ePublisher 2024.1 Release Notes

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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)

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Fixed Issues

List of Issues Fixed in This Release

Issue ID	Summary
EPUB2116	HTML Formats - meta description tag in generated files and marker type
EPUB2342	Reverb - adding Stop Word entries into locales.xml can break when using tabs instead of spaces
EPUB2387	Reverb 2.0 - Popup behavior for hyperlinks to generated content
EPUB2450	Formats - Locale strings for Danish and other languages
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
EPUB2515	Markdown - Stylized (Left or Right) Quotes or Apostrophes cause generation to fail
EPUB2516	FrameMaker - Update FDK for FrameMaker 2022 Update 4
EPUB2517	Some links in Markdown section of online help are not valid
EPUB2518	Markdown - Footnotes not publishing as documented
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
EPUB2527	Markdown++ - code fence with style tag gets ignored in output
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 support Windows 11
EPUB2596	Reverb 2.0 - Search highlighting after selecting search result does not work
EPUB2597	Reverb 2.0 - Search highlighting sometimes matches part of word
EPUB2598	Reverb 2.0 - Phrases with stop words do not always highlight
EPUB2599	Reverb 2.0 - unintuitive search results when using stop words in phrase
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
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
EPUB2621	PDF - XSL-FO - Tables always cause new page sequences resulting in unwanted page breaks

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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.

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