2019 Release Notes

Synchronizing Meridian Enterprise Server with an Active Directory no longer records user account updates in the audit log.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the Add comment permission to not work correctly in Meridian Explorer.

An issue has been fixed that could cause Meridian Explorer import jobs to fail if many property validations fail for the same document.

An issue has been fixed that could cause SAML authentication failures by the CAD links and site cache.

An issue has been fixed that could cause Access denied errors in vaults with no security roles assigned and SAML authentication enabled.

A Publisher server license is no longer required for users to perform import/export package operations.

A new administrative permission group named Audit Log Viewers has been added to Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console as described in Configure administrative permissions. It can be set to an existing group to which you want to allow the ability to view the audit log database. Previously, only members of the Application Administrators group were able to view the audit log.

To help prevent accidental changes, the Server name setting described in View and edit the connectivity settings may now be changed only by members of the local system Administrators group or the MeridianApplication Administrators group.

PowerWeb, Meridian Explorer, and Application Integration (site cache client) can now be configured with SAML authentication as described in:

• Configure a site cache connection

• Configure OpenID Connect

• Configure SAML authentication

A command line tool is now available from Accruent Support that produces a report of documents and folders that were added or deleted by the Vault Consistency Wizard as described in Run the Vault Consistency Wizard.

In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, a user with the User Administrator role may no longer assign users to groups that have permissions that the user does not have.

An issue has been fixed that could cause Internet Information Services to stop working on the Meridian web server when multiple users attempt to create documents at the same time.

An issue has been fixed that could cause Windows Search to stop working on the server after the Meridian search integration is installed.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the file AcETransmit.dll to not be deleted when Meridian is uninstalled.

Vault data that is collected by Meridian Analytics is now hashed for more secure transmission to Meridian Cloud.

Oracle 18c (18.0.0.0) is now supported in Meridian 2018 and 2019.

Beginning with Meridian Enterprise 2019, the Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server must be installed on the Meridian server to create vaults stored in any version of SQL Server. This driver adds support for the latest TLS 1.2 standard and is backward compatible with the SQL Server Native Client but is not included with the client. The driver is required whether TLS 1.2 is used or not.

For more information about and to download the Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server (MSOLEDBSQL), which replaces the legacy OLE DB Provider for SQL Server (SQLOLEDB), see:

• Announcing the new release of OLE DB Driver for SQL Server

• Released: Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server

• Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server

• Download Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server

The Link to Project privilege described in Security Privilege Descriptions has been renamed to Link to Portal Project.

A new Meridian license server may be selected during installation that connects to a single pool of subscription licenses managed in Meridian Cloud. The licenses are then claimed for 24 hours to allow for continuous use regardless of brief interruptions in Internet connectivity. The cloud license server does not support "follow the sun" license assignments.

An issue has been fixed that could cause unexpected results when creating project copies of a batch of documents.

An issue has been fixed that could cause extra rendition files and PDFTron intermediate (XOD) stream files when documents are published or rendered.

A new option named Import scanned packages has been added to the Meridian Portal tenancy connection options in Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console as described in View and edit the connectivity settings. If enabled, packages that are successfully scanned are imported automatically and do not need to be imported manually as described in Import an import package. This option is intended for use with packages sent from Meridian Portal to accelerate the document handover process.

The WorkSpaceLocation, WorkSpaceLockID, and WorkSpaceNoUserName registry values may now be set in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER hive and are overridden by values with the same name in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive if they exist. For more information, see HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\Client\Settings.

The Connect as current user command described in Configure a site cache connection has been changed to Logout and the user must now manually log in with different credentials.

A new server registry value WorkSpaceSharedCheck has been added that, when set to 1, detects shared workspace folders during document downloads and recreates them if they do not exist, which can take a unacceptable amount of time. If this value is 0 (default), this checking is not done and downloads occur faster but referenced drawings may not be resolved correctly. For more information, see HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\Client.

An issue has been fixed that could cause No E-mail address for System.Reflection.Missing messages in the Application event log when the Project copy created event is enabled for email notifications but no users are subscribed to the source document when a project copy is made.

The Meridian 2019 license server requires Meridian 2019 licenses and will not work with earlier licenses. Earlier license servers will work with Meridian 2019 licenses.

An issue has been fixed that could cause vault upgrades to Oracle 9.0 to fail.

