The Release Notes for Smart Connection 12 for Adobe CC 2017 contain information about the new features, changes, fixed issues, known issues, and upgrade instructions for Smart Connection 12 for Adobe CC 2017.
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Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 (version 12.3.0) build 51
Release date: 14 August 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 12.3.0.
Changes
No changes have been made in this release of Smart Connection.
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:
- Logging in to Smart Connection - updated
- Automatically logging in to Enterprise Server using Smart Connection - updated
- Smart Connection for InDesign quick start - updated
- Smart Connection for InCopy quick start - updated
- Scripting for Smart Connection - updated
- Compatibility of Smart Connection 12 for Adobe CC 2017 - updated
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-91981 Article gets incorrect Editions assigned when creating it from a layout and adding it to a new Dossier.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 (version 12.2.4) build 44
Release date: 28 May 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
No known issues exist in this release of Smart Connection.
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-91454 Article containing XMLStory elements in XML leads to crashes when placing the article.
EN-91769 Colors for Tracked Changes are not displayed for another user if first an article version was saved followed by a check-in of the article.
EN-91801 Links to images are missing after moving a layout to another Enterprise Server using the Enterprise Transfer Task of Smart Mover.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 (version 12.2.3) build 42
Release date: 30 January 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 added in this version of Smart Connection.
Changes
No changes have been made in this version of Smart Connection.
Known issues
The following known issue exists in this version of Smart Connection:
- EN-91429 Text in the preview pane of the Smart Connection panel can be edited.
This is a side effect of the current fix for EN-91074 'Text in the preview pane of the Smart Connection panel cannot be copied'.
As a temporary fix, the article preview pane is now editable which makes it possible to copy and paste again. We are in discussion with Adobe to see if we can fix EN-91074 by allowing copying and pasting in a read-only text component of a panel.
Documentation
No changes have been made in the documentation in this release of Smart Connection.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-83344 When deleting a component in InDesign, the message 'New Layout information is available' appears in InCopy.
EN-90306 Sticky Notes are shown in a different position when creating them in InDesign and viewing them in Content Station.
EN-90809 Performance issue with creating frames from a script when the layout is opened as read-only.
EN-90904 Unclear message shown when logging in to Enterprise which has RabbitMQ enabled but not running.
EN-91074 Text in the preview pane of the Smart Connection panel cannot be copied.
EN-91101 InDesign crashes when checking-in a layout that contains two placements of the same Layout Module, provided that the Layout Module contains a database image.
EN-91102 When placing a library item containing an InDesign Article on a new layout, the InDesign Article is not placed.
EN-91116 Unable to scroll in the Smart Connection panel in Show as Thumbnails mode.
EN-91143 Smart Connection crashes when the layout contains a specific image.
EN-91155 Difference in positioning of Sticky Notes between Content Station Aurora and Smart Connection.
EN-91173 InDesign Server not using high resolution images to create a PDF.
EN-91237 InDesign crashes when triggering the afterRefreshArticle.jsx script.
EN-91341 Script call "ManagedArticle::detachComponent" does not work.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 (version 12.2.2) build 38
Release date: 7 November 2018
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
No known issues exist in this release of Smart Connection.
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-90761 When attempting to check out a single article that is already checked-out, the message that appears refers to multiple articles.
EN-90815 Size of database image in Links panel is shown as zero kilobytes.
EN-90820 (InCopy) Inconsistent display of Element Labels.
EN-90830 Comment is retained after deleting it manually from the Send To dialog.
EN-90899 Smart Connection panel Thumbnail view: selected object is not updated after changing panel filtering.
EN-90900 Color corrected images are not updating properly.
EN-90902 UpdateAllContent does not work for tables.
EN-90908 (Windows) Text on Status bar overlaps when resizing the Smart Connection panel.
EN-90910 A Saved Search for type Dossier does not return results if it is named 'Dossier'.
EN-91023 Edition selection in the Editions panel changes after checking-in the layout.
EN-91044 Incorrect handling of custom properties of type Date when a period is used as a separator.
EN-91045 (Smart Connection panel) Incorrect ordering of Issues in the Issue list when an Issue is renamed.
EN-91046 (Smart Connection panel) Configuring a new 'Current Issue' unexpectedly changes the selected Issue.
EN-91075 (InCopy) Message stating that new layout information is available is incorrectly shown.
