BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

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CONTENTS

Legal Notice

Contents

1 Introducing Meridian Enterprise 2017

1.1 What's in this guide

1.2 Who should read this guide

1.3 Understanding the typographic conventions

1.4 Getting technical support

1.5 Release history

2 Release 2017

2.1 What's New in Meridian Enterprise 2017

2.1.1 Features deprecated in Meridian Enterprise 2017

2.1.2 Administration improvements

2.1.2.1 Migrating existing synchronization jobs

2.1.3 Application link improvements

2.1.4 Client improvements

2.1.5 Configuration improvements

2.1.6 Customization improvements

2.1.7 Viewer improvements

2.1.8 Documentation improvements

2.2 What’s new in BlueCielo Meridian Explorer 2017

2.3 What’s new in BlueCielo Publisher 2017

3 Release 2016 SP1

3.1 What's New in Meridian Enterprise 2016 SP1

3.1.1 Administration improvements

3.1.2 Application link improvements

3.1.3 Client improvements

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3.1.4 Configuration improvements

3.1.5 Customization improvements

3.1.6 Viewer improvements

3.2 What’s new in BlueCielo Meridian Explorer 2016 SP1

3.3 What’s new in BlueCielo Publisher 2016 SP1

4 Release 2016

4.1 What's New in Meridian Enterprise 2016

4.1.1 Features deprecated in Meridian Enterprise 2016

4.1.2 Administration improvements

4.1.3 Application link improvements

4.1.4 Client improvements

4.1.5 Configuration improvements

4.1.6 Customization improvements

4.1.7 Viewer improvements

4.2 What’s new in BlueCielo Meridian Explorer 2016

4.3 What’s new in BlueCielo Publisher 2016

5 Release 2015

5.1 What's New in Meridian Enterprise 2015

5.1.1 Administration improvements

5.1.2 Application link improvements

5.1.3 Client improvements

5.1.4 Customization improvements

5.1.5 Viewer improvements

5.2 What’s new in BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Server 2015

5.3 What’s new in BlueCielo Publisher 2015

6 Release 2014 SP2

6.1 What's New in Meridian Enterprise 2014 SP2

6.2 What's New in Meridian Enterprise Server Release 2014 SP2

6.3 What's New in BlueCielo Publisher Release 2014 SP2

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7 Release 2014 SP1

7.1 What's New in Meridian Enterprise 2014 SP1

7.1.1 Administration improvements

7.1.2 Application link improvements

7.1.3 Client improvements

7.1.4 Configuration improvements

7.1.5 Customization improvements

7.1.6 Viewer improvements

7.2 What's New in Meridian Enterprise Server Release 2014 SP1

7.3 What's New in Publisher Release 2014 SP1

8 Release 2014

8.1 What's New in Meridian Enterprise 2014

8.1.1 Multithreaded database engines

8.1.2 Administration improvements

8.1.3 Application link improvements

8.1.4 Client improvements

8.1.5 Configuration improvements

8.1.6 Customization improvements

8.1.7 Documentation improvements

8.1.8 Viewer improvements

8.2 What's New in Meridian Enterprise Server Release 2014

8.3 What's New in Publisher Release 2014

9 Known Problems

9.1 Application Links

9.1.1 Error: Inventor needs to be installed for the import to work

0.0.1 Application links in mixed mode

9.1.2 AutoCAD P&ID limitations

9.1.3 Meridian Enterprise Replace in Inventor

9.1.4 Synchronizing Sheet Set Properties and References

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9.1.5 Viewing AutoCAD drawings in Application Integration

9.1.6 Autodesk Inventor remains in memory after titleblock update

9.1.7 File error when synchronizing Inventor references

9.2 Client Functionality

9.2.1 Content indexer error

9.2.2 Jagged icons

9.2.3 Opening the shortcut menu on a folder

9.2.4 Opening MS Office 2007 templates on Vista

9.2.5 Building reports with MS Word templates on Vista

9.2.6 Opening HTMLfiles on Vista

9.2.7 Unsupported features of 64-bit clients

9.2.8 Semicolon in folder names

9.2.9 Opening AutoCAD assemblies after import

9.3 Customization

9.3.1 Recompiled extensions are not backward compatible

9.3.2 Empty drop-down lists for properties in the Field-Path definition

9.4 Server Functionality

9.4.1 Site cache preload fails

9.4.2 Error: Failed to add license. The data is invalid

9.4.3 Error: TypeLoadException: Could not load type

‘System.ServiceModel.Activation.HttpModule’

9.4.4 AutoCAD rendering module error:Failed to get capabilities

9.4.4.1 Signature page not added to rendition

9.4.5 Background

9.4.6 Description

9.4.7 Performance counter problems with data collectors

9.4.8 Outlook searches fail

9.4.9 Windows Search with large files

9.4.10 Meridian Administrator empty and unresponsive

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9.4.11 Vault incompatibility between Windows operating system versions

9.4.12 Content indexing vaults with non-Western character names

9.4.13 Revision number cut off

9.4.14 Some privileges do not work in workflow definition states

9.5 Setup

9.5.1 Windows restart required after server installation changes

9.5.2 AMFS not certified by Microsoft

9.5.3 File information missing

Autodesk

Contex

Oracle

Microsoft

9.5.4 Unsigned executables

AccuSoft

Autodesk

Contex

101

InstallShield

101

MicroQuill

101

Microsoft

101

Oracle

102

9.5.5 AutoVue setup

108

9.5.6 Vaults unavailable after installing Meridian Enterprise 64-bit edition

108

9.6 Viewers

108

9.6.1 AutoVue

108

9.6.2 Draft Print doesn't work in NavisWorks Freedom viewer

110

9.6.3 Watermarks not supported by Adobe Reader X

110

9.7 Web Access

110

9.7.1 Access denied opening documents in Remote mode

110

9.7.2 Edit Hotspot toolbar button state doesn't change

110

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9.7.3 Viewer overlays drop-down lists

110

9.7.4 Property pages frame empty if UseFrames enabled

110

9.7.5 HTTP Error 404.2 - Not Found

110

9.7.6 64-bit support

110

9.7.7 Title block field update upon check-in

111

9.7.8 SharePoint 2003 and WebAccess on one server

111

9.8 BlueCielo Publisher

111

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

1 INTRODUCING MERIDIAN

ENTERPRISE 2017

BlueCieloMeridian Enterprise is the departmental to enterprise-wide engineering content management sys-

tem from BlueCielo ECM Solutions. It can be installed with the following database engines: BlueCielo Hyper-

trieve, Microsoft

SQL Server

, or Oracle

(see the

Supported Applications

list for your Meridian version

available from your BlueCielo ECM Solutions Certified Partner or the BlueCielo ECM Solutions extranet). The

number of vaults, documents, and concurrent users is limited only by available hardware resources on the

host server computer.

Before you begin

Complete the tasks before you attempt to install Meridian Enterprise 2017:

(Optional) Run the Vault Consistency Toolkit tools as described in the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise

Administrator's Guide

. This will report the current condition of the vaults before they are upgraded.

You might want to perform some repair or cleanup in advance.

We highly recommend that before installing Meridian Enterprise 2017 on a production server that

you perform a trial upgrade in an isolated test environment with copies of your vaults and your cus-

tomization. This will allow you to identify potential problems and solve them in conjunction with

BlueCielo ECM Solutions before they pose a real problem in your production environment. Proceed

to install on a production server only when you are sure that the upgrade process has the required

result.

Run the Prepare for Backup wizard followed by a complete backup of your system.

Also make daily backups of all critical data. Store the backup in a safe location before making sig-

nificant changes to the system. Whether you are upgrading the Meridian Enterprise software,

updating some other system components, changing the vault configuration, or something seem-

ingly insignificant like adding a navigation view, always make sure that you can revert back to the

previous working configuration with as little effort and loss of productivity as possible.

1.1 What's in this guide

This document contains important information about BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017:

Release history of supported Meridian Enterprise versions, including brief descriptions of the new

features as well as the minor changes and improvements.

Known problems that could not be resolved before this release and that remain in the product.

These are typically minor issues that could potentially affect a very small number of customers and

for which practical workarounds exist. These issues are often resolved in the next release.

For detailed information about Meridian Enterprise, review the following additional documents:

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide

included with this release

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Configuration Guide

included with this release

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise User's Guide

included with this release

Meridian Enterprise Supported Software

for version 2017 available on the BlueCielo ECM Solutions

website.

1.2 Who should read this guide

This guide is intended for:

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise system administrators preparing to install or upgrade to this release

or configure new features.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise users who want to learn about the new features in this release.

BlueCielo ECM Solutions Solution Partners who want to learn about the new features in this

release.

1.3 Understanding the typographic conventions

The table below describes the typographic conventions used throughout this manual.

Convention Example Description

bold

Edit

Named user interface

elements: menu items, button

names, dialog box titles,

dialog box options, icons, and

so on.

italic

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise

Administrator’s Guide

Names of other documents.

monospace Document.DisplayName

Programming code,

configuration file settings, and

file system paths and folder

names. Also user-defined

code elements appearing in

the narrative text.

light gray

background

Call WinMsgBox(“Hello, world!”)

Programming examples that

include sample data and are

not intended to be used

without modification.

Typographic conventions

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Convention Example Description

bold

Document.Log(

Line

)

Named code

elements:events,

procedures, functions,

objects, classes, methods,

object properties, constants,

and so on appearing in the

narrative text except user-

defined code elements.

Variables and parameters

appear in italic type.

italic

local workspace

Introduction of a new term

and its definition. Many terms

can also be found in the

Glossary if one is included in

the guide.

bold monospace

regsvr32 /u

Command-line commands

and parameters.

default font F5, Ctrl+O Key names, combinations,

and sequences.

italic

DocumentName

Placeholders

bold+blue

Note

NoteRelated

information that is not

directly applicable to

the adjacent text or

might be useful under

uncommon

circumstances,

supplemental, an

aside.

Typographic conventions (continued)

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Convention Example Description

Tip

Information for

intermediate to

advanced users on how

to use the adjacent text

in a more efficient or

productive way.

Warning

Information that, if not

heeded, could result in

lost data or accidents.

BIT Information

applicable only if the

BlueCielo Industry

Template (BIT)is

used.

bold

DisplayName

Meridian Enterprise property

names

Typographic conventions (continued)

1.4 Getting technical support

Technical support for BlueCielo products is available from a variety of sources if you have an active support

contract. Your first source of support is the authorized contacts designated by your company to participate

in the support contract. They are the persons that are responsible for resolving problems with BlueCielo

software before contacting outside sources of support. If your company works with a BlueCielo Partner,

that partner is your second source of support. BlueCielo Partners are responsible for providing technical sup-

port to their customers in order to maintain their status as BlueCielo Partners. BlueCielo will assist the part-

ner company, if necessary, to help resolve your problem. If your company is a direct BlueCielo customer,

your authorized contacts may communicate directly with BlueCielo to resolve your problem.

BlueCielo Partners and direct customers have access to all of these BlueCielo technical support resources:

Online Self Service Center – Around the clock support issue entry, update, and status.

Knowledge base – Continuously updated problem solutions, minor releases, updates, and how-to

articles about advanced techniques.

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FTPserver – Downloadable versions of all BlueCielo products and an upload area for files to assist

with problem resolution.

Email notifications – Immediate alerts to support issue status changes.

Telephone support – Direct access to highly qualified software support engineers with extensive

experience in BlueCielo products.

BlueCielo customer forum – Online user-led discussions about BlueCielo products.

The available support contract options, terms, and other details are described in these documents that are

available from your BlueCielo Partner.

1.5 Release history

Following are the release dates, database version numbers, and build numbers of each supported release

of Meridian Enterprise:

Release Date

Database

Version

Meridian

Enterprise Build

Meridian Enterprise

Server Build

2017 March 1, 2017 9.80 3853a 3.8.53a

2016 SP1 June 7, 2016 9.70 3212b 3.7.12a

2016 December 31,

2015

9.70 3125b 3.6.25

2015 July 15, 2015 9.60 3023b 3.5.23

2014 SP2 September 25,

2015

9.50 2880b 3.4.22

2014 SP1 December 26,

2014

9.50 2870d 3.4.20

2014 July 7, 2014 9.50 2822d 3.3.12

2013 SP1 November 11,

2013

9.40 2717b 3.2.3

2013 June 26, 2013 9.40 2647b 3.1.2.8

Release history

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2 RELEASE 2017

2.1 What's New in Meridian Enterprise 2017

The following topics describe the new functionality and the changes and improvements to existing func-

tionality in this release.

Related tasks

Migrating existing synchronization jobs 15

Related information

Features deprecated in Meridian Enterprise 2017 6

Administration improvements 7

Application link improvements 16

Client improvements 18

Configuration improvements 23

Customization improvements 23

Viewer improvements 24

Documentation improvements 26

What’s new in BlueCielo Meridian Explorer 2017 27

What’s new in BlueCielo Publisher 2017 30

2.1.1 Features deprecated in Meridian Enterprise 2017

Meridian Enterprise has evolved considerably to keep pace with our customers' needs since its debut in

2000. We've also added many new features to keep pace with constantly evolving technology.

To best allocate our development and support resources, some older Meridian Enterprise features are

deprecated in this release. These features have been selected either because they have been replaced by

newer features with better functionality or because the technology used by the older features has become

obsolete or cannot be maintained together with newer technology.

Following is a list of the deprecated features and their replacements.

Feature Replacement

Publish command in Meridian Enterprise clients

Custom VBScript command

Deprecated features

What this means for your organization is, effective on the date of release of Meridian Enterprise 2017, these

features:

Will not be developed any further, including fixing any known bugs.

Will no longer be tested with each new release of Meridian Enterprise. Use them at your own risk.

Might not be supported by other features in the software and without notice.

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Might be removed from the software in future releases and without notice.

New support issues will not be supported by BlueCielo Technical Support or BlueCielo Professional

Services. Any active issues will be resolved according to your current support level agreement.

If you have not done so already, we recommend that you make the following preparations at your earliest

opportunity to minimize business disruption when you upgrade to this release:

Train administrators and end users to stop using the deprecated features and to start using the

replacement features.

Modify the configuration of your environment to stop using these features.

Migrate all data managed by these features to supported features.

In the case of deprecated components, remove the components completely from your envir-

onment.

Modify any related or integrated systems accordingly.

For expert professional assistance with planning, training, or implementing these changes, please contact

your BlueCielo Partner or BlueCielo Professional Services.

For a list of additional features to be deprecated in future releases, see the BlueCielo ECM Solutions know-

ledge base.

2.1.2 Administration improvements

The following improvements have been made to the administration of Meridian Enterprise:

ID Description

MRE-199 Overall EDMServer performance has improved approximately 20% from optimized

security validation. The actual improvement for a particular environment will depend

on many variable factors.

MRE-691 Microsoft SQLServer failover clusters are now supported.

MRE-804

A new option

Include vault configuration

has been added to the

Prepare for

Backup

wizard that, when enabled, exports the vault configuration so that it can be

included in the vault backup. The .met file that is generated is the same as generated

by Meridian Enterprise Configurator.

MRE-1396 Licenses can now be restricted (not reserved)through the GUI and do not require

manually editing the server registry. New GUIs have been added to both Meridian

Enterprise Administrator and to Meridian Enterprise Server Configurator.

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ID Description

MRE-1694

New command-line arguments OFFLINEMODE and WEBSERVICESMODE have

been added to the client installation packages to make it easier to deploy the Meridian

Web Client with local workspace synchronization (Application Integration) set to

Remote mode. The default mode for interactive installation when the PowerUser client

component is not selected has been changed to Remote mode. The corresponding

client registry values OfflineMode, WebServicesMode, and

DisableOfflineSwitch in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive can now be set for all

users of the same PC. They can be overridden for the current user by the values with

same names in the HKEY_CURRENT_USERhive.

MRE-1733 The performance of exporting and importing large packages of documents and

packages containing large documents has been tested. The results averaged 1.67

documents/second for exports and 3.44 to 3.71 documents/second for imports

depending on the DBMSwhere the vault is stored, SQLServer or Oracle.

MRE-1897

The

Synchronize draft revision

option of Meridian Explorer synchronization jobs

now includes multiple draft revisions if more than one exists. If the option is enabled

and a document is under revision at the time that the job runs, any draft revisions (one

or more)will also be published to the repository. If disabled, only the revisions with the

status

Unchanged

Released

, and

Retired

are synchronized.

MRE-1950 Microsoft SQLServer 2016 (and SP1)are now supported. SQLServer 2008 is no longer

supported.

MRE-2086,

MRE-2676

Server and client computers require Microsoft .NETFramework 4.6 Full Profile.

MRE-2090 Package import profiles may now be exported and imported to move them between

computers. The transfer of publishing jobs and repository configurations has been

changed to work similarly.

MRE-2162 More than 999 licenses are now supported.

MRE-2334 Microsoft SQLServer Express is now supported for the Meridian Enterprise Server

configuration database only when Meridian Explorer is not used. If Meridian Explorer is

used, one of the full-featured editions is required.

MRE-2388 Vaults hosted on Windows Server 2012 R2 (or Windows 8.1 or higher) must be re-

indexed after upgrading to this release. They will appear with the

Status

value of

Reindex required

in Meridian Enterprise Administrator.

MRE-2396 The stability of running a synchronization validation job in which large numbers of

documents need to be removed has been improved.

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ID Description

MRE-2426

The

Copy Outside Vault

privilege is now required to download renditions with the

Meridian Web Client. This makes the behavior consistent with the PowerUser client.

MRE-2460

A new server registry key

CopyOnlyBackup

has been added that, when enabled,

causes the

Prepare for Backup

command to produce a SQLServer copy-only

backup.

MRE-2477 Resolves a problem with transaction sorting during vault imports.

MRE-2503

The

Create References Manually

and

Publish Document

privileges are now

applied at the parent folder level instead of at the vault level.

MRE-2517

The

City

property of user accounts is now synchronized properly from Active Directory

by Meridian Enterprise Server and the ADSyncUsers.exe tool.

MRE-2527,

MRE-3449

New options

Content to include

Lock project copies

Lock master

documents

, and

Create project copy

have been added to package type

publishing jobs. These options can be used to control changes made when exchanging

packages with Meridian360. The locks can be removed by users that have the

Unlock

from Briefcase

permission.

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ID Description

MRE-2529,

MRE-3338,

MRE-3576,

MRE-3700

The Meridian Explorer synchronization engine has been re-engineered to improve

performance. The result is 5X-10X faster synchronization depending on the quantities

of documents, revisions, tags, references, and projects. Synchronization to

MSSQLServer is approximately 10% faster than to Oracle.

Synchronization now includes the document metadata only and the document content

can be scheduled to be updated separately.

The method used to synchronize repositories can be selected with a new

Synchronization option. An overview of the synchronization jobs for reach

repository is now shown on a new Synchronization page of the repository definition

where the jobs can be run manually.

By default, Meridian Explorer will show document content that resides in the Meridian

Enterprise vault. A new option Document Content has been added to repository

definitions. It can be set to import the document content from the source vault to the

repository database. New options for the import batch size, multi-threading, and error

reporting can be configured to tune the task. It can be run manually or scheduled to run

automatically at a desired interval. The copied content can be manually purged from

the database with a new command Remove Content, if necessary.

The RENDERING option pages are no longer available for Synchronization type

jobs. They are still available for Publish type jobs.

The new synchronization engine requires the Oracle Data Provider for .NET(ODP.NET)

x64 version 11.2 or higher be installed on the Meridian Enterprise Server computer in

addition to the previous requirement of the Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC).

For more information about how the new synchronization engine affects your existing

jobs, see “Migrating existing synchronization jobs” on page 15.

MRE-2566

The

Description

properties of package export jobs and import profiles now allow up

500

characters to be entered.

MRE-2567 Detection of variant data types in API calls has been improved.

MRE-2571

A new server registry key VerboseEventFlags has been added that can be used to

enable or disable specific types of extended messages in the event log.

MRE-2639 The stability of importing large numbers of documents into Oracle vaults has been

improved.

MRE-2653

The

Licenses

page in the Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console now

shows columns for

Last Claimed

Used Since

, and

Reassigned

for the selected

licenses.

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ID Description

MRE-2685 Resolved a rare problem that caused out of memory errors.

MRE-2704 Undeleting and purging of documents and folders are now added to the audit log.

MRE-2723

A new option Show mapped users first has been added to the

GROUPMAPPINGS list in the Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console.

When enabled, it sorts the list on the AD GROUP column and shows the already

mapped groups at the top of the list.

MRE-2804 Fixed an issue with email notifications failing if the user accounts database file

extension was .accdb.

MRE-2853 The audit log entry made when a document in a workflow is revoked now includes the

document name.

MRE-2864 User names shown in the status bar in PowerUser and in the Meridian Web Client are

now affected by the UserNameFormat registry setting on the server.

MRE-2898 Briefcase events that affect documents are now logged in the audit database.

MRE-2916 Unlocking a document for other users is now added to the audit log, if configured.

MRE-2925 Reconnection to SQLServer after a network failure and error reporting have been

improved.

MRE-2939 The stability of HyperCache when loading very large vaults has been improved.

MRE-2942 The source code of the Fast Lightweight Expression Evaluator (FLEE)is now installed

with the Meridian Enterprise Server program files to comply with the GNU Lesser

General Public License. Meridian Enterprise Server uses FLEEto evaluate configuration

expressions.

MRE-2961 Resolves a problem that caused vault inconsistencies when documents in a quick

change workflow were deleted after the workflow had been revoked following a failed

attempt to delete the documents.

MRE-2964 If a vault audit log is configured, successful logon attempts are now also logged in

addition to failed attempts.

MRE-2976 AutoVue licenses are now correctly claimed when the client connects to a different

server.

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ID Description

MRE-3011 If the operating system of the Meridian Enterprise server is upgraded but the vaults are

not reindexed as described in the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide

the status of the vaults will now read

Reindex required

in Meridian Enterprise

Administrator. Previously, the only indication that reindexing was necessary appeared

during vault restoration.

MRE-737,

MRE-3078,

MRE-3079,

MRE-3118,

MRE-3119,

MRE-3121,

MRE-3378,

MRE-3466,

MRE-3580,

MRE-3613,

MRE-3634,

MRE-3635,

MRE-3658,

MRE-3752,

MRE-3896,

MRE-4097

The site cache server has been re-engineered for easier deployment, expanded

functionality, and better performance:

It supports both the Meridian Web Client (source documents and renditions)

and Meridian Explorer (renditions only).

