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Fix list for IBM Content Navigator Version 3.0.9

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Abstract

The following table contains the complete listing of fixes for Version 3.0.9

Content

APARs fixed in IBM Content Navigator Version 3.0.9

APAR Description
IO27594 (IBM FileNet Content Manager users) PDF files may display with pink background color in thumbnails and in Preview dialog. With this fix, PDF files can show correctly.
IO27637 (IBM Content Navigator users) In IBM Content Navigator, eml and msg files cannot be printed using the HTML print service.  Those file types can be printed from the viewer. With this fix, the print menu action is enabled for eml and msg files.
IO27812 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users) Attempt to add a document from IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office fails when static roles are used which do not have members assigned to them. With this fix, documents can be added successfully even when using static roles that do not have members assigned to them.
IO27813 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users) When adding a document, static roles defined in the default instance security of the class are not detected and added to the document security. With this fix, the static roles are detected and added to document security.
IO27833
(IBM FileNet Content Manager users) If Document Title is made a required field in an entry template and if multiple files are selected for upload when using it, Document Title is displayed as a required filed but is disabled and the user is unable to complete the add action. The text 'The file name will be used' is displayed in the disabled out field. If a single file is selected for upload, then Document Title is displayed as a required field with the file name as the value, but is enabled for editing. With this fix, this issue does not occur and the user is able to complete the add action even when selecting multiple files.
IO27854
(IBM FileNet Content Manager users) When trying to add a document with extension which is not allowed, the Add button is disabled. When the file type is changed to an allowed extension, the add button still remains disabled. Closing the Add document dialog and reopening it allows the user to add the document. With this fix, the problem will no longer happen.
IO27866
(IBM Content Navigator users) Plug-in request filter may not be invoked if getRequestFilters() method returns null. With this fix, the plug-in request filter is executed as expected.
IO27879 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users) When using IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office to add documents to a teamspace, if the desktop has the "Delete local files when users add documents" setting enabled, the local file is not deleted.  With this fix the local file will be deleted after adding the document to a teamspace.
IO27881
(IBM Content Navigator users) Add Document dialog displays horizontal scrollbar in Chrome and Microsoft Edge Chromium. With this fix,  an unnecessary horizontal scrollbar will not be displayed.
IO27902
(IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office admins) When OneDrive file sync is enabled on the default Office directory, Navigator for Microsoft Office is unable to track opened files, so the checkout and checkin button states are not updated.  With this fix, a different document directory can be specified so that Navigator for Office can track the opened files and the checkout/checkin buttons will reflect the current status of the document.  A new configuration.ini setting is added: DocumentPath, which can be set to a predefined path, or use %HOME% for the home directory, %MYDOCUMENTS% for the documents directory, or use an environment variable %env var%.
Example:
DocumentPath=C:\Temp
DocumentPath=%HOME%
DocumentPath=%MYDOCUMENTS%
DocumentPath=C:\Temp\%USERNAME%
IO27923 (IBM Content Navigator Container users) Users not able to change value in docservices.properties and cmbannotationengin.properties in Container. With this fix, user can change file under /opt/ibm/wlp/usr/servers/defaultServer/configDropins/overrides/.
IO27924 (IBM Content Navigator users) When using Outside In engine to convert multi-part documents, a blank page may be generated if there are multiple nodes used. With this fix, the convert document action works correctly.
IO27931
(IBM FileNet Content Manager users) Creating a link to an external document improperly encodes the URL causing the link to fail to be opened. With this fix, creating a link to an external document is properly encoded and the document can be opened successfully.
IO27939
(IBM Content Navigator users) When multiple container pods are deployed with SAML SSO, an attempt to access the desktop URL, will redirect to SAML IDP and back to the desktop URL after authentication. Sometimes the redirect back to the desktop URL fails. With the fix, the redirect back to the desktop URL will always work.
IO27941
(IBM FileNet Content Manager users) Folders are not always sorted when sorting using sortable system properties though documents can always be sorted using them. With this fix, folders will be sorted when using sortable system properties.
IO27942