EN-91091 After changing an image in a Layout Module, the status of the image is not correctly set in the Links panel.
EN-91115 "Modified" status is not removed in Links panel for Layout Module after Update All Content.
EN-91138 InDesign Server not using high resolution image to create PDF if layout contains more than 500 Mb of images.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see:
Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 (version 12.2.1) build 28 Quick Patch
Release date: 9 August 2018
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 version of Smart Connection:
EN-90959 InDesign Server crashes when placed images are embedded.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see Installing Smart Connection.
Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 (version 12.2.1) build 27
Release date: 20 July 2018
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
The following change has been made in this release of Smart Connection:
- Changes made to Issues in Enterprise Server are now automatically updated in Smart Connection. When Issues are created, modified, deleted, or reordered in Enterprise Server, the user interface in Smart Connection is now dynamically updated. This applies in particular to the Smart Connection panel (the Issues list in Browse mode and the Search Criteria dialog box). In previous versions, the user had to log out and log in again to see these changes.
This improvement requires Enterprise Server 10.4.1 or later. It also requires either broadcasting enabled, or RabbitMQ up and running.
Technical details: The Smart Connection client is notified by the server using messaging, either by broadcast/multicast, or by RabbitMQ push notifications. New events were introduced in Enterprise Server 10.4.1 (CreateIssue, ModifyIssue, DeleteIssue, UpdateIssuesOrder, UpdatePubChannel). These have not yet been added to the Web Services guide; this is planned for the next update of the guide which is scheduled for Enterprise Server 10.5.
Note: Content Station 11 does not yet support this dynamic update of the mentioned Issue changes. This is planned for an upcoming release. This functionality will not be added to Content Station 9.
Known issues
No known issues exist for this release of Smart Connection.
Documentation
No changes to the documentation have been made for this release of Smart Connection.
Fixed issues
The following issue has been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-87978 Too many GetObjects requests when opening a layout containing multiple placements of an updated image.
EN-89582 Remove the need to have to log out to see newly created Issues.1
EN-90176 Layouts that are open in InDesign CS6 cannot be checked-in after logging out in InDesign CC 2017.
EN-90280 Different OpenIssueAsBook.jsx script in Smart Connection 12.1.0 b11 installers for MacOS and Windows.
EN-90361 InCopy: images are not updated after choosing Update All Content.
EN-90454 InCopy: Lines added using the Resize Text Frame toolbar are not shown on layout.
EN-90472 Smart Connection duplicates articles in the Article panel when saving and opening a layout as an IDML file.
EN-90541 InCopy: Article component placed behind another article component is not editable in Layout view when both articles are checked-out and the article on top is checked-in.
EN-90606 Article with text wrap created in Smart Connection shows incorrect overset in the Print Editor of Content Station Aurora.
EN-90623 Smart Connection for InCopy 2017 blocks 'kBeforeSaveDocSignalResponderService'.
EN-90694 When closing a layout while having checked-out an article placed on the layout, the layout disappears when clicking No in the message asking if the article first needs to be saved.
EN-90698 Database error when checking-in a layout containing an InDesign article with multiple connected and grouped frames.
EN-90721 Article containing footnotes created with Smart Connection 12.2.0 does not show correctly in Layout preview of Content Station Aurora.
EN-90724 Text aligned using Shift+Tab in Smart Connection cannot be correctly displayed in Content Station Aurora.
EN-90813 Sorting order in OpenIssueAsBook script should sort on page number by default, as it did in Smart Connection for Adobe CS6 and CC.
EN-90856 InCopy: Database or local image is removed from article when opening multiple articles that contain the same image.
EN-90886 Indents change to Tab after modifying the article in InCopy.
1 This does not apply to Issues that are part of an overruled Brand; when a new Issue is created for an overruled Brand, the UI in Smart Connection (such as the Issue list in the Smart Connection panel) is not automatically updated. As before, users need to log out and log in to see such a change in this scenario.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see Installing Smart Connection.
Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 (version 12.2.0) build 20
Release date: 26 March 2018
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:
- Scripting: 'BeforePlace' script event added. A 'BeforePlace' event has been added to the scripting object model of Smart Connection. For more information, see the Scripting Guide.
Changes
The following change has been made in this release of Smart Connection:
New article format (WCML3). In Enterprise, articles are stored in WoodWing's WCML format. Smart Connection 12.2.0 introduces a new version of this format: 'WCML3'. The old format is referred to as 'WCML2'.