It is installed with Meridian Enterprise Server by default and can be installed

stand-alone at remote sites.

Site cache servers (local or remote) may now be registered in the Meridian

Enterprise Server Administration Console and configured using a web

application running on the site cache server.

The location of a site cache server for use by a PC is now requested during

client software installation and can be set manually in a new setting Site

cache URL in the local workspace options of Application Integration.

Document transfers will be through the site cache when the new setting Use

site cache is enabled in the user’s preferences. This URLsaved in the

BCSiteCacheURLvalue of the Windows registry in HKEY_LOCAL_

MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cyco\AutoManager

Meridian\CurrentVersion\Client. It can be overridden for the

current user by the same setting in HKEY_CURRENT_

USER\SOFTWARE\Cyco\AutoManager

Meridian\CurrentVersion\Client\Settings.

The site cache is used automatically by a client PC if the Application Integration

component is installed on the PC and its site cache settings are configured. A

new background process named

BlueCieloECM.SiteChache.LwsClient.exe runs on the client PC.

If a site cache is enabled for a client PC and the Enable Web Access client

components option is also enabled, the client component(ActiveX) is used

only for BlueCielo viewer (if enabled), importing documents (instead of the

HTMLcomponent), and running workflow transitions on multiple documents.

Site cache servers now forward client requests for documents that reside on

Meridian EDMservers that are on the same network segment as the site cache

server directly to the EDMserver to prevent unnecessary caching.

The site cache server now supports Windows authentication.

Site caches now support shared workspaces in Offline mode.

Deleted master documents and revoked revisions are removed from the local

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ID Description

workspaces.

MRE-3087 The options that are shown in the dialog box that is shown for sending packages have

been changed for when the destination is Meridian360. The

Recipient

option is read-

only and shows the Meridian360 user name. The

Destination

option has been

renamed to

Purpose

and only export profiles that specify Meridian360 destinations

are listed for selection.

MRE-3105 The Meridian Enterprise Server URLthat is used by non-browser clients is no longer

updated by the Explorer for iPad app.

MRE-3107 Options in Meridian Enterprise Administrator and in Meridian Enterprise Configurator

that required entry of the URLof the Meridian Enterprise Server computer have been

removed. The Meridian Enterprise server now retrieves the URLdirectly from the

Meridian Enterprise Server computer.

MRE-3120 The location of a Meridian Enterprise Server computer for use by the Meridian

EDMServer service is now requested during server software installation if Meridian

Enterprise Server is not installed at the same time.

MRE-3166,

MRE-3167

Resolved a problem with database corruption when the network connection is lost. The

stability of server reconnections to the database is improved.

MRE-3173

A new registry setting UsePDFTron has been added to Web Access that, when set to

1, forces all renditions in the Meridian Web Client to be shown in PDFTron.

MRE-3183,

MRE-2370

The average performance of the EDMServer has been improved approximately 13%

over 2016 SP1 and the performance during long periods of heavy loads is more

consistent.

MRE-3185

The Delete manual reference event no longer generates two entries in the audit

log and the order of the logged parameters has been reversed.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-1247,

MRE-2240,

MRE-3193,

MRE-3258,

MRE-3443,

MRE-3447,

MRE-3485

Meridian Enterprise Server can now be configured to automatically poll a Meridian360

tenancy for import packages, download and scan the packages for dependencies, and

import the documents into a Meridian Enterprise vault. If matching project documents

already exist in the vault, they are superseded by new revisions. Otherwise, they are

imported as new project documents.

The connection settings (including optional proxy server settings) for exchanging

packages between Meridian Enterprise and Meridian360 can be set in the Meridian

Enterprise Server Administration Console. The interval in minutes to poll for incoming

packages from Meridian360 can be configured as well as whether or not the packages

are scanned for dependencies by a background task. Import profiles can be created

that specify Meridian360 as the data source.

MRE-3195 The performance of viewing large audit logs has been improved.

MRE-3203 The performance of full-text searches in repositories hosted in Oracle has been

improved. The fix can be enabled by creating a setting named

MRE3203

and setting it

true

in the file

C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\WebConfigDto.dat on the

Meridian Enterprise Server computer.

MRE-3214

The Windows file system link part number in license codes has changed from

FS-PS

to

F--PUS

MRE-3226 The performance of creating references from documents that already have thousands

of references in a large vault has been improved.

MRE-3270 AutoCAD drawings with digital signatures can now be opened after installing Meridian

client software.

MRE-3290 Resolved a database inconsistency that can occur when properties are edited by

multiple simultaneous transactions.

MRE-3451 When packages are sent by a publishing job to Meridian360, the recipient of the

package is now notified by email.

MRE-3483

A new server registry value CollectExisting has been added to disable the

functionality added by MRE-2355 and described in “Client improvements” on page 18.

MRE-3546 The Meridian Enterprise Industry Template (.met file)can now be selected during

server installation.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-3732

A new component named

Meridian360 Components

has been added to the

Meridian Enterprise installation package. It can be selected to install the components

that are necessary to integrate Meridian Enterprise with Meridian360 using VBScript.

The component is not necessary for the built-in integration.

MRE-3823,

MRE-3854

As a consequence of the new HTMLprogress component described in “Client

improvements” on page 18, when it is enabled, electronic signatures made in the

Meridian Web Client are now only logged to the audit database if the Enable Web

Access client components option is disabled (HTMLcomponent enabled)for that

user.

Account locking when a user exceeds the maximum number of failed logon or

electronic signature attempts has also changed. Instead of locking the user’s Windows

account, only the user’s Meridian account is locked. New options have been added to

the account properties in Meridian Enterprise Administrator and in Meridian Enterprise

Server Administration Console to manually lock or unlock accounts.

See also “Access denied opening documents in Remote mode” on page 110.

MRE-3883

The Print list folder option in Meridian Enterprise Server has been removed.

MRE-3966 The authenticated logon feature of the Meridian FDAModule no longer requires an

ActiveX component on the client PC.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide.

2.1.2.1 Migrating existing synchronization jobs

After you upgrade to Meridian Enterprise 2017, the new repository synchronization engine is used for all

existing jobs and for new jobs by default. Except for creating additional synchronization tasks as listed

below if your business case requires them, no new configuration is necessary. As a consequence, syn-

chronization jobs are simpler than before but they can no longer perform individual document processing

like rendering.

Depending on the contents of your repository and the types of its synchronization jobs, you may also notice

some of the following effects of the conversion of old synchronization jobs to the new method after the

upgrade:

Project folders that are re-synced will be converted to projects in Meridian Explorer.

If you do not run a full synchronization, the repository will contain a mix of project folders that were

converted to Meridian Explorer projects and others that are still regular folders.

Project copy documents that reside in the root of the repository will remain there until you re-sync

the document or its project.

Project copy tags that reside in the root of the repository will remain there until you re-sync them.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

The following features of synchronization jobs have been removed since the documents are not syn-

chronized individually. For more information about configuring the alternatives, see the

BlueCielo Meridian

Enterprise Administrator's Guide.

Feature Alternative

Rendering during synchronization

Create a replacement Rendition type job.

Configurable synchronization

without projects

job type

No alternative. Projects are always synchronized to the

Explorer repository.

Copy content to Explorer repository

option

Schedule content import with the new repository option

Document Content.

Create thumbnails option Create a replacement task with the THUMBNAILS

repository management tool.

Enable separate options per

document option

No alternative. Document properties cannot be used to

set synchronization options.

Enable Meridian script events option No alternative. The Doc_Sync* events do not occur for

source documents.

ExplorerSynchronization

property set

No alternative. The properties are always ignored during

synchronization.

Merged folder structures from multiple

source vaults

No alternative. A separate folder tree appears in the

repository for each source vault.

Deprecated synchronization job features

A synchronization validation task should be run after upgrading to this release, which is a best practice after

any upgrade. In the unlikely event that the new engine causes problems with an existing job, the old engine

can be activated for compatibility. Contact BlueCielo Technical Support for more information.

2.1.3 Application link improvements

The following application link improvements have been made:

ID Description

MRE-673 Bentley MicroStation 64-bit is now supported.

MRE-1697 Files are now imported into the vault as a single batch by the link when an export is

performed in Revit.

MRE-2423 The performance of opening Autodesk Inventor assemblies with the Meridian Web

Client in Remote mode has been improved.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-2482 Reference type names created in the destination vault after SolidWorks drawings are

imported from a package are now different than the names shown in the source vault.

MRE-2821 Bentley MicroStation V8i SELECTseries 4 is now supported.

MRE-2837

The AutoCAD link supports a new configuration setting DateTimeConverter that

specifies the name of an existing VBScript function to call to convert date/time attribute

values that do not contain time unit separators, for example, ddMMMyyyy.

MRE-2903

The AutoCAD link supports a new configuration setting

SupportWizards

that, when

set to

and a new drawing is saved in the vault from AutoCAD, causes the AutoCAD

link to synchronize the title block from the vault first before the document properties

are set from the linked drawing attribute values. This ensures that the title block

attributes are set to the values that were entered in property wizard pages and that the

document properties are not overwritten from possibly different attribute values.

MRE-2972

A new setting

MinimumAttachmentSizeKB

has been added to the email link. It

can be configured to specify the minimum size (in KB) of an email message attachment

before it will be saved in the vault with the message. This setting is intended to filter out

irrelevant attachments such as message signature images.

MRE-3100 SolidWorks title block updates now work correctly if custom properties are set to write-

only (WO flag).

MRE-3126 Synchronizing properties to the document file now works correctly for .DOCfiles if

custom properties are set to write-only (WO flag).

MRE-3181

The Title Blocks property page captions are now configurable in the Revit link. A

document type can also be specified to which the captions are applied.

MRE-3192 Saving documents from Outlook with the link in Remote mode no longer causes the

error No such interface supported.

MRE-3318,

MRE-3807

Autodesk AutoCAD 2017 SP1, AutoCAD P&ID 2017 SP1, AutoCAD Plant 3D 2017 SP1,

and AutoCAD Plant 3D 2017.1 are now supported.

MRE-3413

The Office link now shows

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise

as a place on the

Open

and

Save As

pages in Office 2013 and later applications. The most recently used vault

folders are also listed for convenience. A default vault must be set for the

Set Default

Context

option in Application Integration to initialize browsing and prevent an error.

MRE-3459 The AutoCAD links and the BlueCielo viewer now use Autodesk RealDWG 2017 SP1 for

file access.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-3530 Bentley MicroStation 10.00 (V10) is now supported.

MRE-3718 Autodesk AutoCAD 2017.1 is now supported.

MRE-3769 Autodesk Inventor Cable and Harness files and components are now saved correctly in

the vault by the Inventor link.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Configuration Guide

and

BlueCielo Meridian

Enterprise User’s Guide.

2.1.4 Client improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise client applications:

ID Description

MRE-539

The Set Property Value command is now available in the Meridian Web Client.

MRE-593 The Meridian Web Client can now show a graphical diagram of the current workflow of

a document or project folder similar to PowerUser by clicking the Status link on the

Document page. The view dynamically hides unrelated states or transitions when

you hover the mouse pointer over interlock status messages or workflow transitions.

MRE-1082 Dynamic collections (private or public)can now be created from search results in the

Meridian Web Client.

MRE-1211,

MRE-2417,

MRE-2874,

MRE-3099,

MRE-3198,

MRE-3340,

MRE-3775

By default, the Meridian Web Client now performs document transfer and batch

command processing of documents and folders with an HTMLcomponent that does not

require installation on the user’s PC. This makes deployments easier than prior

versions that required an ActiveX component be installed on the user’s PC. The new

component is used by all commands that transfer files from the local PC or that process

batches of documents, including electronic signatures.

A new setting UseHTMLProgressComponent in the user’s Web Access profile file

can be set to use the ActiveX component for backward compatibility, if necessary.

Document downloads are now separate from the browser session and occur in the

background. The user does not need to wait before continuing their work. The

download status is shown in the system tray.

The new component also supports a site cache (if one is configured) for faster

document uploads and downloads. The component also checks for up-to-date

dependencies and locks before allowing commands to proceed that would revise

documents in the vault. Site cache activity is logged for troubleshooting.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

If a batch command requires it, processing pauses for user input, which can also be

applied to the remainder of the items in the batch. While the command is busy working,

a progress dialog lists the number of items already processed, the number of items

that remain to be processed, and the number of items that failed processing for any

reason. A scrolling text log shows the result of each action for troubleshooting. The

user can pause, resume, or cancel processing at any time. A new registry setting

NestingFolderDepth on the Meridian web server specifies the maximum number of

nested folder levels to process before terminating to prevent infinite operations caused

by unexpected errors.

MRE-1264

When the

Create Project Copy

command now shows the project selection dialog

box, the available project folders are shown in a tree view instead of a list.

MRE-1460

The Meridian Web Client now shows a references icon on the Document page

when appropriate similar to PowerUser.

MRE-1461,

MRE-3160

The Meridian Web Client has a new command Copy Multiple that allows the user to

create multiple copies of one or more source documents. The copies can be made in

the same or different destination folders. Property page wizards and VBScript events

are also supported.

MRE-1462

The Meridian Web Client now shows Advanced and Stored Properties pages when

the document icon on the Document page is clicked, similar to the PowerUser client.

MRE-1463 Documents may now be unlocked either for the current user or for another user, in the

Meridian Web Client.

MRE-2027 Single renditions downloaded to local workspace by the Meridian Web Client are now

read-only (the same as PowerUser) to prevent file locking that interferes with

repository synchronization.

MRE-2151 Documents may now be undeleted or purged in the Meridian Web Client.

MRE-2204 Because work area functionality was deprecated in Meridian 2016, the work area

features have been removed from the Meridian Web Client.

MRE-2292 Added a scroll bar to the Meridian Web Client for long lists of navigation views.

MRE-2301

Fixed a problem that could cause the

Assign to Folder

command to fail to copy

documents with references in a vault with a Field-Path definition configured.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-2351,

MRE-2530,

MRE-2780,

MRE-2923,

MRE-3040,

MRE-3103

The Meridian Web Client now shows different views of data in the document pane that

used to be shown in dialog boxes or property pages. The views can be selected from a

new view bar at the bottom of the pane:

Document

(properties),

View Document

View Rendition

Revisions

References

Master and Project Copies

Workflow

Role Assignments

, or

Tags

. Each of the views (except

Document

)

can be undocked to a new window where it will remain synchronized with the currently

selected document in the navigation pane. The

View documents in separate

window

option has been removed since it is no longer necessary. A new Meridian

web server registry setting

ViewPanel

has been added that can be set to 0 to disable

the view bar. The setting can also be configured for individual users by adding it to the

users’ Web Access profile files as described in the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise

Configuration Guide

MRE-2355,

MRE-2697

The

Value

list in the

Find

dialog box now shows a list of the existing values in the

vault regardless of how the

Select a value from

option is set in the property

configuration. This change affects both PowerUser and the Meridian Web Client.

Previously, the list showed the values according to that setting, which could include

values that did not exist in the vault to search for. The behavior of the value list on

property pages is unchanged and reflects the configuration setting. This feature can be

disabled by a new registry value

CollectExisting

described in

“Administration

improvements” on page 7.

MRE-2390 Electronic signature data is now shown for the selected revision instead of the current

revision in the Show Revisions dialog in the Meridian Web Client.

MRE-2395,

MRE-2476

Improved how the Meridian Web Client manages and displays many tags found by

searches.

MRE-2405

In the Meridian Web Client, a General property page now shows applicable

information for the various types of views that are selected in the navigation pane:

Navigation views – shows a hierarchical view of the properties that define the

selected branch and their values.

Folders view – shows folder property values

Collection views – shows the collection search criteria, which can be changed

to refine the collection.

Search Results – shows the search criteria, which can be changed to refine

the search.

MRE-2407 Batch and custom commands can now be run on the contents of navigation view levels,

collections, and search results in the Meridian Web Client. The commands are now

available on the context menu.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

NoteThis functionality is not planned to be added to PowerUser.

MRE-2408 The Meridian Web Client now provides shortcut menus for navigation view levels

similar to PowerUser.

MRE-2488 The document that is current (selected) in the Meridian Web Client after certain actions

is now more persistent and intuitive.

MRE-2533,

MRE-2534

The user interface of the Create References and Link to Master Document

commands in the Meridian Web Client has been better aligned with the new look and

feel.

MRE-2617 Folders may now be purged in the Meridian Web Client and in PowerUser.

MRE-2662

The UseIISMimeMap registry setting has become obsolete and has been

deprecated with no affect on document downloading or viewing.

MRE-2747 Resolved a problem that caused empty reference names to be shown in the client

applications.

MRE-2752

The Meridian Web Client now shows file type icons on the Document page overlaid

with rendition and redline indicators similar to the PowerUser client.

MRE-2754 The display of long lists of vault names has been improved in the Meridian Web Client.

MRE-2763

Invalid argument errors no longer occur when attempting to generate a report for

over 2000 documents. The performance of selecting thousands of documents has been

improved.

MRE-2798 Comments longer than 2000 characters are now truncated and a warning shown to the

user. Previously, the comments were not saved and no warning was shown.

MRE-2802

If the

View renditions

option is enabled in the Meridian Web Client, renditions are

now shown correctly that reside in the root of the vault.

MRE-2829 Fixed a problem with dates in the Meridian Web Client when the locale of thePCwas

set to en-NZ.

MRE-2850,

MRE-3104

Folder role assignments may now be assigned and removed from the new Role

Assignments view in the Meridian Web Client.

MRE-2873

Application Integration search now supports the contains multiple words operator

in Online mode the same as PowerUser.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-2891 Generating a report to a Microsoft Access database that contains duplicate columns no

longer causes Cannot define field more than once errors.

MRE-3024

The

What’s New

item on the

Help

menu has been removed.

MRE-3073 The performance of running a workflow transition on documents with many revisions

has been improved.

MRE-3117

The workflow definition option

Entering document log comments is optional

has been renamed to

Entering document log comments is mandatory

and

now works as described in the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Configuration Guide

. If

enabled, comments are mandatory. If disabled, comments can be entered but they are

not mandatory.

MRE-3139 In both PowerUser and the Meridian Web Client, the current user is now the only user

that is selected by default in the workflow transition dialog box. Previously, all users

were selected by default in PowerUser.

MRE-3150 A document may now be opened in its native application from within the Meridian Web

Client. The document is automatically downloaded to the user’s local workspace either

from the Meridian EDMserver or from the site cache server if one is configured.

MRE-3224

Clicking the name of a document in the

Master and Project Copies

page now

jumps to that document in the current view or in the

Folders

view.

MRE-3225 Clicking the name of a revision in a document’s revisions list in the Meridian Web Client

now opens the revision in a new browser tab. The current revision of the selected

document remains visible in the parent tab.

MRE-3255 Custom property background colors are now applied correctly to read-only properties

in the Meridian Web Client.

MRE-3323

The web browser Back and Forward buttons can now be used to navigate between

documents in the Meridian Web Client session history.

MRE-3600 When performing a search in the Meridian Web Client that produces a large result set

that could take a long time to display, a confirmation prompt is not longer shown and

the first page of results is shown without delay. The number of items shown on the

page can be adjusted by the user with the Items per page option.

MRE-4044 A default domain name can now be saved when electronically signing documents with

the Meridian Web Client. The user name is also set as the default during batch

operations.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise User's Guide.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

2.1.5 Configuration improvements

The following improvements have been made to the configuration of Meridian Enterprise:

ID Description

MRE-168 Report definitions now support XSLTstylesheet templates that can be applied to

XMLand HTMLformat reports.

MRE-1883 The Meridian Web Client now supports custom command sub-menus similar to

PowerUser. Sub-menus are also shown as groups in the corresponding ribbon menu.

MRE-2944

A new setting named CalculateVisibilityPerPage has been added to the

Application Link Settings page in the Environment branch of the configuration

tree in Configurator. The default setting of 1 (or empty) causes the PowerUser client

and the Meridian Web Client to calculate wizard page visibility the same way. That is,

the visibility of each page is determined by the property values that have been set in

previously shown wizard pages. This was not the case prior to Meridian Enterprise

2017. When set to 0, the visibility of all pages in the Meridian Web Client is determined

before the wizard begins.

MRE-3014

Settings for the property definition options

Allow a user to enter values

manually

This expression must be True

and

Apply input expression

are

no longer replicated to other settings during definition editing.

MRE-3049 Script expressions that return links to be included in email notifications of workflow

transitions now work correctly.

MRE-3191

A new Office link configuration option

ForceAttachmentOptions

has been added.

When enabled, it prevents users from manually selecting attachments that have been

filtered out by the

MinimumAttachmentSizeKB

registry value.

MRE-3320

The custom property effectivity type Constant has been removed from Meridian

Enterprise Configurator. Existing properties with this type will continue to work but it

cannot be set for new properties.

MRE-3498 The server paths where PDFTron XOD file and multi-layout data files are stored are

now shown on the

Advanced Properties

pages of documents.

For more information about these improvements, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Configuration

Guide.

2.1.6 Customization improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise customization features (VBScript

and .NETAPI):

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-2339

The

Objects

and

Where Used

property page events are now shown in the Meridian

Enterprise VBScript Editor.

MRE-1264

In the Meridian Web Client, the

ProjectWorkflowEvent_PrepareBrowser

event

now properly applies the

RootFolder

parameter.

MRE-2567 Detection of variant data types in API calls has been improved.

MRE-2841

The methods

Vault.RootFolder

Vault.FindDocuments

Vault.GetDocument

, and

Folder.GetSubFolder

now return values during import

package validation.

MRE-2847

The

DocCADLink_InitializeUpdateProperties

DocCADLink_

TerminateUpdateProperties

DocCADLink_InitializeUpdateReferences

and

DocCADLink_TerminateUpdateReferences

events now occur correctly in

Autodesk Revit in Online and Remote modes.

MRE-3004

A new option Use syntax coloring has been added to the Meridian Enterprise Script

Editor. This option is enabled by default. When disabled, loading large scripts is much

faster.