(IBM Content Manager OnDemand users) OnDemand HTML Viewer cannot be used on Oracle WebLogic application server. The viewer window does not launch when clicking on a line document. With this fix, the viewer launches successfully.
IO27943
(IBM Content Navigator users) When using Chrome browser, the help icon of properties list in an entry template layout is not displayed in correct position. With this fix, the help icon is displayed on the same line as the properties list.
IO27946
(IBM Content Navigator users) When opening a document of a mime type that contains a parameter, i.e., application/pdf;charset=UTF-8, in the IBM Daeja ViewONE Virtual viewer, the permanent redaction mode is not available. With this fix, the permanent redaction mode is available regardless of whether the mime type contains a parameter.
IO27957 (IBM Content Navigator users) Custom plug-ins that call TaskUtils.getDecryptedPassword() fail with a message: java.lang.RuntimeException: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com/ibm/ecm/icntasks/util/TaskUtils.getDecryptedPassword(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;). With this fix, this issue is resolved.
IO27958
(IBM Content Navigator users) Trying to navigate from one document to the next with the right or left arrow keys does not work in filmstrip view because the focus is not on the current document icon. After randomly clicking the document icons in the filmstrip with the mouse, the arrows start to work correctly. With this fix, the arrow keys will work as expected.
IO27959 (IBM Content Navigator users)  When an entry template is created with a modified properties layout, integer and float property values become right-aligned. With this fix, the integer and float values will display correctly with left alignment.
IO27960
(IBM Content Manager OnDemand users) Download as PDF action fails when using the AFP2PDF viewer. With this fix, AFP files can be downloaded as PDFs correctly.
IO27963
(IBM Case Manager users) When loading IBM Case Manager, custom plug-ins that depend on the IBM Case Manager plug-in are not loaded intermittently. With this fix, custom plug-ins that depend on the IBM Case Manager plug-in are loaded continuously.
IO27964
(IBM Content Navigator users) IBM Daeja ViewONE Virtual viewer displays a blank document when the locale is set to Arabic or Hebrew. With this fix, the issue is resolved.
IO27965 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users) EDS is not being called when adding with an entry template in IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office.
IO27969
(IBM FileNet Content Manager users) Work item remains locked (is not unlocked) when closing step processor window in Chrome browser. With this fix, users should see that the work item is unlocked after refreshing the in-basket.
IO27972 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users) When installing IBM Content Navigator using a Hebrew system, error message is displayed "The Content  Navigator web address is not correct or is inaccessible. Ask your administrator to correct the web address for Content Navigator. The web address can be configured by clicking More Options button on the Login window." during NMO login. With this fix, the login dialog will be present during login without error message.
IO27978
(IBM Content Manager users) Selecting an item type in the class filter drop-down of Work feature displays document attributes from the item type subset view instead of from the item type. With this fix, the attributes from the item type are displayed.
IO27987
(IBM Content Manager users) When searching for All classes in CM, columns cannot be sorted if the search returns more than 200 items and paging is required. With this fix, users can sort a column after they page through to the end of the search results.
IO27991
(IBM Content Navigator users) Using Internet Explorer, in the Browse pane/feature, if a folder having a long name that extends beyond the right boundary of folder tree pane, is clicked, this causes repeated back and forth horizontal scrolling (shaking) to occur. With this fix, this issue does not occur and clicking on the folder will cause scrolling to the right to occur and the full name of the folder is displayed without any shaking.
IO27995
(IBM Content Manager OnDemand users) If there are multiple load balancers used, the OnDemand HTML Viewer (for line data documents) can be launched from only one load balancer URL. With this fix, the viewer launches on all load balancer URLs.
IO27999 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users) In IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, when the Windows display setting is set to 150%, when the add document dialog is opened, the document property controls are cut off preventing drop-down buttons to display on properties with a choice list. With this fix, document property controls will be displayed correctly when the display settings are set to 150%.
IO28007
(IBM Content Manager users) Read-only users get an error message when viewing a document with 'When using the Open and Preview actions, display documents in the current window' option. With this fix, the document can open without error.
IO28009
(IBM Content Navigator users) When exporting a Microsoft Excel file (.xls) as PDF, all the columns are jumbled together without any spaces. With this fix the columns will be displayed correctly.
IO28011
