ePublisher 2024.1 Release Notes Improvements Adapters Updated FrameMaker support to include version 2022, ensuring compatibility with the latest authoring tools (EPUB2516). Parse multiline tables in Markdown++ for more flexibility when handling complex content (EPUB2535). Core Style properties, target properties, options, and target options now all support inheritance. Style properties and options display inherited value and source when available. Improved conversion times affected by memory management, resulting in more efficient project handling (EPUB2524). Enhanced support for long filename paths, addressing limitations with paths beyond 249/260 characters (EPUB2522). Formats Renamed "Quote" WIF element to "Block" for increased clarity in formatting (EPUB2528). Locale strings for Danish and other languages have been added, expanding the language support (EPUB2450). Added the ability to generate output in Markdown++ format, enhancing compatibility with Markdown workflows (EPUB2519). Deprecated XML+XSL output format to streamline supported formats and simplify maintenance (EPUB2537). Licensing Upgraded License Generator to .NET 4.7.2, with improved TLS handling to meet modern security standards (EPUB2540). Fixed misleading license error messages, changing 'GroupID' to 'Contract ID' for better clarity (EPUB2531). User Interface Fixed script error dialog when accessing help or trial guide, resulting in a smoother user experience (EPUB2529). Updated release artwork for version 2024.1, refreshing the visual presentation (EPUB2532). Reverb 2.0 Fixed issues with phrase searches and incorrect search result highlighting and navigation (EPUB2598). Enhanced popup behavior for hyperlinks to generated content, providing a more intuitive user experience (EPUB2387). Improved load performance and eliminated duplicate files for better efficiency (EPUB2511). Improved efficiency of ASP template file dependency copying, reducing build times (EPUB2533). Addressed issues with combined index letter groups being out of order, improving the indexing experience (EPUB2509). Added support for project-wide PDF button links (EPUB2584), now also available in the Splash and NotFound pages. Markdown Adapter Implemented multiline table output to improve content display consistency (EPUB2534). Fixed an issue where plain-text URLs did not render correctly in output, ensuring all links are visible (EPUB2514). Addressed footnotes not publishing as documented, improving Markdown compliance (EPUB2518). Index markers with multiple entries now correctly handle leading whitespace (EPUB2525). Fixed an issue where code fences with style tags were ignored, ensuring proper code formatting (EPUB2527). Resolved an issue with stylized quotes or apostrophes causing generation to fail, enhancing content stability (EPUB2515). Build Version updated for 2024.1 release, reflecting the latest updates and enhancements (EPUB2536). Signtool emergency bypass implemented to address specific build scenarios (EPUB2520). License key updated for the 2024.1 version (EPUB2538). Evaluation Materials Updated ePublisher evaluation materials to provide prospective users with the latest information and guidance (EPUB2542). Stationery Resolved issues with saving as Stationery on read-only project folders with customizations, ensuring smoother workflows (EPUB2513). Documentation Improved online help packaging to ensure accurate and easily accessible information (EPUB2539). Matched product integration URL links to the new website for better navigation and usability (EPUB2543). PDF Generation Title page, header, and footer macros now support project variables and ePublisher style option variables. RunningTitle and ChapterTitle variables work more consistently across page breaks. Eliminated page breaking from FrameMaker and Word source documents as these are redundant and confusing. Added Start new page sequence paragraph style option. Improved master page default region handling for easier initial setup. Generating selected documents no longer tries to compile other unselected documents. Fixed an issue with the XSL-FO bullet property that was not rendering image files correctly (EPUB2545). Eliminated empty-value