 2020
Notable Changes
These changes should be considered before upgrading:
Applets have been removed from standard installs.
Client SQL execution is no longer possible via webservices v1.
Database upgrades for existing customers with large databases (millions of documents) may take a long time – the transaction timeout has been raised to 60 minutes to assist with this.
Windows Server 2008 (and R2) are no longer supported.
JFinder can no longer connect to AUTOFORM DM over HTTPS due to removed support for SSLv2 Hello (HTTP works as before).
The Lasernet Upload Module must be upgraded to 2.0.1 to work with AUTOFORM DM 9+. This will be included in the Lasernet 9.8 release as standard.
New Features
The following new features have been added since our last release:
REST API
Added Audit Settings resource.
Added SQL Search resource.
Modified Licence resource to allow enabling of evaluation mode and provide richer licensing information.
Modified Configuration resource models to allow import and export of Audit Settings.
Performance Improvements
The following performance enhancements have now been implemented:
Optimised use of EJBs.
Optimised caching of users and document archive paths.
Utilised Hibernate’s Natural ID cache.
Non-admin users can no longer view a list of usernames via the UserListAction page.
Usability Improvements
The following usability enhancements have now been implemented:
Removed the ‘consecutive character’ option from password settings.
Improved usability of the REST SDK deliverables.
Standardised navigation of the ‘home’ button across admin screens.
Removed Basic/Advanced buttons from all screens, the default now shows all options.
Invalid name identifiers now cause the upgrade to fail (with options for resolution), rather than silently cause residual problems.
Auditing Enhancements.
Dependency Updates.
Installer Improvements:
Patch version removed from installer to support future .ear deployment patch upgrades.
All installs are now configured with HTTPS as standard; an auto-generated certificate can be created if one isn’t available.
The management console user can now be specified during the install.
All installs now generate a properties file that can be used by silent installs.
Evaluation Mode.
Fixes
The following list contains details of fixes we have implemented since the last release:
The Login screen for web integrations now renders with updated styles.
The Name validation on application screens has been improved.
The Client App Resource now correctly validates the application name.
Webservice v1 ‘loadDocument’ now handles invalid IDs rather than throwing a NullPointerException.
Session timeout now correctly affects newer document definition and key definition screens.
The Download button works correctly in remote search integration.
Application edit screen no longer breaks when using French locale.
Resolved an issue where in certain cases, old client queries weren’t being routed to tblCustomSettings.
JFinder now correctly no longer counts towards the concurrent session licence limitation.
Deletion of a document definition now returns users to the list screen (as expected).
Sessions that have been logged out no longer count towards ‘mutliple locations’ limitation during the cleanup
Added validation to the Document Resource to ensure the ID in patch matches that in the body.
Resolved an issue where importing document definitions using the same key definition would fail.
UI now correctly represents application access in the user manager.
The REST contacts resource now correctly treats the user field as read-only.
Roles screens no longer show or affect deleted/disabled users.
Document ID can now be used correctly as a parameter in webservices v2 searches.
Resolved an issue with configuration management preventing users and their extended properties from being created.
Configuration management no longer affects client application versions during an update.