(IBM Content Manager users) When users open a version of a document from the version history, the content of the document differs from the content displayed in Preview action on the same version. with this fix, this issue is fixed.
IO28013
(IBM Content Navigator users) When trying to open a document from desktop, Edit Service client asks for credentials again. Randomly, during opening a document, the plug-in also crashes and stops working in the background. With this fix, the problem will no longer happen.
IO28016
(IBM Content Navigator users) Edit service client fails to launch in ie browser after enabling custom URL in IBM Content Navigator administration desktop. With this fix, this problem will no longer occur.
IO28019
(IBM Content Manager users) Text annotations migrated from an IBM Content Manager repository are not displaying accurately in Daeja ViewONE Virtual viewer. Some are not visible, while others are positioned incorrectly. They display correctly when the document is opened in CM Client for Windows application. With this fix, this issue is resolved and the annotations display correctly.
IO28020 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users)  In IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, when set to Hebrew language, the browse pane horizontal scroll bar defaults its position to the leftmost position instead of the right. With this fix, when using Navigator for Microsoft Office set to Hebrew language, the browse pane horizontal scroll bar will default scrolled to the right.
IO28024 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users)  In IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, when set to Hebrew language, the "Save in" setting when adding a document with an entry template has the folder name partially covered up by the folder icon when the entry template has the "hide save in" setting enabled. With this fix, the folder name is not covered up when using an entry template with the "hide save in" setting enabled when used with the Hebrew language.
IO28025 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users)  In IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, when set to Hebrew language, the add document dialog is displaying oriented left to right instead of right to left. With this fix, when using Navigator for Microsoft Office set to Hebrew language, the add document dialog is displayed right to left.
IO28026 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office admins) The IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office add-in installed on Outlook is sometimes disabled by Outlook because of slow loading times.  With this fix, an installation parameter (OUTLOOK_LOAD_ON_DEMAND=true) is available to set the Outlook add-in to be loaded on demand instead of on startup.
IO28031
(IBM Content Manager users) Highlight annotations migrated from an IBM Content Manager repository do not display correctly in IBM Daeja ViewONE Virtual viewer. The color of highlight annotations is gray instead of yellow. With this fix, this issue is resolved and the annotations display correctly.
IO28035 (IBM Content Navigator users) Mac Sync client crashes when syncing a desktop with multiple repositories. With this fix, the crash does not occur.
IO28051
(IBM Content Navigator users) Users can see the pick list in an entry template go down to the bottom instead of up, when scrolling up by clicking on the up arrow. With this fix, this issue does not occur.
IO28053 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users) An error or warning is displayed when using send file as link in IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office when MS Outlook is configured to restrict programmatic access. With this fix, send file as link succeeds when MS Outlook is configured to restrict programmatic access.
IO28072
(IBM Content Navigator Container users) Edit Service client downloads a zero byte file on the attempt to open a document using Edit Service. With this fix, the document is opened correctly.
IO28074
(IBM FileNet Content Manager users) When saving the repository configuration, any custom permissions categorized as Others in the Search Roles are removed even when they were not updated by the user. With this fix, permissions that were not explicitly removed by the user are preserved.
IO28075
(IBM Content Manager users) When editing a CM document with version policy 'Always Create' the favorites property does not carry over. The behavior of the favorite is seen to be by version instead of by document. When a document is added to Favorites and then edited from the Favorites view, the same document is added to the Favorites view twice. With this fix the favorite behavior will now be by document and not by version.
IO28076 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users)  In IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office with Outlook, adding an email attachment using drag action or the context menu fails from the Outlook reading pane.  The attachment is not added to the repository. With this fix, adding email attachments from the Outlook reading pane will succeed.
IO28077
(IBM Content Manager users) Arrow and circle annotations migrated from an IBM Content Manager repository are not displayed in correct location in Daeja ViewONE Virtual viewer, until an annotation is added using IBM Content Manager Client for Windows.
IO28078
