NEW FEATURES
2.1 Silent Installation
The Installation of the Client for Office has been enhanced. Office 2007 extensions for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook can now be installed silently enabling easier remote installation and administration.
2.2 Report List Web Part
Metastorm SharePoint Web Parts for Version 9 includes a new Report List Web Part in order to display available reports.
2.3 Auto-Refresh for List Web Parts
Version 9 enhances the Metastorm SharePoint Web Parts to allow users to optionally enable the Web Parts to auto-refresh. When enabled, the Web Parts within a page are refreshed whenever a folder or blank form is closed.
2.4 Support for Custom Lists
Version 9 introduces many filtering enhancements to Custom Lists. The SharePoint Web Parts and support for Microsoft Office have been enhanced to enable these features.
2.5 Additional DMS Provider Support
Version 9 includes an additional function to allow moving documents from one document library to another. The Provider for SharePoint has been extended to support this function.
Metastorm
KNOWN ISSUES
The following tables list those issues remaining in Metastorm BPM Client for Office of which we feel you should be most aware.
This table has been produced using items from Metastorm’s internal BPM feedback system.
9.1 Metastorm BPM Client for Office and Activator for Office
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Component/Area |
Issue |
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| DEF11523 |
Client for Office |
Uninstalling and re‐installing Office Client add‐ins result in non‐availability of add‐ins. Workaround: Note: Changes made to the Windows Registry happen immediately, and no backup is automatically made. Do not edit the Windows Registry unless you are confident about doing so. 1. Go to Go to Windows Registry Editor by clicking Start‐>Run‐>Regedit 2. Browse to HKEY CURRENT USER>SOFTWARE>MICROSOFT>OFFICE>USER SETTINGS>WORD (or other Office application folder)> DWORD. 3. Increment the value. (For example, 10). |
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| DEF12081 |
Client for Office |
After filtering custom lists in the Office Client, the user may see more pages than is actually necessary to display the number of records returned. |
| DEF11574 |
Client for Office |
An error like “Failed to execute 'start action' method SqlServerDatabaseConnector.updateAction,parameter'actionname'is null or empty” is occasionally displayed on attempting to open a folder from the Office Client. Clicking the link a second time normally resolves the issue. |
| DEF11906 |
Client for Office |
On some systems folders open in a maximized browser window. |
| DEF12260 |
Client for Office |
Error (‘esp\_get\_list’ failed) on filtering ToDo/Watch lists on Date/Time columns against Oracle. |
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