The new format brings the following improvements:
- Reduced file size by not duplicating all style definitions, colors, swatches, fonts, and font families for each article component.
- Improved performance for opening and saving the article by replacing the parser that is used for exporting and importing article data by a more modern, better performing XML parser.
We think that reducing data transfer and file size is important, especially for Enterprise Aurora installations and cloud hosting. The new WCML3 article format will help with this.
Expected performance improvements
During the development of this new format, much testing was done to determine the performance improvement. What the improvement will be in your production environment very much depends on the complexity of the articles:
- Small articles containing only a few components will see very little improvement.
- For complex articles containing many styles (100+) and over 30 components, we saw a reduction in article size of 90%, while the speed of opening the article improved by 30%.
Compatibility with Smart Connection versions
Support for WCML3 is available in the following versions of Smart Connection:
- CC 2014 or 2015: Not available. This means that InDesign, InCopy and InDesign Server for CC 2014 or 2015 are not able to open or read articles in WCML3 format; only the WCML2 is supported. Any upcoming patches for CC 2014 or CC 2015 will also not include support for the WCML3 article format.
- CC 2017: WCML2 and WCML3 are supported with Smart Connection 12.2.0 or higher. For backwards compatibility, the default file format is WCML2. Smart Connection 12.1.x or earlier is not able to open or read WCML3.
- CC 2018: WCML2 and WCML3 will be supported.
Support in Enterprise Server and Content Station
The current innovation versions of Enterprise Server and Content Station support the new article format:
- Enterprise Server supports WCML3 since version 10.2.
- Content Station Aurora supports the new article format since 11.0.
- Content Station 9 supports the new article format since Content Station 9.8.14.
Note: The new article format will not be supported with the maintenance version of Enterprise Server, 10.1.x.
When to use WCML3
You should consider to start using the new WCML format when:
- New Enterprise installations are set up that include Enterprise Server 10.2 or later, Content Station 11 and Smart Connection for CC 2017.
- Complex articles containing many components are used.
- Situations in with high latency exist and where large articles are created and edited in Content Station (this is typically the case when InDesign Servers for preview generation are hosted in the cloud).
- A major upgrade to the upcoming Smart Connection for CC 2018 is performed.
Technical details
The structure of the story has been changed: XML elements (such as styles, colors, preferences, and so on) that are shared by stories are no longer in every story but are instead placed in a shared section. The content section itself has not been changed. Third-parties that rely on the content structure should not be affected.
The structure of article templates files (.wcmt) has not been changed.
The XML parser that is used to import and export styling data and story content has been replaced with pugixml. The previous parser was Xerces based. The switch is motivated by performance considerations.
For the XML schemas including an example of each schema, see the following link:
Enabling WCML3
Enabling WCML3 is done by adding the the following option to the SERVERFEATURES in the config_overrule.php file of Enterprise Server:
new Feature( 'WcmlVersion3' ),
Upgrade strategy
Enabling WCML3 affects all Smart Connection users signing in to the instance of Enterprise Server, regardless of the version of Smart Connection that they are using. It is important therefore to only switch to the generation of articles in WCML3 format once all Smart Connection installations have been upgraded to Smart Connection 12.2.0 or higher.
Known issues
No known issue exists for this release of Smart Connection.
Documentation
No changes to the documentation have been made for this release of Smart Connection.
- Scripting for Smart Connection - updated
- The documentation relating to the new WCML3 article format will be added to the Smart Connection documentation soon.
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed in this release of Smart Connection:
EN-18433 Article size is much larger in version 7 after Create Article from document than previous versions.
EN-88961 Column views reset after changes to Dialog Setup in Enterprise Server.
EN-89885 Page number styles with leading zeros is not working since 11.0.4/10.2.6.
EN-90086 Opening a standalone article that was created with InDesign CC 2017 (SC 12.0.0 or 12.1.0) is much slower than an article created in CC 2015.
EN-90152 Images grouped to text frames in InDesign inadvertently become part of the article.
EN-90212 Update certificate for installation of About WoodWing dialog CEP extension.
EN-90282 Checked-out article remains locked after closing it.
EN-90322 Create BeforePlace script event and possibility to use returned result.
EN-90398 Save Article Version not working when article contains Notes.
EN-90399 Scripting call to specify PDF profile to use when Smart Connection creates a PDF during check-in.
