2018.2
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Welcome to PlanetPress Connect 2018.2
- Setup And Configuration
- System and Hardware Considerations
- Installation and Activation
- Where to obtain the installers
- Installation - important information
- Installation - How to guides
- Activation
- Installation prerequisites
- User accounts and security
- Installing PlanetPress Connect on Machines without Internet Access
- Installation Wizard
- Running Connect installer in Silent Mode
- Activating a License
- Migrating to a new workstation
- Information about PlanetPress Workflow
- Upgrading from PlanetPress Suite 6/7
- Preferences
- Server Configuration Settings
- Connect: a peek under the hood
- Known Issues
- Job Creation Presets: External Sorting
- Engine Preferences: Backward Compatibility Issues
- Business Graphics: Backward Compatibility Issues
- Known Font issues
- Minor differences in PCL output introduced in 2018.1
- Windows Server 2016 issue
- Limit of 100MB of image files within a single job
- Print Output: Booklet Impositioning changes introduced in 2018.1
- Issues with Microsoft Edge browser
- Installation Paths with Multi-Byte Characters
- Switching Languages
- GoDaddy Certificates
- MySQL Compatibility
- PostScript Print Presets
- Available Printer Models
- External Resources in Connect
- Using Capture After Installing Workflow 8
- Capturing Spool Files After Installing Workflow 8
- Color Model in Style Sheets
- Image Preview in Designer
- Merge/Weaver Engines when Printing
- REST Calls for Remote Services
- Print Content and Email Content in PlanetPress Workflow
- Print Limitations when the Output Server is located on a different machine
- VIPP Output
- Uninstalling
- General information
- The DataMapper Module
- DataMapper basics
- Data mapping configurations
- Data mapping workflow
- The Data Model
- DataMapper User Interface
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Menus
- Panes
- Example
- Example
- Settings for location-based fields in a Text file
- Settings for location-based fields in a PDF File
- Settings for location-based fields in CSV and Database files
- Settings for location-based fields in an XML File
- Text and PDF Files
- CSV and Database Files
- XML File
- Text and PDF Files
- CSV and Database Files
- XML Files
- Left operand, Right operand
- Condition
- Operators
- Text file
- PDF File
- CSV File
- XML File
- JavaScript
- Toolbar
- Welcome Screen
- DataMapper Scripts API
- The Designer
- Designer basics
- Web
- Capture OnTheGo
- COTG Forms
- Creating a COTG Form
- Filling a COTG template
- Testing the template
- Sending the template to the Workflow tool
- Using COTG data in a template
- Designing a COTG Template
- Capture OnTheGo template wizards
- Using Foundation
- COTG Elements
- Using COTG Elements
- Testing a Capture OnTheGo Template
- Using the COTG plugin: cotg-2.0.0.js
- Dynamically adding COTG widgets
- Saving and restoring custom data and widgets
- Capture OnTheGo API
- Content elements
- Snippets
- Styling and formatting
- Personalizing Content
- Writing your own scripts
- Designer User Interface
- Australia Post 4 State Settings
- Codabar Settings
- Code 128 Settings
- Code 39 Settings
- Datamatrix Settings
- EAN-128 Settings
- EAN-13 Settings
- EAN-8 Settings
- Interleaved 2 of 5 Settings
- KIX Code (Dutch Post) Settings
- PDF417 Settings
- QR Code Settings
- Royal Mail 4 State Settings
- Royal Mail 2D Settings
- UPC-A Settings
- UPC-E Settings
- US Postal Service IMB Settings
- US Postal Service IMPB Settings
- Designer Script API
- Standard Script API
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Example
- Example
- Example
- Example
- Example
- Examples
- Creating a table of contents
- Example
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Examples
- Replace elements with a snippet
- Replace elements with a set of snippets
- Example
- Example
- Creating a Date object from a string
- Control Script API
- Examples
- Post Pagination Script API
- Designer Script API
- Generating output
- Print output
- Email output
- Web output
- Generating Print output
- Saving Printing options in Print Presets
- Print settings in a template
- Generating Print output from Workflow
- Aborting content creation
- Print Using Standard Print Output Settings
- Print Using Advanced Printer Wizard
- Adding print output models to the Print Wizard
- Splitting printing into more than one file
- Print output variables
- Generating Fax output
- Generating Tags for Image Output
- Generating Email output
- Generating Web output
- Optimizing a template
- Overview
- Connect 2018.2 Enhancements
- Connect 2018.2 Designer Updates
- JSON support added to the Data Model Panel
- Minimum Pages option added to Print Sections
- Color Output option added to Print Contexts