An issue has been fixed in the Meridian client installation package that could cause the Meridian Portal authentication settings to be missing after installation.

An issue has been fixed that could cause synchronized documents to be missing in a Meridian Explorer repository hosted in SQL Server if the database uses accent insensitive collation.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the Meridian server installation package to fail to prompt for service account credentials when adding services to an existing installation.

The Check and Repair option has been removed from the Vault Consistency Wizard.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the Meridian server to stop working after upgrading a vault.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the EDM server to stop working and not be able to be started again.

An issue has been fixed in the installation package that could cause the Windows Search service to not restart after an upgrade is installed.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the EDM server system time to jump ahead unexpectedly and results in users receiving Invalid effectivity errors.

A new server registry value ViewerWithoutMDS has been added that, when set to 1 (default), prevents metadata and other data files from being sent along with document files for viewing. If this value is 0, the metadata is always sent as in prior versions. For more information, see HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\WebLink.

In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, an issue has been fixed that prevented the Before filter from being applied to date fields in the audit log.

Information is now logged when site cache servers fail to register in Meridian Enterprise Server to aid with troubleshooting.

In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, an issue has been fixed that could cause errors when configuring scheduled site cache cleanups.

The names Meridian 360 and the abbreviation M360 in the user interface have been changed to Meridian Portal. Any remaining references to them in the software or documentation should be read as Meridian Portal.

New commands named Check for locked documents and Unlock documents have been added to Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console. The commands can be used to view and unlock the documents, respectively, that are locked by a selected user as described in Manage a Meridian Enterprise vault.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the Autodesk Revit link add-in files to be installed in the wrong location on PCs with the Windows language set to German.

An issue has been fixed that could cause properties to fail to update when an assembly is opened from a drawing in SolidWorks.

An issue has been fixed that could cause Catastrophic failure errors when using the Open, Save, or Save As commands of Application Integration after installing the July 2018 updates for Microsoft Office.

The MicroStation application link now supports data extraction from multiple tags per cell as described in Configure MicroStation tag and cell synchronization.

The AutoCAD application link supports a new advanced configuration setting HybridExSearch that, when set to 1, will resolve one unresolved Xref to one unused hybrid part as described in Configure advanced settings.

The AutoCAD application link supports a new advanced configuration setting Civil3DHideWCDialog that, when set to 1, suppresses the data shortcut selection dialog when the Edit data shortcuts command is run as described in Configure advanced settings.

The AutoCAD Civil 3D application link now correctly revokes changes to data shortcuts when the application is closed with Application Integration in Remote mode.

In the AutoCAD application link, an issue has been fixed that could cause Unknown WinInet error 70625 errors when attempting to start a workflow from the Application Integration Open dialog box within AutoCAD.

The performance of the AutoCAD Civil 3D link Synchronize Data Shortcuts to Vault command has been significantly improved by skipping unchanged data shortcuts. The link provides a new command Synchronize All Data Shortcuts To Vault for use when initializing legacy projects. The command is hidden by default and can be enabled for specific users by setting the AcadBaseConfig registry value described in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\AutocadLink.

In the AutoCAD application link, an issue has been fixed that could cause a VBScript expression to fail that has been configured to return the tag type for tag extraction.

The Office application link no longer provides a default filename in the Save As dialog box in MS Word.

The MicroStation application link now supports cell text synchronization as described in Configure MicroStation tag and cell synchronization.

The performance of the AutoCAD Civil 3D link synchronization to local workspace has been improved.

The Save & Release command is now available in the AutoCAD application link ribbon menu in Remote mode.

In the MicroStation application link, an issue has been fixed that could cause Unspecified Error errors when synchronizing Meridian property values to MicroStation numeric and date type properties.

The AutoCAD and MicroStation application links have been updated with ODA Platform 2019 Update 1.

In the AutoCAD application links, a new client registry setting named ButtonsForAll has been added as described in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\AutocadLink.

In the AutoCAD application link, an issue has been fixed that could cause the Update Vault command to fail for drawings with multiple title blocks inserted.

In the AutoCAD application link, a new client registry value RepairDocState has been added as described in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\AutocadLink. When set to 1, it fixes an issue with drawings being read-only and cannot be saved when opened from PowerWeb in Online mode with a site cache configured.

An issue has been fixed that could cause CAD link commands to generate LocalDB update failed errors if a site cache is connected, Application Integration is in Remote mode, and the vault section name is different than the datastore name.