EN-90400 Edit Original always downloads the native image file, even if it is already locally available.
EN-90401 Extra space appears between long metadata name and Text box in Save As dialog if boolean field is also added in new Tab.
EN-90402 InCopy crashes when user does not have read-only access for all assets.
EN-90403 Prevent layout from failing to check-in when page preview generation fails.
EN-90404 View by Edition not working after copying layout to another Issue with the same Editions.
EN-90405 Bad performance of openObject scripting method when opening layout read-only.
EN-90406 'UpdateAllContent' from scripting should not update articles that are checked-out on the layout.
EN-90407 InDesign and InCopy crash when there are more than 92 properties added to Query Result Columns for InDesign or InCopy.
EN-90408 beforeSaveLayout script deletes Sticky Notes on check-in.
EN-90409 Incoming broadcast results in many QueryObjects requests.
EN-90410 InDesign Server crashes due to multiple placed EPS files.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see Installing Smart Connection.
Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 (version 12.1.0) build 11
Release date: 11 December 2017
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 Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2015 (version 12.1.0 build 11):
- Smart Caching: automatically downloading a routed file. When a file is routed to a user, it is typically downloaded from the server at the moment the user opens it for editing. This means that the user has to wait until the download is complete before working on it can start. In situations where the connection to the server is slow (for example when working from a remote location) or when large files need to be downloaded, it can take quite a while before the download is complete.
Smart Caching can be used to make this process more efficient by downloading a file to a user's system immediately when it is routed. Downloading the file takes place in the background so the user can continue working with Smart Connection. When the user then wants to work on the file, it is immediately available because it is already downloaded.
Note: Smart Caching for Smart Connection is made possible by using the Smart Caching functionality of Content Station 10. It requires the use of the Content Station Desktop application; Content Station 10 itself is not needed.
For more information about Smart Caching, see:
- Automatically downloading a routed file in Smart Connection
- Configuring Smart Caching for Smart Connection
- InCopy: opening a placed article while bringing it to front in Layout view. When an article is placed on a layout, it could be that other objects on that layout are partially or fully placed over it.
When opening an article and viewing it in Layout view, article components can therefore be partially or fully obscured from view, or shown in a dimmed state. As a result, any changes made to the article content is not visible in Layout view or the article component could potentially not be accessible from Layout view, for example to open it for editing.
To resolve this, all components of the article that is opened can be brought to the front in Layout view. This makes the content of the article fully visible and each article component accessible for editing.
Bringing the article components to the front in Layout view is done at the time when the article is opened and requires the following new preference to be enabled:
Smart Connection > Options > Bring InCopy Articles to Front in Layout View
Figure: The 'Bring InCopy Articles to Front in Layout View' preference.
For more information, see Opening articles in InCopy using Smart Connection.
- InCopy: new preference 'Bring InCopy Articles to Front in Layout View'. A new preference has been added named 'Bring InCopy Articles to Front in Layout View'. When enabled, opening an article that is placed on a layout will bring all article components of that story to the front in Layout view. This makes sure that all article components are fully accessible and not obscured by other layout objects. For more information, see Opening articles in InCopy using Smart Connection.
Changes
The following changes have been made in Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2015 (version 12.1.0 build 11):
- Configuring columns no longer resets panels. With the fixes for EN-35354 and EN-88961, the behavior of column configuration of the panels in Smart Connection has been improved. Before the fixes, a change in the Query Result Columns in the Dialog Setup maintenance page would result in a reset of the columns in InDesign. For example: if the administrator adds a custom property to the Query Result Columns, all InDesign and InCopy clients would fall back to a default set of columns after the user logs in. With the fixes, the configuration of the visible columns and the ordering of columns the InDesign and InCopy clients will no longer be lost. This applies to the Smart Connection panel, the Dossier panel and other query panels. The changes affect all query modes (Browse, Inbox, Search, Saved queries, and so on).
- wwcx (CS4 article format): 'read' support has been removed. The wwcx article format was replaced by the wcml format in InDesign CS 5 and InCopy CS5 (released in 2010). With Smart Connection for CC 2017 version 12.1.0, articles stored in wwcx format cannot be opened any longer.
Known issues
No known issues exists for the release of Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2015 (version 12.1.0 build 11).