- Breadcrumb Improvements
- Send To Workflow Improved
- Paste as Plain Text option added
- Scripting Improvements
- Post Pagination Improvements
- Barcode Improvements
- Business Graphics Improvements
- General Designer Improvements
- Connect 2018.2 DataMapping Updates
- Connect 2018.2 Server Enhancements
- Connect 2018.2 Output updates
- Print Wizard and Preset Wizard Improvements
- Workflow 2018.2 Updates
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 2018.2.1 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.2 Enhancements
- Connect 2018.2 Designer Updates
- JSON support added to the Data Model Panel
- Minimum Pages option added to Print Sections
- Color Output option added to Print Contexts
- Breadcrumb Improvements
- Send To Workflow Improved
- Paste as Plain Text option added
- Scripting Improvements
- Post Pagination Improvements
- Barcode Improvements
- Business Graphics Improvements
- General Designer Improvements
- Connect 2018.2 DataMapping Updates
- Connect 2018.2 Server Enhancements
- Connect 2018.2 Output updates
- Print Wizard and Preset Wizard Improvements
- Workflow 2018.2 Updates
- Known Issues
- Previous Releases
- Overview
- Connect 2018.1.6 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.5 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.4 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.3 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.2 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1.1 Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 General Enhancements
- Connect 2018.1 Designer Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 DataMapping Enhancements/Fixes
- Connect 2018.1 Output Enhancements/Fixes
- Workflow 2018.1 Enhancements/Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.8 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Performance Related Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 DataMapping Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.8 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Capture OnTheGo (COTG) Enhancements and Fixes
- Workflow 8.8 Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.7.1 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.7.1 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.7.1 DataMapping Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.7.1 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Workflow 8.7 Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- OL Connect Send
- Connect 1.6.1 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.6.1 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.6.1 DataMapping Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.6.1 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect Workflow 8.6 Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.5 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.5 DataMapping Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.5 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.5 General Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 8.5 Workflow Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Overview
- Connect 1.4.2 Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.4.1 New Features and Enhancements
- Connect 1.4.1 Designer Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.4.1 DataMapping Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 1.4.1 Output Enhancements and Fixes
- Connect 8.4.1 Workflow Enhancements and Fixes
- Known Issues
- Legal Notices and Acknowledgements
However, it was subsequently found that this could cause issues with previously created
templates using the function on PDF files. Consequently, this change was reverted in 2018.1.1.
(SHARED-64201)
Workflow - Updated GetKeySets() implementation now made backwards compatible
The Workflow function to retrieve key values GetKeySets() was updated in Workflow 2018.1 to
use the more formerly correct asterisk '*' parameter for retrieving all key sets. This change broke
existing jobs that used the previously allowable blank entry to retrieve all Key Sets.
In Workflow 2018.1.1 the GetKeySets() function has been changed to support both the more
correct asterisk '*' parameter as well as the deprecated blank entry. (SHARED-64162)
Issue with Type 3 fonts in PDF Output
Type 3 fonts not embedded in PDF Output are replaced with font substitutions. These could
become unmanageable in some circumstances. This issue has now been fixed. (SHARED-
64214)
Connect 2018.1 General Enhancements
Dynamic Print Control for PostScript printers
Connect 2018.1 introduces a new way to drive PostScript printers. Individual PostScript printers
can now be selected in the Printer Wizard and Output Preset via their associated PostScript
Printer Definition (PPD)files:
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