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See the following list of new features, changes, and fixes for version 7.2.
| Product | New Feature |
| Laserfiche Administration Console | The status bar at the bottom of the Laserfiche Administration Console now displays the name of the repository you are currently logged in to and the name of the user account that you are using. (23957) |
| Client | You can now export a Laserfiche folder to a Windows folder such that the Laserfiche folder structure is maintained. From the tree-view, right-click the Laserfiche folder you want to export, and select the Export Contents option. (14747) |
| Client | You can now check out and check in electronic documents. Checking out an electronic document prevents any other user from modifying that electronic document. Additionally, you can search for documents based on check out information. (9830, 16965, 23865)) |
| Client | The Start page now allows users to choose whether they wish to log in using a retrieval license or a full-featured license. |
| Client | The Retention item of the Record Management dialog box will now display the list of possible transfer locations when the record folder is still active. (26185) |
| Client | The Laserfiche client can now remember which pane was last open in the folder browser window. Select the Save pane layout option on the Browser Options dialog box to have the Laserfiche client default to the last pane that was open. (25947) |
| Client | There are now different colors available for sticky notes. You can also specify a default color for your sticky notes. (19221, 25062) |
| Client | You can now use the CTRL + SHIFT + PAGE UP and CTRL + SHIFT + PAGE DOWN shortcut keys to view the previous/next page in the document and to add the thumbnail for that page to the current selection. These shortcut keys only function when the thumbnails pane has the focus. (25808) |
| Client | When creating a custom toolbar button, the Toolbar Button Properties dialog box now allows you to browse to the file that you would like to associate with the toolbar button. (24873) |
| Client | There is now a First Page button and a Last Page button available for the document window toolbar. (24526) |
| Client | There is now an Export button available for the folder browser window toolbar. (24418) |
| Client | The Laserfiche client now supports a new command-line parameter. The -v parameter indicates that you would like to establish a read-only connection to the repository. (24360) |
| Client | You can now choose to display a different set of columns for different folders in the folder browser window. The Browser Options dialog box now has an option that allows you to choose whether the Laserfiche client should display the same set of columns for all folders or remember a different set of columns for each folder. (24355) |
| Client | You can now select which folders and documents will be exported as a single briefcase. You can also choose to export search results as a briefcase. (24354, 7561) |
| Client | Hyperlinks located in a sticky note are now clickable and will load a new web browser window. (24011) |
| Client | The document window now displays the name of the current repository and the name of the user that is currently logged in to it. (23965) |
| Client | The Document/Folder Properties dialog box now displays the name of the user that created the selected document or folder. (23916) |
| Client | You can now access help on Laserfiche administration from the Help menu. This feature requires that the Laserfiche Administration Console be installed on the same computer. (23741) |
| Client | Laserfiche now supports the use of third-party IFilters to extract text from different electronic file formats. Please see the following web page for a list of freely available IFilters. http://addins.msn.com/addins_category_desktop.aspx (23525) |
| Client | When you select the Save as a new document option in the Laserfiche Electronic Document dialog box after modifying an electronic document, Laserfiche now automatically copies the existing field values from the original document into the Import to Laserfiche dialog box. (23283) |
| Client | The folder browser window now has the option of displaying the user that currently has an electronic document checked out. (23207) |
| Client | Administrators can now set default client settings by using the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Laserfiche\Client\Profile registry key. (23025) |
| Client | The status bar at the bottom of the folder browser window can now display how many items you currently have selected. (22525) |
| Client | You can now select multiple folders and open them all at the same time. The first selected folder will be opened in the current folder browser window. The other folders will be opened in new folder browser windows. (22486) |
| Client | There are now two new tokens: $PARENT$ and $PARENT:FieldName$. When creating or importing a new document, these new tokens allow the new document to inherit the field values assigned to the parent folder's template. (22262) |
| client | Selecting the Rename option from the context menu for record series will open the Record Series Properties dialog box. (21291) |
| Client | If an error code is displayed in the document window's image or text views, you can now access a help topic on that error code by performing one of the following steps (20629):
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| Client | There are new search options:
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| Client | A document's metadata (i.e. field data, tags, links, and versions) can now be viewed from a single location. If you would like to view a document's metadata from the folder browser window, then a tabbed dialog box will appear. The document window will display this same information using a tabbed pane. (18418) |
| Client | The Properties dialog box for record folders and record series now includes a Record Properties or Series Properties option respectively, that opens the corresponding Record Folder Properties or Record Series Properties dialog box. (18238) |
| Client | The Laserfiche client now supports Unicode. (18185) |
| Client | You can now drag and drop documents out of the client instance into Microsoft Outlook or Windows Explorer. You can also drag and drop a document from one client instance to another client instance. This feature requires the Laserfiche E-mail plug-in. (17608) |
| Client | You can use CTRL + UP ARROW and CTRL + DOWN ARROW to scroll up and down on the Fields tab. (15614) |
| Client | You can now add a comment when assigning a tag. (15469) |
| Client | You can now manually specify a path in the Import to Laserfiche dialog box. If the specified folder does not exist, you will be prompted to choose whether the folder will be automatically created. (14572) |
| Client | Opening a sticky note search result now opens the sticky note. (13363) |
| Client | The Import to Laserfiche dialog box is now resizable. (13116) |
| Client | You can now configure when the default document name will be applied to new documents. These new options are available from the Autoname Options dialog box. (8587) |
| Client | Administrators can set an idle timeout limit. Users that have been idle for the specified amount of time will be first given a 30 second warning that they are about to be disconnected. Users that do not respond will be automatically disconnected from the repository. To configure this setting, open the Laserfiche Administration Console, expand the Repository Options tree item under the desired repository, and select the Settings tree item. (1971) |
| Laserfiche Repository Upgrade Utility | The log file generated by the Laserfiche Repository Upgrade utility will list the version number of the repository before the upgrade process was run. (26096) |
| Laserfiche Repository Upgrade Utility | The utility now automatically generates a log file at the end of the upgrade process and saves the file in the same folder. (23967) |
| Server | The Laserfiche Server installation now includes an optional step that attempts to automatically configure DCOM security and turn off the Windows firewall. (24606) |
| Server | Laserfiche Server now supports Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. (23939) |
| Server | Document versions can now have comments. The user that created the version is now also recorded. (23090) |
| Server | Laserfiche briefcases no longer use the zip format. Briefcases now use the tar-gzip format. The new format allows the creation of briefcases that are larger than 2 gigabytes (GB). You can still open Laserfiche 7.2 briefcases using Winzip by renaming the file extension to .tar.gz. (22496) |
| Server | Document versions now also display the user that created the version. |
| Server | There are now increased security features regarding Laserfiche user account passwords. For example, administrators can now set a minimum password length and minimum password complexity. To configure these settings, open the Laserfiche Administration Console, expand the Repository Options tree item under the desired repository, and select the Password Policy tree item. In addition, the User Properties dialog box now contains two new options allowing an administrator to prevent a user from changing their password or to force a user to change their password the next time they log in. |
| Server | Administrators can now set a maximum number of failed login attempts before the user account is automatically locked. To configure this setting, open the Laserfiche Administration Console, expand the Repository Options tree item under the desired repository, and select the Settings tree item. |
| Server | Administrators can now set aside a minimum number of licenses to always be available for a specific repository. To configure this setting, open the Laserfiche Administration Console and select the License Pooling tree item under the desired Laserfiche Server. (7715) |
| Server | New records management features:
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| Product | Change |
| Laserfiche Administration Console | You can no longer set letters (a-z) as word delimiters as doing so introduces unwanted behavior in search functionality. If you have set a letter as a delimiter in a previous version of Laserfiche and then upgrade to Laserfiche 7.2, you will be unable to directly remove that letter from the delimiter list. Instead, use the Reset option on the General tab of the Indexing Properties dialog box. (20695) |
| Client | The Laserfiche client now respects the Open electronic documents using option, which is available from the View Document Options dialog box, when opening an electronic document from the Links or Versions tab of the Metadata dialog box. (25879) |
| Client | The Properties feature right has been renamed to Extended Properties. The behavior of the right has been changed to grant the ability to view additional property information accessible from the More option in the standard Properties dialog box. This feature right also governs the ability to view the Entry ID folder browser column. (25562) |
