What's
New in DocuShare 5.0
- Federated
DocuShare enables users to search and access content on multiple DocuShare
servers. Federation pages in the Admin UI facilitate setting up a federation
and a Federation Settings page in the Web UI (User Properties page)
allows users to map their accounts to federated servers.
- DocuShare
password control features support HIPAA compliance. A new Account Policies
page in the Admin UI provides a range of administrator-controlled password
rules and login/logout policies.
- IBM DB2
database support for metadata storage through the Enterprise Database
Connector.
- Web UI
enhancements include Cut and Route commands in the Edit Selected menu and the
support of additional methods of creating both simple and advanced searches.
What's
New in DocuShare CPX 5.0
In addition to the new features in DocuShare 5.0, DocuShare CPX includes:
- Content rules facilitate process automation. You can set up a content rule for an object to have an action run automatically when a specific event occurs.
- Wikis and Weblogs allow users to collaborate on and author web-based content.
- Workspaces provide shared areas for project collaboration. A wizard and templates let you easily create a shared space for adding and managing content and communicating with workspace members.
- Integration with WebEx™ Meeting Center enables you to easily communicate with co-workers regardless of geographic location.
- Document export feature allows you to copy documents to locations on external servers.
- PDF conversion feature lets you view supported document types in PDF format.
- Add comments to documents to keep a record of pertinent information and view the property change history of documents.
Known
Issues in DocuShare 5.0 and DocuShare CPX 5.0
- Administration
UI
- Custom
property does not appear on Display Sequence page [7538] -
After adding a custom property you need to update the schema to
save the new property to the database.
- Stack
trace when using the List Workflows page [9662] - A stack trace
occurs when you click the Instantiate, Activate, or Archive button
on the List Workflows page in the Admin UI. However, the workflow
is not affected.
- Conversion
Services
- Some
documents cannot be converted to HTML - Some documents of formats
supported for HTML viewing may not display fully or may result in
an error. There are limits on what HTML can handle, and some features
or specific files are not yet supported properly by the Verity KeyView
software on which the DocuShare HTML Viewing functionality is based.
- Document
Approval and Routing
- Only
available through the Web UI - Document Approval and Routing
is available only in the Web UI. Other clients, such as WebDAV or
the Windows Client, always publish documents without routing. Although,
you can customize document workflows using the DocuShare Developer
Environment.
- Routing
tasks and upgrades - Routing tasks are upgraded from DocuShare
4.x to 5.0. If you are using a DocuShare release earlier than 4.x, you should let the routing tasks complete before upgrading.
For more information, contact Customer Support.
- Installation
- Server locale setting needed on Linux/Solaris systems [5195, 11935] - To prevent DocuShare documents with accented characters from becoming corrupted, you must set the LANG environment on your system before starting DocuShare.
- Check the locale settings on your system by typing locale -a in a console window.
- If your locale is not listed, set your locale without the variant. For example, en_US, fr_FR (do not use a variant such as UTF-8).
- Type locale -a to verify that your locale is listed.
- User sessions terminate using Oracle database on Solaris server [12098] - When Oracle database version 9.2.0.6 is installed on a Sun Solaris server, DocuShare sessions can terminate. This is caused by an Oracle bug that will be fixed in a future Oracle patch.
- LDAP
- Set
SunONE/iPlanet Directory Server after upgrade [10605] - If your
site uses a SunONE/iPlanet Directory Server for LDAP, use the LDAP
Configuration page in the Admin UI to select and apply the SunONE/iPlanet
Directory Server as the Server Type after upgrading from
DocuShare 4.x to 5.0.
- Searching
and Indexing
- Some
documents cannot be indexed - Occasionally, indexing is unable
to extract some or all of the text from a document. The Verity text
extraction libraries used to index file contents support a variety
of file formats, but will have trouble with certain files.
- Search
returning bad search results - If incorrect search results are
being returned, execute the dsindex command line utility to rebuild
the search indices.
- Workspaces
- Workspace creation can take a few moments [12405] - After clicking the Done button to create a workspace, wait until the workspace home page appears. Do not click the Done button repeatedly as you will create more than one workspace.
