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This release contains bug fixes and other internal updates.
Due to installer updates, you must use the version 11.2.9 installer (at least build 7117) or a later version for all new installations of HotDocs Server.
You can now build and use templates compatible with the latest version of Microsoft Word.
Issues discovered in converting RTF templates to PDF means that when converting RTF to PDF, HotDocs uses the same conversion engine as in releases prior to 11.2.8; otherwise, a new system is now in place to handle updates to document tables of contents, as well as conversions to a PDF format.
If you have experienced any PDF conversion-related issues in prior releases, you should test to see if your issue is resolved by upgrading to this release.
A new system is now in place to handle updates to document tables of contents, as well as conversions to a PDF format.
If you have experienced any PDF conversion-related issues in prior releases, you should test to see if your issue is resolved by upgrading to this release.
Bug fixes and support for templates created in Microsoft Word 2016.
The following features are new in HotDocs Server 11.1:
In JavaScript interviews, instead of closing and opening the Interview Outline and Resource Pane using buttons on the toolbar, the Interview Outline now collapses to and expands from the left edge of the interview. Likewise, the Resource Pane collapses to and expands from the right edge of the interview.
Browser interviews now resize gracefully all the way down to smartphone-sized screens. This includes dialogs collapsing from multiple columns down to a single column as available space is constrained. Also, on small screens the resource pane cannot be docked to the bottom of the screen (where it is invisible behind virtual keyboards); instead resources always appear at the right hand side.
The server-side code that updates tables of contents, cross references and other types of fields after assembly is improved, and now more closely resemble the behavior of Microsoft Word. However, server-based field updates are still only an approximation of the behavior of Word on the desktop. Consequently, the former component file property to control whether such field updates should occur or not has been replaced by two new component file properties: one which governs behavior when assembling in desktop HotDocs, and a new check box on the HotDocs Server tab of the Component File Properties dialog that governs behavior when assembly is taking place on a server. When converting a template for use with HotDocs server, we recommend testing all features that previously relied on the desktop version of this option.
Templates containing INSERT instructions embedded within computation variables (rather than included in a template’s main content) now work on both HotDocs Server and HotDocs Cloud Services. This change requires you to re-publish any existing affected templates.
When deploying on Windows Server 2012 it is recommended that the temporary directory be located on an NTFS partition rather than ReFS.