Release Notes for Agenda Manager 9

July 20, 2015 | KB: 1013629
Agenda Manager

Summary

Laserfiche Agenda Manager is an agenda automation tool that simplifies processes from item submission through publication of the final document. Agenda Manager is web-based and integrates with Word 2007 and later to permit easy agenda preparation. A scaled down version, Agenda Processor, is also available. Agenda Manager 9 is a major release. For a more detailed listing of changes, please see Knowledge Base article 1013630.

Note: Agenda Manager 9 was updated to resolve an issue that occurred when publishing agendas with certain printer configurations. If you installed Agenda Manager 9 prior to April 2, 2015, re-download the product and re-install Agenda Manager directly over the previous Agenda Manager 9 installation.

Service Pack and Hotfix Information

1013669 List of Changes for Laserfiche Agenda Manager 9.0 Service Pack 1

System Requirements

Server Requirements

  • CPU: 1GHz processor
  • Memory: 2 GB
  • Operating system: Windows Vista (SP 2), Windows Server 2008 (SP 2), Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2

Scanning Requirements

  • CPU: At least 1GHz processor
  • Memory: 512MB RAM
  • Operating system: Windows Vista (SP 2), Windows Server 2008 (SP 2), Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Note: You must disable User Access Control (UAC) in order to install and use the scanning component.

Software Requirements

Server Requirements

  • Web Server: IIS 7 (Windows 7, Windows Server 2008), IIS 7.5 (Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2), IIS 8 (Windows 8, Windows Server 2012), IIS 8.5 (Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2).
  • Note: IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility must be enabled, and IIS should be installed before the Agenda Manager Server.

  • Database Management System: MSDE, Microsoft SQL Server 2005 (SP 4), Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (SP 3), Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP 2), Microsoft SQL Server 2013 (SP 2), Microsoft SQL Server 2014.

Microsoft Word Add-in

  • Microsoft Office 2007, 2010, or 2013 on all machines involved in the agenda publishing process.

Agenda Manager Website

  • Internet Explorer 9 or later
  • Firefox 12 or later
  • Chrome 6 or later

Agenda Manager Scanning

  • Internet Explorer 9 or later

Upgrading to Agenda Manager 9

To upgrade from Agenda Manager 8 to Agenda Manager 9, you must uninstall Agenda Manager 8 before installing version 9 of the Agenda Manager Server, Add-in, or Scanning. After you've finished installing version 9, run the migration utility to update existing Agenda Manager documents. Learn more.

Known Issues

  • The migration utility should be run on a machine with Word 2007 or 2010 installed. If it is run on a machine with Word 2013, some data loss may occur while updating the templates. Additionally, documents that are not templates will not be converted. (125617)
  • When creating a template in Word 2007 and 2010, field names cannot exceed 64 characters. (125603)
  • When creating a template, you must add fields from the Agenda Manager Add-in menu. Copy and pasted fields will not be filled when the agenda is prepared. (125459)

Related Links

1013630 List of Changes for Agenda Manager 9

Previous Versions

  • 1012930 Service Pack and Hotfix Information for Agenda Manager 8.0.2