Typefi Server release notes

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Typefi Server 8.7.3

Released 11 March 2022

Adobe InDesign 2022 support

Typefi Server 8.7.3 adds support for Adobe InDesign 2022 (17.x) and retires support for InDesign CC 2019.

macOS Monterey compatibility

Typefi Server 8.7.3 adds compatibility with macOS Monterey* (11.0) and retires compatibility with Mojave (10.14).

* Typefi Server cannot be licensed on Mac computers with Apple silicon running macOS Monterey. We are investigating this issue and will provide a fix with an upcoming release.

Typefi Server 8.7.2

Released 30 September 2021

Adobe InDesign 2021 support

Typefi Server 8.7.2 adds support for Adobe InDesign 2021 (16.x) and retires support for InDesign CC 2018.

macOS Big Sur compatibility

Typefi Server 8.7.2 adds compatibility with macOS Big Sur (11.0) and retires compatibility with High Sierra (10.13).

Typefi Server 8.7.1

Released 26 August 2020

Improvements

• Added support for customising the file naming convention in the Create InDesign book workflow action via workflow variables:
  • Use ${seq:patterns} to specify how generated InDesign documents are sequenced.
  • Use ${section} as a placeholder for a Typefi Section name.
  • Use ${output} to allow the InDesign book filename to be used in the pattern for naming the output InDesign document files.
  • Use ${xpath:expression} to resolve an XPath 2.0 expression.
• Several improvements to the job log:
  • Improved the job page header. Now, the entire page header remains static, so you can quickly press the Cancel Job button to cancel a fast-scrolling job.
  • Added a note below each waiting job to indicate its position in the Blinkenlights queue. For example,  .

Fixes

• Fixed several bugs related to keyboard shortcuts:
  • Fixed an issue where pressing the Esc key when renaming a group did not close pop-up windows.
  • Fixed an issue where pressing the Esc key when uploading a ZIP archive did not upload the ZIP.
  • (Safari browser only) Fixed an issue where you could not type a forward slash (/) in the Search field since it was already used as a keyboard shortcut to initiate a search. Now you can press the forward slash key to initiate a search, and then press it again if to use it in a search query.
• Fixed several bugs related to copying workflows:
  • Fixed an issue where creating a copy of a workflow inside the job folder caused existing input values to disappear in workflow actions. Now, when you copy a workflow, the input values persist in the duplicated workflow actions.
  • Fixed an issue where opening a copied workflow would erroneously show a console error.
• Fixed a bug where a missing link would cause the job to fail without telling you which links were missing in workflows that included both the Validate links workflow action and any action from the Adobe InDesign plug-in. Now, the job will fail with an appropriate error message that tells you which links are missing.
• Fixed a bug where you could not access the Actions page if you duplicated a workflow action that needed to be upgraded, and then upgraded the duplicated action. Now, you can upgrade duplicated actions without running into an “Alice” error.
• Fixed a bug where exporting an InDesign workflow resulted in an HTML file, not a TZIP archive
• Fixed a bug where existing file selections were retained when searching for a file. Now, any existing file selections are cleared when searching for files.
• Fixed a bug where clicking outside the Upload files pop-up window would automatically upload the ZIP archive without expanding. Now, if you click anywhere outside Upload files, the pop-up window closes, and the ZIP archive is not uploaded.
• Fixed a bug where selecting a script from the Script pop-up menu in the Run Script workflow action caused a console error when the job was run.
• Fixed a bug that affected the Create InDesign document workflow action where selecting a file from the Choose Files or Folder icon erroneously added a folder icon before the filename.
• Fixed a bug where the Delete (x) button next to an input field was on the right-side if you typed it manually, and on the left side, if you chose it via Choose Files or Folder. Now, the x is always on the left-side.
• Fixed a bug introduced in Typefi Server 8.7.0 where you could not download a TSS file to use with Typefi Writer in offline mode.
• Fixed a bug where you could not type a forward slash (/) in the Folder input field on the Filestore tab (admin only).
• Updated the error message for downloading a TSS file to “Could not export TSS because the Adobe InDesign workflow plug-in (typefi-plugin-id) is not installed.”
• Updated the Unsaved Changes pop-up window to “Do you want to save your changes to the workflow ‘_______’? Your changes will be lost if you don’t save them.”
• Fixed a bug in the Spanish version where clicking on the job status icon to the left of a job searched for the English status, not the Spanish status.
• Updated Spanish localisation.

Typefi Server 8.7.0

Released 17 April 2020

Adobe InDesign 2020 support

Typefi Server 8.7.0 adds support for Adobe InDesign 2020 (15.x) and retires support for InDesign CC 2017.

Roles

Roles give Typefi administrators the ability to control what specific users are allowed to do in Typefi Server. For example, an admin could create a role that will enable users to run, but not modify, workflows and then assign this role to users of their choosing. By default, all users will have a role of Default, which means they will have the same level of permissions as they did in Server 8.6.4 or earlier. For step-by-step instructions, see Working with roles.

Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts make Typefi Server more accessible for everyone and help you work more efficiently. See Keyboard shortcuts for Typefi Server to start using keyboard shortcuts.

Improvements

• You can now download a workflow as a TSS file to use with Typefi Writer in offline mode.
• If you have versioning enabled, you can now view comments for deleted files in the Trash, which can now be visible to more people via roles 😎
• Typefi Workgroup only: you can now choose to handle user authentication 100% within the Typefi Workgroup Server. To enable this feature, go to Admin → LDAP and make sure you deselect Use LDAP.
• Made Typefi Server faster! We made some internal performance improvements for page loading times.
• To prevent accidental changes to a workflow, we removed Autosave. If you navigate away from a workflow without saving your changes, you will now see an Unsaved changes dialogue. For step-by-step instructions, see Working with Typefi Workflows.
• When downloading folders, you can now choose to omit file version history.
• When uploading a ZIP archive, you can now decide if Typefi Server should automatically expand the archive on upload.
• Moved the Delete (x) button for file-based tokens to the left to make it easier to delete multiple files quickly.
• If you have versioning enabled, hovering over a filename now displays comments for the most recent version of the file.
• Improved integration with help.typefi.com to show you more relevant articles.
• Improved the sign-out process for mobile devices.
• Multiple improvements to logs:
  • The page header, which includes the Cancel Job button, is now static, so you can easily cancel a fast-scrolling job.
  • Reduced the warnings from the omission of characters from Field variables to once per action.
  • Added an orange label to the logs folder if the log contains warnings.
  • Updated the terminology from “logged out” to “signed out” to be more consistent.
  • Created logs for file uploads.

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where using “in a tag could make the user interface become unresponsive
• Fixed an issue where the Choose File dialogue wasn’t appearing for imported workflows with multiple ${ask} variables.
• Fixed an issue where a folder containing a space character could not be duplicated but could be copied.
• Fixed an issue where scrolling within the Choose File dialogue wasn’t working reliably for mobile browsers.
• Fixed an issue where uploading ZIP archives could fail if if the archive contained these filename extensions and folders:
  • .DS_store
  • __MACOSX folder and its contents
  • .typefi_version
  • .typefi_manifest
  • .die
  • .purge
• Fixed an issue where the Enter key would not confirm a deletion.