MRE-1895,

MRE-3452

Two new VBScript events

ExportPackage_ChangeState

and

ImportPackage_

ChangeState

have been added to enable notifications of exported and imported

packages status changes.

MRE-3457

A new value AS_CID_PACKAGEEXPORTER (7) has been added to the

Client.ClientIDproperty. The value represents the package export function of

Meridian Enterprise Server and can be used in the DocWorkingCopyEvent_

*CreateWC events to determine when documents are created or modified.

MRE-3984

The Document.DocumentType property is now available in the

DocGenericEvent_BeforeNewDocument and DocGenericEvent_

AfterNewDocument events when a project copy is made in the Meridian Web

Client.

For more information, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise VBScript APIReference Guide

or the

BlueCielo

Meridian Enterprise .NETAPI Reference Guide.

2.1.7 Viewer improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise viewer:

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-1969,

MRE-1971

This release includes Oracle AutoVue 21. For a list of the new features and supported

file formats, see What’s New in Oracle’s AutoVue Enterprise Visualization 21.0.?

MRE-2419

New settings WriteLog and LogFile have been added to the client registry to

configure logging of the Java virtual machine output when used with AutoVue.

MRE-2038,

MRE-2731,

MRE-2733,

MRE-2735,

MRE-2992,

MRE-3187,

MRE-3244,

MRE-3504,

MRE-3518,

MRE-3519

The server-based PDFTron viewer is now included during server installation.

It can be used to view, print, redline, and comment (with or without attached redlines

or other files) with 2D PDFrenditions only.

It cannot be used for viewing:

Source documents

3D PDF renditions

AutoVue redlines

Hotspots

In the PowerUser client

Other features include:

No client software installation is necessary

No configuration is necessary (or possible)

It is fast and can show almost any document within a few seconds after the

initial (internal)rendition is generated.

It is supported by the VBScript Document.ClearRedlines method

It does not rely on aging technology

It is the same viewer used by Meridian360

It can be enabled once for all Meridian Explorer users in the viewer options in

the BlueCielo Meridian Administration Console

It can be enabled once for all Meridian Web Client users by a new web server

registry value UsePDFTron

Viewer usage can be tracked with new M--PTR (concurrent)and MN-PTR

(named)type licenses. The licenses are claimed immediately when a vault or

repository is opened that contains renditions and the viewer is enabled.

If PDFTron is not enabled, the default viewer settings are used

MRE-2775 AutoCAD thumbnail images created by AutoVue are now generated from the last saved

view instead of the model view.

MRE-2878 Certain file formats that could not be shown in AutoVue remained locked by the viewer

and prevented saving the file if it was edited in another application. Viewing the

formats is no longer attempted so that the files are not locked and are available for

editing.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-2988 AutoVue is now prevented from creating a Logs folder on the Windows desktop.

MRE-3042

The Acrobat viewer now prints correctly if its

Enable Protected Mode at startup

and

Enable Enhanced Security

options are enabled.

MRE-3071

When a user does not have the

View Content

privilege for a document but does

have the

View Rendition

privilege and views the rendition with AutoVue, if they

double-click the viewer window to expand the window to full-screen, the rendition is

shown correctly now instead of producing an error about the user not having the

View

Content

privilege.

MRE-3128

If the

Print all in black

option is enabled in the AutoVue

Print Document

dialog

box, the document will be printed in monochrome and override the default color

settings for the printer. If the option is not enabled, the output will be in the printer’s

default color scheme, whether monochrome or color.

MRE-3554 AutoVue installed as a desktop deployment now supports line widths in PDF output

when pen settings are configured in the allusers.ini file.

2.1.8 Documentation improvements

Besides being updated with the new features and bug fixes in Meridian Enterprise and overall doc-

umentation quality improvements, the following changes have been made to the Meridian Enterprise doc-

umentation in this release.

The Meridian Web Client has been greatly improved and is now nearly equivalent to the PowerUser

client. To make it easier to find information about the Meridian Web Client:

Topics that describe how to perform tasks with the Meridian Web Client have been integrated

into other chapters of the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise User's Guide

Instructions throughout the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise User's Guide

for tasks that can be

completed with either the Meridian Web Client or the PowerUser client are now indicated with

these icons respectively.

The Meridian modules are now more integrated and perform more critical roles in the Meridian

Enterprise suite. Customizing Meridian often integrates multiple products. Therefore, the VBScript

API Reference appendices in the following documents have been moved to the

BlueCielo Meridian

Enterprise VBScript APIReference Guide

so that all VBScript reference information is now in that

document:

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Asset Management Module Administrator’s Guide

BlueCieloMeridian Enterprise Advanced Project Workflow Module Administrator’s Guide

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Server Administrator's Guide

Likewise, use of the Meridian modules is more prevalent than ever. To consolidate the end-user

documentation, the topics in the following guides have been integrated into the

BlueCielo Meridian

Enterprise User's Guide

and those guides have been discontinued:

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

BlueCielo Meridian Advanced Project Workflow User's Guide

BlueCielo Meridian FDA Module User's Guide

BlueCielo Meridian Global Collaboration Framework User’s Guide

BlueCielo Publisher User’s Guide

To simplify the documentation set even further, the following release notes documents have been

combined into this document and those documents have been discontinued. This document is now

the only release notes document for the Meridian Enterprise suite except for BlueCielo Project

Portal.

BlueCielo Meridian FDA Module Release Notes

BlueCielo Meridian Global Collaboration Framework Release Notes

2.2 What’s new in BlueCielo Meridian Explorer 2017

The new features and improvements of Meridian Explorer include:

ID Description

MRE-691 Microsoft SQLServer failover clusters are now supported.

MRE-2086,

MRE-2676

Server computers require Microsoft .NETFramework 4.6 Full Profile.

MRE-2254

A new option

Project number property

is available for vaults registered in the

Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console. This property is used to import

packages that originate from Meridian360.

MRE-2323

The UserGroupCacheTimeout registry setting now applies to Active Directory

groups as well as to BlueCielo groups.

MRE-2326

A new view option Reference types to hide has been added to the References

page configuration. Reference types specified for this option will be hidden on the

References page inMeridian Explorer.

MRE-2336 Search filter lists no longer contains values that are not in scope.

MRE-2340

Export packages now have an optional

Note

field that accepts up to 2000 characters.

MRE-2347

Fixed a bug that could cause the error

Timeout expired. The timeout period

elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not

responding

when attempting to view a package that contains tens of thousands of

documents.

MRE-2434

Import profiles now provide an option named Workflow state that can specify a

column name in the import source metadata file (Excel worksheet)that contains the

state of the imported documents in the destination vault.

MRE-2440 All of the property validation failures for an import package are now listed instead of

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

just the first failure.

MRE-2519,

MRE-2565

Packages for export may now be linked to a project so that only documents and tags in

the project may be added to the package. If a master document is added to the project

and a project copy of it already exists, the project copy is added to the package instead.

MRE-2521,

MRE-2522

When packages are exported, the server now performs the following in the

background:

Creates project copies in the source vault of any master documents in the

package. If the package is linked to a project in the vault, the project copies

are locked to the project if the publishing job is configured to do so.

Synchronizes the project copies from the vault to the Meridian Explorer

repository.

Replaces any master documents in the package with the project copies.

Sends the package to the destination system.

If any documents fail to export, the package status changes to Failed and a

warning icon is shown for the failed files.

MRE-2544 Hyperlinks to the destinations of exported packages and their transmittal sheets are

now saved by Meridian Explorer and shown in the package properties.

MRE-2581 Meridian360 users may now create export packages in Meridian Explorer and export

them if they have the

Send packages

permission or if not, request the package,

which can be sent by another user with the permission. Revisions to the documents can

be uploaded to packages that can be automatically imported back into the source vault.

For more information, see Administration improvements.

MRE-2650 Vaults that have been deleted no longer appear as available in import profiles and the

user is prompted to select an existing vault as the new destination.

MRE-2679 Meridian Enterprise Server now supports Microsoft Windows Server 2016.

MRE-2038,

MRE-2731,

MRE-2733,

MRE-2735,

MRE-3187,

MRE-3244,

MRE-3504

The server-based PDFTron viewer is now included during server installation. For more

information, see “Viewer improvements” on page 24.

MRE-2732

The PDFviewer option in the Meridian Explorer client has been removed to maintain

compatibility with redlines and for future compatibility. The setting in existing user

profiles is ignored.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-2801 Hyperlinks that contain Russian language characters now download correctly with

Firefox.

MRE-2830 Properties with the data type Keyword now show values on the property page and filter

correctly.

MRE-2901 The internal names and display names of publishing jobs and synchronization jobs are

now shown for batch jobs in both the Tasks queue and in notification emails.

MRE-2946,

MRE-3316

The thumbnail generation engine has been rewritten for better performance and

stability.

MRE-2948 Improvements have been made to support the 1.4.0 version of the Explorer for iPad

app.

MRE-2954

The Hide project copies option of view definitions now works for relational

searches.

MRE-2998

The

Enable AutoVue 3D viewing

option is no longer necessary and has been

removed. Only members of the group specified for the

User group allowed to use

option may use the 3D viewer. Also, the

Enable AutoVue server connector

option is no longer necessary and has been removed. The AutoVue client/server

deployment is enabled by the

Enable BlueCielo server-based viewer

option.

MRE-3077 A warning dialog box is shown if more than 1000 items are selected for export to

MSExcel. If the user continues, only data for the first 1000 items will be exported.

MRE-3084 If Meridian Explorer is opened from Meridian360, new collections default to the type

Package, the default related project is the Meridian360 project, and the default

recipient is the current user. For a description of the process, see Downloading master

documents in the Meridian360 Help Center.

MRE-3091 The Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console website now opens correctly

for the first user after a restart when AutoVue is enabled.

MRE-3111 Correct pages are shown in the Explorer for iPad app if custom page names are

configured.

MRE-3115 The Explorer for iPad app is now more compatible with older Explorer servers.

MRE-3132 Packages created by Meridian360 users are always private to the user and cannot be

shared.

MRE-3133 Saving redlines in Explorer after closing the viewer window no longer causes the error

Unable to get property 'offsetWidth' of undefined or null reference

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-3235 Data Library synchronization of a file with an empty extension no longer fails if the

[Empty]

mapping is not set. The file will be rendered with the profile that is mapped

to the

[Other]

mapping.

MRE-3306 Thumbnails are no longer generated unnecessarily for source documents by

synchronization jobs.

MRE-3363 Repositories that are synchronized from multiple source vaults now show a folder in

the root of the repository for each source vault and the folder hierarchies are not

merged into one tree.

MRE-3396 Some harmless errors in the Windows application event log are now prevented that

could occur during repository synchronization with full-text indexing of DWG and

DGNfiles.

MRE-3524 The comment redline icon has been moved to appear as an overlay on the commenting

user’s icon.

MRE-3800

Meridian Explorer users of the mobile site now claim the first available

M--EXP

M--

EXC

, or

M--EXB

license in that order. The license is claimed permanently as required

for forms authentication.

2.3 What’s new in BlueCielo Publisher 2017

The new features and improvements of BlueCielo Publisher include:

ID Description

MRE-691 Microsoft SQLServer failover clusters are now supported.

MRE-1608,

MRE-2918

When the Teigha DGN and Teigha DWG rendering modules are used with their

SHX

as geometry

TTFas geometry

options enabled, text in the generated

renditions can now be searched with the Advanced Find command in Adobe Reader.

MRE-1609

The Teigha DWG rendering module has a new setting

Adobe PRCsupport

that,

when enabled, renders ACIS 3D objects in the source drawing as Product

Representation Compact (PRC) data in the rendition. Objects can be rendered either as

boundary representations (BREP option) or as mesh representations (MESH option).

MRE-1611 The Teigha DWG and Teigha DGN rendering modules now provide options to specify

pen style table files to apply during rendering.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-1653 A new Custom rendering profile is provided that can be used to generate renditions

with 3rd party applications.

MRE-2123 The Autodesk Inventor rendering module options have been simplified.

MRE-2189 The behavior of file extension mappings when rendering profiles are added or removed

from a publishing job has been made more consistent and intuitive.

MRE-2193 Resolves an issue that excluded the rendition from an export package if its filename

and extension were the same as the source document. Now, the publishing job will

append the text .rend to the filename so that you can distinguish between the files.

For example, if a publishing job creates an export package that contains the source

document MyDocument.pdf, the rendition will be named

MyDocument.rend.pdf.

MRE-2252 The Teigha DWG rendering module now supports rendering multiple layouts in the

same source document to individual renditions.

MRE-2266

A new publishing job type

Export Package

has been added that creates packages of

documents in either a Windows file system or in Meridian360.

MRE-2325

The rendition property value

Monochrome

is now correctly detected by the Acme

CADConverter rendering module.

MRE-2403

The default setting of the

Content

option when exporting a package has been

changed to

Other - Publish unrendered

MRE-2520

A new option

Lock documents to package when sent

has been added to

package export job definitions. When enabled, only documents that can be locked to

the package can be added to the package. The documents are locked in the source

vault when the package is sent to the destination system.

MRE-2635

Fixed a problem with commas in VBScript expressions in the Destination file name

option of publishing jobs when the Windows locale was not English.

MRE-2679 Meridian Enterprise Server now supports Microsoft Windows Server 2016.

MRE-2692 Server names longer than 15 characters in rendering profiles now appear correctly for

assigning to publishing jobs.

MRE-2701 Microsoft SharePoint 2016 is now supported. For specific version and limitation

information, see the

Meridian Enterprise Supported Software

document for this

release.

MRE-2764 Fixed a problem that occurred when there were over 50 document types in

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

Documentum.

MRE-2843,

MRE-3739

The Teigha DGN and Teigha DWG rendering modules now use the Teigha 4.2.2

libraries.

MRE-3033

The model space view is now correctly excluded when the

All paperspace views

option of an AutoVue rendering profile is selected and the

Use job advanced

rendering settings

option is enabled. The

Model only

option now also works

correctly if the AutoVue patch p22378781 is applied.

MRE-3135 SolidWorks 2017 is now supported by the SolidWorks rendering module.

MRE-3170

The

Use line weights

option of the AcmeCADConverter rendering module has

been enhanced with new options

Plot style and line weight

and

Plot style

only

MRE-3287

The Revit rendering module option View name for IFCoutput has been changed to

Filter view name. The option accepts one view name from which to include

elements in the rendition output. For DWG, DWF, and image output formats, the option

now supports view categories and more flexible forms of specifying the views to be

rendered. If no view name is specified, the default view to be rendered is determined

by a predefined priority.

MRE-3348

The Acme CAD Converter rendering module has a new option Font search path to

resolve SHXfonts during rendering.

MRE-3831

The order of the rendering profiles on the RENDERING PROFILES page of a

publishing job no longer matters. The order of processing is determined only by the

action to which the profile is assigned on the FILE EXTENSION MAPPING page:

FIRST, SECOND, or THIRD.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

3 RELEASE 2016 SP1

3.1 What's New in Meridian Enterprise 2016 SP1

The following topics describe the new functionality and the changes and improvements to existing func-

tionality in this release.

Related information

Administration improvements 33

Application link improvements 34

Client improvements 35

Configuration improvements 35

Customization improvements 36

Viewer improvements 36

What’s new in BlueCielo Meridian Explorer 2016 SP1 37

What’s new in BlueCielo Publisher 2016 SP1 37

3.1.1 Administration improvements

The following improvements have been made to the administration of Meridian Enterprise:

ID Description

MRE-2828 Added a warning message if HyperCache is disabled for Hypertrieve 5 vaults.

MRE-2350 Fixed an issue in the Windows installation packages that prevented some DLLfiles from

registering automatically and generated Error 1904 messages. As a result, the

packages will automatically install a Windows update, if it has not already been

installed. To allow this update to install, the Windows Update feature should not be

disabled on the computer where Meridian is being installed. The Windows update has

numerous prerequisites that depend on the version of Windows. The prerequisites are

described in the preceding link. Be sure that all prerequisites have been met before

installing Meridian.

MRE-2469 The performance of purging tens of thousands of documents from a folder has been

improved.

MRE-2006,

MRE-2638

Fixed an issue with vaults that are hosted in SQL Server or Oracle databases that could

result in data loss. The problem could occur when running the Vault Consistency

Wizard or when copying an existing vault to a new vault in Meridian Enterprise

Administrator.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-2703 When the Vault Consistency Wizard completes, it now shows a summary of the vault

statistics from before and after the operation for comparison. This includes the vault

status, the numbers of documents and versions, and the elapsed time.

MRE-2840 Fixed a memory management problem that may crash the EDM Server.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide.

3.1.2 Application link improvements

The following application link improvements have been made:

ID Description

MRE-1472 Autodesk Inventor 2017 is now supported.

MRE-1581,

MRE-2505,

MRE-2506

All editions of AutoCAD 2017 are now supported.

MRE-2213 The Autodesk Revit link now synchronizes a local model file to the central model file

even if the central file is checked out to a different Meridian user.

NoteThe

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Configuration Guide

for this version

contains a topic titled “Configuring automatic release from workflow”. The

configuration that is described does not apply to Autodesk Revit and should be

disregarded.

MRE-2258 Autodesk Revit 2017 is now supported.

MRE-2309 The AutoCAD links and BlueCielo viewer now support Autodesk RealDWG 2017 for file

access.

MRE-2386

The Autodesk Revit link no longer shows the error

Object reference not set to an

instance of an object

when opening a Revit project file that is under change in a

workflow of a vault.

MRE-2387

The Autodesk Revit link now updates the

Title Blocks

property page when a project

file is synchronized by the

Synchronize with Central

command and the

Save

local file before and after synchronizing with the central

option is enabled.

This update shows new changes to the drawing sheets.

MRE-2450

The

ReloadedLatestChangesDate

property now updates correctly when Revit is

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

installed with the German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Russian

languages. The problem may still exist if Revit is installed with the Finnish, Polish,

Portuguese, and Swedish languages.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide

and

BlueCielo Meridian

Enterprise Configuration Guide.

3.1.3 Client improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise client applications:

ID Description

MRE-903

The special Tags and Where Used external pages in the Meridian Web Client are no

longer supported. Enable the built-in Objects and Where Used pages with VBScript

as described in the

BlueCielo Meridian Asset Management Module Administrator's

Guide

instead.

MRE-2222

Asset proxy objects now appear with the file extension

.tag

instead of

.object

in the

Meridian clients.

MRE-2274

A new setting

LockOnCheckout

has been added to the Meridian Web Access web

server registry. The setting can also be added to individual users’ Web Access profile

files. It controls whether documents are locked in users’ local workspaces by workflow

actions that place the documents in an editable state.

MRE-2378 How the Meridian Web Client manages documents with many references has been

improved. Viewing is now faster and more stable.

MRE-2594 Fixed an inconsistency in how multi-value properties are shown in the Meridian Web

Client and PowerUser.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise User's Guide.

3.1.4 Configuration improvements

The following improvements have been made to the configuration of Meridian Enterprise:

ID Description

MRE-2224

A new setting AssetManagementUseAdditionalFiltering has been added to

control the Enable filtering option in the Drawing Tags dialog box.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

For more information about these improvements, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Configuration

Guide.

3.1.5 Customization improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise customization features (VBScript

and .NETAPI):

ID Description

MRE-2247

Resolves an issue in which the

Document.LayoutsNames

function did not return

the sheet numbers from a Revit project file.

MRE-2361

The AutoCAD and Revit links now support two new VBScript events,

DocCADLink_

AfterReadMTBProperties

and

DocCADLink_BeforeWriteMTBProperties

These can be used to calculate the property values of multi-sheet drawings and to

update the individual drawing sheets, multiple title blocks, for example.

For more information, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise VBScript APIReference Guide

or the

BlueCielo

Meridian Enterprise .NETAPI Reference Guide.

3.1.6 Viewer improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise viewer:

ID Description

MRE-1969,

MRE-1971

This release includes Oracle AutoVue 21. For a list of the new features and supported

file formats, see What’s New in Oracle’s AutoVue Enterprise Visualization 21.0.?

MRE-2028 Whenever a document is opened in the AutoVue viewer within a Meridian client, the

Meridian License Server now verifies that an AutoVue license is available for the user.

Previously, licenses were included in the Meridian client licenses but were not verified

in real-time. The licenses are now verified. Ensure that the appropriate AutoVue 2D

and AutoVue 3D licenses are installed before upgrading to this release.

MRE-2201 Fixed a problem with setting the page orientation for printing from an Explorer session

that is set to a language other than English.

MRE-2271 Improved memory management in the BC Connector to AutoVue to prevent service

failures.

MRE-2285 Fixed a problem with printing to page sizes that contain quotation marks.

MRE-2294 Fixed a problem with setting the page orientation for multiple documents when

printing.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-2360 The Meridian Web Client now supports viewing documents with especially long paths,

for example, prior revisions of documents that would cause the error

Cannot copy

from local cache to...

MRE-2392 Autodesk Revit IFCfiles with comments now show correctly in AutoVue.

MRE-2449

Fixed a problem with the Current page option when printing.

MRE-2659 Fixed an issue with external references not being shown if they are moved to a

different folder within the vault than the parent document.

3.2 What’s new in BlueCielo Meridian Explorer 2016 SP1

The new features and improvements of Meridian Explorer include:

ID Description

MRE-2207,

MRE-2237

Fixes a problem in Meridian Explorer in which printer setting were not applied correctly

by the

Draft Print

command.

MRE-2190

The

Import Packages

command now requires a BC Explorer Standard license (part

numbers include M--EXC) or a BCExplorer Plus license (part numbers include M-- EXP)

and a BC Explorer Server license (part numbers include M--EXS). The command is

unavailable with a a BC Explorer Base license (part numbers include M--EXB).

MRE-2416 The default printer page size and orientation are automatically selected correctly more

often during printing. However, some printer drivers do not correctly report the default

settings and they might need to be manually selected in some cases.

MRE-2654 The maximum size of attachments to comments has been increased from 10 MBto 50

MB.

3.3 What’s new in BlueCielo Publisher 2016 SP1

The new features and improvements of Meridian Explorer include:

ID Description

MRE-2184 The Teigha DGN and Teigha DWGrendering modules now use the Teigha 4.1.1

libraries.

MRE-2241

The Autodesk Revit rendering module now supports a rendering option named

REVITSETUP_

. It can be used to specify a Revit export

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

setup to use for programmatic rendering instead of the configured publishing job

options.