| Client | The Delete entry access right has been renamed to Delete Entry in order to more clearly reflect that it does not control the ability to delete pages or text from a document. (25249) |
| Client | The Ignore documents option on the Reassign Briefcase Template dialog box has been renamed to Ignore field data for documents with this template. If this option is selected, any documents in the briefcase that are associated with the specified template are imported without field data. (25049, 25075) |
| Client | The user interface for the Tags search option has been modified for better usability. (24880) |
| Client | The user interface for the Relationship search option has been modified for better usability. (24847) |
| Client | Laserfiche will now only prompt you to delete the local copy of your Microsoft Office document after you use the Send to Laserfiche option if the document is newly saved. (24601) |
| Client | When importing an e-mail message, the Attachments tab of the Import to Laserfiche dialog box will now also display embedded attachments. Embedded attachments cannot be removed from the e-mail message. (14299, 24353) |
| Client | The Delete feature right now also controls whether a user can delete pages from a document. (24185) |
| Client | The About Laserfiche dialog box now indicates the type of Laserfiche client software you are using, such as Client, Viewer, Executive, etc. (23953) |
| Client | Importing a Laserfiche briefcase file is now a two-step process featuring two dialog boxes. The first dialog box (Import Briefcase) prompts you to specify a destination folder and volume. The second dialog box (Template Selection) prompts you to select a template. (23660) |
| Client | Previously, when a two-digit year was specified, it was interpreted as occurring between (current calendar year - 50 years) and (current calendar year + 49 years). Two-digit years are now interpreted according to your Windows regional preferences, which can be configured from the Regional and Language Options dialog box. (23104) |
| Client | The Import to Laserfiche dialog box no longer always defaults to the Fields tab. It now defaults to the tab that was selected the last time you closed the dialog box. (22920) |
| Client | You will now be prompted to confirm when simultaneously opening five or more documents. (21819) |
| Client | The client component of Laserfiche Firewall Compatibility Component 7.2 is now automatically installed as part of the Laserfiche client installation. (14684) |
| Laserfiche Repository Upgrade Utility | Cancelling the upgrade process while it was running would leave your database in an invalid state. The utility no longer gives you the option of cancelling the upgrade process once it starts. (24284) |
| Server | Users with the Records Management privilege are always able to modify or remove tags assigned to unfrozen records. (24911) |
| Server | All repositories now contain a "Supersedes/Superseded by" document link. This link serves a special purpose when used with Records Management and cannot be renamed or deleted. (24902) |
| Server | The "Supersedes/Superseded by" document link has special properties when used in conjunction with Records Management. This adds an additional security requirement if you want to be able to remove this link from documents that are contained within a record series. You must be granted the Records Management privilege in order to be able to remove the "Supersedes/Superseded by" document link when both ends of the link are contained within a record series. (24901) |
| Server | Deleting or renaming a public stamp now requires the Manage Metadata privilege. (24145) |
| Server | The Records Management privilege allows a user to bypass the Write Metadata entry access right when modifying or removing links and versions from documents located within a record series. (22767) |
| Server | The Write Metadata entry access right is no longer necessary in order to add a document link or add a new version. Write Metadata is only required if you wish to modify or remove a link or version. (22661) |
| Server | 1000713 Your Laserfiche Repository Does Not Display After You Restart the Computer. (21224) |
| Server | The server component of Laserfiche Firewall Compatibility Component 7.2 is now automatically installed as part of the Laserfiche Server installation. (14684) |
| Product | Fix |
| Client | The Within Volume search option no longer lists any volumes where the user does not have the Read volume access right. (24668) |
| Client | You cannot jump to a number value in a list field by using your keyboard's number keypad when you have Num Lock enabled. This issue is now resolved and Laserfiche will now recognize keypad numbers when Num Lock is enabled. (24632) |
| Client | 1011130 Moving a Document By Drag/Drop Can Result in Slow Performance. (24482) |
| Client | You could not use the Send to Laserfiche option to import a .msg file if you did not have an e-mail client application (e.g. Microsoft Outlook) installed on your computer. This issue is now resolved. (24415) |
| Client | The Laserfiche client could become unresponsive if you close the document window while the print process is spooling. This issue is now resolved. You will no longer be allowed to close the document window while the print process is spooling. (24339) |
| Client | Performance has been optimized when retrieving image, text, or electronic file information across the Internet. (24260) |
| Client | The "Time sent" and "Time received" tokens available in the Outlook Import Options dialog box were not properly inserting values when importing e-mail messages. This issue is now resolved and the tokens are functioning as expected. (23822) |
