The Release Notes for Smart Connection 14 for Adobe CC 2019 contain information about the new features, changes, fixed issues, known issues, and upgrade instructions for Smart Connection 14 for Adobe CC 2019.
Note: Release Notes of Smart Connection for other versions of Adobe can be found in the Release Notes section.
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Smart Connection 14.3.1 build 75 Quick Patch
Release date: 13 July 2021
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
Fixed issues
The following issue has been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-94500 Placing an image on a layout preview in Studio fails with a ‘Cannot open InDesign Object’ javascript exception.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection 14.3.1 build 74 Quick Patch
Release date: 2 June 2021
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
Fixed issues
The following issue has been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-94352 After placing an article component on a text frame having a different Element Label and check-out/check-in the article, the Element Label becomes out-of-sync with the Story Title inside the article.
EN-94320 InDesign Server instances keep using all CPU power after IDS_Automation ended and the layout contains an article consisting of a graphic and text component that are assigned to an InDesign Article.
Next, this build contains a revert of the fix for EN-93938 'Article is in exceptional cases detached when layout is checked in.' in 14.3.1 build 71.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection 14.3.1 build 71
Release date: 12 May 2021
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
The following has been added in this release of Smart Connection:
- Working with article components in InDesign: Deleting an unplaced component through the Elements panel. An article component which has not been placed can now be quickly deleted from the article it is part of by right-clicking the component in the Elements panel and choosing 'Delete Unplaced Component From Article'.
Note: For this to work, the article should be checked out and the component should not still be placed elsewhere (including on another layout).
The article component is then removed from the article in the Elements panel.
When needed, the process can be undone via Edit > Undo or a keyboard shortcut.
The article in the Smart Connection panel still shows the article component until the article is checked in. When needed, the component can still be placed from that panel.
- Scripting: Custom geometry message and auto-update. When the geometry of an article on a layout is modified, the InCopy user is notified through icons in the Smart Connection toolbar. To better make the InCopy user aware of this change, a customized message can now be displayed through the newly added scripting event afterGeometryNotification. In conjunction with this event, the geometry of the article in InCopy can also be updated through the scripting call updateGeometry.
For more information, see the scripting guide: afterGeometryNotification and updateGeometry.
Changes
The following has been changed in this release of Smart Connection:
- Dossier panel: choosing for which Dossier files should be shown when in thumbnail view. When the content of the Dossier panel is shown as thumbnails, and multiple Dossiers are shown in the panel, a Dossier filter can now be used for selecting the Dossier for which the thumbnails should be shown.
For more information, see Working with Dossiers in Smart Connection.
- Dossier panel: changes to the filter. The filters for filtering on Issue and Edition have been removed, while a filter for filtering on Workflow Status has been added. This was done to bring the filtering options more in line with how Dossiers are used. A filter for filtering on file type has been added.
For more information, see Working with Dossiers in Smart Connection.
- Smart Connection panel: support for auto-refresh when choosing from a list of a Named Query. When a Named Query is selected which contains parameters, each parameter is available as a list from which the user can make a choice to filter the results in the panel. When the AutoRefreshPanel option is enabled in the WWSettings.xml file, the panel is now automatically updated. In previous versions, users had to manually update the panel. This brings the functionality in line with that of the working of the panel in Browse mode.
For more information, see Automatically refreshing the Smart Connection panel.
- InCopy: Layout is kept open when checking in the last article. When working on articles, it can be handy to have the layout on which these articles are placed kept open so that various articles can be checked out from it. In previous versions the layout was closed as soon as the last checked-out article was checked in. Now, the layout is kept open for further use.
- About WoodWing dialog. The About WoodWing dialog and Welcome screen have been changed so that they do not rely on the Adobe Extension (zxp) technology any longer. Instead, these dialogs are now implemented as native InDesign dialogs. As a consequence the ExManCmd command line tool is no longer part of the installer and the WoodWingUI ZXP extension is not installed during installation of the plug-ins.
Known issues
No known issues exist in this release of Smart Connection.
Documentation
The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Smart Connection:
- Working with Dossiers in Smart Connection - updated
- Using the Elements panel of Smart Connection for InDesign - updated
- Automatically refreshing the Smart Connection panel - updated
- Scripting for Smart Connection - updated
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-93493 Read-only files can overwrite checked out files and cause data loss.
