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ePublisher Q3 2009 Release Notes
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Improvements
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Summary
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* "Safe" upgrades for ePublisher Pro projects
* Unified PDF deliverables via the "PDF XSL-FO" format
* Linked targets (to copy PDFs created by other targets)
* Workflow - Nightly project builds with AutoMap use same workspace as do
Express and Pro
* New "Start Page" with links to product guides and current news
* Licensing - Client products no longer automatically unregister valid
keys nor do invalid system configurations blocking product usage
* Installers - Auto-uninstall and a reduced installation footprint
DITA
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* Option for lax DITA map validation (allow missing topic files)
* Topic filename marker behavior restored (broken in 2009.1 and 2009.2)
FrameMaker
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* XREF processing no longer invalid when generating PDFs in the same target
* Table border extraction more accurate
Word
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* Corrected a long standing issue with "Unable to Duplicate and apply
settings" failures caused by system configuration
* Transit - Squashed infrequent "Index not found" exceptions
Formats
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* All
* Option to copy PDFs generated by another target
* PDF XSL-FO
* Style Designer can be used to control formatting in generated PDF files
* Generates PDF files without PostScript, Acrobat, GhostScript, etc.
* Enables unified PDF production (page numbers, TOC, Index) from all
input sources (Adobe FrameMaker, Microsoft Word, OASIS DITA)
* WebWorks Help 5.0
* Improved support for right-to-left languages
* Keeping pace with current browser security
* Wiki
* Confluence
* Support for deployment to secure web servers (HTTPS)
* Parser block markup corrections
* MediaWiki
* Deployment no longer stops after first deployment failure
* MoinMoin
* Support for deployment to secure web servers (HTTPS)
Invalid Defects
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The following defects were found to be invalid after further research::
EPUB222 AutoMap - Reports success despite "duplicate and apply settings"
failures
This defect was fixed in the ePublisher 2009.2 release.
EPUB247 Word Transit - Error opening any Word document
This defect is a duplicate of EPUB252.
Fixed Defects
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List of defects fixed in this release::
EPUB1 Installer rollback (after install cancel) fails to remove .wez
expanded directories
EPUB27 Create default directories and expand evaluation materials only
once
EPUB105 Generation fails when output directory set to drive root
EPUB184 WWHelp 5 - Invalid syntax in use for <noframes> elements
EPUB198 Enable "safe" Pro upgrades
EPUB204 Image width/height emitted even when option disabled
EPUB224 Scan fails to update include/exclude status and displayed icons
EPUB229 SVG kills MediaWiki client
EPUB230 AutoMap - Missing resource string for Confluence deployment
EPUB232 Express installer still says "Format Settings" which should be
changed to "Target Settings"
EPUB236 Cross References broken in FrameMaker when PDF generation is
enabled
EPUB237 Licensing fails when MachineID exception is thrown
EPUB239 Duplicate source files are ignored during project generation
EPUB240 ePublisher unregisters itself and removes keys if server
unavailable
EPUB242 Rescan after missing file corrections
EPUB243 JavaHelp emits invalid map entries
EPUB244 HTML Help should automatically remap PUA characters
EPUB245 Format: PDF from WIF
EPUB248 Workflow broken - Data folder no longer shared between Express
and AutoMap
EPUB249 DITA - ePublisher should allow for lax link validation
EPUB250 DITA output not preserving topic filenames
EPUB251 Word - Duplicate and Apply fails due to WWWORD.DLL load issue
EPUB252 Word - Transit menu throwing "index out of range" exception on
startup
EPUB253 DITA - Cannot enable @toc=no for topicref
EPUB254 Add feed reader to Start page
EPUB257 Pro and AutoMap should use Express license info by default
EPUB258 FrameMaker - XREFs either fail in output or link to wrong file
EPUB259 FrameMaker - Table borders do not match source document
EPUB260 WWHelp - Incorrect TOC margin display when configured to use
right-to-left languages
EPUB261 Links broken in Merged PDF
EPUB262 Last selected deployment location should be auto-selected in
Target Settings dialog
EPUB263 Eclipse Help - Add ability to configure manifest "Bundle-Version"
via Target Settings
EPUB265 Topic processed/emitted twice in JavaHelp map
EPUB267 Tag equation frames in WIF
EPUB268 Parser blocks broken in Confluence
EPUB269 Avoid fatal exception in Frame adapter
EPUB271 Improve handling of locked files during Stationery sync
EPUB272 DITA - Performance of XML adapter on large DITA maps is not
acceptable
EPUB273 AutoMap fails to resolve job documents
EPUB275 Project cache not loading and scanned components not updating
in UI
EPUB276 MediaWiki client does not complete deployment
EPUB277 Group PDF Baggage File support incorrect
EPUB278 Company Info Logo doesn't work in MediaWiki
EPUB279 ePublisher installers should automatically uninstall previous
versions
EPUB280 Enable linked targets
EPUB281 Add Conditional Expression support for AutoMap Jobs
EPUB282 Large project fails to complete during image processing
EPUB283 Merged PDF links missing or not working
EPUB285 DITA - Ensure all colspec elements include @colnum attribute
EPUB286 Wiki Deployment - Unable to deploy to secure webservers
(Confluence, MoinMoin)