MRE-2300

The Teigha DGN and Teigha DWGrendering modules have a new option

Xref paths

that can be used to specify locations that are searched to resolved external references

from the source document.

MRE-2308 The AutoCAD rendering module now supports the AutoCAD 2017 family of

applications.

MRE-2356 The Autodesk Revit rendering module now supports multiple sheet property mapping

similar to that of multiple AutoCAD layouts.

MRE-2383

The

PublisherDestinationEvent_BeforePublish

and

PublisherDestinationEvent_AfterPublish

events now occur correctly with the

Autodesk Revit rendering module.

MRE-2539 Improved the handling of duplicate entries in the Documentum types table.

MRE-2648

Publishing now proceeds correctly if the Meridian option Authenticate logon

credentials with the operating system is enabled.

MRE-2710 The BlueCielo Project Portal system link now supports BlueCielo Project Portal 2016.

MRE-2745 The Autodesk Inventor rendering module now supports Inventor 2017.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

4 RELEASE 2016

4.1 What's New in Meridian Enterprise 2016

The following topics describe the new functionality and the changes and improvements to existing func-

tionality in this release.

Related information

Features deprecated in Meridian Enterprise 2016 39

Administration improvements 40

Application link improvements 43

Client improvements 44

Configuration improvements 46

Customization improvements 48

Viewer improvements 49

4.1.1 Features deprecated in Meridian Enterprise 2016

Meridian Enterprise has evolved considerably to keep pace with our customers' needs since its debut in

2000. We've also added many new features to keep pace with constantly evolving technology.

To best allocate our development and support resources, some older Meridian Enterprise features are

deprecated in this release. These features have been selected either because they have been replaced by

newer features with better functionality or because the technology used by the older features has become

obsolete or cannot be maintained together with newer technology. For example, the technology upon which

the AMFS service was built is no longer supported by recent versions of the Windows operating system.

Following is a list of the deprecated features and their replacements.

Feature Replacement

Work areas Project folders

Work isolation mode Document type workflows or workflow definitions

BlueCielo File System (AMFS) service Local and shared workspaces

Deprecated features

What this means for your organization is, effective on the date of release of Meridian Enterprise 2016, these

features:

Will not be developed any further, including fixing any known bugs.

Will no longer be tested with each new release of Meridian Enterprise. Use them at your own risk.

Might not be supported by other features in the software and without notice.

Might be removed from the software in future releases and without notice.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

New issues will not be supported by BlueCielo Technical Support or BlueCielo Professional Ser-

vices. Any active issues will be resolved according to your current support level agreement.

If you have not done so already, we recommend that you make the following preparations at your earliest

opportunity to minimize business disruption when you upgrade to this release:

Train administrators and end users to stop using the deprecated features and to start using the

replacement features.

Modify the configuration of your environment to stop using these features.

Migrate all data managed by these features to supported features.

In the case of deprecated components, remove the components completely from your envir-

onment.

Modify any related or integrated systems accordingly.

For expert professional assistance with planning, training, or implementing these changes, please contact

your BlueCielo Partner or BlueCielo Professional Services.

For a list of additional features to be deprecated in future releases, see the BlueCielo ECM Solutions know-

ledge base.

4.1.2 Administration improvements

The following improvements have been made to the administration of Meridian Enterprise:

ID Description

SQLServer 2005 is no longer supported.

MRE-15 The installation packages now check whether SQLServer Compact Edition is already

installed when the Application Integration component is selected for installation.

They also check whether Windows Communications Foundation and HTTPActivation

are installed if BlueCielo Enterprise Server Components is selected. If not, a

warning is shown and you are prompted whether to continue.

MRE-16 If a Meridian license server runs out of a particular license type, it can be configured to

request unused licenses from other license servers within the same intranet. This

feature requires registration of a new Redundant License Server (M--RLS) license.

MRE-102 A rare issue that could cause Windows Search to crash when indexing a file has been

resolved.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-480

A new integration tool named the SAP Connector has been added to the Meridian Asset

Management Module. It can be configured to connect directly to an SAP PM database to

export tag data for import into a Meridian Enterprise vault. Previously, the export had to

be configured and run by an SAP administrator. The SAPConnector has been tested

and certified by SAP to follow SAP standards for technical integration and to allow for

upgrades with minimal interruptions.

MRE-742 Options have been added to the Vault Archive Wizard to include all released revisions,

to exclude document content, and to include folder properties and reference data.

MRE-1142 The .msi files extracted from executable installation packages (*.exe)are now

correctly signed.

MRE-1240 Configuring a site cache now correctly claims a Site Cache Server (M--SCH) license.

MRE-1227

Fixes a rare condition that causes an

Unexpected error in database engine ;

Cannot write to the log file error

MRE-1272 Event information generated by the BlueCielo License Server is now logged in the

Admin

Operational

, and

Debug

channels of the

BlueCielo-LicenseServer

log

in the

Applications and Services Logs

folder. To see the

Debug

channel, enable

the

Show Analytic and Debug Logs

option be enabled on the

View

menu.

MRE-1300 Active Directory synchronization now supports users and groups that reside in other

domains than the primary domain.

MRE-1345 The BlueCielo IFilter based on AutoVue has been replaced by two IFilters based the

Teigha® library from the Open Design Alliance, one for the DWG format and one for

the DGN format. The IFilters can be selected during server installation and their

respective file types can be registered automatically.

MRE-1403 The BlueCielo License Server service no longer fails to restart after a trial license has

expired.

MRE-1428 The Meridian Asset Management Module now includes a configurable tool named the

SAPConnector. The tool can connect directly to a SAP/PM database and query tag

object data. The tool stores the data in a MSAccess database that can then be

imported into Meridian using the Tag Synchronizer and Tag Link Synchronizer tools. For

more information about the tool, contact your BlueCielo Partner or BlueCielo ECM

Solutions Technical Support.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-1431 License restriction settings are now correctly applied to users that are not members of

a group specified in the settings.

MRE-1436 Adobe PDFrendition content is now added to the full-text index for searches if the

Adobe PDFIFilter is installed on the Meridian Enterprise server and the

BCRenditionPropertySet._Format

property of the source document is set to

PDF

MRE-1441 Audit log reports can now be downloaded to the local computer.

MRE-1449 Shared workspace options can now be modified after creating a new folder type with

the

Can be used a shared workspace

option enabled. The options could not be

modified in vaults served by the Hypertrieve 5 database engine with multithreading

disabled until after the EDMServer service was restarted.

MRE-1466

Prevents

Failed to read license database file (13)

errors and possible license

data corruption when the BlueCielo License Server service restarts or fails to restart.

MRE-1474 Running the Meridian installation package to modify the configuration no longer

unregisters the BlueCielo License Server service.

MRE-1486 Internet Explorer 9 is no longer supported.

MRE-1492 The Meridian Web Client and AutoVue have passed testing with the IPv6 protocol.

MRE-1567 Passwords for the audit log and notifications databases are now concealed with

asterisk (*)characters on screen.

MRE-1593 Resolved an issue in Hypertrieve 5 that could create incorrect references that could

cause other issues.

MRE-1623

The

License Server

branch in Meridian Enterprise Administrator is now hidden by

default and all license administration should be done in the Meridian Enterprise Server

Administration console as described in the

BlueCieloMeridian Enterprise Server

Administrator's Guide.

MRE-1626

Prevents

Error 1053: The service did not respond to the start or control

request

after restarting the BlueCielo License Server service if it was installed for a

language other than English.

MRE-1668 The Tag Synchronizer and Tag Link Synchronizer tools of the Meridian Asset

Management Module now no longer limit the size of the source database queries.

MRE-1873 Connection credentials no longer need to be set on client PCs to use a site cache.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

ID Description

MRE-2019

A new DWORD registry value CreateMiniDump has been added that controls the

generation of memory dump files when the EDM Server service stops working. The file

can be sent to BlueCielo ECM Solutions Technical Support for troubleshooting.

MRE-2112 Oracle 10g is no longer supported.

MRE-2115 The method by which the license server grants PowerUser licenses to Meridian

Explorer users has been changed to preserve more PowerUser licenses.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide.

4.1.3 Application link improvements

The following application link improvements have been made:

ID Description

MRE-1313 The AutoCAD P&IDlink now correctly updates properties when the project and

drawing files are in separate shared folders.

MRE-1469

A new value of

has been added to the

SupportInventorDWG

registry setting.

This value prevents

Documents of this version are not supported

errors when

attempting to synchronize properties to a drawing that was created from an Autodesk

Inventor DWG template.

MRE-1522 The MicroStation link now supports equipment tag extraction similar to the AutoCAD

link.

MRE-1656 SolidWorks 2015 SP4 has been tested and is now supported.

MRE-1684 References between a Revit model and its sheetset files are now created correctly if

the model is in the Released state, the sheetset is being exported for the first time, and

the link is configured to automatically import the exported files. The link now prompts

the user to create a working copy first so that the master document can be updated.

Previously, the references were not created.

MRE-1679 The Revit link now automatically creates Meridian references between the files

exported from Revit if they contain external references to each other. Previously, the

references had to be synchronized manually.

MRE-1750 AutoCAD 2016 SP1 has been tested and is now supported.

MRE-1778 The application links now apply the AMFS file extension filters to files they automatically

import such as sheetsets.

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ID Description

MRE-1781 AutoCAD Raster Design 2016 has been tested and is now supported.

MRE-1797 SolidWorks 2016 has been tested and is now supported.

MRE-1893 Microsoft Office 2016 has been tested and is now supported.

MRE-1948

The

Release as Master Revision

command now updates master drawings that

contain multiple title blocks.

MRE-1977 Property synchronization from multiple title blocks is now supported in Remote mode.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide

and

BlueCielo Meridian

Enterprise Configuration Guide.

4.1.4 Client improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise client applications:

ID Description

MRE-815 Some commands that could be disabled for a scope but remained visible in PowerUser

are now properly hidden.

MRE-1089 The Meridian Enterprise Server audit log can now be opened from the Meridian Web

Client.

MRE-1102,

MRE-1621

Export packages and import packages can be viewed, export packages can be created,

and documents added to export packages in PowerUser and the Meridian Web Client.

For more information about import packages in this release, see “What’s new in

BlueCielo Meridian Explorer 2016” on page 49.

MRE-1220 Usability of the Meridian Web Client has been improved. Editing properties no longer

opens a new window. The properties can be edited in-place in the current window.

MRE-1220 Property pages are loaded on demand, which improves performance when switching

documents.

MRE-1220 Error messages are shown in popup dialog boxes instead of on the property page itself.

MRE-1388 Fixed some conditions under which the asset management property pages would not

appear.

MRE-1089 The Meridian Web Client can now show the Meridian Explorer audit log page for the

current document if auditing is enabled for the vault.

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ID Description

MRE-1144

A new option

Show ribbon menus

has been added that, when enabled (default),

shows horizontal MSOffice style ribbon menus. If disabled, the classic vertical menus

and toolbar are shown instead.

MRE-1154 The data types of the columns in reports (MSExcel worksheets) generated with the

Meridian Web Client now match the data types of the properties that are included in the

report. Previously, the worksheet data type was General, which could cause

undesirable formatting depending on the data type of the property.

MRE-1430

Clicking the

Help

icon in the Meridian Web Client now opens the Meridian Web Client

chapter of the

BlueCieloMeridian Enterprise User's Guide

at the BlueCielo Technical

Library by default. The default site can be configured by a system administrator as

described in the

BlueCieloMeridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide

such as for online

help deployed behind a corporate firewall.

MRE-1444 Empty date fields are now the same width as fields that contain values.

MRE-1465

The

Synchronize Properties from File

Synchronize Properties to File

, and

Synchronize References from File

commands are now available in the Meridian

Web Client. Only AutoCAD and MicroStation drawings are supported.

MRE-1571

The

Create New Version

and

Replace Document

commands are no longer

available in PowerUser when the document is in the

Unchanged

state. Previously,

they were available but invalid for unchanged documents and generated an error.

MRE-1654 The values of more than 9 title block properties now show correctly in the Meridian

Web Client.

MRE-1687

The current setting of the

Hide inactive project copies

option in the

Show

Master and Project Copies

view in the Meridian Web Client is now saved between

sessions.

MRE-1783

Meridian Enterprise is represented by a new icon .

MRE-1850 The quantity of sub-folders and documents in a folder are now shown below the

navigation pane when a folder is selected in the Meridian Web Client.

MRE-1861 The Publisher Queue can now be opened from the Meridian Web Client.

MRE-1867 The Polish language is now supported by the Meridian Enterprise and Meridian Explorer

clients.

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ID Description

MRE-1884 The improved navigation tree that was introduced in the Meridian Web Client in release

2015 is now the default user experience. New features in the Meridian Web Client may

require the new navigation tree and the old navigation tree might be unsupported in a

future release. We recommend that all users upgrade to the new navigation tree.

After upgrading to Meridian Enterprise 2016, users whose Meridian Web Client profile

contains the setting GridTree=0 (disabled)might see an empty window after opening

a vault.

To resolve this issue and upgrade to the new navigation tree:

1. In the Meridian Web Client, open the Preferences page.

2. Click OK without making any changes.

Log off and log back on.

For more information about the profile settings, see the release 2015 “Client

improvements” on page 58.

MRE-1942

The

Explorer

view has been renamed to

Folders

to prevent confusion with the

Explorer client.

MRE-1979 The Meridian Web Client now correctly shows vaults for selection from multiple

Meridian servers if the setting

Hide vaults to which a user has no access

option is enabled.

MRE-2027 Batches of renditions downloaded to local workspace by the Meridian Web Client are

now read-only (the same as PowerUser) to prevent file locking that interferes with

repository synchronization.

MRE-2164

The ItemsToFind registry value that specifies how many tags are listed by the

Meridian Asset Management Module now also affects the Meridian Web Client. For

more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide.

MRE-2188 The default behavior of the Meridian Web Client has been changed so that external

references are synchronized by default. Previously, they were not synchronized by

default and the

SyncRefs

registry value had to be set to 1.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise User's Guide.

4.1.5 Configuration improvements

The following improvements have been made to the configuration of Meridian Enterprise:

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ID Description

MRE-922 The MicroStation link can now be configured to support equipment tag extraction

similar to the AutoCAD link.

MRE-1168

A new option

CreateProjectCopyInWebAccessMode

has been added to the

[Vault]

section of the

Application Integration

settings in a vault configuration. If

set to

(the default is

) and a project copy is made, this setting suppresses the

Reference Explorer dialog box in the PowerUser client and also suppresses the

resolution and copying of referenced documents. This causes the PowerUser to behave

similar to the Meridian Web Client for this operation. This can dramatically shorten the

time required to create project copies that reference many other documents. This

setting is the most beneficial in vaults that contain many references to asset tags

related to a maintenance management system. We do not recommend enabling this

option in vaults that do not contain asset tags but instead references are primarily to

assembly parts or related documents.

MRE-1439

A new option

ForceEnableFiltering

has been added to the

[AMMCustom]

section

of the

Application Integration

settings in a vault configuration. If set to

(the

default is

), the

Enable filtering

option in the

Manage ObjectLinks

dialog box

of the Meridian Asset Management Module is enabled and cannot be disabled by users.

This prevents users from disabling the filtering that hides retired and inactive project

copies so that they cannot be linked to active documents.

MRE-1456 Deleting a property definition that is used as a condition in a workflow definition or as a

level in a navigation view is now prevented. Previously, this could cause vault or

EDMServer service errors.

MRE-1597 A warning dialog box is now shown if a user tries to save the vault configuration while it

is being read by a PowerUser session at the same moment. The user can choose to

retry the operation until the file is available and can be saved. This prevents

storage available

errors and loss of configuration changes.

MRE-1855

A new setting

AllowWorkflowAcrossProjects

has been added to the

ProjectWorkflow

section of a vault's configuration that, when set to

, allows a

batch of documents that reside in separate project folders to be routed in the same

operation. Previously, this was prevented due to the possibility of references existing

outside a project and the results might not be as expected. Therefore, use this setting

with caution.

For more information about these improvements, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Configuration

Guide.

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4.1.6 Customization improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise customization features (VBScript

and .NETAPI):

ID Description

MRE-1289

The

Batch.PrintDetails

method now works in the Meridian Web Client for the

Copy

Document

command with a selection of documents.

MRE-1500

The

Client.Refresh

method now updates the current view when called on a folder

object.

MRE-1590

New objects

ExportPackages

and

ExportPackage

have been added that expose

properties and methods for managing export packages.

MRE-1599

The Revit link can now be detected in VBScript by the

AS_CID_REVITLINK

constant

in the

Client.ClientID

value.

MRE-1621

New user-defineable events

ImportPackagesPage_IsVisible()

and

ExportPackagesPage_IsVisible()

have been added to control the visibility of the

Import Packages

and

Export Packages

property page of documents.

MRE-1635

The document copy commands (Copy Document, Create Project Copy, and so

on) now assign the initial workflow state of workflow definitions automatically to new

copies if the document type is configured to use a workflow definition and the For new

documents option is set to Yes.

Previously, the commands assigned the Under Change state of document type

workflow instead. This is potentially a breaking change for configurations that

implement a workaround in VBScript to assign the correct state, for example, with the

Document.Migrate method. The workaround may no longer be needed and should

be tested and removed, if necessary.

MRE-1776

The

Client.Argument

property now works correctly for batches of documents in the

Meridian Web Client.

MRE-1825

The

BeforeUpdateProperties

and

AfterUpdateProperties

events are now

handled correctly in the Meridian Web Client that prevented title block synchronization

during batch imports from working correctly.

MRE-1921

Anew event ImportPackage_ChangeState has been added to enable custom

email notification on package status changes.

For more information, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise VBScript APIReference Guide

or the

BlueCielo

Meridian Enterprise .NETAPI Reference Guide.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

4.1.7 Viewer improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise viewer:

ID Description

MRE-1345 AutoVue is now installed on the Meridian Enterprise server as a client/server

deployment by default instead of as a desktop deployment. This simplifies AutoVue

application administration and allows viewer testing on the server with the same

viewer that is used by the client PCs.

MRE-1602 Comparing images or PDFfiles caused the viewer to stop working.

MRE-1737 Adobe Reader DC has been tested and is now supported.

MRE-1872 If a document has redlines on layers that are not defined in the vault configuration, the

redlines will now be available anyway. Previously, the redlines were not shown unless

the layer was defined in the vault configuration.

MRE-1927 Decimal measurements that include a comma (,) instead of a decimal point (.) were

interpreted as whole numbers. For example: 0,25 was interpreted as 25.0.

MRE-1976 An error message was not shown to the user if redlines could not be saved.

4.2 What’s new in BlueCielo Meridian Explorer 2016

The new features and improvements of Meridian Explorer include:

ID Description

SQLServer 2005 is no longer supported.

MRE-772,

MRE-954,

MRE-1514,

MRE-1831,

MRE-1921

Packages of documents can now be imported into a vault by Meridian Explorer through

the Meridian Enterprise Server. The packages have a similar structure to those that can

be exported by Meridian Explorer. Sets of import rules and property mappings called

import profiles can be defined in the Meridian Enterprise Server Administration

Console. The metadata for each package is supplied in a MSExcel workbook. Before

import, the packages are scanned by the server for linked title block properties and

references that can also be imported into the vault. Import package actions are

controlled by configurable permissions. The destination vault VBScript events are

invoked for imported documents.

MRE-945

The

VALIDATE SYNCHRONIZATION

command in the Meridian Enterprise Server

Administration Console now also validates project folders.

MRE-1062

A new administrative permission

Import Profile Managers

has been added that

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ID Description

specifies which users can create and edit import profiles.

MRE-1163 Meridian Explorer synchronization has been further optimized for when a very large

number of documents have been deleted in the source vault.

MRE-1300 Active Directory synchronization now supports users and groups that reside in other

domains than the primary domain.

MRE-1376 The Meridian Explorer iPad website now supports forms authentication from a web

browser as well as from an iPad for testing purposes.

MRE-1387 The thumbnail view shown in Chrome browsers has been improved.

MRE-1401 When specifying the Meridian Enterprise Server server name in configuration options, it

can now be specified in any one of the following formats:

Simple name (MyServer)

Fully qualified domain name (MyServer.MyDomain)

IPaddress (127.0.0.1, localhost)

The same format should be used in all instances.

MRE-1438

IFilter failed

errors using Adobe PDFIFilter 11 have been resolved.

MRE-1486 Internet Explorer 9 is no longer supported.

MRE-1492 The Meridian Explorer client and AutoVue have passed testing with the IPv6 protocol.

MRE-1493

The paging of results on the

Audit Log

and Publisher

Queue

pages has been

improved.

MRE-1513

New parameters

MOD

and

HOME

are supported in the Meridian Enterprise Server

Administration Console address URL that when set to

IMPORT

and

respectively

show the

Import Packages

view.

MRE-1583 Audit reports shown by Meridian Explorer now display times in GMT format the same

as the exported data.

MRE-1601

The

Do not publish

option of the

Publish action for file extension not

assigned in any rendering profile

setting for Meridian Explorer synchronization

jobs has been removed so as to not interfere with publishing project folders and asset

tags.

MRE-1612 Meridian Enterprise Server now automatically rebuilds indexes for custom properties

that are used in view configurations when the system property indexes are rebuilt.

MRE-1621

New URLparameters

ID

and

PACKAGEID

have been added to support viewing the

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ID Description

import and export packages in the Meridian clients that are related to selected

documents.

MRE-1645 The Meridian Explorer comments feature now correctly claims Meridian Explorer

Standard or Plus level licenses.

MRE-1667

The performance of the

Export to Excel

command in Meridian Explorer has been

further optimized.

MRE-1676 The views bar at the bottom of the Meridian Explorer page can now be hidden with a

new

HIDEVIEWBAR

URL parameter or a new

HideViewBar

setting in

WebConfigDto.dat.

MRE-1680

A new option

Show on home page

has been added to view definitions that allows

them to be hidden on the home page but still available from the views bar after a user

opens the

Documents

view.

MRE-1698 The date and time that a rendition was last updated is now maintained for each

document revision instead of only one per document and obsolete renditions are

synchronized when the repository is synchronized from the source vault.