In the SolidWorks application link, an issue has been fixed that could cause searching with the vault browser using the contains multiple words operator to not work correctly.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause the SelectUserDialogThreshold setting to not be applied as described in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\WebLink\UserPreferences\Default.

An issue has been fixed that could cause A task was canceled errors when saving documents in CAD applications or releasing other document types in the following configuration:

• Task Server is configured to update thumbnail images

• Application Integration in Remote mode

• Site cache mode enabled in PowerWeb

• Create thumbnails on import of document enabled in PowerWeb

• Update thumbnails when releasing Quick Change enabled in PowerWeb

• DiableThumbnailUpdate = 2 or 3 in the PowerWeb user profile

An issue has been fixed that could prevent editing folder properties if a user cancels a wizard page.

In PowerWeb in site cache mode, an issue has been fixed that could cause the OK button to be unavailable in the Add Comment dialog box.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause The object is currently being edited by another session errors.

In PowerWeb, a new option named Workstation has been added as described in Set personal preferences. Users that modify documents from multiple PCs should enter the PC name there and it will be used to generate document locks in case the Meridian web server is restarted in between user sessions on different PCs.

An issue has been fixed that could cause Invalid argument errors when a user's name contains umlaut characters (eg. ä) and they attempt a Start Change operation.

An issue has been fixed that could prevent thumbnail image generation.

In PowerWeb, the Update Thumbnail command is now always available.

In PowerWeb, wide custom wizard pages now display better.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the server to stop responding when a project copy is created and a project copy already exists outside the destination folder.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause the Select Folder dialog box to not appear when importing documents with a navigation view active.

In PowerWeb in site cache mode, an issue has been fixed that could cause workflow transitions to not complete if they require electronic signatures.

In PowerWeb in site cache mode, an issue has been fixed that could cause Http status 500: InternalServerError errors.

PowerWeb now remembers property filter search criteria between sessions for easy reuse as described in Find. The filters can be cleared by clicking a Reset button.

In PowerWeb, the Select Project dialog box described in Create a project copy now includes a filter text box that only shows project folders with paths that include the entered text.

BlueCielo branding has been replaced with Accruent branding.

In PowerWeb, a new profile option named ProjectsFolderTree has been added that changes the behavior of the Select Project dialog box that is shown when a user creates a new project copy of a document. The user is then allowed to navigate a folder tree to select the destination folder as described in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Cyco\AutoManager Meridian\CurrentVersion\WebLink\UserPreferences\Default.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could allow documents to be imported for a document type that is disabled for the current scope.

In PowerWeb with a site cache connection, an issue has been fixed that could cause documents that reside in a shared vault folder to fail to open by the Open command after starting a Quick Change operation.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause errors when using the shortcut menu on the Revisions page to compare source or rendition revisions.

In PowerWeb, an improved error message is shown when folder property changes cannot be saved because the same folder is being simultaneously edited by another user.

All functions of Application Integration now share the same SAML authentication including: local workspace remote mode, site cache connection, CAD links, generic Windows application link as described in Configure a site cache connection.

In PowerWeb, the messages shown when a change is revoked under different conditions have been unified to be more consistent and descriptive.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause linked asset tags to unexpectedly appear on the Where Used property page of an asset tag.

Documents sent to Meridian Portal are now locked sooner to prevent the user from attempting to send them again and thereby interfering with the export job.

Custom command names, property pages, navigation views, property names can now be shown in the user's selected language. The customer must produce a translation file (XLIFF) that contains the custom names and the corresponding translations as described in Localize the user interface.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause subsequent document downloads to fail unexpectedly when the first downloads fails due to the user not having sufficient privileges to a referenced document.

The New Project and Portal Projects dialog boxes have been enhanced to show the corresponding Meridian Portal project types. The project name and number of a selected project are now filled automatically.

In PowerWeb, a new command Download Rendition with Redlines is provided as described in Download renditions.

PowerWeb now supports the Create Project Copy with References command similar to PowerUser as described in Create a project copy.

PowerWeb now deletes folders recursively and the confirmation dialog box alerts the user to sub-folders and documents that will be deleted. Previously, the user had to first delete the sub-folders before deleting a parent folder.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause localized text to unexpectedly appear in English.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause errors when unlocking a document that is missing from the local workspace.

