Lasernet 11.0 Beta 1 Release Notes

Lasernet Developer 11

Environments

Added support for Environments and Pods for failover and load-balancing.

Deploy Workspace

Deploy Commit is a feature that works like Deploy in Lasernet 10.

Deploy Workspace is a feature that works like Patch in Lasernet 10, but includes several enhancements. In Lasernet 10, the local working copy was integrated with other users' local working copies. In Lasernet 11, the workspace is stored on the Config Server and shared with other users, which is then deployed to the environment.

Commit and Revert

Created Date, Modified Date, Created By, and Modified By are added as new columns to the list view of objects in the Commit or Revert dialogs.

Grab Mode Panel

Added the ability to start or stop grab mode on demand from Lasernet Developer, without the need to deploy a configuration.

Grab File Format

Grab files are stored in container files with extension .lnjob.

Export/Import Configurations and Objects

The new tool Deselect Dependencies automatically deactivates the checkbox for other objects in the list view that have dependencies on the selected object.

JobInfo Dialog

Added the following:
• Description

• Active JobInfos On/Off

Environment Toolbar

Environment toolbar added to various editors.

Service Manager 11

Web Client

Ability to configure hostnames, port numbers and bindings for services running the Web Client.

Environment

Ability to add, edit, remove, start, and stop service for an environment.

Config Server

Set a connection with user credential to a Microsoft SQL Server running as backed for Lasernet Config Server.

Config Server 11

Grab

Grab event status and value for maximum grabs per object are configured on the Config Server.

Logger

Logger event status, values for maximum logfile size, and maximum backup logs, can be changed at any time on the Config Server.

JobInfos

JobInfo names and values, can be added or changed at any time on the Config Server.

Licensing

The registering and administration of licenses for environments are centralized on Config Server 11.

Printer Service 11

EMF to RAW Support

The new EMF to RAW Printer name setting in the Printer Service module can select a specific print queue driver on the Windows Printer Server.

Font Embedding

Added support for Font Embedding in the Printer Service module or app.

Port Number

Added ability to configure the port number for the TCP/IP network connection between the Printer Service module and the Printer Service app.

Notification System

Added notification system for change of Windows printer list to automatically update and synchronize Printer Service UI.

Form Editor 11

New Grab Mode Panel

Ability to start or stop grab mode on demand from Lasernet Form Editor.

Grab File Dialog

The Open Grab File(s) dialog has an extended editor view for grab files of type lnjob.

Search in Objects

Added a new option in the Find dialog to search for detailed information stored in objects.

Line Numbers for XML/JSON Views

An optional view of line numbers is added to the XML/JSON input and output views.

Replace Tag Name

Ability to find and replace XPath/JPath tags in any input object or pattern stored in a sheet with another tag name.

Gradient Fill for Shapes

Support for vertical and horizontal gradient fill effects in shapes added to EMF forms.

QR Codes with Images

Insert an image into the centre of a QR code by merging two objects.

Border Settings for Rearranges

Border settings are extended to have individual colour and width settings.

Rounded Rectangles in Shapes

Settings have been extended for rounded rectangles in shapes.

Patterns and Rearranges

Two new columns have been added to the Patterns and Rearrange dialog.

Job Engine

General

The optimized Job Engine now supports load balancing and failover in environments using virtual machines or in Docker containers managed by Kubernetes.

Environments

The Job Engine running in each Lasernet 11 Environment service will transfer jobs to Lasernet Config Server 11 service when storing certain jobs.

Modules

General Tab

Multi-threading and Batch Mode have been added to the General tab for any input module polling for jobs.

Scheduling Tab

The Scheduling tab introduces an improved UI/UX on any module for setting up a Scheduler Event.

Web Server

App Registration has replaced Basic Authentication as the supported authentication method in the Web Server input module in Lasernet 11.

FTP and SFTP

The FTP(s) and SFTP protocol settings have been divided into two modules called FTP and SFTP.

Outlook Mail

Added support for app registration as an authentication method in the Outlook mail input/output module.

SharePoint 365

With JobInfo substitution, instead of looking up IDs, you can look up names to find IDs.

Barcode Reader and PDF Splitter

Parameters for Quality settings have been added to the Barcode Reader module and the PDF Splitter to optimize the recognition of barcodes.

OCR Engine

OCR Forms and Dictionary are stored in the Config Server database.

Identifiers

Lasernet Config Server offers a new OCR API endpoint to which you can upload identifiers with JSON as the content type.

Lasernet Developer, Lasernet Editors

Added support for high pixel density (Hi-DPI) monitors.

Enhancement

413765

37674

File Output

A job fails when an illegal character is present in a filename or output path.

Enhancement

368054

Form Editor

Added support to embed fonts in forms created in the DOCX format. Fonts in a document are automatically detected and saved as font resources.

Enhancement

393910

Form Editor

UI Glitch in Text form Link Criteria

Fixed

421525

Form Editor

The default Files of type in the Open Grab File(s) dialog of the Form Editor is changed to *.* (All Files) to include any input format.

Enhancement

369399

369401

Form Editor

The behavior for expanding and collapsing nodes in Search mode for input and output views in XML format aligns with the XML Transformer.

Enhancement

436981

Form Editor

UX improvements for the selection of output objects in another layer.

Enhancement

438279

Form Editor

Added case-sensitive support for the Add Form Criterion and Add Sheet Criterion dialogs when using XML input.

Enhancement

440729

Form Editor

Added case-sensitive support for the Add Form Criterion and Add Sheet Criterion dialogs when using JSON input.

Enhancement

397437

Form Editor

Reworked the label name for subform objects in the output view.

Enhancement

346982

Form Editor

Previously used folder paths to preview forms, such as, Preview > Save as are retained.

Enhancement

448442

Form Editor

Occasionally, the pick screen color tool in the Custom Color > Select Color dialog selected either a color at random or black and white. You can now select a custom color.

Fixed

Form Editor

The DevExpress Rich Text and Spreadsheet Control has been updated from v21.2 to v24.1.

Enhancement

435770

Job Engine

Added a set of DataFormat JobInfos for any module creating a data format.

Enhancement

363367

OCR Editor / Engine

Added support for the indexing of the split of fields to be either None, Left, or Right.

Enhancement

386610

OCR Editor / Engine

Added support for cross-referenced validations using math expressions.

Enhancement

331415

PDF Merger

Improved support for reading external PDF documents.

Enhancement

443768

Web Server

Added GET support for preview mode.

Enhancement