MRE-1700

A new parameter

MRU

in the Meridian Explorer client address URL is supported that

when missing (default)or set to

YES

, shows a group of the most recently used view

names on the home page. When set to

, it shows the welcome text instead of the

view names.

MRE-1755 The Meridian Explorer Dashboard page has been improved with a pie chart of export

packages by status. Charts for which no data is available are now not shown.

MRE-1783

Meridian Explorer is represented by a new icon .

MRE-1808 The responsiveness of repositories with many security assignments in deleted projects

has been improved.

MRE-1810

The

New master documents

and

New project documents

charts on the

CHARTS

tab of the

DASHBOARD

page have been combined into a single chart with

two data lines of different colors for easier comparison.

MRE-1941 Performance has been improved for the Meridian Explorer mobile device

(iPad)website.

MRE-1978 The date that a rendition was last updated is now shown next to the rendition icon on

the

General

page. If the rendition is obsolete, a different icon is shown and a red text

warning is shown.

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ID Description

MRE-1983 The likelihood of time-out errors has been reduced.

MRE-1993 The responsiveness of the splitter bar has been improved.

MRE-2005 When a view is opened with a filter specified in the URL, a warning is shown. If the user

switches to a different view, they are given a choice to restart the application without

the filter.

MRE-2044

The

Show documents

and

Show object tags

options of a

Projects

view are

now effective regardless of the

Enabled

option of the other views.

MRE-2056 The connection names of the source and destination systems in a synchronization job

are now also hyperlinks to the source system definitions in the Meridian Enterprise

Server configuration.

MRE-2112 Oracle 10g is no longer supported.

4.3 What’s new in BlueCielo Publisher 2016

BlueCielo Meridian 2016 adds the following new fixes and improvements:

ID Description

SQLServer 2005 is no longer supported.

MRE-1085

A new setting

EnableUseRenditionForLinkedDocuments

has been added to the

PublisherCapability.dat file that, when set to true shows a new publishing

job option

Use exisiting rendition for linked documents

on the

MERGING

tab of the job. If that option is enabled and renditions already exist for the linked

documents, those renditions are merged with the current document rendition instead

of regenerating the linked renditions.

MRE-1259

A new option

Use file extension of rendition

has been added to synchronization

type publishing jobs that use a Meridian vault as the source.

MRE-1333 A new rendering module for converting AutoCAD drawings to Adobe PDF format using

the Teigha® components from the Open Drawing Alliance has been added.

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ID Description

MRE-1335

A new configuration page FILEEXTENSIONMAPPING has been added to

publishing jobs. This page is used to map source file extensions to rendering profiles or

alternate actions for up to three rendering attempts. The options on this page replace

the related options on other pages in previous versions of Publisher. Existing publishing

jobs will be upgraded to default mappings after installing this version. Verify and adjust

them as necessary.

MRE-1353 The Teigha DGN rendering module and the Teigha DWG rendering module now

resolve xrefs that reside in the Meridian vault.

MRE-1360

When the

Copy Content

option is disabled for the Explorer synchronization job (and

a rendering profile is not assigned) the job will now not use the local workspace of the

server. This conserves disk space and may also have a positive affect on performance.

MRE-1427 MicroStation external references (title blocks, for example)are now rendered in

monochrome if the parent drawing is rendered in monochrome.

MRE-1502 Long document names in BlueCielo Project Portal no longer generate

PathTooLongException

errors during rendering and watermark application.

MRE-1618

The

Zoom to extents mode

option of the Teigha DGNand Teigha DWGrendering

modules has been removed. Page settings could not be applied when it was disabled.

The drawing extents are now always rendered using the configured page settings.

MRE-1629

A new option

Apply on first page only

has been added to publishing jobs that when

enabled, renders the watermark only on the first page of a multi-page rendition.

MRE-1641 A new rendering module for converting popular image and graphic metafile documents

to Adobe PDF format using the PDFsharp components from empira Software GmbH

has been added.

MRE-1666 The Teigha DGN and Teigha DWG rendering modules have been updated with Teigha

4.1.0. Adobe PDFrendition file sizes are noticeably smaller.

MRE-1670 The Teigha DGNrendering module now searches for SHXfonts in the folder

C:\Program Files\BC-Meridian\Enterprise Server\Teigha.NET.

MRE-1672 Meridian Explorer synchronization no longer fails when it encounters unexpected

duplicate references to a master document. Now the error is logged and

synchronization will continue.

MRE-1695 Problems that caused black backgrounds and incorrect drawing extents in the Teigha

DGNrendering module have been fixed.

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ID Description

MRE-1877

A new setting DoNotNotifyAnotherJobIsRunning has been added to the file

GeneralPublisherSettings.dat. If set to true, it prevents Another

instance of the job is currently running notifications if a frequent job is still

running when it is scheduled to begin again.

MRE-1907,

MRE-2068,

MRE-2110

Selecting the AutoVue rendering module component during installation now

installs two versions of the AutoVue rendering module:

AutoVue – This rendering module is based on AutoVue Desktop 20.2.1 and is

no longer being developed by Oracle. It supports page ranges, paper sizes,

orientation, colors, and pen tables and those options are available in existing

and new rendering profiles made with this rendering module. However, it

does not support the latest versions of some file formats. This is the same

version as provided by prior versions of Meridian Enterprise and is compatible

with existing rendering profiles.

AutoVue Desktop Deployment – This rendering module is based on

AutoVue 20.2.3 (Java server) and will continue to be developed by Oracle. It is

installed as a desktop deployment on the Meridian Enterprise Server

computer. It does not support page ranges, paper sizes, orientation, colors,

and pen tables and those options are not available in new rendering profiles

made with this rendering module. However, it does support the latest versions

of some file formats.

You may choose which rendering module best meets your requirements and create

corresponding rendering profiles accordingly.

For the list of input file formats that are supported by the AutoVue rendering module,

see the version of

Meridian Enterprise Supported Software

that matches the Meridian

Enterprise software. For the list of specific versions of the file formats that are

supported for rendering, see the AutoVue documentation on the Oracle web site.

MRE-2074

The

AutoVue

and

AutoVue Desktop Deployment

rendering modules no longer

support CALSGP4 rendition output.

MRE-2112 Oracle 10g is no longer supported.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

5 RELEASE 2015

5.1 What's New in Meridian Enterprise 2015

The following topics describe the new functionality and the changes and improvements to existing func-

tionality in this release.

Related information

Administration improvements 55

Application link improvements 57

Client improvements 58

Customization improvements 59

Viewer improvements 60

5.1.1 Administration improvements

The following improvements have been made to the administration of Meridian Enterprise:

The performance of repairing Hypertrieve vaults has been improved by approximately 30%.

The Meridian Enterprise suite of products now supports named user licenses in addition to con-

current user licenses. Consult your BlueCielo Partner or BlueCielo account representative to dis-

cuss how the new licenses will affect your organization.

Meridian Explorer licenses will be substituted automatically by a PowerUser client license (if avail-

able) when a user opens the PowerUser client while a Meridian Explorer license is claimed. Power-

User client licenses will be claimed by Meridian Explorer users if no Meridian Explorer user licenses

are available.

The performance for client-side operations that download documents to the PC can be improved in

WAN environments by configuring the new site cache feature. This feature works similar to local

workspace but for all users of the same remote site. Documentation of this feature is missing from

the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide

that was distributed with release 2015.

The documentation can be found in the guide online in the BlueCieloTechnical Library.

New security privileges Confirm Superseded, Confirm Merge, Link to Master, and

DIscard from Project have been added.

This release of the Hypertrieve 5 database engine provides approximately 50% better

performanceover the previous release (600% over the Hypertrieve 3 database engine) due to:

Better memory usage

Better handling of exclusive locks

New algorithms

Additional improvements include:

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In certain cases, a server reboot could take a long time due to slow loading of data cached on

disk. This has been resolved.

An access violation could occur on intensive operations like importing documents and running

the Vault Consistency Wizard and has been resolved.

A problem with incorrect string lengths could result in database corruption and has been

resolved.

Interrupted cache loading could lead to an access violation and has been resolved.

Error logging has been improved.

The licenses for a specific BlueCielo product can now be restricted to the members of a specified

local or domain group.

BlueCielo License Server activity can now be logged for viewing by the Windows Event Log Viewer.

A new EDMServer setting Hide vaults to which a user has no access has been added. If

this option is enabled, vaults will be hidden from users that do not have the List Content priv-

ilege for the root folder of a vault.

The following options on the Preferences page in the Meridian Web Client have been removed

and are now controlled only by registry settings on the web server. Existing environments that rely

on client settings will continue to work.

Enable clipboard Copy, Cut, and Paste commands

Enable viewing the vault at a baseline or specific date or time

Clear credentials after logging off

A new registry value HelpURL has been added that can be set to show a different help system for

the Meridian Web Client than for the PowerUser client.

The Enable Web Access client components option on the Preferences page in the

Meridian Web Client is now set depending on whether the BlueCielo Upload/Download Control com-

ponent is installed on the PC.

The Use BlueCielo AutoControls for improved form display option has been deprecated.

The AutoManager EDM Server service closes large vaults more gracefully now during Windows

restarts and shutdowns. By default, the service will delay Windows shutdowns by up to 3 minutes

to finish closing vaults and prevent vault recoveries during restart.

It is now possible to register more than one Meridian Enterprise trial license in Meridian Enterprise

Server with the same expiration date.

Content indexing with the BlueCielo IFilter could create an excessive number of .tmp files in the

Windows %TEMP%folder.

A new server registry value SameIISEDMAccount has been added that, when set to 1, causes

Web Access to use Windows authentication to connect to the remote vaults instead of using basic

authentication, which can eliminate the double hop problem with authentication from a remote

AutoVue server or IISserver.

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 Release Notes

The Meridian Enterprise client components (for example, Application Integration and client lib-

raries) are now installed by default and mandatory when installing Meridian Explorer or BlueCielo

Publisher.

Account names (for example, Local System)can now be typed on the Logon Information page

during server installation and do not need to be selected with the browser dialog box. If the

account name cannot be validated, installation can be continued.

The default database engine for new vaults is now Hypertrieve 5.

The document workflow commands are no longer available in the Meridian Web Client even if they

are disabled for the active scope.

If auditing is enabled for a vault and the connection to the audit log database is lost, unlogged trans-

actions are now revoked instead of being committed and users are shown an appropriate error

message.

If auditing is enabled for a vault, the entries Rep open Start, Init Audit, and Rep open

Succeeded are no longer added to the audit log by the Meridian Web Client. These entries were

not useful and could cause the audit log database to expand unnecessarily.

Trial licenses and Not for Production licenses may now be registered together in the same license

server.

The Copy Document command now supports batches in the Meridian Web Client.

The Computer running the Enterprise services option in Meridian Enterprise Admin-

istrator now accepts a User Principal Name (UPN)to prevent errors when Meridian Enterprise

Server is used to manage Meridian Enterprise user accounts and the Meridian Enterprise Server is

running on a separate computer.

Custom properties may no longer be deleted if they are included in the availability criteria of a work-

flow transition.

The IsAPWF registry setting that enabled Meridian Asset Management Module object filtering has

been moved to a new setting named TagsInProject on the Application Integration page in

Meridian Enterprise Configurator. This was done so that the functionality can be enabled only for

specific vaults on the same server.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide.

5.1.2 Application link improvements

The following application link improvements have been made:

SolidWorks 2015 SP1 and SP2 are now supported.

The Revit link now supports synchronization of both standard parameters and custom parameters.

The parameter name may also be specified as the asterisk (*) wildcard character to signify all para-

meters in the category.

AutoCAD 2016 (including Civil 3D, Map 3D, P&ID, and Plant 3D) has been tested and is now sup-

ported.

The asset management and AutoCAD P&ID features that were previously in separate AutoCAD

runtime extensions (.arx) have been combined into the base AutoCAD link to simplify installation.

Feature sets can be enabled or disabled with new registry values. Configuring the link is

unchanged.

Autodesk Inventor 2016 has been tested and is now supported.

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The TagType setting of the AutoCAD link now supports object type names specified as literals,

attribute values, or combinations of attribute values and constant strings. The TagType setting

can be used with the Meridian Asset Management Module.

The AutoCAD link now supports synchronizing constant type title block attributes when the link's

SyncConstantAttributes setting is set to 1.

Autodesk Revit 2016 has been tested and is now supported.

A new menu item and ribbon icon have been added to the AutoCAD link that shows the Drawing

Tags dialog box. This dialog box lists the asset tags that are found in the current drawing that

match the link configuration. This dialog box was previously available only in the AutoCAD P&ID

link. It can now be used to manage links to assets in standard AutoCAD drawings.

The Revit link now supports multiple sheet title blocks per drawing similar to the AutoCAD link.

The following application links are no longer supported. This does not affect the AutoVue viewer.

For a list of the supported file formats, see Oracle AutoVue 20.2.3 Supported File Formats Win-

dows and Linux Platforms.

All AutoCAD versions prior to 2013, including all vertical market applications (AutoCAD P&ID,

AutoCAD Civil, and so on)

Autodesk Inventor versions prior to 2013

Revit versions prior to 2013

SolidWorks versions prior to 2013

A new filter expression [Cut

] has been added to the

TagPrefixPropertyDef setting used with the Meridian Asset Management Module. The expres-

sion can be used to exclude a substring from the retrieved property value.

Meridian Asset Management Module tag filters that are unique to tag types or tag values must now

be defined separately in a new TypeFilters setting or the old TagFilters setting respectively. A

new Filters setting can be used to define filters that can be applied to either tag types or tag val-

ues.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide

and

BlueCielo Meridian

Enterprise Configuration Guide.

5.1.3 Client improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise client applications:

The Title Blocks property page of documents that is enabled by the Multiple layout title

blocks support option that was added in Meridian Enterprise 2014 SP1 was read-only in the

Meridian Web Client. The page can now be edited in the Meridian Web Client this version.

Deleting a project copy of a document now unlocks the master document from which it was made,

which is more similar to discarding the project copy from the project folder. The important dif-

ference between the two actions remains, however. Deleting a project copy breaks its incoming ref-

erences whereas, depending on the configuration, discarding the project copy can reroute its

incoming references to the master document and maintain the referential integrity of the related

documents.

The Meridian Web Client now shows a modern, calendar type data picker with the same locale as

property pages.

The shared workspace options of folders may now be edited in the Meridian Web Client.

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Meridian Asset Management Module objects can now be linked and unlinked in the Meridian Web

Client using the text tags feature similar to the way it is possible in PowerUser.

Creating references in the Meridian Web Client is now easier and searching for the destination doc-

uments is no longer required.

Two users opening the same vault, in the same scope, with the same navigation view no longer

generates the error IC Meridian Object Manager: Cannot set attribute

'AMNavigationViewPropertySet._SEARCHAREA'. ; The object is currently being

edited by another session if the Remember user name option is enabled on the

Authentication page of the Vault Settings branch of the Environment section of the vault

in Configurator.

The Meridian Web Client now supports an improved navigation tree. The new tree can be enabled

by adding the setting GridTree=1 in the first section of the user's .prf file in the

C:\inetpub\AMM\Profiles folder on the web server. The profile files have globally unique

filenames like S-1-5-21-247412457-1281538329-1571014584-4234.prf. The profile

file for a particular user can be identified by making a change to one of the user's preference set-

tings as described in the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise User's Guide

and then matching the file

modification time shown in Windows Explorer. This setting is temporary and the new tree may

become the default in a future release.

A new property page Enterprise Server Packages is available for documents in PowerUser

and the Meridian Web Client. It lists the packages that have been exported from the Meridian

Explorer repository that contain the selected document.

A new setting CreateProjectCopyForRetired has been added to the vault configuration that

when enabled, allows project copies to be made from retired documents.

A Meridian Explorer Comments page configured to show as an external property page in

Meridian Enterprise did not show the viewer window when the page was viewed in the Meridian

Web Client.

The new Meridian Web Client property pages for the Meridian Asset Management Module that are

described in “Customization improvements” on page 59 require that frames be disabled in the

Meridian Web Client. Otherwise, some features may not work or will generate errors. Frames can

be disabled with the UseFrames setting described in the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise

Administrator's Guide

. It's highly likely that future functionality will also not support frames. For this

reason, frames should be considered obsolete and users should not rely on them.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise User's Guide.

5.1.4 Customization improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise customization features (VBScript

and .NETAPI):

A new property Document.LayoutsNames has been added that contains the names of the

page layouts in the current document. The layout names can be used to render multiple sheets

from a single AutoCAD or Revit source drawing.

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Microsoft SQLServer Compact Edition 4.0 is now supported for the external tables database and

the user database on the server and also for the local workspace database on client PCs. For

upgrade instructions from version 3.5, see the Meridian Enterprise Knowledge Base.

The Batch.PrintDetails method now works in the Meridian Web Client for the Change

Document Type and Issue New File Name commands, workflow transitions, and custom

commands.

The TagProperty setting of the AutoCAD link that can be used with the Meridian Asset Man-

agement Module can now specify the name of a VBScript function to calculate the tag name. For

more information, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Asset Management Module Administrator's Guide.

VBScript logging can now be enabled and configured for PowerUser and the Meridian Web Client.

The log can be viewed in PowerUser and downloaded by the Meridian Web Client.

New Objects and Where Used pages are available with the Meridian Asset Management Mod-

ule that are optimized for the Meridian Web Client. The pages can be shown by implementing new

ObjectsPage_IsVisible and WhereUsedPage_IsVisible VBScript event handlers.

The reason entered by the user for electronically signing documents is now available in VBScript

after the transaction has completed so that it can be added to a watermark on the signed doc-

ument.

The Connection APImethod GetUniqueValues now supports any property set. The

SelectCustomPropertyName

parameter now accepts fully-qualified property names in the form

PropertySet

>.<

PropertyName

>. If <

PropertySet

> is omitted, the Custom property set is

assumed.

The DocGenericEvent_*CreateReference and DocGenericEvent_*DeleteReference

events are now supported by reference operations performed by the Meridian Asset Management

Module.

For more information, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise VBScript APIReference Guide

or the

BlueCielo

Meridian Enterprise .NETAPI Reference Guide.

5.1.5 Viewer improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise viewer:

Oracle AutoVue 20.2.3 is now included. For information about the new features in this release, see

What’s New in Oracle’s AutoVue Enterprise Visualization 20.2.3? For a list of the supported file

formats, see Oracle AutoVue 20.2.3 Supported File Formats Windows and Linux Platforms.

The AutoVue Client/Server deployment user settings have been moved from C:\Program

Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\Profiles\<UserName>.ini

on the AutoVue server and are now stored in files in the folder

C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Roaming\Cyco\AutoManager View Control2.

User-selected printer paper sizes are now saved correctly by AutoVue.

The quality of printing drawings in landscape orientation on tabloid size sheets has been improved.

Opening a PDFfile that contains foreign language characters in AutoVue inside PowerUser no

longer causes File not found errors.

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5.2 What’s new in BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Server 2015

The new features and improvements of Meridian Enterprise Server include:

Anew type of document collection can be made called a package. A package is a set of documents

contained in an archive (ZIP) file. They can be used to send documents to people who do not have

access to Meridian Explorer, for example, or as simple transmittals. Packages are to Meridian

Explorer what briefcases are to Meridian Enterprise but simpler. However, the two are different

and are not interchangeable.

One way that packages are different from briefcases is that packages are sent by Meridian Enter-

prise Server to a different file storage system (Windows file system, FTP site, cloud service, etc.),

not to a person by email. Meridian Explorer uses the BlueCielo Publisher system links to transfer

the documents for you. You only need to select a Publisher job, specify the contents of the package,

and instruct Meridian Explorer to send it. The rest is automatic but you can monitor the status of the

package to verify that it was sent. You may also view packages that have already been sent and

search for documents inside packages.

Web service APIs GetDocument and GetDocuments are now available to external systems to

retrieve Meridian Explorer data. The APIs can be used with standard HTTP or HTTPSrequests and

they return the data in JSONresponses.

New permission levels Edit Collections, View Packages, Edit Packages,

ExecutePackages, and Manage Packages have been added to support the creation of doc-

ument export packages.

Internal functionality has been added that enables advanced repository synchronization

troubleshooting by BlueCielo Technical Support.

Exported metadata is now saved in MSExcel 2007 or higher (.xlsx) format and may contain

more than 255 columns.

Searching on properties that have more than 50K unique values now works correctly.

Older repositories that are upgraded to Meridian Explorer 2014 no longer fail when the stoplist is

added to the full-text index.

User and group names may now be longer than 50 characters.

When used with SQLServer 2008, an error that could cause canceled background tasks to show as

still running in the Tasks list has been fixed.

Error Column name

does not exist in the target table or view

occurred when indexing a repository that contains over 300 document and tag properties.

Hybrid parts of the source document are now published to non-Meridian Enterprise destination sys-

tems if the Publish the source document option of the publishing job is enabled.

The Use fixed identity option has been renamed to Use Meridian impersonation and the

default has been changed to enabled.

After upgrading to this version, a new CSSstylesheet is generated that contains the default styles.

If you made customizations to the stylesheet before the upgrade, that stylesheet is retained and

you must copy your changes to the new stylesheet.

Column filters are now available in the Audit log view in Meridian Enterprise Server Configurator.

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When viewing a batch of PDFfiles, the Adobe Reader window could remain visible even after clos-

ing the window.

A new views bar at the bottom of the Meridian Explorer page shows the names of the four data con-

texts that are available in a repository:Documents, Tags, Projects, and Collections. The

names can be clicked to switch the navigation view to the corresponding context.

An Oracle AutoVue Client/Server deployment running under the Local System account could show

errors and not display documents.

Audit log data may now be exported from the Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console to

Microsoft Excel format.

Active Directory synchronization has been improved for large numbers of groups and users.

The performance of synchronizing large numbers of documents that have been deleted from the

source vault has been improved.

The accuracy of validating synchronizations from Meridian Enterprise to Meridian Explorer has

been improved to better detect document changes since the last synchronization.

A new URL parameter ISOLATION=TRUE has been added that hides the views bar and the

HOMEtab in the ribbon menu bar when one document or a list of documents is previewed in a

new browser window, such as from a maintenance management system.