PowerWeb now provides a Compare Renditions command that graphically overlays two renditions so that you can see the differences between them as described in Compare files. Additions are shown in green, deletions in red, and unchanged entities in black similar to the Compare command in PowerUser for source files.

An issue has been fixed that could cause some documents in a batch to create project copies in unexpected folders.

In PowerWeb, the Update Thumbnail command now works on a selection of documents.

In PowerWeb in online and remote mode, an issue has been fixed that could cause the AssetManagementUseAdditionalFiltering setting to be applied instead of ForceEnableFiltering.

An issue has been fixed that could cause local workspace files to be read-only unexpectedly after synchronizing the local workspace in Remote mode with site cache enabled.

The XOD Resolution property on the Rendition property page described in Edit the rendition properties is now applied to rendition generation as well as to viewing.

Optimization has been done to reduce the chance of References to the transaction still exist errors.

Documents that are sent to Meridian from Meridian Portal for editing and then sent back to Meridian Portal are detected as having originated from Meridian Portal and automatically become new revisions of the original document.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause watermark printing to be unstable.

In PowerWeb, some error messages have been improved and made more reliable.

The Rendition property set is now supported by the Set Property Value command as described in Edit the rendition properties.

A new navigation view named Active Comments has been added to PowerWeb that lists documents that have open comments.

In PowerWeb in site cache mode, an issue has been fixed that could cause saving documents from CAD applications to fail.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause read-only multivalue properties that have been set by the Set Property Value command to be cleared when exiting edit mode.

The Send to M360 Project Portal dialog box now shows the Meridian Portal roles of the users to aid in selecting the correct recipients.

The PowerWebFind dialog box now accepts longer property names.

The Send to Portal command now checks if each document in a package has been synchronized with Meridian Explorer before sending the package. If one or more documents have not yet been synchronized, the operation is aborted and the unsynchronized documents are listed in the progress dialog box.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause Date criteria in shared dynamic collections to be shown incorrectly.

PowerWeb now presents all vault configuration text in the user's preferred language as described in Set personal preferences.

In PowerUser, an issue has been fixed that could cause the server to stop responding when a user performs a Quick Search, sorts the results on the DocumentType property and then performs another search.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause some menu items to be unavailable if the linked Meridian Portal tenancy is misconfigured.

In PowerWeb in site cache mode, an issue has been fixed that could cause previously selected to-do persons to be unassigned from a document after performing a search for and assigning another person.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could prevent item linking using the Drawing Tags and Text Tags dialog boxes.

User names with special German characters are now displayed correctly.

An issue has been fixed that could cause local workspace synchronization from a site cache to fail.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause Object not found errors when deleting a document from the search results view of a project.

An issue has been fixed that could cause a blank page to appear when starting a PowerWeb session.

An issue has been fixed that could cause date values used as dynamic collection property filters to show incorrectly.

The PowerWeb scripts are now installed as minified code to increase page loading speed and security.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could prevent it from correctly claiming a license.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could show the latest revision to be shown when the user attempts to show a prior revision from the Show Revision list and a site cache is connected.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause it to claim a license for the service account instead of the user if SameIISEDMAccount is set to 1.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could prevent document content from appearing correctly that was repeatedly uploaded with the Replace content option.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could prevent users from creating folders of custom types in a scope in which the New Folder command has been disabled.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause date values to be shown incorrectly in HTML reports.

An issue has been fixed that could cause Removing this item is not allowed. ; Link already exists errors when removing multiple security role assignments from the root of the vault.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause the Go to vault selection page link to return the user to the last opened vault instead.

An issue has been fixed that could that could cause the Convert to Hybrid command described in Convert normal documents into hybrid documents to create incomplete filenames for hybrid parts if the main part contained periods (.)

In PowerWeb, the Apply the same folder for other documents option has been removed from the Select Folder/Select Project dialog box in the Import Documents command so as to not conflict with batch processing performed by custom scripts.

In PowerWeb, an improved message is shown when a user attempts to run the Issue New File Name command on a document without a site cache correctly configured.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause invalid commands to appear in a shortcut menu when the user clicks the Search Results heading.