EN-93644 InCopy Layout view: yellow exclamation adornments on locked articles do not function.
EN-93645 InCopy: Enable a geometry update message by introducing a new scripting event.
EN-93646 Smart Connection Toolbar is not positioned correctly on initial install on systems with dual monitors.
EN-93814 Smart Connection panel: The AutoRefreshPanel setting only functions when in Browse Mode.
EN-93865 Article components that cross the spine are incorrectly displayed in Studio.
EN-93924 Text variable 'Publication date' does not use short date format when Issue deadline date is set.
EN-93938 Article is in exceptional cases detached when layout is checked in.
EN-93951 Dossier panel Thumbnail view does not show Dossier contents.
EN-93956 Elements panel: Allow to delete an unplaced article component.
EN-93957 InCopy: Layout should be kept open when last checked-out article is checked in.
EN-93961 Text variable 'Issue description' is not shown the layout preview of the Studio Print editor.
EN-93969 InCopy: No message shown that locked article cannot be checked-out when attempting to check out an article from a layout through the Smart Connection menu.
EN-94005 The Dossier panel is not automatically updated when an article is placed on multiple layouts.
EN-94066 InCopy: No message shown that locked article cannot be checked-out when attempting to check out an article from a layout through the Smart Connection menu.
EN-94074 Smart Connection panel: Parent article and article component can be selected simultaneously.
EN-94119 Implement 'About WoodWing' and 'Welcome' screens as a native InDesign / InCopy dialog.
EN-94168 Libraries: When double-clicking multiple libraries, the libraries are checked-out instead of opened.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection 14.3.0 build 64 Quick Patch
Release date: 16 February 2021
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
Fixed issues
The following issue has been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-93943 About WoodWing Plug-ins Dialog is not appearing for InDesign & InCopy CC2018, CC2019, 2020, 2021.
This fixes the issue where the About WoodWing dialog in InDesign and InCopy (which gives access to the seat based activation of the products) did not appear because of an issue with the installation certificate for the Adobe extension (as provided in the WoodWingUI ZXP file).
Important: Before installing this new version of Smart Connection, first remove the outdated WoodWingUI ZXP file by uninstalling Smart Connection.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection 14.3.0 build 61
Release date: 21 December 2020
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
The following has been added in this release of Smart Connection:
- Placed file selection: Using the Smart Connection panel or Dossier panel to select a placed file on the layout. A layout can contain many placed files on multiple pages. Quickly navigating to a file that is placed on the layout that is currently viewed can be now done by doing the following in the Smart Connection panel or the Dossier panel:
- Right-clicking a file and choosing Go to Placement.
- Left-clicking a file while holding down Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or Cmd+Shift (macOS) on the keyboard.
The frame is now selected on the layout and where applicable brought into view.
Note: This feature is only available in InDesign.
Changes
The following has been changed in this release of Smart Connection:
- Dossier panel: viewing all Dossiers that the layout is part of and all Dossiers that all placed files are part of. When opening the Dossier panel via Window > Smart Connection > Dossier, not only the Dossiers are shown that the currently viewed layout is part of, but now also the Dossiers that all placed files are part of. This gives easier access to the files in those Dossiers, for example to place these on the layout.
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Example: Here, a layout is opened that is only part of one Dossier; an image is placed on the layout which is also part of another Dossier. Both Dossiers are now shown.
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Known issues
The following known issue exists in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-93667 Panels: When the SCEnt:ViewUpdate option is enabled and an article is checked out from the Elements panel that is overlapping the Smart Connection panel, the Smart Connection panel is brought to the foreground.
This issue only happens with the setting 'ViewUpdate' enabled and overlapping (not docked) Smart Connection and Elements panels. A fix is planned for the next patch release.
Documentation
The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Smart Connection:
- Working with Dossiers in Smart Connection - updated
- Using the Smart Connection panel in InDesign or InCopy - updated
- Keyboard shortcuts for Smart Connection for InDesign - updated
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-93639 Add Dossiers of placed files to the Dossier Panel.
EN-93691 Make it possible to select a frame on the layout from within the Dossier panel and the Smart Connection panel.
EN-93714 Invalid characters such as 'new line' can be made part of a file name, resulting in an InDesign Server crash when the file is processed.
EN-93771 Make selecting a frame on the layout from within the Dossier panel and the Smart Connection panel possible with a keyboard shortcut.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection 14.2.4 build 59
Release date: 23 November 2020
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No features have been added in this release of Smart Connection.