FO properties to improve PDF output quality (EPUB2549). Style group label HTML now labeled as Layout. Title page headers and footers are supported but disabled in the Title.asp file (EPUB2578). Title page publish date can now be styled using an ePublisher Paragraph Style (EPUB2587) Title page Styles can use absolute positioning (Top, Left) (EPUB2588) Fixed Issues List of Issues Fixed in This Release Issue ID Summary EPUB1657 WebWorks Help - Infinite reload loading blank.html in Chrome EPUB1874 Reverb 2.0 - Index entries should have option to group by letter not group EPUB2114 Formats - Bullet and note paragraph styles need a better way to handle vertical alignment EPUB2116 HTML Formats - meta description tag in generated files and marker type EPUB2146 PDF deploy incorrectly copies the Files folder contents EPUB2377 Reverb 2.0 - Scroll-to elements too close to top of page EPUB2387 Reverb 2.0 - Popup behavior for hyperlinks to generated content EPUB2416 Windows Protected Folders cause ePublisher to crash instead of graceful failure EPUB2450 Formats - Locale strings for Danish and other languages EPUB2478 Reverb 2.0 - Search highlighting does not filter stop words EPUB2482 Reverb 2.0 - HTML Baggage file dependences are not copied to output folder EPUB2484 Reverb - url_maps.xml Page element href attributes are incorrectly escaping underscore characters EPUB2485 Build - Version for 2023.1 EPUB2486 DITA - Hazardstatement paragraph style name for the icon has incorrect 'Type' suffix EPUB2488 FrameMaker - Native PDF generation fails without Distiller with 32bit FrameMaker EPUB2489 Word - Improve Digital Signature for WebWorks Menu and other addins EPUB2491 DITA - Upgraded DITA OT 4.0 support to use version 4.0.2 EPUB2492 DITA - Support for DITA OT version 4.1 using release 4.1.2 EPUB2493 Update HTML release notes EPUB2494 Documentation - Update ePublisher online help EPUB2495 DITA - ant pipeline failure calling fn:concat() with multiple item sequence EPUB2496 Reverb 2.0 - #context links to different help sets on same server are incorrectly treated as internal links EPUB2502 Reverb 2.0 - Make TOC Icon Configurable to Left or Right EPUB2503 ePublisher - Update Release Artwork for 2023.1 EPUB2505 Build - License Key for 2023.1 EPUB2506 Update Evaluation Materials to match latest release EPUB2507 Update ePublisher Express Evaluation Guide EPUB2509 Reverb 2.0 - Combined Index letter groups out of order sometimes EPUB2511 Reverb 2.0 - Improve load performance and eliminate duplicate files EPUB2513 Saving as Stationery on Read-only Project folder with customizations can fail EPUB2514 Markdown - Plain-text URLs do not render in Output EPUB2516 FrameMaker - Update FDK for FrameMaker 2022 Update 4 EPUB2519 Markdown - Generate output in Markdown++ format EPUB2520 Build - Signtool emergency bypass EPUB2521 Reverb 2.0 - No way to redirect 404 Not Found links to the First page EPUB2522 Long filename paths beyond 249/260 character limit not working EPUB2524 Improve conversion times affected by memory management EPUB2525 Markdown Adapter - Index markers with multiple entries may have leading white space EPUB2528 Formats - Rename Quote WIF element to Block EPUB2529 User Interface - Script error dialog appears when accessing help or trial guide EPUB2530 Reverb 1.0 - Generation error when Search Implementation target setting set to None EPUB2531 License error message says 'GroupID' instead of 'Contract ID' EPUB2532 ePublisher - Update Release Artwork for 2024.1 EPUB2533 Reverb 2.0 - Improve efficiency of ASP template file dependency copy operations EPUB2534 Markdown - Implement multiline table output EPUB2535 Adapters - Parse multiline tables in Markdown++ EPUB2536 Build - Version for 2024.1 EPUB2537 Build - Deprecate XML+XSL output format EPUB2538 Build - License Key for 2024.1 EPUB2539 Documentation - Online Help packaging EPUB2543 Match website product integration URL links to new website EPUB2544 Task - Update Release Notes EPUB2545 PDF - XSL-FO Bullet property using image file not rendering EPUB2549 PDF - XSL-FO Eliminate empty-value FO properties EPUB2550 PDF - XSL-FO Invalid property values containing NaNpt for text-indent and margin-left EPUB2554 Reverb 2.0 - Corporate skin doesn't ever finish loading EPUB2555 PDF - XSL-FO break-before and other layout properties ignored for UList/OList styles EPUB2556 Reverb - Google Translate language selector is not fully visible EPUB2557 Improve security by removing all usage of Windows System.IO.Path.GetTempFileName() EPUB2558 Word Transit help menu does not display online help EPUB2559 Update DockableHelp to not use WebWorks Help API EPUB2560 Update WebWorks Help API to match WebWorks Help SDK v. 4.0.11 EPUB2561 PDF - XSL-FO TOC, Index style prefix target setting should not be a dropdown EPUB2562 PDF - XSL-FO Word source documents create excessive PDF page breaks EPUB2563 PDF - XSL-FO Replace style option: 'Page break priority' with 'Start new page sequence' EPUB2564 User Interface - Launch links in user's default browser instead of WebBrowser form EPUB2565 Style Designer inheritance does not work for target properties or options EPUB2566 PDF - XSL-FO Improve default master page region handling EPUB2567 User Interface - PDF - XSL-FO not displaying properties consistently EPUB2568 Reverb 2.0 - Deployment fails to copy analytics.js and connect.js to the deploy folder EPUB2569 User Interface - In PDF - XSL-FO, rename HTML property group to Layout EPUB2570 User Interface - Style Designer property source assignment not working consistently EPUB2571 Installer - Remove empty folder for Designer > Helpers > WebWorks EPUB2572 PDF - XSL-FO Generate selected can cause FOP failure of non-selected documents EPUB2575 PDF - XSL-FO Title page, headers, footers can use variables and source meta data EPUB2577 PDF - XSL-FO Running titles used in headers/footers are not consistently set EPUB2578 PDF - XSL-FO Title page headers/footers can be enabled in Title.asp EPUB2579 PDF - XSL-FO float property emitted in images and causes RenderX XEP exception EPUB2580 User Interface - Deleting Style with set properties and options sometimes causes exception EPUB2581 PDF - XSL-FO Set first body page-sequence initial-page-number property to 1 when not set EPUB2582 Reverb 2.0 - Use project-wide generated PDF for PDF icon link EPUB2583 PDF - XSL-FO Line breaks create excessive white-space and can cause page breaks EPUB2584 PDF - XSL-FO Project-wide PDF filename should use Merge Settings Title EPUB2585 Markdown - files in "Files" folder should not be copied to output EPUB2586 PDF - XSL-FO Bookmarks are disabled when Table of Contents is disabled EPUB2587 PDF - XSL-FO Unable to set style name for Title page Publish Date EPUB2588 PDF - XSL-FO Use block-container with block for Title Page Title/Subtitle/Publish Date Styles EPUB2589 PDF - XSL-FO Disable Layout Type and Layout Clip properties EPUB2590 PDF - XSL-FO Disable Generate per Document result as a default setting EPUB2591 User Interface - Missing localization resource strings discovered in de, fr, and ja locales EPUB2595 FrameMaker - Update wwFDK.dll to better support Windows 11 and Windows 10 EPUB2596 Reverb 2.0 - Search highlighting after selecting search result does not work EPUB2598 Reverb 2.0 - Improve phrase search highlighting EPUB2600 Reverb 2.0 - Index terms with "&" characters display as "&" EPUB2602 Reverb 1 - Phrases with stop words do not always highlight EPUB2603 Oracle JDK 17 LTS install link no longer valid, updated to use Oracle JDK 21 LTS EPUB2604 Formats - Links to paragraphs inside of tables result in link to table EPUB2605 Upgrade Ghostscript installer links to version 10.05.0 eliminate CVE-2024-29510 vulnerability EPUB2609 PDF - XSL-FO - FOP validation error when color values of 'none' encountered EPUB2610 PDF - XSL-FO - XSL error encountered in table-cells containing bullet or numbered lists EPUB2611 PDF - XSL-FO - FOP validation exception caused by empty table cells Summary The ePublisher 2024.1 release introduces significant improvements in support for the latest software versions, enhances memory management and load performance, and resolves multiple issues across Markdown, Reverb, and other formats. Key upgrades to licensing, PDF generation, and evaluation materials ensure better usability and compliance. This release also optimizes the user experience through several performance enhancements and issue fixes.