| Client | The $user$ token did not function correctly when used with the Autoname feature if the user name contained a backslash (\). The Laserfiche client now automatically substitutes an underscore (_) if you are using the $user$ token to autoname new documents and the user name contains a backslash. (23791) |
| Client | The Laserfiche client start page no longer always displays any Laserfiche 6 repositories that are hosted by a Laserfiche Server 6 instance that is installed on the same computer. (23543) |
| Client | 1011163 Non-Domain Account Users Cannot Set Field Values When Using "Send to Laserfiche." (23511) |
| Client | When you export multiple documents as images, Laserfiche displays a progress bar for each document. This behavior had an undesired side-effect of requiring you to manually cancel the export of each document if you wanted to cancel the entire export process. You now only need to cancel once and Laserfiche will also abort the export process for any successive documents. (22563) |
| Client | Invalid date field values could be silently dropped when importing documents. Laserfiche now correctly returns an error informing you that you have specified an invalid value in a date field. (22318) |
| Client | After you delete a page, the thumbnails view would always scroll back to the top. This issue is now resolved and the thumbnail view will maintain its current scroll position after you delete a page. (22282) |
| Client | 1001051 Opening a Folder From the Search Results Window Can Be Slow When a Parent Folder Contains Many Subfolders. (21981) |
| Client | When creating or importing a new document, tokens that you manually entered as part of the document name were not replaced. This issue is now resolved and the token is replaced with the desired value. (21755) |
| Client | The image information on the document window's status bar did not update when you browsed through the document unless the image view had the focus. The image information now correctly updates even if the image view does not have focus. (21745) |
| Client | If you select a set of thumbnails and then chose to print, that set of thumbnails would not automatically be the specified page range for printing. The selected pages will now be the default page range when printing. (21520) |
| Client | The Additional Folder Information dialog box only displayed information regarding its immediate children. The dialog box now also takes into account any documents that are contained in subfolders. (21473) |
| Client | 1011094 Errors Occur When Sending Files With Long File Names to Laserfiche from Windows Explorer. (21464) |
| Server | Laserfiche Server did not correctly log a View Document event if you opened an empty document that did not have pages or text. This issue is now resolved and Laserfiche correctly logs the event. (25688) |
| Server | 1011113 Adding a Page to a Document While that Document is Being Indexed Can Potentially Crash Laserfiche. (24677) |
| Server | 1011116 Indexing Documents Written in a Multi-byte Language Can Potentially Crash Laserfiche. (24698) |
| Server | Laserfiche did not properly handle thumbnail generation for 32-bit color images. If you opened such a document and the document window was configured to display thumbnails, the Laserfiche client could become unresponsive. This issue is now resolved. (25160) |
| Server | Performing a search by name would not return the desired document if the name being searched for contained an apostrophe. This issue is now resolved and document name searches will correctly return the desired document when you specify a document name that contains an apostrophe. (24381) |
| Server | Trying to remove the last watermark from a group would silently fail. This issue is now resolved and you can successfully remove the last watermark from a group. (23963) |
| Server | When you performed a search for a single character, and opened a search hit, the search hit would be highlighted on the image. However, it would not be highlighted on the text. This issue is now resolved and the search hit is displayed on both the associated image and text. (23845) |
| Server | 1001092 An "Unable to retrieve a list of databases." Error Occurs When Creating or Migrating a Repository on Microsoft SQL Server 2005. (23218, 23795) |
| Server | 1001096 Using Laserfiche Server with Oracle 10g Release 2. (23793) |
| Server | You could move pages between documents that were stored in the same read-only volume. This action is no longer allowed. (22359) |
| Server | The license sharing feature did not function correctly when using retrieval-only licenses. This issue is now resolved. (22154) |
| Server | Security tags are now listed in alphabetical order. (20046) |
| Server | You can now sort by the Type column in the folder browser window. (17346) |
| Server | 1011127 Laserfiche Server 7 Becomes Unresponsive for Laserfiche Client 6 Instances. (17232) |
| Server | You could receive error 7272 or 7124 if you added a field to a template, clicked Apply, and then immediately added another field without first closing the dialog box. This situation now functions correctly and no longer causes an error. (17069) |
| Server | Volume rollover would fail if there is a pre-existing volume that already has the same name. This prevents you from importing any new documents into the affected logical volume. Laserfiche Server will now automatically roll over to the next valid volume name if there is already an existing volume with that name. (12791) |
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