Changes
The following change has been made in this release of Smart Connection:
- Editions. InDesign users can use the Editions panel to assign or de-assign Editions to frames on the layout by selecting or clearing the relevant check boxes in the Editions panel. This functionality is now linked to the Access Right 'Change Edition': users who have this Access Right assigned can use the check boxes, else the check boxes are grayed-out.
Known issues
The following known issue exists in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-93667 Panels: When the SCEnt:ViewUpdate option is enabled and an article is checked out from the Elements panel that is overlapping the Smart Connection panel, the Smart Connection panel is brought to the foreground.
This issue only happens with the setting 'ViewUpdate' enabled and overlapping (not docked) Smart Connection and Elements panels. A fix is planned for the next patch release.
Documentation
The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Smart Connection:
- Working with Editions in Smart Connection for InDesign - updated
- Access Rights in Enterprise 10 - updated
- Access Rights in Studio Server - updated
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-35911 Access Rights: Font style list is incorrectly disabled when only 'Select Font Family' Access Right is disabled.
EN-92839 Plug-in Activation dialog is triggered when using startup script.
EN-93412 Smart Connection locks image files with umlaut characters in file name, thereby preventing changes from being saved in Photoshop.
EN-93432 The Log On dialog does not appear in Smart Connection when checking out a layout from Studio.
EN-93449 Page planning is using the [None] master page when creating additional pages.
EN-93453 Modified adornments appear on article frames in InDesign after Updating Geometry in InCopy with multiple placed articles opened.
EN-93463 [Planning interface] No error message is shown when placing an advert on a page that does not exist.
EN-93466 Access Rights: Font Family and Font Style lists are incorrectly disabled in the Character Formatting toolbar when 'Advanced Formats' Access Right is enabled.
EN-93471 InCopy: When opening an article containing a graphic component, the Layout view is not focused on the page the article is placed on.
EN-93483 Elements panel: The Send Geometry button is enabled after updating a placed article in InCopy.
EN-93495 Elements panel: Unable to add new components via drag-and-drop when the list is full.
EN-93520 'Automatic placement synchronization' error appears when opening a layout on which a Digital article containing a planned advert was placed in Content Station/Studio.
EN-93544 InCopy: Article components are duplicated after recovering an article.
EN-93569 Multiple Smart Connection panels: When the SCEnt:ViewUpdate option is enabled and an object status is updated in one panel, another Smart Connection panel is brought to the foreground.
EN-93610 Access Rights: Users should not be able to change Editions in Editions panel when 'Change Edition' Access Right is disabled.
EN-93616 Layout previews: Further optimization by skipping logic in case of preview generation.
EN-93662 Access Rights: Paragraph border and shading option enabled when 'Typography' Access Rights are disabled
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection 14.2.3 build 55
Release date: 1 September 2020
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
The following feature has been added in this release of Smart Connection:
- Reintroduction of sending geometry updates manually. In Smart Connection 14.0.0, geometry updates were sent automatically each time a layout was checked in or when a version of the layout was saved. The option to manually send updates was removed; if an update was to be manually sent, users were supposed to perform a Save Version action.
In practice, users found the action of saving a version of a layout to send out geometry updates as 'too heavy'. The functionality of manually sending out this information has therefore been reintroduced and can now once more be performed by using one of the following methods:
- Choosing Smart Connection > Send Geometry.
- In the buttons bar of the Elements panel, clicking the Send Geometry button.
- From the flyout menu of the Elements panel, choosing Send Geometry.
Note: Sending out a geometry update is now always done for all articles placed on the layout. It is not possible to send out an update for selected articles only. Also, no message is shown on the system of the user to whom the update is sent.
For more information, see Receiving and sending layout and article updates in Smart Connection.
Changes
No changes have been made in this release of Smart Connection.
Known issues
The following known issue exists in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-93483 The Send Geometry button in the Elements Panel is enabled after updating a placed article in InCopy.
Note: This is planned to be fixed in the next release, Smart Connection 14.2.4.
Documentation
The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Smart Connection:
- Receiving and sending layout and article updates in Smart Connection - updated
- The About WoodWing dialog does not appear in Smart Connection - new
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-91756 About WoodWing Dialog does not appear.
