Typefi Server 8.4.2 release notes

03 May 2018

We're excited to share that Typefi 8.4.2 (v8.4.2.360) is now available. Typefi 8.4.2 includes new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements, including improved support for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11.

Typefi 8.4 integrates Zendesk Support to seamlessly provide help when and where you need it; adds support for the next generation of Adobe InDesign CC (2018); and introduces new power user features: folder recall to automatically reselect the last folder you visited and a new token-based files input for InDesign script events and actions that work on multiple files.

Typefi 8.4 is a major update, with significant new features and more than 100 other bug fixes and enhancements. It's possible some new issues will surface. If you find something, please drop us a line.

For details on Typefi 8.3, which added sortable columns and an admin dashboard, please see its release notes.

System requirements

Typefi Workgroup

• Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012, or Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit); 
  macOS High Sierra (10.13), macOS Sierra (10.12), OS X El Capitan (10.11), or OS X Yosemite (10.10)*
• Oracle JDK 8 (for OS X and Linux only; bundled with our installer for Windows)
• Apache Tomcat 8.0.28 (for Linux only; bundled with our installers for Windows and OS X)
• an LDAP-compliant directory service
• 8 GB of RAM (16 GB recommended) and an additional 2–8 GB per instance of Adobe InDesign Server
• 2.4 GHz or faster multi-core (64-bit) processor
• fast storage I/O

Typefi Desktop

• Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8.1, or Windows 7 with Service Pack 1; 
  macOS High Sierra (10.13), macOS Sierra (10.12), OS X El Capitan (10.11), or OS X Yosemite (10.10)*
• Oracle JDK 8 (for OS X and Linux only; bundled with our installer for Windows)
• Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 or later (for Windows only)
• Adobe InDesign CC 2015 (11.x) or later (see notices below)
• Microsoft Word 2016 (32-bit only) on the Semi-annual (Deferred) update channel, Word 2013 (32-bit only) with security update KB3039794, or Word 2010 (32-bit only) with security update KB2881029
• 2 GB of RAM (8 GB recommended)

 * Adobe does not support Adobe InDesign CC 2018 (13.x) with OS X Yosemite (10.10).

New Features

Zendesk integration

Typefi Server 8.4 integrates Zendesk Support so you can get help without leaving Typefi Server. Simply click the help icon at the bottom corner of any page to get quick access to:

• Context-sensitive suggestions
• Search for knowledge base articles
• Contact us for personal assistance

After clicking help, enter a search query and the top three results will appear. Click on a suggested article to open it in a new tab, click View More to see additional results, or click Contact Us to use our contact form to submit a support request. 

Note: the Zendesk widget requires a modern web browser (Internet Explorer 11 or Microsoft Edge, or the latest two releases of Chrome, Firefox, or Safari).

InDesign CC 2018 support

Typefi Server 8.4 adds support for Adobe InDesign CC 2018 (13.x), and retires support for InDesign CC 2014 and earlier.

NOTE Requires Adobe InDesign plugin version 20 or later.

For more information about our end of support policies, see Typefi Product Support Lifecycle.

Folder recall

With Typefi Server 8.4, browsing for files now remembers your last folder, so you can quickly pick a different source file from the same location without having to re-navigate through the Files folder hierarchy.

Token-based files input

Typefi Server 8.4 replaces the legacy multi-file selection input and path-based InDesign event script fields with a new, token-based files input. For Create InDesign document or Create InDesign book actions, this enables events scripts to be uploaded and managed directly within Typefi Server like any other file.

Click Choose File to browse for files on your Typefi Server (click Browse within the Choose File dialog to browse for files from your local computer). You can change the order of files within a multi-file input by dragging a token to a new position.

• To remove a file, click Delete (x) in the token or select the token and press the Delete key.
• As you hover over a token, a tooltip appears to reveal the location of the file.

NOTE Requires Adobe InDesign plugin version 20 or later.

CAUTION The new token-based files input is not backward-compatible with the legacy path-based InDesign event script fields. Before upgrading to Typefi Server 8.4 and Adobe InDesign plug-in version 20 or later, make note of each script run at each event in each workflow. After you've upgraded, upload your scripts to your Typefi Server (see Working with Files) and then edit each of your workflows to re-select each script for each event.

Content XML 3.1

Typefi Server 8.4 adds support for Content XML 3.1, which adds new list numbering styles (padded numerals, and Arabic, Chinese, and Hebrew letters), enhancements to conditions, and two new tags: <toc> and <meta>. For more information, see Content XML 3.1 and ContentXML.xsd.