Redlines were not visible in AutoVue if the StoreFeedbackRedlineOnRendition option was

set to True in the WebConfigDto.dat file of Meridian Enterprise Server and a feedback page

was configured. This patch deactivates the StoreFeedbackRedlineOnRendition setting, if

present so that redline display is then controlled by the Include redlines in rendition and

Publish redlines options of the publishing jobs.

New URLshortcuts named documentview, objecttagview, projectview, and

packageview have been added. They can be used to open the default view for each item type.

Corresponding parameters RN and ViewCat have also been added that can be used to specify

the repository and view type to open. For details about usage, see the

BlueCielo Meridian

Enterprise Server Administrator's Guide

Performance has been improved when thumbnails are updated and VBScript events are invoked.

Internal functionality has been added that enables advanced repository synchronization

troubleshooting by BlueCielo Technical Support.

5.3 What’s new in BlueCielo Publisher 2015

BlueCielo Publisher 2015 adds the following new fixes and improvements:

The rendering module option names and acceptable values have been made more consistent to

simplify configuration.

Rendering to PDFwith the AutoVue rendering module is now supported on Windows Server 2012.

The Meridian Enterprise Application Integration component is now always installed during setup so

that local workspace cleanup after publishing can be configured as a scheduled task.

A new option Continue on job fail has been added to batch job configuration. If enabled, the

other jobs in a batch will be run even if one of the jobs in the batch fails for any reason.

The VBScript rendering option _GROUP_ has been removed to allow rendition merging to be per-

formed by the Update Rendition command in Meridian Enterprise PowerUser. This is a break-

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ing change that affects existing configurations that use the _GROUP_option. The configuration

must be modified to not rely on the _GROUP_ option.

The BlueCielo Project Portal system link has been improved by logging more events and a bug was

fixed that caused new revisions of documents to be created in a loop when the service was restar-

ted on the Project Portal server.

Meridian Explorer synchronization jobs no longer copy documents to the local workspace during

publishing unless rendering is performed.

The Meridian Enterprise setup package now creates the folder

C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\Desktop to support the Microsoft

Office rendering module and electronic signature pages. This folder is in addition to the

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Desktop that was previously created

during setup.

The AutoCAD rendering module now supports AutoCAD 2016.

Scheduling a rendition job no longer prompts for the destination vault unnecessarily.

Scheduling a batch rendering job for multiple vaults now only allows compatible destinations to be

selected, which prevents the error The target configuration is invalid: The rendition

update feature is only available when the destination BlueCielo Meridian vault is

the same as the publishing source for incompatible combinations.

The Force all colors to black and Document pages options of the rendering profile can now

be configured as defaults for a publishing job .

The Revit rendering module now supports DWG output.

The following rendering applications are no longer supported.

All AutoCAD versions prior to 2013, including all vertical market editions (AutoCAD P&ID,

AutoCAD Civil, and so on)

Autodesk Inventor versions prior to 2013

SolidWorks versions prior to 2013

MSOffice versions prior to 2010

A rendition job that is used for multiple sources and destinations will now only show the compatible

destinations for user selection in Meridian Enterprise PowerUser when the Publish command is

run.

The Autodesk Inventor rendering module now supports Autodesk Inventor 2016 but in interactive

mode only.

The Rotation option was not available if the Alignment option was set to Center or Right for

a watermark overlay.

The SolidWorks rendering module options have been streamlined to be more consistent with the

other rendering modules.

The maximum value of the Timeout option of a publishing job has been increased from 360

seconds to 32000 seconds to allow time for large rendering jobs to complete before the job fails.

The Office rendering module now supports the Visio .vsdx and .vsdm file extensions.

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6 RELEASE 2014 SP2

6.1 What's New in Meridian Enterprise 2014 SP2

This service pack includes all improvements made in Meridian Enterprise 2014 SP1 and many subsequent

fixes included in Meridian Enterprise 2015. A list of the 2014 SP1 improvements can be found on the

Meridian Enterprise 2014 SP1 Release Notes.

This service pack is distributed as complete server and client installation packages. Either one can be

installed alone and is compatible with Meridian Enterprise 2014 SP1 server or client installations. However,

we recommend that both the server and clients be upgraded to this release.

The following improvements have been made to Meridian Enterprise:

Introduces the new DWORD registry setting AVLandscape that controls the rotation of water-

marks (only when printed in landscape orientation) so that they can match the printed output

depending on the printer driver used.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cyco\AutoManager View Control2\Settings

When set to 1, watermarks are rotated clockwise. When set to 0xFFFFFFFF, they are rotated

counter-clockwise.

Fixes an issue in which comparing images or PDFfiles caused the viewer to stop working.

The Suspend viewing the document option in PowerUser no longer effects AutoVue.

Correctly shows the electronic signature disclaimer and reason dialog box in the Meridian Web Cli-

ent if the length of the disclaimer is over 255 characters. Also fixes a general issue with lookup lists

in which the total length of all values in a lookup list or a bound string that is calculated by a

VBScript expression is greater than 255 characters. The limitation is now 4K characters for the

total of all lookup list values and 255 characters per value.

Empty date fields are the same width as fields that contain values.

The Global Collaboration Framework import processor no longer continues processing briefcases if

the EDMServer has stopped responding.

Fixes an Invalid pointer error that can occur when attempting to view the Document

Workflow menu for the replacement of a hybrid document after its document type has been

reconfigured to not be a hybrid document type.

Shows AutoVue at the correct size when the viewer is opened in a new Internet Explorer window.

Fixes an issue with properties in a mapped tagset being cleared when they are synchronized from

MicroStation files but the tagset does not exist in the drawings.

An error has been resolved when the Asset Management Module is enabled, TagsInProject is

set to 1 in the AMMCUSTOMsection of the Application Integration vault settings, and the

Advanced Project Workflow Module is disabled for the vault.

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Anew option Enable filtering has been added to the Manage Links dialog box when the

Meridian Asset Management Module and the Meridian Advanced Project Workflow Module are

enabled for a vault. If enabled, this option filters the document and object search results using the

property filters that are defined in the navigation view that specifies the columns to show in the

Meridian Asset Management Module user interface. For information on configuring this option, see

the

Meridian Asset Management Module Administrator’s Guide

Adobe PDFrendition content is now added to the full-text index for searches if the Adobe

PDFIFilter is installed on the Meridian Enterprise server and the BCRenditionPropertySet._

Format property of the source document is set to PDF.

Fixes an issue with printing tabloid page size in landscape orientation from AutoVue in a cli-

ent/server deployment.

The Batch.PrintDetails method now works in the Meridian Web Client for the Change

Document Type and Issue New File Name commands, the DocGenericEvent_

*CreateReference and DocGenericEvent_*DeleteReference events to reference oper-

ations performed by the Meridian Asset Management Module, workflow transitions, and custom

commands.

When the ADSyncUser tool synchronizes a user that resides in multiple groups, the error is now

logged and the synchronization continues.

Adds multiple domain support to Active Directory synchronization. Users and groups that reside in

other domains than the primary domain will be synchronized.

Rendering large documents with the AutoVue rendering module could produce blank pages part

way through the rendition.

The EDMServer service could stop working if the availability criteria of a workflow transition

included a property that was deleted.

Redlines were not visible in AutoVue if the StoreFeedbackRedlineOnRendition option was

set to True in the WebConfigDto.dat file of Meridian Enterprise Server and a feedback page

was configured. This patch deactivates the StoreFeedbackRedlineOnRendition setting (if

present) so that redline display is then controlled by the Include redlines in rendition and

Publish redlines options of the publishing jobs.

When performing a batch import and the Enable Web Access client components option was

disabled, drop-down lists that used database queries did not refresh properly.

Adds a new option CreateProjectCopyInWebAccessMode to the [Vault] section of the

Application Integration settings in a vault configuration. If set to Y (the default is N) and a project

copy is made, this setting suppresses the Reference Explorer dialog box in the PowerUser client

and also suppresses the resolution and copying of referenced documents. This causes the

PowerUser to behave similar to the Meridian Web Client for this operation. This can dramatically

shorten the time required to create project copies that reference many other documents. This set-

ting is the most beneficial in vaults that contain many references to asset tags related to a main-

tenance management system. We do not recommend enabling this option in vaults that do not

contain asset tags but instead references are primarily to assembly parts or related documents.

Active Directory synchronization has been improved for large numbers of groups and users.

Adds triggering of the DocGenericEvent_*CreateReference and DocGenericEvent_

*DeleteReference events to reference operations performed by the Meridian Asset

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Management Module. Also fixes an issue with the Batch.PrintDetails property within those

events.

The Build Report command was unavailable for folders in the Meridian Web Client.

The Copy Document command now supports batches in the Meridian Web Client.

The reason entered by the user for electronically signing documents is now available in VBScript

until after the transaction completed. It can now be added to a watermark on the signed document.

If auditing is enabled for a vault, the entries Rep open Start, Init Audit, and Rep open

Succeeded are no longer added to the audit log by the Meridian Web Client. These entries were

not useful and could cause the audit log database to expand unnecessarily.

The document workflow commands were available in the Meridian Web Client even if they were dis-

abled for the active scope.

The quality of printing drawings in landscape orientation on tabloid size sheets has been improved.

When viewing a batch of PDFfiles, the Adobe Reader window could remain visible even after clos-

ing the window.

Documents that do not have custom properties assigned to them that are specified for Asset Man-

agement Module tag objects no longer show property internal names instead of their display

names.

A new setting CreateProjectCopyForRetired has been added to the vault configuration that

when enabled, allows project copies to be made from retired documents.

A Meridian Explorer Comments page configured to show as an external property page in

Meridian Enterprise did not show the viewer window when the page was viewed in the Meridian

Web Client.

Content indexing with the BlueCielo IFilter no longer creates an excessive number of .tmp files in

the Windows %TEMP%folder.

Resolved an issue in which the viewer window was not refreshed after user focus switched to

another application and then returned to AutoVue. This occurred if the user option Suspend

viewing the document was enabled to prevent locking the file so that it could be opened in

other applications. The workaround of resizing the viewer window would refresh the window.

Redlining using an AutoVue Client/Server deployment could cause the error There is no

privilege to change redlines.

AutoCAD redlines are now shown correctly after switching from model view to a layout view and

back again.

Error Column name <

ColumnName

> does not exist in the target table or view now

longer occurs when indexing a repository that contains over 300 document and tag properties.

Two users opening the same vault, in the same scope, with the same navigation view no longer

generates the error IC Meridian Object Manager: Cannot set attribute

'AMNavigationViewPropertySet._SEARCHAREA'. ; The object is currently being

edited by another session if the Remember user name option is enabled on the

Authentication page of the Vault Settings branch of the Environment section of the vault

in Configurator.

Searching on properties that have more than 50K unique values now works correctly.

Finnish language corrections in the Global Collaboration Framework.

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In a vault that uses the Hypertrieve 5 database engine, removing a user from the To-Do Persons

list of a workflow can no longer cause minor vault corruption that was not detected by the database

engine or repaired by the Vault Consistency Wizard.

The Fit to page size option of the AutoVue Document Converter no longer creates empty

PDFfiles.

Stability of the Vault Consistency Wizard has been improved.

The Title Blocks property page of documents that is enabled by the Multiple layout title

blocks support option that was added in Meridian Enterprise 2014 SP1 was read-only in the

Meridian Web Client. The page can now be edited in the Meridian Web Client this version.

A rare issue that could cause Windows Search to crash when indexing a file has been resolved.

6.2 What's New in Meridian Enterprise Server Release 2014 SP2

Meridian Enterprise Server Release 2014 SP2 adds the following new fixes and improvements:

Meridian Explorer synchronization no longer fails when it encounters unexpected duplicate ref-

erences to a master document. Now the error is logged and synchronization will continue.

Audit reports shown by Meridian Explorer now display times in GMT format the same as the expor-

ted data.

User group names are now shown in property value lists correctly in Meridian Enterprise Server.

Timeout errors when synchronizing Active Directory to Meridian Enterprise Server have been

resolved.

In a repository with multiple navigation views defined, clicking the view list in the navigation pane

to select a different view no longer loads the next view in the list automatically. That could result in

incomplete rendering of the view combined with non-existent property values.

Applies the current audit log filter to exported data.

Exported metadata is now saved in MSExcel 2007 or higher (.xlsx) format and may contain

more than 255 columns.

Audit log data may now be exported from the Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console to

Microsoft Excel format.

The Meridian Explorer iPad website now supports forms authentication from a web browser as

well as from an iPad for testing purposes.

Performance has been improved when thumbnails are updated and VBScript events are invoked.

Internal functionality has been added that enables advanced repository synchronization

troubleshooting by BlueCielo Technical Support.

The error SOAP negotiation could occur if the Use Enterprise server for user

management option is enabled in a vault and Meridian Enterprise and Meridian Enterprise

Server are running on different computers. This patch allows the Computer running the

Enterprise Server service option in Meridian Enterprise Administrator to accept a UPNto spe-

cify the Meridian Enterprise Server computer as described in the

BlueCieloMeridian Enterprise

2015 Administrator's Guide

or later.

Applies item level security to the results of full-text searches.

The performance of synchronizing large numbers of documents that have been deleted from the

source vault has been improved.

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Diagnostic information about document viewing in Meridian Explorer can now be saved in a trace

log for troubleshooting.

Printing documents is no longer possible with an AutoVue Client/Server deployment after disabling

the Allow draft print option for an Meridian Explorer view.

When used with SQLServer 2008, an error that could cause canceled background tasks to show as

still running in the Tasks list has been fixed.

Internal functionality has been added that enables advanced repository synchronization

troubleshooting by BlueCielo Technical Support.

Multiple repositories synchronized from separate Meridian vaults that share the same property

name no longer show values from the wrong repository in property-based navigation views and in

the Advanced Search lookup lists.

Improved performance when thumbnails are updated and VBScript events are invoked.

When draft revisions are synchronized to the repository and then revoked in the Meridian vault and

new revisions started, the wrong revision is no longer deleted in the repository if the Allow

automatic deletion is enabled.

Error Column name

does not exist in the target table or view no

longer occurs when indexing a repository that contains over 300 document and tag properties.

Web service APIs GetDocument and GetDocuments are now available to external systems to

retrieve Meridian Explorer data. The APIs can be used with standard HTTP or HTTPSrequests and

they return the data in JSONresponses.

Localization resources have been improved.

6.3 What's New in BlueCielo Publisher Release 2014 SP2

BlueCielo Publisher 2014 SP2 adds the following new fixes and improvements:

Documents published to BlueCielo Project Portal after adding a signature page now have correct

filenames.

The BlueCielo Project Portal system properties Author, AuthorEmail, Created, Modified, and

Description can now be mapped in publishing jobs.

BlueCielo Project Portal property place holders are now replaced correctly in signature page tem-

plates.

When the Copy Content option is disabled for the Explorer synchronization job (and a rendering

profile is not assigned) the job will now not use the local workspace of the server. This conserves

disk space and may also have a positive affect on performance.

Increases the maximum value of the Timeout option of a publishing job from 360 seconds to

32000 seconds to allow time for large rendering jobs to complete before the job fails.

Adds a new setting EnableUseRenditionForLinkedDocuments to the

PublisherCapability.dat file that, when set to true, shows a new publishing job option

Use exisiting rendition for linked documents on the MERGING tab of the job. If that

option is enabled and renditions already exist for the linked documents, those renditions are

merged with the current document rendition instead of regenerating the linked renditions.

Removes the _GROUP_ rendering option so that rendition merging can performed by the

Update Rendition command in Meridian Enterprise PowerUser. This is a breaking change that

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affects existing configurations that use the _GROUP_ option. The configuration must be modified

to not rely on the _GROUP_ option.

Adds support for BlueCielo Project Portal 2015. Also fixes an issue in which the rendition filename

was incorrect after rendering with the AutoVue rendering module.

If the Use job advanced rendering settings and Defaults if job advanced rendering

settings cannot be matched options of the publishing job are enabled but the rendition prop-

erties of the source document are empty, the settings of the Force all colors to black and

Document pages options of the rendering profile will be used.

Files were not correctly rendered and a PDFtemplate file was published instead when the fol-

lowing options were configured:

The file extension was registered with a rendering module

The Publish action for file extension not assigned in any rendering profile was

set to Publish PDF template

A PDF template was specified

The Input extension option was empty

The Use for empty extension option was enabled

The Use for empty documents option was enabled

Rendering batches of Office files now longer causes timeouts or The RPC server is

unavailable errors.

The BlueCielo Project Portal system link has been improved by logging more events and a bug was

fixed that caused new revisions of documents to be created in a loop when the service was restar-

ted on the Project Portal server.

Adds a new batch publishing job option Continue if any job fails. If enabled and one job in the

batch fails for any reason, the other jobs in the batch will still be run.

Rendering to PDFwith the AutoVue rendering module is now supported on Windows Server 2012.

Adds audit logging to the AutoCAD rendering module.

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7 RELEASE 2014 SP1

7.1 What's New in Meridian Enterprise 2014 SP1

The following topics describe the new functionality and the changes and improvements to existing func-

tionality in this release.

Related information

Administration improvements 70

Application link improvements 71

Client improvements 71

Configuration improvements 73

Customization improvements 74

Viewer improvements 75

7.1.1 Administration improvements

The following improvements have been made to the administration of Meridian Enterprise:

New command line arguments PUC_ICONand WEB_ICONhave been added to the Windows

Installer packages. If enabled, they will install the respective shortcut on the Windows desktop.

The default of the UseFrames registry value on the server is now 1 after installation. This shows

document property pages in a second pane beside the active navigation view instead of replacing

the navigation view in the browser window. The viewer then appears as a property page tab. This

value affects all Web Access users.

When the EDMServer setting Use Enterprise server for audit trail is enabled, the Meridian

Enterprise actions are no longer all shown as Custom but show as the correct action names.

The name of the Task Server computer is now saved correctly in Meridian Enterprise Admin-

istrator.

The license registration wizard has been significantly streamlined. The reseller, background, con-

tact, and much of the site information no longer needs to be entered to register licenses.

The Meridian Enterprise server setup package now includes options to install Application Integ-

ration and the application links. This makes it easier to deploy with BlueCielo Publisher and for

development and demonstration systems.

A new client registry value DisableChangeViewerPriority has been added that, when set to 1,

disables users’ ability to change the priority of viewers for particular file types.

Document retention data can now be initialized by the Document Import Tool in PowerUser and by

the Database Import Wizard with the AMRetentionControlPropertySet property set.

Electronic signature data can now be initialized by the Database Import Wizard with the

AMDocumentPropertySet._ESIGNATURES property.

The Meridian Enterprise setup packages now add the Authenticated users group to the

Distributed COMusers group in Active Directory automatically so that all users have the cor-

rect permission by default.

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A new client registry value ShowAllTablesImportDB has been added that, when set to 1,

shows all of the table types present in a Microsoft Excel workbook for selection to import in the

Database Import Wizard in Meridian Enterprise Configurator.

This release contains a new license server that will not accept licenses for newer versions.

The Manually Update Rendition privilege is now checked when attaching renditions by drag-

and-drop in the Meridian clients.

A new version of SyncUnlock.exe (BCSyncUnlock.exe)is installed that supports an inter-

active graphical user interface and works with restricted user accounts.

The AMRep.exe tool has been expanded to include more information in its output and tool exe-

cution has been improved:

Version numbers of the BlueCielo .NETinterops are included

Version numbers of the Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime libraries are included

A list of the versions of the installed Meridian Enterprise Server components is included

The Meridian Enterprise Server custom event log is included

An error with AMRepU.exe that could cause the message Output directory not found

(Files) to be shown has been fixed.

The Vault Archive Wizard now replaces invalid characters in filenames with the underscore (_)

character.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide.

7.1.2 Application link improvements

The following application link improvements have been made:

SolidWorks 2015 is now supported.

The shortcut menu that is shown in the BlueCielo browser in Autodesk Inventor when Application

Integration is in Remote mode now supports all of the same commands as in PowerUser except for

the Create New Version and Derive commands.

The Application Integration dialog boxes now display an icon at the right end of the toolbar that

indicates the current mode:Online, Remote, or Offline. In Offline mode, the dialog box title text

also reads Open from local cache of

<Vault>

on <

LocalComputerName>

AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 and 2015 are supported.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide

and

BlueCielo Meridian

Enterprise Configuration Guide.

7.1.3 Client improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise client applications:

If configured by a system administrator, the copy of the transmittal report of a briefcase that is

stored in the vault now has outgoing references to the briefcase source documents.

Multiple drawing sheets in the same AutoCAD file are now supported by title block synchronization.

A new system property page named Title Blocks appears in PowerUser and the Meridian Web Cli-

ent (read-only). This page allows users to edit the title block properties independently for each lay-

out.

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A new system property page Retention is provided that shows the document retention system

properties.

A new command Convert to Hybrid has been added to the PowerUser and the Meridian Web Cli-

ent. It converts selected documents into parts of new hybrid main documents made from a selec-

ted template.

The look and feel of the Meridian Web Client has been improved and updated to be more consistent

with current web application technology. The logo in the context bar may be configured.

Multiple references of the same type between MicroStation drawings and raster images are now

prevented. References of the MicroStation Raster Reference type are no longer converted to the

MicroStation Model Reference type when the drawing is saved in MicroStation.

Properties that are configured to appear in the Application Integration Open dialog box now also

appear when the link is in Remote mode.

A check box has been added to the dialog box that is shown when a user attempts to navigate to a

document that cannot be found in the scope of the current navigation view. Selecting the checkbox

disables the dialog box in the future and the view is automatically set to the Explorer view. A new

registry value named DisableNotFoundMessage has been added that can be used to reset the

checkbox.

Anew option Enable filtering has been added to the Manage Links dialog box when the

Meridian Asset Management Module and the Meridian Advanced Project Workflow Module are

enabled for a vault. If enabled, this option filters the document and object search results using the

property filters that are defined in the navigation view that specifies the columns to show in the

Meridian Asset Management Module user interface. For information on configuring this option, see

the

Meridian Asset Management Module Administrator’s Guide

The Meridian Asset Management Module now allows links to be made between tag objects and

released documents that are currently in a workflow. Previously, the workflow prevented making

links.

The Meridian Web Client now supports drag-and-drop for importing files.