Documentation
The following documentation accompanies the release of Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2015 (version 12.1.0 build 11):
- Configuring Smart Caching for Smart Connection - updated
- Opening articles in InCopy using Smart Connection - updated
Fixed issues
The following issues have been fixed for the release of Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2015 (version 12.1.0 build 11):
EN-35354 Editing Query Result Columns resets query display.
EN-88961 Smart Connection column views resets after changes to "Dialogs Setup" in Enterprise Server.
EN-89198 InDesign crashes after opening and closing a layout via scripting.
EN-89213 Add support for Smart Caching.
EN-89370 Unable to save a layout with placed articles by performing Save As after switching Editions.
EN-89371 Article appears blurred in layout view if an image is placed over on it.
EN-89700 detachFrame scripting call is failing in preview mode on InDesign Server.
EN-89818 Performance: disable automatic panel refresh of Dossier panels in Thumbnail view mode when SCEnt:ViewUpdate is enabled.
EN-89820 Images are removed from page when Elvis is unavailable.
EN-89826 Planning Interface: error when opening layout with Advert as anchored object.
EN-89828 Swatches are disabled while they should be available based on Access Profile.
EN-89870 PlaceImage operations are ignored for articles that are placed through PlaceArticleElement operations.
EN-89904 "Failed to package the layout which has missing plug-in" message.
EN-89930 Packaged layout locks linked database objects.
EN-89932 Placed Layout Module is not updated when editing and saving changes.
EN-89934 Deadline cannot be removed using Set Properties.
EN-89935 Type-ahead not working in Route To field.
EN-89936 Elements panel needs a manual refresh to show pencil icon when the first component is detached.
EN-89937 Adobe files in smartconnection.noindex folder are deleted unexpectedly.
EN-89938 Digital Signature on WW Software to avoid 'unidentified developer' message during installation.
EN-89939 EPS files not grouped in the Links panel after placing or drag-and-drop.
EN-90002 Undo not available after using Save command.
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see Installing Smart Connection.
Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 (version 12.0.0) build 6
Release date: 14 July 2017
Downloads
The download files for this version of Smart Connection can be found in the Release announcement.
Requirements
Connecting Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 to Enterprise Server requires the following versions of Enterprise Server:
- Enterprise Server 10.0.6 or higher
- Enterprise Server 10.1.3 or higher
Using Content Station to open layouts created with Adobe InDesign CC 2017 requires the following versions:
- Content Station 9: version 9.8.11 or higher
- Content Station 10: not yet possible
New features
The following new features have been introduced in Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 (version 12.0.0 build 6):
- Support for Adobe CC 2017. Support has been added for:
- InDesign CC 2017
- InCopy CC 2017
- InDesign CC 2017 Server
- Support for push message notifications through RabbitMQ. Integrating RabbitMQ in Enterprise Server makes it possible to instantly push message notifications — such as when a user updates the properties of a file — to client views of all users who are connected to Enterprise. This way, users will immediately see any changes that another user makes.
Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 includes support for RabbitMQ.
For information about integrating RabbitMQ, see Integrating RabbitMQ in Enterprise Server 10.
Changes
The following changes have been implemented in Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 (version 12.0.0 build 6):
- The Sticky Notes panel is not yet available, it will be added in a future release. The panel provides an overview of all the messages in all Sticky Notes that are placed on the layout. From the panel, messages can be sorted, filtered, edited and replied to. Note that the full functionality of working with Sticky Notes (adding, replying, deleting and so on) is still available.
- The Adobe AEM panel has been removed.
Known issues
The following known issue exists for the release of Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 (version 12.0.0 build 6):
EN-89336 The 'imageRestoreLocation' parameter of the 'restoreFromArchive' scripting call does not work correctly. We advise to not use this parameter, but to leave it up to the definition on the server.
Documentation
The following documentation accompanies the release of Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 (version 12.0.0 build 6):
- Compatibility of Smart Connection 12 for Adobe CC 2017 - updated
- Scripting for Smart Connection - updated
- Configuring the opening of files outside of Content Station 9 - updated
- Opening, saving and closing files with Content Station 9 AIR - updated
- Configuring the opening of files outside Content Station 10 - updated
- Opening files for editing (file check-out and check-in) using Content Station 10 - updated
- Integrating RabbitMQ in Enterprise Server 10 - updated
Fixed issues
No issues have been fixed for the release of Smart Connection for Adobe CC 2017 (version 12.0.0 build 6).
Installation
For information about installing Smart Connection, see Installing Smart Connection.
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