EN-93135 [Windows, InCopy] With access right 'Apply Paragraph Formatting' disabled, the InCopy UI becomes unresponsive after hovering over the Paragraph panel.
EN-93146 Czech & Finish language string for 'Open Layout as Book Script' missing from Windows installer.
EN-93174 No placement warning shown when copying and pasting an article that is already placed.
EN-93185 Object styles removed and anchored objects move when InCopy file is recovered or restored.
EN-93198 Add robustness for deadline message when opening document from Elvis.
EN-93207 Elements panel: identical icons for 'Check In Article' and 'Check In All Articles'.
EN-93228 Update ExManCmd in installer to version 7.10 to fix problems with the About WoodWing dialog.
EN-93260 Character formatting buttons in Control toolbar remain disabled after enabling access rights.
EN-93300 Reintroduce the Send Geometry menus.
EN-93353 Sticky Notes are not displayed when a layout is opened via context menu > Show Versions > View.
EN-93358 When adding new pages via planning interface after adding an advert, new pages are placed in the incorrect position.
EN-93371 User is able to edit and reply to Sticky Notes when viewing a read-only layout from the Show Versions dialog.
EN-93399 Edit article button in Studio is missing after dragging a Digital article onto the layout.
Note: Fix EN-93399 also requires Studio 11.72 or higher.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection 14.2.2 build 49
Release date: 27 May 2020
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
The following feature has been added in this release of Smart Connection:
- Opening files in Smart Connection from a custom Web application. When making use of a Web application (such as a planning tool or a custom application), users may want to directly open layouts or articles directly from that application into InDesign or InCopy with Smart Connection installed.
This can be made possible by letting the application call a URL with specific parameters. Using this method, the following can be done:
- Open layouts in InDesign or articles in InCopy
- Open multiple layouts or articles with one URL
- Open the files checked-out or as read-only
- Open a template for editing or instantiate a new document from the template
For more information, see Opening files in Smart Connection from a custom Web application.
Changes
No changes have been made in this release of Smart Connection.
Known issues
No known issues exists in this release of Smart Connection.
Documentation
The following change to the documentation has been made in this release of Smart Connection:
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-92141 Not all options in the Paragraph pane are disabled when the user does not have the 'Apply Paragraph Formatting' Access Right.
EN-92745 Overset indicator is not shown for a copied article.
EN-92829 Running the 'Open Issue as Book' script fails with error 'undefined is not an object'.
EN-92960 Default value in a custom metadata list is not shown when running InDesign in a language other than English.
EN-92984 Open InCopy and InDesign files from a custom Web application.
EN-92992 InDesign crashes when copying and pasting an article from another layout when the article contains an anchored object.
EN-92996 Image created from a local image is not restored from archive when 'Rating' property is added to the Dialog setup.
EN-93007 Reduce the number of calls to Windows API in case of UseCustomBaseFolder and KNOWNFOLDERID.
EN-93079 Context menu commands are disabled for an article in the Elements panel when the article is not selected on the layout.
EN-93115 Smart Jump: the Plain Content field only contains part of the article.
EN-93141 Error and gray graphic frames when restoring an article containing placed and unplaced graphics.
EN-93145 (Windows) Javascript error when running 'OpenIssueAsBook.jsx' and SaveLayoutsOfBook.jsx' scripts.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection 14.2.1 build 43
Release date: 7 April 2020
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No features have been introduced in this release of Smart Connection.
Changes
The following change has been made in this release of Smart Connection:
- Single sign-on: Preventing Smart Connection from checking if Enterprise Server is SSO-enabled. When Smart Connection with support for single sign-on (SSO) connects to Enterprise Server, a check is done to see if that version of Enterprise Server has SSO enabled.
When Smart Connection with support for single sign-on connects to a version of Enterprise Server which does not contain this service, a fatal PHP error is logged by Enterprise Server. Although harmless in itself, the error unnecessarily triggers alarms in system monitoring tools.
It was already possible to prevent Smart Connection from performing the SSO check by modifying the URLs that are defined in the WWSettings.xml file, but this did not affect URLs that are defined in the configserver.php file.
This has now been made possible by the following option that can be added to the configserver.php file:
new Feature( 'sso', 'false'),
For more information, see Preventing Smart Connection from checking if Enterprise Server is SSO-enabled.
Known issues
No known issues exists in this release of Smart Connection.