A new dialog box Text Tags has been added to the Objects property page in PowerUser and the

Meridian Web Client. When the Meridian Asset Management Module is enabled for the vault and a

regular expression is specified for the new Text Tag Search option (see “Configuration improve-

ments” on page 73), this dialog box becomes available and can be used to show the matching asset

tag IDs in the full-text index of the selected document. This dialog box works similar to the existing

Drawing Tags dialog box that shows the asset tags found in AutoCAD block attributes.

Anew command Open has been added to the document and selection shortcut menus in the

Meridian Web Client. The command downloads the selected documents and opens them in the

registered Windows application similar to the PowerUser client.

Internet Explorer 9, 10, and 11 no longer require Compatibility View mode.

Application Integration running in Remote mode now uses the user’s name as the local workspace

folder name instead of the To-Do list name if the names are different. No changes were made to

the local workspace folder names in Online mode. This makes working in Remote mode compatible

with working in Online mode and the Meridian Web Client. Previously, switching between Remote

mode and the Meridian Web Client could result in two local workspaces for the same user if their

user name and the To-Do list name were different. This scenario was not supported. This change

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can cause local workspace inconsistencies if multiple users are configured to the same To-Do list.

WarningIf any user names and their corresponding To-Do list names are different and the

users use Remote mode, copy or move the local workspace files from the local workspace folder

with the To-Do list name to the local workspace folder with the user name. Failure to do so could

result in lost changes to documents in progress.

A new Welcome page is shown at the start of a Meridian Web Client session for vault selection.

The page shows the last opened vault and lists the three most used vaults. The logo and text on the

Welcome page may be configured.

The Application Integration dialog box now shows a text description in the properties panel of the

status of the selected document.

The error An unexpected error occurred no longer appears when a port number is specified

for the Enterprise Server web address option.

False errors stating The vault cannot be opened to a future date and time could occur

rarely.

The document icon on the Document property page in PowerUser incorrectly showed the rendi-

tion as out of date if the Modified date equaled the Rendition updated date. The icon now

shows the rendition as up-to-date.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise User's Guide.

7.1.4 Configuration improvements

The following improvements have been made to the configuration of Meridian Enterprise:

A new setting OutgoingRefType has been added to the application link settings for briefcases.

This setting specifies the internal name of a reference type that is used to link briefcase transmittal

reports to the briefcase source documents. The references are created from the vault copy of the

transmittal report when it is generated.

Multiple drawing sheets in the same AutoCAD file are now supported by title block synchronization.

A Multiple layout title blocks support option has been added to the Title Blocks page of a

document type definition in Configurator. When this option is enabled, a system property page

named Title Blocks appears in PowerUser and the Meridian Web Client. This page allows users

to edit the title block properties independently for each layout. A new section in the AutoCAD link

settings in Configurator allows a system administrator to specify custom names for the columns

shown on the Title Blocks page.

The DisableTitleBlockUpdate registry value that was previously only available for AutoCAD

title block properties now applies to all property types in all AutoCAD links.

The AutoUpdate application link setting that was previously only available for the AutoCAD

P&IDlink is now available for all title blocks.

Wildcard characters that were previously only supported by the Aliases setting for AutoCAD P&ID

tag properties are now supported for all property types.

A new security privilege Convert to Hybrid has been added to documents. This privilege con-

trols the availability of the new Convert to Hybrid command in PowerUser and the Meridian Web Cli-

ent.

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A new option Postfix has been added to the Type option of document types. The specified text is

appended to the names of files that are converted into hybrid documents by the new Convert to

Hybrid command.

A new email notification definition named As-built updated has been added to the

Notification settings page in Meridian Enterprise Configurator. The new definition sends noti-

fications to the selected recipient groups when a modified project copy is released and a new mas-

ter revision is created.

Folder properties for which the List of existing values for this property option is enabled

now show the list properly if the property is only used for folders. Previously, it would only show if

the property was shared with documents.

The height of the text box of a memo property is now saved correctly the first time in Meridian

Enterprise Configurator.

A new option Text Tag Search has been added to the Meridian Asset Management Module

options. A regular expression can be specified that is used to match asset tag IDs found in the full-

text index of documents. The matching asset tags can then be shown in PowerUser to link doc-

uments to matching vault objects.

A new setting DefaultRenditionExtension has been added to the [Vault] section of the

Application Integration settings. This setting specifies the default file extension of documents

to import as renditions of existing documents during drag-and-drop operations.

For more information about these improvements, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Configuration

Guide.

7.1.5 Customization improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise customization (VBScript and

.NETAPI) features:

New VBScript APIevents are provided for the system-defined Document, Folder, Rendition,

Retention, and Title Blocks property pages. Each page generates

Page_

IsVisible,

Page_CanEdit, and

Page_CanApply events

except for the Document and Folder pages, which only generate the

Page_

IsVisible event because they are read-only. A new AutoCAD link setting

UseTabOrderForScript can be set to refer to AutoCAD layout tabs by number instead of by

name in the TitleBlocksPage_CanApply event.

New VBScript APIevents DocHybridEvent_BeforeConvert2Hybrid and DocHybridEvent_

BeforeConvert2Hybrid have been added to provide customization opportunities for the new

Convert to Hybrid command.

A new VBScript APImethod Document.ExtractTags has been added. The method accepts a

regular expression that can be used to find matching text strings in the full-text index of documents.

This method is used by the new Text Tags Search option in Configurator and the Text Tags dia-

log box in PowerUser.

A new .NETAPImethod Environment.AllDocumentTemplates(DocumentTypeIDs) has

been added that returns a tableview collection of the templates for the specified document types.

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Application Integration running in Remote mode now sets the Client.ImportType property to

AS_IT_CREATED when a new document is created. Previously, it set the property to AS_IT_

IMPORTED. This change makes it easier to determine in script which client application was used

to create the document.

The DocGenericEvent_BeforeReplaceContent and DocGenericEvent_

AfterReplaceContent events now occur in the Meridian Web Client if the option Enable Web

Access client components is enabled, the document is not found in the local workspace, and

the user manually selects a file to upload.

The DocGenericEvent_BeforeNewDocument and DocGenericEvent_

AfterNewDocument events now occur in the Meridian Web Client the same as in the Power-

User.

For more information, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise VBScript APIReference Guide

or the

BlueCielo

Meridian Enterprise .NETAPI Reference Guide.

7.1.6 Viewer improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise viewer:

Stability of the AutoVue viewer pane has been improved when Web Access is configured to use a

frame for the viewer (UseFrames=1)instead of a new window.

Meridian Enterprise PowerUser now supports IGC Brava Desktop (not included)as an alternative

document viewer. For compatibility information, see

Meridian Enterprise Supported Software

User preference settings for AutoVue client/server deployments are now saved properly.

The AutoVue viewer in a client/server deployment is no longer suspended when focus is shifted to

other applications. The document in the viewer remains visible.

7.2 What's New in Meridian Enterprise Server Release 2014 SP1

The new features and improvements of Meridian Enterprise Server include:

User group memberships may now be exported to a file and imported to make synchronizing the

groups between servers more convenient.

A new DRAFTPRINTdialog box is shown during printing, in which separate options can be set

for each document in a batch.

Synchronization job validation can now be scheduled similar to indexing and thumbnail generation.

BlueCielo license codes and authorization keys for all products can now be entered in the Meridian

Enterprise Server Administration Console and they will be registered in the BlueCielo license server

to which the Meridian Enterprise Server server is connected.

The visibility and appearance of the viewer window has been improved under certain conditions

when the Enable preview option is enabled.

A new button Full-text index has been added to the toolbar in the Meridian Enterprise Server

Administration Console on the repository Metadata page for convenience of rebuilding the index

after changing the Text Search Indexed option of properties.

Two new search commands References and Related object tags have been added to the

Search ribbon and to the document shortcut menu. Each allows refining the search scope and the

results are shown in a new window.

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The synchronization of documents that have references to deleted documents no longer fails and

generates an error. The references are now ignored and synchronization proceeds without gen-

erating an error.

A new setting StoreFeedbackRedlineOnRendition has been added to the

WebConfigDto.dat file. This can be set to True to always store feedback page redlines with

the rendition file of the document instead of the original file.

When the repository shows only renditions, the file size that is shown is now that of the rendition

file, not the source document.

A new option Enable search on object tag name has been added to view definitions. If

enabled, this adds a Object Tag Name field to the default search form and to the advanced

search form. Users can type a name (supported by autocomplete) in the field or select one from

the list. The search result will show only the documents that are related to the selected tag. This

condition can be combined with other search criteria.

The Chinese (standard Mandarin)language is now supported in the client application and in the

Administration Console.

The Show renditions only option has been changed to Display Content Option and now

offers three options:Show rendition only, Show both - default native, and Show both

- default rendition.

Changes made to the Web server address property in Meridian Enterprise Administrator are

now updated properly in the Web Access root property of the vault registration in Meridian Enter-

prise Server Administration Console.

The default path is set properly for the Stream root property of remote vault registrations in

Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console.

An issue with property values not being passed in the URLplaceholder of an external page has

been fixed.

BlueCielo Publisher 2012 repository synchronization jobs with over 250 properties are now

upgraded correctly.

A REFRESHcommand has been added to the Users and Groups pages in Meridian Enterprise

Server Administration Console to show new changes made in Meridian Enterprise Administrator

when the two systems have been integrated together.

Background tasks that are terminated unexpectedly are now flagged as aborted after 30 minutes

and do not generate error messages in the event log. Previously, the uncompleted tasks were

retried and generated error messages in the event log.

The Export to Excel command now provides an Include URL option. Users can select the URL

type that is included in the output spreadsheet: property page, viewer, source file, or rendition.

Search filters set in a navigation view are now reset properly when the user switches to a property-

based view.

A new setting DisableImpersonationForBCM has been added to the WebConfigDto.dat

file. This can be set to True to disable impersonation as the end user for security delegation when

Meridian Enterprise and Meridian Enterprise Server are installed on different computers. This pre-

vents the Kerberos double hop problem.

The default size of generated thumbnail images is now 300x200.

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Numerous improvements have been made to the iPad client app:

This release of the application is compatible with older repositories and vice versa. User set-

tings are also preserved during upgrades from a previous version.

More description error messages are shown when logging on fails.

Search results are now sorted alphabetically by the item name.

This release is compatible with iOS7 &8. iOS6 is no longer supported.

The app ignores detail pages that have the Enable feedback functionality option

enabled, which are meant for redlining and setting of change management properties in the

Meridian client app for Windows.

Users can attach new pictures and existing files to the comments for a document or asset if the

Enable feedback comments option of the view is enabled.

7.3 What's New in Publisher Release 2014 SP1

BlueCielo Publisher 2014 SP1 adds the following new fixes and improvements:

A new rendering module based on Revit is now available for rendering Revit project and family files

to DWF, DWFx, IFC, BMP, JPG, PNG, TGA, and TIFF formats.

New publishing options for the MeridianQueue.RegisterDocument method have been added

to support rendering multiple layouts in the same AutoCAD drawing to separate renditions. The _

RenderLayouts_ option can be used to specify which layouts to render. A new VBScript property

Document.LayoutsNames can be used to present the layout names to the user for selection.

The _LayoutFilenameFormat_option can be used to specify the names of the layout rendi-

tions. That option supports pre-defined placeholders for the source file name and the name of each

layout. This feature is supported by the AutoCAD, AutoVue, and Acme rendering modules.

A new rendering module based on the AcmeCAD Converter is now available for rendering DWG

and DWF files to Adobe PDF format.

SolidWorks 2015 is supported as a rendering application.

Communications with the source system now only occur during publishing and not when regis-

tering a document for publishing.

A new setting Publish action for file extension not assigned in any rendering profile

has been added to the rendering options of a publishing job. This setting has two options:Publish

unrendered and Do not publish.

The Use existing renditions option was not available for publishing jobs that were configured

for a Meridian Enterprise vault as the destination.

Rendition merging options are now available for rendition type publishing jobs (same source and

destination vault). We recommend that the business ramifications of these options be carefully con-

sidered before use because they can result in content appearing in the rendition (from related

documents)that does not exist in the sourcedocument.

Creating a new rendering profile with the Autodesk Inventor rendering module and the AutoVue

Document Converter printer driver could produce the error System.ArgumentException: The

parameter is incorrect and has been fixed.

The MicroStation rendering module has been discontinued due to license restrictions. The altern-

ative is to use the new Teigha rendering module.

The Use view from rendering profile option of the job option now works correctly.

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New options Color, Data fields, and Text nodes have been added to the Teigha rendering

module to support those MicroStation features. The module also now supports system-defined

page sizes. These improvements make the rendering module more similar to the discontinued

MicroStation rendering module.

The positioning of electronic signature information by the Use exact location option has been

improved.

The file name of documents in a destination system may now be calculated by a simple expression

similar to property mapping expressions. The expression can include AutoCAD layout properties (_

_LayoutProperties property set) and layout names (__LayoutProperties._NAME).

New options Publish template, Input extensions, Use for empty extensions, and

Template PDFfile have been added to the rendering options of publishing jobs. They allow a

template file to be published for documents that have no file content to render.

The BlueCielo ProjectPortal system link was missing from the Meridian Enterprise 2014 setup pack-

age and has been replaced.

A warning will now be added to the publishing log if rendering revisions of a document fails due to

mismatched file formats between the source document and the rendition. Previously, the job would

fail and an error would be logged.

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8 RELEASE 2014

8.1 What's New in Meridian Enterprise 2014

The following topics describe the new functionality and the changes and improvements to existing func-

tionality in this release.

Related information

Administration improvements 79

Application link improvements 81

Client improvements 81

Configuration improvements 82

Customization improvements 83

Documentation improvements 83

Viewer improvements 83

8.1.1 Multithreaded database engines

BlueCielo is pleased to announce that the Meridian Enterprise database engines have been further optim-

ized for improved scalability in enterprise deployments. All three of the database engines:Hypertrieve,

SQLServer, and Oracle have been programmed to take advantage of multithreading on computers with mul-

tiple 64-bit CPUs and when Meridian Enterprise HyperCache is enabled. The new engines are not available

for 32-bit computers or for older versions of Meridian Enterprise.

The names of the new engines are:

Hypertrieve 5

MSSQLServer 5

Oracle 5

The new database engines can be selected when creating new vaults. Existing vaults are not upgraded auto-

matically but can be migrated to the latest engine as described in the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise

Administrator's Guide.

NoteIf you attempt to restore a vault immediately after the EDMServer service is started, an error can

occur that says, Unable to restore backup at '

<PathToDataStore.ini>

' on computer

<ComputerName

>'. An error was reported by the database driver. ; Exclusive access

could not be obtained because the database is in use. This is due to SQLServer waiting for the

database connections to expire. To work around this issue, wait at least one minute before attempting to

restore the vault. This can occur for vaults that are hosted on SQLServer only. BlueCielo is developing a

solution that may be released in a future version or service pack.

8.1.2 Administration improvements

The following improvements have been made to the administration of Meridian Enterprise:

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Microsoft .NETFramework 4.0 Full Profile (the Client Profile is insufficient) is now required.

New EDMServer options have been added for specifying BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Server con-

nection parameters. When enabled, Meridian uses the users and groups defined in Meridian Enter-

prise Server instead of the users and groups defined in Meridian Enterprise Administrator.

New server registry values TablesDBSqlCeOptions and TablesDBMsJetOptions have been

added. They allow specifying optional parameters to add to the connection string that is used by

Meridian Enterprise to connect to the SQLServer Compact Edition or Microsoft Access database

where external lookup lists are stored.

A new EDMServer setting Use Enterprise server for audit trail has been added that, when

enabled, stores the Meridian Enterprise audit data in the Meridian Enterprise Server audit database

along with the Meridian Explorer and BlueCielo Publisher data.

The default timeout settings for AutoVue Client/Server have been changed to 1440 minutes (24

hours).

The UserGroupCacheTimeOut registry value is now automatically adjusted from 5 to 60

depending on the current Security role assignments setting in the vault’s properties. If the

value is set to other than one of these values, it is not adjusted.

A new registry value RunRemoteApp has been added for use with remote access software. This

value enables support for opening documents in the registered Windows application on the remote

client PC when the user double-clicks on the document in PowerUser running on a remote host PC.

New registry values DocAccessUseTmpFileOnSave and DocAccessUseTmpFolder have

been added to improve Citrix support.

The Meridian Enterprise setup program now includes options to also install Meridian Enterprise

Server, Meridian Explorer, and BlueCieloPublisher. Now only one setup program is needed to

install any combination of the products. The products should not all be installed on the same com-

puter except for demonstration or development purposes. For detailed installation instructions, con-

tinue to refer to each product’s

Administrator’s Guide

By default, the account that is assigned to the AutoManager EDMServer service is now set as

the rescue (backdoor) account unless a different account is already set.

A new page has been added to the Meridian Enterprise setup program that prompts for the name

of an account to assign to the installed services and application pools. A checkbox is provided that,

when enabled, will also assign the account to the AutoManager EDMServer and BlueCielo License

Server services if they are already installed. If installed, the BlueCieloFile System (AMFS)service is

not affected by the option and should always be run under the LocalSystem account.

In accordance with our software support policy, Microsoft Windows XP is no longer supported as a

platform for server or client computers. If Windows XP support is required by your organization,

contact your BlueCielo Account Representative about Extended Lifetime Support.

Windows Server 2012 R2 is supported.

The Meridian Enterprise setup program now creates dedicated Internet Information Services

application pools for the products that it installs:BCMeridian (Web Access), BCWebService

(AutoVue Client/Server), BCExtensibility (audit log viewer and Meridian Web Client asset man-

agement), BCEnterprise (Meridian Enterprise Server). The application pools are automatically

assigned to the applications during installation with a specified user account. The default timeout

period of each application pool is set to 1440 minutes (24 hours).

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The Meridian Enterprise setup program now requires that Microsoft SQLServer Compact Edition be

installed in order to initialize the external tables and user accounts databases. If Microsoft Access

will be used instead, the appropriate registry settings must be configured in advance of running the

setup.

A new server registry value QuickFindScope has been added to control which indexes are

searched by the Quick Search box in the toolbar in the Meridian Web Client: all text properties

(default), all text properties and the full-text index, or the Name property only.

Meridian Enterprise Configurator now supports the Microsoft Access 2013 Runtime

(Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.15.0) for table maintenance.

All language locales that are supported by Windows Search are now supported by Meridian Enter-

prise except Chinese.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide.

8.1.3 Application link improvements

The following application link improvements have been made:

AutoCAD 2015 is supported.

AutoCAD versions prior to 2010 are no longer supported.

AutoCAD P&ID 2015 is supported

AutoCAD Plant 3D 2015 is supported

The AutoCAD link now uses Autodesk RealDWG 2015, including the Heartbleed fix.

Autodesk Inventor 2015 is supported

Autodesk Revit 2015 is supported

The Office link now supports synchronizing document properties from the PowerUser to the Office

2007, 2010, 2013 applications except for PowerPoint.

The AutoCADP&ID link can now be configured to search for specified project files and link them to

the main project file so that they are copied to the local or shared workspace.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide

and

BlueCielo Meridian

Enterprise Configuration Guide.

8.1.4 Client improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise client applications:

Support for SolidWorks 2014 SP 1 to 2 has been added.

When making a project copy, the folder hierarchy is now displayed in the Select Project dialog

box and the ProjectWorkflowEvent_PrepareBrowser event occurs.

Hyperlinks between Office documents are now maintained when the documents reside in a Local

Workspace.

The Send to Email Recipient command in PowerUser now creates a shortcut in the message if

Microsoft Outlook is installed on the PC. The recipient can click the link to open the document in

PowerUser. If Meridian Enterprise 64-bit is installed on the recipient’s PC, the document will be

opened in the 32-bit PowerUser so that the document can be viewed with AutoVue.

Renditions may now be uploaded with the Meridian WebClient.

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New buttons Export, Import, and Clear have been added to the Assign Roles dialog box in

PowerUser. They can be used to manage the security role assignments of the selected folder and

its sub-folders as a batch.

A new command Show master and project copies has been added to the Meridian Enterprise

WebClient. It can be used to show the documents and tags that are related by the Managed

Change and Meridian Advanced Project Workflow module references.

The References dialog box in the Meridian WebClient now shows a status icon and the revision

number next to each document.

Hotspot changes that are made to a project copy now overwrite the hotspots of the master doc-

ument when the document is released as the latest revision.

For more information, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise User's Guide.

8.1.5 Configuration improvements

The following improvements have been made to the configuration of Meridian Enterprise:

The SolidWorks link now synchronizes Meridian Enterprise properties with the evaluated values of

SolidWorks properties, not the static value or text expression.

The Meridian Advanced Project Workflow Module has new options Show system properties

that can be enabled when configuring property assignments for workflow states, transitions, and

interlocks. The setting is stored in a new registry value InternalPropertiesAssign in the fol-

lowing key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cyco\AutoManager

Meridian\CurrentVersion\AMFind\Settings

The Message text box of email notification definitions now accepts the Enter key to create a new

line of text.

The asterisk character may now be used as a wildcard character for specifying asset names in the

AutoCADP&ID link configuration for use with the Meridian Asset Management Module.

Configuration branch security may now be applied to the Field-Path definition and script editing

options in Meridian Enterprise Configurator.

Custom folder properties may now be included in the visibility filter of a workflow transition.

A new document privilege named Unlock from Project has been added.

A new option Exclude hard-to-read characters has been added to document type definitions.

It can be enabled to skip the revision letters I(as in India) and O (as in Oscar)so that they are not

mistaken for 1 (one)and 0 (zero) respectively.

The Visibility tab no longer appears for custom property pages that are assigned to custom com-

mands because their visibility can be controlled with the

_State event pro-

cedures.

The revision number of a master document is now always updated from a project copy regardless

of whether the Meridian Advanced Project Workflow Module is enabled and regardless of any other

settings.

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A new application link setting CheckBlankPropertiesAssigned has been added to control the

synchronization of empty properties. This setting overrides the client registry values of the same

name and controls the behavior for all application links.

For more information about these improvements, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Configuration

Guide.

8.1.6 Customization improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise customization (VBScript) features:

The VBScript property Folder.Roles.InheritedFromParent is now set to False by the

AddAssignment, Clear, and DeleteAssignment methods.

A new property Folder.AutoDocumentType has been added. The new property can be used to

set the name of the document type that is applied to automatically created documents by shared

workspaces.