- DocuShare
Clients
- Outlook Client Address Book does not always work [12547] - If you are using Outlook 2000 or 2002, the Address Book feature of Outlook Client might not work. You can add mail messages and attachments to collections using drag and drop.
- Errors clicking message fields for wikis and Weblogs [12628] - When viewing wiki and Weblog objects using Outlook Client, clicking the From field generates an error message and clicking the To field causes the text to disappear. However, you can click the URL in the message body to display the object in a browser.
- Cannot
use Caps Lock key when typing a Summary [23155] - When using
the Checkin Wizard to check in a new document from Word, do not
use the Caps Lock key when typing a summary. Doing so causes Word
to shut down.
- Error
uploading document [27300] - Using Windows Client on Windows
XP, an error can occur when trying to upload a document to a DocuShare
server running 4.0 or higher with NTLM enabled (auto login).
- For more
details on the DocuShare Clients, see the Readme files located in the
DSClient install directories.
Fixes in DocuShare Release 5.0
Administration Interface
- [9521] When using Internet Explorer, a Javascript error does not occur when adding a custom property.
- [10014] An error does not occur when creating a custom object from an object that includes a custom multi-valued property.
Documentation
- [31371] The Installation Guide correctly states the character length of the Summary and Keyword fields in the Migrating data sections.
DocuShare Outlook Client
- [10339] You can insert a DocuShare custom document as an attachment to a mail message.
- [23244] You can forward a mail message and its attachment from a collection.
- [30160] Outlook Client performance has improved. For example, collection listings display faster.
- [31269] You can view messages that you drag and drop to a mapped DocuShare server icon by doing the following: right-click the server icon and select Properties, click the Home Page tab, deselect Show home page by default for this folder, and click OK.
- [31733] Outlook does not crash when it views the contents of DocuShare collections during AutoArchive.
- [32128] After forwarding a document that was added to a DocuShare collection using the Web UI, the document opens correctly.
DocuShare Windows Client
- [9017] After deleting property values in the DocuShare Object Properties window, the values no longer appear in the Properties subwindow.
- [10140] You can save a custom document to a mapped collection.
- [10359] You can copy a collection that has a required property with a default value specified.
- [15368] If an administrator installed the Windows Client on your computer, you can use Windows Client and the DocuShare add-ins for Microsoft Office without any additional setup.
- [28302] You can use Windows Client on a locked-down computer that is set up with a roaming profile.
- [28356] After checking out a document from the DocuShare Find Files window, you can check it in using the Checkin Wizard.
- [30160] Windows Client performance has improved. For example, collection listings display faster.
HTTP/XML Interface
- [29185] You can use the MKRES command to create a custom calendar.
Installation and Upgrade
- [8823] When upgrading from DocuShare 3.0.2 to 4.x, the MSDE database is upgraded.
- [10611] On UNIX servers, DocuShare finds the correct path to the Verity K2 library file.
Scanning
- [32085] When using the Scan-to-DocuShare via Shared Folder option, the shared folder does not need to be located on the server on which DocuShare is installed.
Search
- [9758] If DocuShare is set to use a 24-hour format, the objects displayed in search results use the 24-hour format.
- [10184] You can use the paging features to display the search results from a saved query.
- [30432] When creating an advanced search with several search terms, the search results are correct when a search term other than the first term includes a menu label.
Web Interface
- [5711] After customizing a collection listing or search results page to include another column heading, sorting the listings using the column headings works correctly.
- [9518] Username titles (first and last names) are displayed consistently, regardless of whether the account was created in the Web UI or the Admin UI.
- [10060] When adding an event from the Day View, the event date defaults to the viewed date.
- [21567] The sorting method used to display lists of objects (for example, collection listings) has been improved.
- [27374] When the Registry Access Authority is set to Administrator, a logged-in owner of a group who is also a member of the group can view its membership.
- [27748] DocuShare correctly renders HTML tags used with text in the Description field for a topic.
- [30172] When searching for a user or group, you can enter part of the username or group title to find the account.
WebDAV
- [29468] You can open collections and documents that contain Cyrillic characters in their titles.
Additional
Information and Support
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