In PowerWeb, the Import Documents command now shows the vault name instead of the publish location name.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause the Select Folder dialog box to be empty when importing documents with a scope active that is limited to a specific folder and a navigation view selected that is other than the Folders view.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause Invalid class string errors when users attempt to run the Send to Portal command.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause the menu ribbon to unexpectedly appear on the vault selection page.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause a document that is locked in an export package to be unlocked when the document is included in a selection with other documents when the user invokes the Start Change command.

Related tag objects are no longer downloaded by referenced documents when viewing or editing. For this to affect an existing vault, open the vault in Meridian Configurator, open the AMM Settings page for editing, and then click OK without making any changes.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could cause data values to appear as strange characters on the Title Blocks property page.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could set the Hybrid property to No for new documents created from a document type configured as a hybrid document.

In PowerWeb, an issue has been fixed that could prevent notifications from being shown when a user downloads a document to their local workspace if the workstation name is entered in lower case.

To link or unlink tags from documents or from other tags, you must now have the Edit Tag Assignments privilege for the command buttons to be available and the current document must the be latest revision of the document.

In PowerWeb. an issue has been fixed that could cause Object not found errors when creating project copy of a document without references.

In PowerWeb. an issue has been fixed that could cause a document to not be locked when both a site cache and ActiveX compatibility mode are enabled.

In PowerWeb. the performance of showing pages with many items has been dramatically improved.

In PowerUser, an issue has been fixed that could cause sending a Revit file to Meridian Portal to fail.

A new element type named Hyperlink can be added to a property page panel layout to show a custom hyperlink. The destination URL and display text can be static or calculated by VBScript expressions. For more information, see Configure the property type of a panel element.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the security role assignments of a parent folder to be incorrectly applied to its child folders when role assignments are imported with the InheritFromParent option set to False.

The Unlock Documents for Others privilege has been moved from the Vault section to the Folder section so that the privilege can be granted for specific folders and projects.

Custom command names, navigation view names, property page names, panel text, and property names in the user interface can now be localized by customer-provided translations files as described in Localize the user interface.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the Script keyword to not work in the TagType settings of AutoCAD and MicroStation application link configurations.

PowerWeb server performance has been improved for configurations with inactive external pages.

In PowerWeb with ActiveX mode enabled, an issue has been fixed that prevented the e-signature dialog box from appearing on project folder transitions if wizard pages were applied to the transition. The dialog box appeared correctly with site cache mode enabled.

The publishing job options Content to include = Current master, Lock master documents, and Create project copy have been removed when the destination system is Meridian Portal. Now, a project copy is always created if it doesn't already exist, the project copy is always published, and master documents are not locked to Meridian Portal.

The Meridian Explorer web APIs GetDocuments and GetDocument described in Web API reference now return the correct URLs for rendition content.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the VBScript DocGenericDevent_BeforeDelete and DocGenericDevent_AfterDelete events to be skipped when a user deletes a folder.

The Vault.User.HasRole property now correctly returns Folder.Roles.Assignments results for all sub-folders of a parent folder as described in HasRole property and Assignments property.

The DocGenericEvent_BeforeDelete and DocGenericEvent_AfterDelete event handlers have been extended to occur also for folders as described in Document Generic Events.

Authorized Accruent Partners can now develop custom property pages for PowerWeb.

The default value of the Batch.ApplyToAll property has been changed from False to True.

An issue has been fixed that could cause a Catastrophic failure error in PowerWeb when a custom command calls the Connection API InvokeEDMUICommand method with AMIV_UPDATETHUMBNAILS set to -28.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the Batch.FailCurrent method to raise a property validation error in workflow transition operations.

The DocGenericEvent_InitializeNewDocument and DocGenericEvent_TerminateNewDocument event handlers are now only invoked once per batch of documents by the Import Documents command.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the Compare command to show documents in the incorrect order in the AutoVue viewer.

When viewing a rendition in PDFTron, the zoom factor is now limited to 1000%.

The AutoVue software is no longer provided in the Meridian Enterprise installation package and licenses may only be obtained from Oracle. However, Meridian integration will continue to be supported. A separate installation package named AutoVue Setup for Meridian is available upon request to existing customers who upgrade from a previous Meridian release that installed AutoVue.

PDFTron 3.3 is included in this release.

When viewing a rendition in Pan mode and the user fits the page to the viewing window, Zoom mode is enabled automatically to allow the user to immediately zoom in to a desired area.