Documentation
The following change to the documentation has been made in this release of Smart Connection:
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-90206 'Login failed' message appears when user does not have access to InDesign Library.
EN-92517 When connecting to an Enterprise Server without support SSO support, a fatal error 'WflGetNativeAppAuthenticationInfoService' is reported in the server log files.
EN-92609 Modified icon is shown on a planned image frame after deleting the image and reopening the layout.
EN-92652 When hiding the Smart Connection panel while AutoRefreshPanel is enabled, the hierarchical view is collapsed.
EN-92674 InDesign crashes when 'Routing Message' option is enabled and quitting the dialog with 'Yes'.
EN-92756 Slow text input for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean in InDesign.
EN-92763 Save Article Version is disabled when another article is checked-out on the same layout.
EN-92796 Alpha-numeric numbering inserted by planning tool is not respected in layouts with page number 28 or higher.
EN-92803 InDesign Server freezes on BeforeSaveLayout script step.
EN-92807 When copying a checked-out graphic article component and pasting it, the pasted graphic article component is checked-out.
EN-92815 Make the handling of broadcast messages more robust.
EN-92816 Code cleanup: remove Section/Category from the status (GetStates) lookup.
EN-92819 No event script is triggered when double-clicking the Update icon in InDesign.
EN-92831 Anchored object in article disappears when editing text.
EN-92833 Paragraph style is set to default when components are not placed.
EN-92852 Planning tool: Unknown error appears when synchronizing added pages.
EN-92896 Smart Connection panel: Only part of the expand and collapse icons can be clicked.
EN-92897 Smart Connection panel: When refreshing the panel, the status color icons disappear in Libraries/Templates queries.
EN-92898 Smart Quotes are allowed in article and layout names while normal quotes are not.
EN-92899 Changing the Access Profile settings requires a reset of the Adobe preferences to take effect.
EN-92900 Smart Connection panel: Keyboard navigation arrows do not expand or collapse nested files.
EN-92906 Skip handling of UpdateIssueOrder event in case of broadcasting/multicasting message.
EN-92910 Check-out and check-in for a placed component that is not edited is done from the layout instead of the cache.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection 14.2.0 build 38 Quick Patch
Release date: 5 March 2020
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-92902 Planning tool: Unknown error appears when synchronizing added pages.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection 14.2.0 build 34
Release date: 20 January 2020
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
The following new features have been introduced in this release of Smart Connection:
- Smart Connection installer notarized for MacOS 10.15 Catalina. The installer for Smart Connection has been notarized for MacOS 10.15 Catalina. This makes it possible to now install Smart Connection on that operating system.
- Option to prevent Smart Connection from checking if Enterprise Server is SSO-enabled. When Smart Connection with support for single sign-on (SSO) connects to Enterprise Server, a check is done to see if that version of Enterprise Server has SSO enabled.
This check is done by a service named 'GetNativeAppAuthenticationInfo' which was introduced in Enterprise Server 10.6.0.
When Smart Connection with support for single sign-on connects to a version of Enterprise Server which does not contain this service, a fatal PHP error is logged by Enterprise Server.
Although harmless in itself, the error unnecessarily triggers alarms in system monitoring tools.
When users of Smart Connection containing SSO support have to connect to an instance of Enterprise Server without support for the mentioned service (version 10.5 or older), Smart Connection can be prevented from performing the SSO check. This is done by including an 'sso' attribute in the URL for connecting to those servers.
- File: WWSettings.xml file
- Area: SCEnt:ServerInfo element (see Adding Servers to the Log In list of Smart Connection)
- Name of option: sso
- Values: true or false
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Example 1: A list with a single URL to Enterprise Server, including the 'sso' attribute. Example 2: A list of multiple servers (some with support for the service and some without), in which the attribute is added only to those servers that do not support the service: |
Changes
No changes have been made in this release of Smart Connection.
Known issues
The following known issue exists in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-92241 InCopy: Endnotes are removed on saving for an article created in InDesign and based on a Word document.
Comment: Smart Connection for CC 2019 does not support round-tripping endnotes in articles. Endnotes that are either created in InDesign or InCopy, or imported from a Microsoft Word file, are lost after saving them to Enterprise Server. A solution for this issue is planned for Smart Connection 14.2.1 for Adobe CC 2019.