Additional changes

• 8.4.2 Improved ability to read XMP-based Template XML (see Designer 8.4) from InDesign templates that may have some minor (benign) document corruption
• 8.4.2 Fixed a bug where the version history → revision number was overlapped by an extraneous time/date string
• 8.4.2 Fixed an issue where multiple action inputs could appear after adding another workflow action that used the new token-based Files input (Server 8.4.0 and later)
• 8.4.2 Fixed a few issues for the Spanish-language edition of Typefi Server:
  • Fixed an issue were the chosen path wasn't set correctly in Create InDesign book from folder
  • Fixed an uncommon issue where uploading a file may hang at 100% progress
• 8.4.2 Fixed a few cosmetic issues related to Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11:
  • The job progress icon now spins
  • The Typefi support icon was slightly cut off
  • The filename shown in an action input could differ from the real filename (for example: "Tamaño.docx" appeared as "Tamaño.docx")
• 8.4.1 Fixed a few issues specific to using Internet Explorer 11:
  • The Choose Files button didn't work
  • Modal dialog buttons are almost, but not quite, usable
  • Additional changes related to filename Unicode normalization (also affected Microsoft Edge)
• Added file name Unicode normalization to work around apparent file name mismatches when checking in and out files containing special characters
• Added drag-and-drop support for reordering actions within a workflow
• Added new job pending status icon to differentiate between when a job is queued versus in progress:
  

  Status	Description
  	The job is queued.
  	The job is in progress.
  	The job completed successfully.
  	The job failed.

• Added support for XMP-based Template XML (see Designer 8.4 and TemplateXML.xsd)
• Improved usability of Choose dialogs to reduce scrolling when selecting a file
• Improved validation of workflows that were imported from another Typefi Server with differently named InDesign Server instances
• Fixed a bug where the Return/Enter key event was always captured by the Run workflow button, even when a pop-over dialog was active on the page
• Fixed a bug where new PDF presets were not made available to previously configured InDesign workflow actions
• Multiple improvements when deleting a folder than contains one or more checked out items:
  • Previously, the delete folder request would fail; it now continues for non-checked out files and sub-folders
  • If the file or files are checked out by you, we now ask if you want to delete them anyway
  • If the file or files are checked out by someone else, we now tell you which files are checked out and by whom.
• Multiple bug fixes and improvements to updating workflow plugins and actions (see also Updating an action):
  • Improved checking for updatable actions
  • Fixed a bug where workflows with out-of-date actions may fail immediately
  • Improved running workflows with out-of-date actions where the updated action has a new required input
• Fixed a bug that may cause an empty workflow variables menu when using Firefox
• Multiple bug fixes and improvements to tooltips:
  • Fixed a bug that hid tooltips more often than not
  • Fixed a bug that caused tooltips to flicker when hovering over a button
  • Updated some tooltip strings and added several previously omitted tooltips
• Fixed a bug where locked (read-only) workflows couldn't be run
• Fixed a bug where multiple instances of a workflow action could fail with 550 Command not recognized or allowed
• Fixed a bug where version histories were not cleaned up when deleting files and could re-attach to a new file with the same name as a previously deleted file
• Fixed a bug that caused the job progress status icon to 'wobble'
• Improved content validation and error reporting for workflow actions that dynamically read Content XML files (for example, Edit Metadata)
• Fixed a bug where the toggle states for Edit Metadata fields could be reset after clicking Load Metadata
• Fixed a cosmetic bug where files uploaded via Choose Files → Browse had an unexpected path:
  

  Choose Files	/Hello World/Test Document.docx
  Choose Files → Browse	Hello World//Test Document.docx

• Multiple bug fixes for Typefi 8 Server API servlets:
  • Updated the /jobs servlet to not return output values for disabled actions
  • Fixed a bug where it was possible to revert to a previous version of a file that was currently checked out
  • Fixed a bug where workflow variables didn't resolve
  • Fixed a bug where the JSON id property generated through /files servlet was not correctly set for Spanish installations
• Fixed a bug where the Admin dashboard (storage graph) may not render when using Safari
• The LDAP directory authentication password is now encrypted by default
• Fixed a bug where Admin → Filestore → Whitelisted File Types could corrupt causing unexpected file upload failures or notices that Typefi Server is "offline" when publishing from Writer (previous workaround: click Restore Defaults to reset the whitelisted file types)
• Fixed a bug where clicking Go to bottom didn't actually scroll to the bottom of the Admin → Log
• Updated Spanish localisation

Notices

Every product has a lifecycle. The lifecycle begins when a product is released and ends when it is no longer supported.

For more information about our end of support policies, see Typefi Product Support Lifecycle.

Adobe Creative Cloud

Please note that Adobe updates and adds new features to the Creative Cloud on an ongoing basis. Creative Cloud updates are optional and must first be certified for compatibility by Typefi before installing.

By default, when you install a new Creative Cloud app it removes the previous versions of the app on your computer. If you want to keep your previous versions installed, click Advanced Options and deselect the Remove old versions check box in the update confirmation dialog box.

Previous product versions do not overwrite existing versions. You can have two versions of the same app running simultaneously on your computer.

To re-install a previous version, click the Apps tab and in the All Apps section scroll to the app you want to install. Click the arrow next to the Install button and select Other Versions. Choose an available version to install.

For more information, see Download and install Creative Cloud apps.