(IBM Content Navigator users) When adding or checking in a document using the Merge and Split action, an error occurs in an environment where IBM HTTP Server is used. With this fix, the document is added and checked in without an error.
IO28084
(IBM Content Manager Ondemand users) AFP mimetype documents cannot be opened using AFP2PDF viewer, after applying IBM Content Navigator v3.0.8 IF 002. The following exception is seen in the server logs: CIWEB ERROR: ecm.widget.viewer.IframeDocViewer.SecurityError: Blocked a frame with origin "https://xxx.xxx.xxx" from accessing a cross-origin frame. With this fix, users can successfully open AFP type documents using the AFP2PDF viewer.
IO28086 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users) In IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office in Outlook, using drag action to add an email attachment causes Outlook to stop working when the attachment is dropped on a repository folder.  This happens only on certain versions of Office. With this fix, drag action on email attachments successfully adds the attachment to the specified repository.
IO28087
(IBM Content Navigator users) Users are prompted multiple times to save changes to document properties in the viewer's Edit Properties pane, even after saving changes, or are being asked to save changes twice when making changes and clicking on next. This only happens on documents that were added with an entry template that use the layout editor. With this fix, users will not be prompted to save changes again after saving, or will only prompted once to save changes to the document properties in the viewer's Edit Properties pane.
IO28092
Context menu print action is disabled for macro-enabled Microsoft Word and Excel documents. With this fix, the context menu print action is enabled.
IO28103 ((IBM Content Navigator users)  If the user's system language is German, the error WASX7209I (JDBC driver configuration failed) occurs while trying to configure/install the DB2 JDBC driver (Configure the JDBC Driver for Your Database task).   With the fix, the user will not get this error.
IO28109 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users)  In IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office in Outlook, if adding an item fails because of a custom validation error response or some other server error, after correcting the errors and clicking on add again, the add fails.  It appears that the add succeeds, but no item is actually added. With this fix, if adding an item in Outlook fails from a custom validation error, adding after correcting the validation error will succeed.
IO28110 (IBM Content Navigator users) When using the Move to new window feature in the viewer, document titles containing umlats (ä and ö) are not displayed properly. With this fix, this issue does not occur.
IO28112 (IBM Content Navigator users)  When printing documents using the HTML print service, canceling the print request by clicking on the cancel button closes the print dialog but does not cancel the server print request. With this fix, clicking on the cancel button in the HTML print service status dialog cancels the print request on the server.
IO28113 (IBM Content Navigator users) The field pattern is not updated along with pattern setting from EDS when using  Entry Template layout. With this fix, this issue is resolved.
IO28114 (IBM FileNet Content Manager users) When a user runs a search that is stored in a repository that has the IBM Enterprise Records (IER) add-on and queries another repository that does not have the IER add-on installed, it fails with the log message "RETRIEVE_PROPERTY_NOT_DEFINED: The property RecordInformation is not defined". With this fix, the search can be run successfully.
IO28125
(IBM FileNet Content Manager users) When a search returns 200 results, the browser's status bar shows an incorrect total search results count message, "More than 200 items". With this fix, the message "Total: 200" will be shown.
IO28129 (IBM Content Navigator users) When an External Data Service (EDS) returns an error response that includes a userMessage attribute, the associated message is not displayed to the user. With this fix, the message is displayed to the user. In addition, if the error response includes an errorMessage attribute, it will be logged by the EDS plug-in. For more details, see the sampleEDSService on GitHub.
IO28130 (IBM Content Manager users)  When using the AJAX viewer to print documents, the buttons are also printed. With the fix, the buttons will not be printed.
IO28133 (IBM Content Navigator users) The ping page displays an invalid value, e.g., "com.ibm.ecm.util.DateUtil@885feaf0", for the startup time field. With this fix, the ping page displays a correct startup time.
IO28138 (IBM Content Manager OnDemand Users) User may get out of memory error when trying to download (convert) a large line data document using UTF-8 format . With this fix, the performance is improved and this issue does not occur.
IO28170 (IBM FileNet Content Manager users) After opening a document from the step processor and modifying it in Merge and Split mode, the Checkin and Cancel Checkout buttons remained disabled. With this fix, these buttons are enabled.

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Document Information

Modified date:
24 August 2021

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ibm16382406