Documentation
The following changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Smart Connection:
- Preventing Smart Connection from checking if Enterprise Server is SSO-enabled - new
- Smart Connection configuration articles index - updated
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-92203 When storing InDesign Articles as library items, the order of article components is changed in the Articles panel.
EN-92230 When a Dossier is created together with an article, the Dossier gets all Editions assigned, instead of the Editions assigned to the layout.
EN-92247 Layout created in InDesign CC 2014 cannot be opened from Elvis with InDesign CC 2019.
EN-92268 Planning interface: Smart Connection freezes when Enter is used to close a dialog during the process of opening layouts.
EN-92328 Placement adornment of inline Excel file disappears after updating the article in InCopy.
EN-92342 After placing an article, text gets a different paragraph style applied when the original paragraph style contains style overrides and the article frame has an Object Style applied.
EN-92370 InCopy: No 'modified' indication is shown when making changes in an article created from an article template.
EN-92392 The beforeSaveLayout script event is not executed when saving a layout locally followed by clicking Close.
EN-92507 When saving a layout containing a database image with the FullResolutionGraphics option enabled, an obsolete CreateObjectRelations request is called.
EN-92517 When connecting to an Enterprise Server without support SSO support, a fatal error 'WflGetNativeAppAuthenticationInfoService' is reported in the server log files.
EN-92545 After copying a layout including placements and opening the layout, a relation to an image is lost and the image is removed without warning.
EN-92593 Elements panel: article component is placed in a new frame instead of existing frame.
EN-92594 MacOS installer: Options for installing 'Smart Connection for InDesign Server' and 'Smart Connection for InDesign' look the same.
EN-92595 Smart Connection panel shows no content after logging in when a Custom Search was loaded during log-out.
EN-92596 When creating an article on a layout and adding it to a Dossier, the incorrect Editions are assigned.
EN-92597 InDesign with AfterCreateArticle script installed and Smart Caching enabled hangs when creating an article.
EN-92598 Package script running on InDesign Server breaks image links.
EN-92599 Planning interface: Smart Connection freezes when Enter is used to close a dialog during the process of opening 3 layouts.
EN-92600 For multiple placed EPS files, the SaveObjects call only sends placement information for one placement.
EN-92608 InCopy crashes when placing a local image in the Planned image article component.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection 14.1.0 build 27 Quick Patch
Release date: 9 December 2019
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-92372 Links to multiple placed EPS files break when copying a layout using 'Copy with placements' or during a Smart Mover migration.
EN-92389 Creating an image from a local image fails if image is selected instead of the spline container.
EN-92431 Creating new Smart Connection panel or opening a Dossier does not work.
EN-92544 Multiple placed images are not relinked if placements are missing after Smart Mover migration.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection 14.1.0 build 24
Release date: 24 October 2019
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
The following new feature has been introduced in this release of Smart Connection:
- Support for Single Sign-on (SSO) using Okta. Single sign-on is a process in which users log in once to an authentication provider that manages their user credentials.
Once logged in to that authentication provider, each subsequent log-in to an application that is connected to that provider is automatically handled by that system. This drastically reduces the number of times that users have to manually log in on a daily basis.
Implementing single sign-on is done in Enterprise Server 10.7.0 and higher and is supported in Smart Connection 14.1.0.
Changes
The following changes have been made in this release of Smart Connection:
- Scripting Guide: Sample for an idle task added. In some rare occasions conflicts occur between an event and the scripted actions executed at that event.
Example: An afterCreateArticle.jsx script could perform a check-out operation of an article that was just created while Smart Connection might not have finalized all actions related to article creation such as locking all related (article) components. As a result the scripted check-out operation fails as the specified component is not locked or no locked components are found.
These type of issues can be solved by adding an idle task and a listener to the script. An example has been added to the Scripting Guide showing how this can be done. See 'Conflicts' in the Scripting Events chapter of the Scripting Guide.
- Scripting Guide: afterRefreshArticle updated. Support for InDesign and InDesign Server has been added to the afterRefreshArticle event.
Known issues
No known issues exist in this release of Smart Connection.
Documentation
The following change to the documentation has been made in this release of Smart Connection:
- Compatibility of Smart Connection 14 for Adobe CC 2019 - updated
- Scripting for Smart Connection - updated
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-12391 InCopy: Paragraph styles not sorted correctly.
