Lasernet Core 11.0 Release Notes

Lasernet Developer

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 Core 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 an .lnjob extension.

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.

Modules

Fields that allow JobInfo substitution are marked with an icon.

JobInfo Dialog

Added the following:
• Description

• Active JobInfos On/Off

Environment Toolbar

Environment toolbar added to various editors.

Commit Changes window

Added warning text to the Commit Changes window to warn that the Administrator user should not commit changes.

Lasernet Service Manager

Environment

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

Config Server

Ability to start, stop, and configure the Lasernet Config 11 service.

CORS

Added support for specifying allowed CORS origins.

Config Server

Grab

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

Logging

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

Logging

Added a Max log age setting for Lasernet environments.

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.

Config Server

Lasernet Config Server now requires a Microsoft SQL Server database.

Lasernet Printer Service

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 and Form Engine

PDF/UA

Added PDF/UA support for improved accessibility.

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.

Ordered List Support

Added support for ordered lists in HTML rendering in EMF+PDF outputs.

XML Sheet Options

The No indenting of tags option for XML sheets has been replaced by a choice between Compact and Pretty-Print styles.

JSON Sheet Options

Multiple changes for JSON sheets:

• The Encoding option has been removed because the Code Page Conversion modifier can change the JSON encoding.

• The ActiveCodePage JobInfo is set to UTF8 to indicate the encoding used.

• The No indenting of tags option for XML sheets has been replaced by a choice between Compact (all on one line) and Pretty-Print styles.

Destinations

The Default destination is not automatically added to new sheets.

Sheet Options

Added the ability to edit printer profiles directly from the Sheet Options window.

XHTML Properties

Added support for  rbga functional CSS notation to XHTML properties.

Note

The alpha channel is disregarded.

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.

Kubernetes Pod Scaling

Lasernet Core now has the ability to scale across multiple Kubernetes pods.

The following input modules are supported:

• FTP Input

• SFTP Input

• Mail Input

• File Input

Note

Lasernet support for deployment in a Kubernetes environment will initially be available only for our hosted offering.

This approach will enable us to develop experience, knowledge, and best practice around deploying Lasernet in Kubernetes. At a later date, after we complete this build-up phase of our Kubernetes project, we will be able to offer all customers and partners access to Lasernet in containerized form along with comprehensive guidance and documentation.

Environments

The Job Engine running in each Lasernet Core 11 environment service will transfer jobs to Lasernet Config Server 11 service when storing jobs that are in specific states.

Modules and Modifiers

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 been added as a supported authentication method for the Web Server input module.

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 and output modules.

SharePoint 365

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

Azure Storage

Added support for Azure Storage in China and US Government Microsoft clouds.

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.

OCR Engine

Tesseract has been upgraded from version 4.1.1 to 5.5.0.

Identifiers

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

XML Transformer Editor

Added Save Job functionality for the “pre” and “post” sides that creates an LNJOB file.

PDF Security modifier

When you configure the PDF Security modifier, you can specify where on the page it overlays information about the digital signature used.

PDF Stamp modifier

Added options to stamp only the first or last page of the document.

PDF Stamp modifier

Added support for using TTF fonts from the configuration’s Resources area.

PDF Splitter engine

Added an option to split Before or After detected barcodes.

PDF to Text modifier

Added an option to extract form fields.