When annotating a rendition in PDFTron, if the user has unsaved changes when they click outside the viewer, a warning message is now shown so that the user can save their changes.

In PowerWeb, multiple users may concurrently annotate a rendition in PDFTron without conflicts.

In PowerUser with the AutoVue viewer enabled, an issue has been fixed that could cause the program to stop responding when browsing drawings with very many hotspots.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the AutoVue viewer default user profile file default.ini to not be applied.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the AutoVue viewer to stop responding when browsing AutoCAD drawings.

Hotspots may now be shown as either outlines or filled. To show outlines in an AutoVue desktop deployment, set the option in the Viewer Options dialog box described in Change viewers. To show outlines in an AutoVue Client/Server deployment, add HOTSPOTSTYLE=1 to the allusers.ini file described in Deploy standard viewer settings.

In PowerWeb and Meridian Explorer, a descriptive error message is shown if a rendition fails to load during the Compare command.

Thumbnail images now appear for source and rendition files for users with either the View Native or View Rendition permissions.

Multiple users may concurrently annotate a rendition in PDFTron without conflicts.

Meridian Explorer now uses the full-text index on the Meridian Enterprise application server instead of the full-text index of the Meridian Explorer repository database. This change allows tags to now be supported by full-text search.

A new filter named Active Comments has been added to the search form.

An issue has been fixed that could cause messages for some languages to not fit in the References and Related Tags dialog boxes.

An issue has been fixed that could prevent watermarks from appearing in hardcopies printed from the PDFTron viewer.

An issue has been fixed that could prevent annotations from being saved that were made in the PDFTron viewer.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the {webaccess} placeholder to not work as described in External page URL placeholders.

An issue has been fixed that could cause watermarks to print in the wrong color.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the AutoVue viewer to stop responding after browsing many documents.

An issue has been fixed that could cause the local time to display incorrectly.

An issue has been fixed that could cause unexpected results when searching by dates.

The SYNCH VALIDATION command has been removed from the publishing jobs Overview page and a new option Repair inconsistencies has been added to the Management Tools page of repositories.

An issue has been fixed that could cause documents that were discarded from work areas in legacy vaults to fail to synchronize to a Meridian Explorer repository.

An issue has been fixed that could cause rendition jobs to fail if the Watermark prior version option is enabled and the XOD Resolution property of the document is empty.

An issue has been fixed that could cause synchronization job errors for asset tags with invalid Asset Category values.

An issue has been fixed that could cause files to fail to import if their filenames contain any URI delimiter characters (<>#%).

An issue has been fixed that could cause SharePoint jobs to fail when publishing empty values to Multi-Value or Person and Group fields.

The quality of renditions created by the Teigha DWG rendering module that contain hatches have been improved.

When creating a new import package, Meridian Portal import profiles are now hidden.

The Teigha DWG rendering module has two new options Use line weights and Scale line weights that can be enabled to improve the fidelity of drawing renditions when a plot style table file is specified.

The XOD Resolution document property described in Edit the rendition properties is now applied to rendition generation as well as to viewing.

The Autodesk Inventor rendering module has a new option name Transparent background that when enabled, renders image backgrounds as transparent, which reduces rendition file size as described in Configure the Autodesk Inventor rendering module options.

An issue has been fixed that could cause synchronization jobs to fail after deleting one folder and then renaming another folder to the name of the deleted folder.

An issue has been fixed that could prevent renditions from being exported to the file system.

The Office rendering module now supports Office 2019.

An issue has been fixed that could cause thumbnails to be unnecessarily regenerated for documents with renditions.

An issue has been fixed that could cause export packages sent to Meridian Portal to fail if the package path is too long.

An issue has been fixed that could cause annotations to not be saved for documents that are published unrendered (source file).

The default value for the Timeout option of a publishing job has been increased from 60 seconds to 180 seconds.

An issue has been fixed in Meridian Explorer synchronization jobs that could cause the error Violation of UNIQUE KEY constraint 'IX_UserName'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.User'.

Packages may now be transferred with the FTPS protocol.

The name of a document in SharePoint is now updated if the name is changed in Meridian prior to publishing a new revision.

The AutoCAD and MicroStation rendering modules have been updated with ODA Platform 2019 Update 1.

An issue has been fixed that could cause Meridian Explorer synchronization jobs to fail if a document has an invalid modification date.