EN-91900 Hyperlinks disappear when creating an article in InDesign, opening and closing it in InCopy, and opening it in InDesign again.
EN-92086 Main text frame and anchored text frame are merged after editing the article in InCopy with Smart Connection 14.0.1 installed.
EN-92111 InDesign: Swatches panel options are disabled when the user does not have permissions to edit color swatches.
EN-92128 Synchronization of a planned layout fails when it contains more than 12 pages.
EN-92143 Directly linked Elvis images are not turned into Enterprise Shadow images when creating a image through scripting.
EN-92181 InDesign crashes if MacOS does not have a kCFLocaleCountryCode.
EN-92206 Text edited in anchored object appears in main text frame after article check-in/check-out.
EN-92218 Improve logic that decides if a converted document is a database document or not.
EN-92225 Placed Excel file not updated with changes made in source file.
EN-92233 Smart Connection panel: When expanding a Dossier, the value of DBMAXQUERY is shown as the maximum number of displayed files.
EN-92248 RabbitMQ on AMQP/SSLnot functioning with Smart Connection 14.0.1.
EN-92255 Smart Image setting to combine Caption and Credit does not work.
EN-92262 Not possible to check-in a converted layout that was created in Adobe CC 2014
EN-92264 Moving components from one article to another using the Elements panel results in an unplaced component.
EN-92265 Advert that is placed on 2 different pages in different Editions is moved to another page when opening the layout it is placed on.
EN-92266 InCopy: After using the Save Article Version command from the Smart Connection menu, the command is still enabled.
EN-92267 InCopy crashes when 'Routing Message' option is enabled, opening an article, and clicking Cancel in the Select Layout dialog.
EN-92269 InDesign or InCopy crash when clicking on the Dossier panel after Reset Default View.
EN-92270 InDesign: Frame manipulation options are grayed-out when user does not have Typography Access Rights.
EN-92287 Object style not applied to anchored or inline object anymore after multiple edits in InCopy.
EN-92326 Object style not applied to anchored or inline object anymore after adding components to an article and editing the article in InCopy.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection 14.0.1 build 12
Release date: 16 July 2019
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
No new features have been introduced in this release of Smart Connection.
Changes
No changes have been made in this release of Smart Connection.
Known issues
The following known issues exist in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-91756 The About WoodWing dialog does not appear on MacOS.
This issue happens infrequently and in particular on MacOS 10.14 (Mojave). We do not have evidence that it also happens on other MacOS versions, but we cannot rule it out.
The cause of the issue is that occasionally the underlying 'WoodWingUI ZXP' extension is not installed. After analysis, we found that this happens especially after upgrading the InDesign version, for instance from 'InDesign CC 2019 14.0.1' to 'InDesign CC 2019 14.0.2'.
After such an update sometimes the Adobe Extension Manager database gets corrupted after which it is no longer possible to register new extensions.
The Extension Manager is Adobe technology and we therefore depend on Adobe to fix this. We have filed a support issue to Adobe.
In Smart Connection 14.0.1 we made 2 improvements:
- Updated the Adobe command line tool 'ExManCmd' to the latest version. This tool is called from the Smart Connection installer to install the ZXP extension. This does however not resolve the problem.
- Provided a repair tool 'WWExMan'. This tool is installed in the InDesign Application folder, in the 'WoodWingUI ZXP' sub folder. It can be run from the command line and repairs the registration of Adobe applications within the Adobe Extension Manager. Call './WWExMan -h' for more information. Note that this repair tool is only a workaround.
Documentation
No changes to the documentation have been made in this release of Smart Connection.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-91655 Smart Connection panel: article template components are not shown.
EN-91656 When 'FullResolutionGraphics' is enabled, database images are incorrectly downloaded when opening a layout resulting in slow performance.
EN-91681 Changes made using the Resize Text Frame toolbar are not saved.
EN-91728 Planned image shows grayed-out after replacing it outside of InDesign and opening the layout.
EN-91860 [InCopy] Error is raised in Server Logs when creating an Article template.
EN-91894 The Save Changes dialog that is shown after performing an Abort Checkout action in CC 2019 incorrectly shows 'Yes' as default.
EN-91900 Hyperlinks disappear after checking-in and checking-out an article.
EN-91919 Performing a search based on multiple Workflow Statuses will show zero results when at least one of the Workflow Statuses is assigned to multiple files of different types.
EN-91977 InCopy: Unable to add new paragraph styles when editing an Article template.
EN-91982 Permissions of the InDesign application folder on MacOS are changed by the Smart Connection CC 2019 installer.
EN-91983 InDesign CC 2019 crashes when displaying the Quick Apply panel.
EN-91984 Track Changes color is not shown for another user when performing a Save Version for an article and then checking-in the article.
EN-91985 Create Image dialog incorrectly sets default Dossier to "New Dossier" after opening a layout from Content Station.
EN-91987 Link panel shows incorrect information for a placed article.
EN-91988 When creating an Article template, the paragraph styles and character styles from the source layout are missing.
EN-91989 Message appears in vanilla InDesign about a missing SCCoreDatalink plug-in when opening a packaged layout containing a local image that was copied and pasted.
EN-91991 User queries with accented characters in the name are not stored in Enterprise.
EN-91996 Article Status is not updated in the Elements panel.
EN-91997 Status of a text variable in InDesign is not updated after performing a Save Version action.
EN-91998 Images are not linked to a layout after performing a Smart Mover Transfer Task from one Enterprise system to another.
EN-91999 Incorrect behavior observed for a Smart Connection panel when two other Smart Connection panels already exist.
EN-92000 Multiple Dossiers open in the Smart Connection panel when expanding a single Dossier.
EN-92001 Initial placement of Caption and Credit with Smart Image is not always correct.
EN-92002 The Save Changes dialog appears after clicking 'Yes' in the Abort Check Out dialog.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection 14.0.0 build 9
Release date: 28 March 2019
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
New features
The following new features have been introduced in this release of Smart Connection:
- Support for Adobe CC 2019. Smart Connection can now also be used with Adobe CC 2019.
- Geometry updates improvements. To better manage the process of managing geometry updates of placed articles and images, the following improvements have been made:
- Changes in InDesign:
- For placed images and articles, the yellow warning icon on the frame— shown when the source file has changed — can now be clicked to update the content of the frame. When clicking the icon for an article frame, all components of the article are updated; when clicking the icon for an image, only the image in that frame is updated.
- Sending geometry information to an InCopy user is now done automatically each time the layout is saved or closed. All options for manually sending geometry updates to InCopy users have been removed (such as the option Smart Connection > Update Geometry, the Send Update button in the Elements panel, and so on).
- Changes in InCopy:
- When geometry updates from InDesign are received, a message is no longer shown. Instead, the Update Geometry button in the Smart Connection Toolbar changes color: yellow for low priority changes and red for high priority changes.
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Notes:
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For more information, see:
- Using the Smart Connection toolbar in Smart Connection for InCopy - updated
- Receiving and sending layout and article updates in Smart Connection - updated
- Working with images in Smart Connection for InDesign - updated
- Preference for logging added. Logging the activity of Smart Connection can now also be done by enabling the following InDesign preference:
Preferences > WoodWing > Enable Logging
The Log folder can also be quickly opened by clicking Open Log Folder.
For more information about all ways of enabling logging, see Logging Smart Connection activity.
Changes
The following change has been made in this release of Smart Connection:
- Windows 32bit support. Support for the 32bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows 10 has been dropped.
Known issues
Please take note of the following:
- Using InDesign Server CC 2019 (14.0): The current release version of InDesign Server (14.0.0) lacks some stability fixes that where part of the InDesign 14.0.1 update of November 2018.
Next to these stability issues, InDesign Server 14.0.0 also does not support the Content Aware Place functionality.
Update 4 April 2019: Adobe has released an update for InDesign Server which includes fixes for the stability issues as well as full support for the Content Aware Place functionality. Our advice is to update your systems with this upgrade.
Documentation
The following documentation accompanies this release of Smart Connection:
- Using the Smart Connection toolbar in Smart Connection for InCopy - updated
- Receiving and sending layout and article updates in Smart Connection - updated
- Working with images in Smart Connection for InDesign - updated
- Compatibility of Elvis 6 - updated
- Compatibility of Smart Connection 14 for Adobe CC 2019 - updated
Note: The Scripting Guide has not yet been updated. For now, please refer to the version for Adobe CC 2018.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-91484 Seat-based activation is not working correctly.
EN-91654 InDesign crashes when opening a layout after a Journal Designer synchronization request.
EN-91688 Updating an article twice using the Links panel gives an unexpected warning.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
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