A new confirmation constant AS_CONFIRM_CLEANREDLINESONREPLACECONTENT has

been added that can be set to False to prevent redlines from being deleted when document content

is replaced.

The stability of the database connections accessed by the VBScript method ExecSQLhas been

improved.

A new page named Settings has been added to the Vault Settings group in the

Environment branch in Meridian Enterprise Configurator. You can define groups of settings on

this page that are used by your vault customization. The settings can be read with the new VBScript

Vault.Option property as described in the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise VBScript APIReference.

The BRCEvent_AfterInclude event now occurs correctly for hybrid drawings.

For more information, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise VBScript APIReference Guide

or the

BlueCielo

Meridian Enterprise .NETAPI Reference Guide.

8.1.7 Documentation improvements

Besides being updated with the new features and bug fixes in Meridian Enterprise and overall doc-

umentation quality, the following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise documentation

in this release:

A new appendix has been added to the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide

that

lists the warning and error IDs that can appear in the Windows event log.

8.1.8 Viewer improvements

The following improvements have been made to the Meridian Enterprise viewer:

Oracle AutoVue Desktop Deployment 20.2.2 and Oracle AutoVue Client/Server Deployment 20.2.2

are the only viewers included in this release. The viewers are based on Java. AutoVue 2D Pro-

fessional and AutoVue 3D Professional Advanced (based on Windows)have been discontinued by

Oracle, Inc.

Manual hotspot creation and editing are now supported in AutoVue Client/Server.

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8.2 What's New in Meridian Enterprise Server Release 2014

The new features and improvements of Meridian Enterprise Server include:

Users may now collaborate on individual documents and tags using text comments. Comments

may have files attached to them and redlines saved within the context of the comment only. All com-

ment activity is included in the audit log of the repository. Use of the is feature requires installation

of a BC Meridian Enterprise Server (M--EPS) license.

For SQLServer repositories only, exporting properties in the Retention property set for tags to

Excel could fail with the error Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'AS' and has been fixed.

It is now possible to upload files to the Meridian Enterprise source vault of a repository. An Upload

command can be shown on the Related Documents page in Meridian Explorer. This feature is

intended for use when the system is integrated with a maintenance management system. A new

URLparameter, web.config setting, and VBScript event procedures are provided to enable and

customize the new functionality. For more information, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Asset

Management Module Administrator's Guide

and the

BlueCielo Meridian Asset Management Module

User's Guide.

The HTTPSprotocol is now supported.

If the Enable preview option is enabled for a view, the viewer can show the message No

document selected after switching between the preview tabs. A Reload icon is now also

shown that the user can click to reload the viewer and see the document.

New VBScript functions AIMS_Properties, AIMS_Commands, and AIMS_

UpdateChangeManagement have been added that allow for customization of the behavior of

detail pages for which the Enable feedback functionality has been enabled. For more inform-

ation, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Asset Management Module Administrator's Guide.

New permissions Share Collections, Edit Comments of Others, Delete Comments, and

Close Comments have been added to permission levels.

Configuring the Is Part option of a reference type has been improved.

A new option PDFviewer has been added to the user preferences. It can be used to toggle

between the BlueCielo viewer and Adobe Reader as the default viewer for Adobe PDFdocuments.

New parameters GLOBALID and COMMENTSare supported by the Meridian Explorer URL.

They can be used to configure a custom external property page in Meridian Enterprise PowerUser

to show the Meridian Explorer comments for a document.

Private collections may now be shared as public collections.

A graphical dashboard may now be viewed from the home page. The dashboard shows widgets

that present data that is collected at the finish of a scheduled publishing job.

New VBScript events AIMS_AddComment, AIMS_UpdateComment, AIMS_

DeleteComment, and AIMS_CloseComment have been added that allow for customization

in Meridian Enterprise after comments have been modified in a Meridian Explorer discussion on a

document. The events can be disabled by a new application option Disable feedback comment

events. For more information, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Asset Management Module

Administrator's Guide.

A new application option Connect using app pool identity has been added. When enabled,

the identity of the application pool under which Meridian Explorer runs is used to communicate with

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Meridian Enterprise for features like discussion comments and retrieving watermark property val-

ues. By default, the account of the current user is used.

New options for specifying an AutoVue 3D Client/Server installation have been added to the viewer

options of a repository. An option has also been added to specify the name of a user group that is

allowed access to the server. These options require an AutoVue 3D Client/Server installation that is

in addition to any existing AutoVue 2D Client/Server installation. This also requires that sufficient

M--AV3 licenses be installed in the license server.

Repository configurations may now be exported and imported similar to views, which are still expor-

ted and imported separately.

Hyperlinks to other websites can be added to the Meridian Explorer client home page and to the

Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console page.

New settings ServerDateFormat and ServerTimeFormat have been added to the language

resource files. These settings can be used to specify how dates and times are shown in the results

list and on property pages.

Item filters and URLtemplates that are upgraded from a release 2012 repository are no longer sur-

rounded in quotation marks, which return no results.

The values that are passed with the DOCFILTER and TAGFILTER parameters in a filter URLare

now also applied to the navigation view, property-based navigation, and advanced search drop-

down lists.

The search box on the Group Mappings page now works correctly.

Property values that contain special characters (for example, > < & " ') are now shown correctly.

When used with SQLServer and the FILESTREAMoption was enabled, the file sizes of the copies of

the documents in the repository could be incorrect, which could cause the viewer or the native

application to fail to load the documents.

The Enable preview option for views now works correctly.

Internet Explorer is no longer a requirement to install Meridian Enterprise Server unless the server

will also be a web server.

Meridian Enterprise Server is now included in the Meridian Enterprise setup program. Now only

one setup program is needed to install any combination of Meridian Enterprise, Meridian Explorer,

or BlueCielo Publisher. The products should not all be installed on the same computer except for

demonstration or development purposes. For detailed installation instructions, continue to refer to

each product’s

Administrator’s Guide

. Due to the change, existing installations of Meridian Explorer

and BlueCielo Publisher must be uninstalled before installing this release.

Build 3.1.44

The Compare command no longer appears on the shortcut menu in views where it cannot be

used.

The BCSyncUtil.exe background process now terminates after a configurable timeout period.

Multiple issues with thumbnail images failing to be generated have been fixed.

When the Update display names option is was set in an Explorer synchronization job, the job

could fail. This has been fixed.

iPad users can now open views and their collections.

The default page size has been increased from 10 to 50 items.

Viewer settings on the Document property page were not saved correctly.

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The sizes of downloaded files was not correct and could cause the viewer to fail for some file types.

The layout of the viewer on the property page was not correct if the user selected to have the detail

view on the right of the screen.

Loading of publishing jobs has been optimized.

The Data Library synchronization job failed to set values for custom properties.

Explorer synchronization jobs could fail with a timeout.

Configuration and repository database file paths are now applied correctly for the different file

groups in the database wizard.

It is no longer necessary to set the Enable redline editing option of a view to use redlining in a

feedback page. The feature is controlled by the Enable feedback functionality option on the

page.

Permission denied messages are no longer added to the event log when a user views the

Document property page and does not have the List Project permission.

Thumbnail generation performance has been improved.

Tasks are now scheduled correctly when the date format of the language file (.xlsx) does not

match the locale setting on the server.

Meridian Enterprise Server now supports license reservations from Meridian Project Portal.

Build 3.1.40 patch

It is now possible to type part of a keyword into search fields to filter the list of values.

Disabling a navigation view did not work correctly.

Generating hyperlinks to projects showed a random document name or failed if a document filter

was active.

The number of items shown per page was not the same as the configuration setting.

Changing the display name of system properties did not work correctly.

A Java error Missing Application-Name manifest attribute could occur when attempting

to view documents with AutoVue and Java 7 Update 51 installed.

An error (NULLREFERENCEEXCEPTION) Object reference not set to an instance of

an object could occur when trying to hyperlink to a project when an object filter was active.

A user's saved searches and favorites are now stored with their other personal settings and can be

cleared.

8.3 What's New in Publisher Release 2014

BlueCielo Publisher 2014 adds the following new fixes and improvements:

If multiple attempts were made to publish a document, the data that is shown for the publishing job

in the PROCESSLOGSlist is now grouped by each attempt. The data for each attempt is col-

lapsible and expandable and the last attempt is expanded by default. Any error messages appear in

red text.

A new option Batch size has been added to publishing jobs. It specifies the maximum number of

documents to publish per run of the job. The default is 0 (unlimited), which is the maximum of

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10000. When a publishing job includes more documents than the batch size, the current job run

will be truncated to one batch of this size and the remaining documents will be published in sep-

arate batches by each scheduled run of the job until the entire job is complete.

The user interface of the rendering modules has been made more consistent with the rest of Pub-

lisher.

The name of a cluster node may now be specified during publishing job creation.

Rendering AutoCAD drawings using a layout name that contains German characters no longer

fails.

The email notification options for submitted documents has been improved. There are now two

options, Notify submitter when publishing a document succeeded and Notify

submitter when publishing a document failed. The messages for failed publishing jobs

now contain details about each item in the job.

New rendering options have been added to publishing jobs that allow a pre-existing Adobe

PDFrendition template file to be published for documents with specified file extensions or that have

no file extension.

Installing Publisher 2013 side-by-side with Publisher 2012 would generate Error 1923: Service

BlueCielo Meridian Project Portal Publishing Service

(MeridianProjectPortalService) could not be installed.

MS Excel now longer needs to be installed on the server to configure a publishing job with an Excel

spreadsheet as the metadata source.

The MicroStation rendering module has been supplemented by the Teigha® library from the Open

Design Alliance. Some of the MicroStation rendering module options are not supported and some

different options are available. We recommend that you review the settings and output of this mod-

ule after upgrading to this rendering module.

Windows 8.1 is supported for master or cluster nodes.

A confirmation dialog box is now shown when you are about to delete a rendering profile that is

used by a publishing job or a publishing job that has pending documents.

The usability of uploading resource files has been improved.

Print stamp settings are now shown correctly.

Invalid TIFFimage dimensions are no longer saved by the AutoVue rendering module,

Build 3.1.44

Entering an invalid publishing job name now shows a more descriptive error message.

The option Include redlines now appears correctly for publishing jobs that specify the AutoVue

rendering module and redlines are rendered.

Rendering many Inventor documents could fail with an Unspecified error message because a

document did not open correctly in Inventor. A new setting,

InventorRenderSessionMaxDocuments has been added to the

PublishingCapability.dat file. The setting can be adjusted to limit the number of Inventor

files that are rendered in a single Inventor session.

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9 KNOWN PROBLEMS

9.1 Application Links

9.1.1 Error: Inventor needs to be installed for the import to work

Autodesk Inventor Apprentice is a software component that is provided by Autodesk for third-party

developers. It allows them to create applications that work with Inventor files. Due to a limitation in Appren-

tice, some versions of Autodesk Inventor cannot be detected by the MeridianAssembly Import Wizard and

the error Inventor needs to be installed for the import to work is shown. This error is resolved

in Autodesk Inventor 2017.

0.0.1 Application links in mixed mode

The 64-bit editions of the Windows desktop client applications are supported on all 64-bit editions of the

Microsoft desktop operating systems that are listed in the

Supported Software

document for this version of

Meridian Enterprise.

The 32-bit editions may work on 64-bit operating systems and will run as 32-bit processes but some com-

ponents such as application links that synchronize properties to a file may not work or will cause errors.

9.1.2 AutoCAD P&ID limitations

Following are known problems related to AutoCAD P&ID:

Opening or saving files to an Meridian Enterprise vault with AMFS enabled can generate the error

"Drawing file is write protected" if the Meridian Enterprise client, EDMServer, and AMFS service

are all on the same computer. The error does not occur when Local Workspace is enabled.

The AutoManager File System (AMFS) does not work (vault drive mappings are inaccessible and

folder contents invisible) after saving a drawing from AutoCAD P&ID, while AutoCAD P&ID is still

open, and if the Meridian Enterprise client and server are running on the same computer.

An unhandled exception can occur after viewing a project's properties from an Meridian Enterprise

vault with AMFS enabled. Restart AutoCAD P&IDto reopen the project.

9.1.3 Meridian Enterprise Replace in Inventor

In Inventor there are two commands available in the context menu of a part or sub-assembly: Meridian

Enterprise Derive, and Meridian Enterprise Replace. Normally the Meridian Enterprise Replace command is

disabled. It will only be enabled if there is a replacement for the selected document, and that replacement

was not loaded when the assembly was opened.

9.1.4 Synchronizing Sheet Set Properties and References

When synchronizing properties or references of an AutoCAD sheet set file (.dst), the error One or more

libraries that are needed to access document data are not found can occur if the viewer pane

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is active in the PowerUser. This can happen if in the viewer options for the AutoCAD viewer the Use

ObjectDBX option is enabled. As a workaround, clear the Use ObjectDBX option.

9.1.5 Viewing AutoCAD drawings in Application Integration

When opened from within AutoCAD, the Application Integration dialog may hang when trying to view an

AutoCAD drawing. There is no known work around.

9.1.6 Autodesk Inventor remains in memory after titleblock update

When the registry value RedrawTitleBlockOnUpdate is enabled to force Autodesk Inventor to redraw

the titleblock of an IDW after a property update, Autodesk Inventor can remain in memory after the update

has completed.

There are two known workarounds:

Start Autodesk Inventor before performing the property update.

Set the TerminateInventor11 value to 1 in the following registry key to automatically terminate

Autodesk Inventor after the update has completed:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cyco\AutoManager

Meridian\CurrentVersion\InventorLink

9.1.7 File error when synchronizing Inventor references

When using the Synchronize References From File command in PowerUser, a Specified file

cannot be opened message can appear. This can happen if Inventor View is used for viewing the files

and the reason is a conflict between two Inventor components. The solution is to retry the operation, if

necessary with the viewer pane in the PowerUser disabled.

9.2 Client Functionality

9.2.1 Content indexer error

This error can occur in PowerUser from the results of a search for document or memo content. If you try to

open a different vault that does not have the Enable context indexing for documents and memos

option enabled, PowerUser tries to run the same full-text search in the vault that you are trying to open and

the search fails because there is no full-text index for that vault. To open the other vault without error, first

either change the search criteria to exclude document or memo content or open a navigation view.

9.2.2 Jagged icons

Some icons may appear jagged or missing when the Windows text size is configured to more than 100% of

normal.

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9.2.3 Opening the shortcut menu on a folder

When the focus in PowerUser is set to a folder or document and you directly right-click (open the shortcut

menu) on a folder, there may be a slight delay before the menu is shown completely. This is due to the eval-

uation of access rights for the current user.

9.2.4 Opening MS Office 2007 templates on Vista

The error Access is deniedcan occur when opening MSOffice 2007 templates (*.xlt, *.xltx, *.dot,

*.dotx) from PowerUser when User Account Control (UAC) is enabled. The error occurs when opening the

files by double-clicking or with the Open in Application toolbutton, but not with the document shortcut

menu.

9.2.5 Building reports with MS Word templates on Vista

The error Access is deniedcan occur when building reports that use MSWord 2007 templates (*.dotx)

from within PowerUser when User Account Control (UAC) is enabled. The error does not occur with tem-

plates saved with the extension .dot.

9.2.6 Opening HTMLfiles on Vista

The error Access is deniedcan occur when opening HTMLfiles (*.htm) from PowerUser when User

Account Control (UAC) is enabled and Internet Explorer is the default browser. The error occurs when open-

ing the files by double-clicking or with the Open in Application toolbutton, but not with the document

shortcut menu.

9.2.7 Unsupported features of 64-bit clients

The unsupported features of the 64-bit Windows clients (PowerUser and Application Integration) in this

release are:

Visual Basic client extensions

Visual Basic support DLLs called from VBScript

Property pages displayed by the AMMEDIT command in AutoCAD 64-bit versions

Scanner support

9.2.8 Semicolon in folder names

The viewer is unable to find external references of documents that reside in a folder that contains a semi-

colon (;) in the folder name.

9.2.9 Opening AutoCAD assemblies after import

After importing an AutoCAD assembly in Meridian Enterprise, opening the assembly for the first time in

AutoCAD, AutoCAD Mechanical, or Mechanical Desktop may not resolve the external references correctly.

To prevent this, manually launch AutoCAD before opening the assembly. After saving the assembly, sub-

sequent opening of the assembly will work as expected.

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The reason is that in this situation the Meridian Enterprise AutoCAD link is not yet loaded by AutoCAD when

the drawing is being opened. Once the assembly is saved by AutoCAD while the Meridian Enterprise Link is

loaded, information is written in the drawing which instructs AutoCAD to load the Meridian Enterprise Link

as soon as it opens the drawing.

9.3 Customization

9.3.1 Recompiled extensions are not backward compatible

A Visual Basic user interface extension compiled with Meridian 2009 components cannot be registered in

vaults running earlier versions of Meridian software. If necessary, recompile the extension using the same

Meridian version as the destination vault.

For more information, see Customization improvements.

9.3.2 Empty drop-down lists for properties in the Field-Path definition

Drop-down lists for properties that appear on property pages or wizard pages can be unexpectedly empty if

all of the following conditions apply:

The property is specified as a level of the vault's Field-Path definition.

The property is bound to another property in a different property set (not Custom), such as defined

in a user interface extension.

The List of existing values for this property option is enabled on the Validation page of

the property definition in Configurator.

Possible workarounds include:

Using properties that are only defined in the Custom property set.

Validating input using a lookup list of acceptable values instead.

9.4 Server Functionality

9.4.1 Site cache preload fails

Editing a repository’s settings from the site cache server configuration web page while a preload operation

is in progress can cause documents to fail to load into the site cache.

The error Preload Error:Exception of type

‘BlueCieloECM.SiteCache.Api.Controllers.Support.BCHttpResponseException’ was thrown

will appear in the Applications and Services

Logs\BlueCieloECM\Meridian\SiteCacheService\Operational folder in the Windows Event

Viewer.

To prevent this problem, do not edit the repository settings with the site cache server configuration page

while a preload is in progress. Wait until the preload has finished or use the Repositories page in

Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console instead.

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9.4.2 Error: Failed to add license. The data is invalid

This error message can occur in Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console when registering

named licenses to replace concurrent licenses or vice versa without first removing the license file AM-

Meridian.lic. This method is not supported.

The workaround is to remove the license file AM-Meridian.lic and register the new licenses together

with all of the other licenses. This method is supported.

We expect to resolve this error message in a future release.

9.4.3 Error: TypeLoadException: Could not load type ‘Sys-

tem.ServiceModel.Activation.HttpModule’

This error can occur when opening the Meridian Explorer website in a browser after you install .NET Frame-

work 3.5 with Activation features on the web server. The error and the solution are described in Solve IIS 8

Error: Could not load type ‘System.ServiceModel.Activation.HttpModule’.

9.4.4 AutoCAD rendering module error:Failed to get capabilities

If AutoCAD Electrical or AutoCAD Civil 3D is installed on a Publisher cluster node to use with the

AutoCADrendering module, the error Failed to get capabilities for the "AutoCad (...)" rendering

module: System.InvalidOperationException: AutoCAD start timeout can occur. This occurs

during scanning of the node for rendering applications or during rendering if the Meridian Enterprise Server

is not run as a logged on user. The problem in this configuration is that one or more of the AutoCAD ARX

modules that are required for the industry features fails to load.

There are two known workarounds for this problem:

Set an AutoCAD user profile as the default that does not load the AutoCAD ARX modules (for

example, the profile named Vanilla).

Configure Meridian Enterprise Server to run as a logged on user as described in “Configuring Enter-

prise Server to not run as a service”in the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Server Administrator's

Guide.

9.4.4.1 Signature page not added to rendition

9.4.5 Background

A publishing job can specify that a signature page be added after a rendition is created. The signature page

options allow the source rendition page size and orientation to be specified to which the signature pages

should be added. The signature page template options allow the page size and orientation of the generated

signature pages to be specified also.

9.4.6 Description

If the signature page size and orientation do not match the rendition page size and orientation, the sig-

nature page may not be added as expected and no error will appear in the publishing log.

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9.4.7 Performance counter problems with data collectors

In the Windows Performance Monitor, adding the AutoManager EDMServer or AutoManager

Licenses performance counters with a user-defined data collector set causes problems with viewing data

collector sets and scheduling performance monitor logs. Adding the counters individually does not cause

problems.

9.4.8 Outlook searches fail

After Meridian Enterprise server components are installed, searches in Microsoft Outlook on that computer

can fail with the error Outlook cannot perform your search or no response at all. Only the local com-

puter is affected, not Meridian Enterprise client PCs. This is because Meridian Enterprise installs a 64-bit

word breaker that is incompatible with Outlook, which is a 32-bit application. To work around this problem,

perform the same search from another computer.

9.4.9 Windows Search with large files

There is a known limitation in Windows Search that is supplied with Windows Server 2008. Depending on

the density of the text, large text documents (for example a 200+ page Adobe PDF file) may not be com-

pletely indexed for full-text searches. The indexing is truncated when the maximum word count per doc-

ument is reached. Smaller documents are indexed completely.

If your vault will contain such documents and full-text search is an important feature for you, we have two

recommendations:

Install Meridian Enterprise on Windows Server 2012 or later. The maximum word count per doc-

ument is a lot higher on that platform.

Use a different word breaker that increases the size of the documents that can be indexed com-

pletely. For more information about word breakers, see Configure and Manage Word Breakers and

Stemmers for Search.

9.4.10 Meridian Administrator empty and unresponsive

By default, Meridian Enterprise Administrator relies on SQL Server Compact Edition being installed on 64-bit

computers to store the user accounts database. If it is not installed or the ConnectionString registry set-

ting is not set correctly, the Meridian Administrator window will be empty and unresponsive when it is

launched. To resolve this, either install SQL Server Compact Edition or set the ConnectionString registry

setting. For more information about installing SQLServer Compact Edition or the ConnectionString

registry setting, see

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide.

9.4.11 Vault incompatibility between Windows operating system versions

Vaults created by older versions of Meridian (up to version 2008a) are not compatible with upgrades of the

Windows operating system running on the Meridian server. This issue affects server operating system

upgrades as well as vaults moved or restored to a new server with a different operating system version.

The reverse is also true; vaults are not compatible with downgrades of the Windows operating system run-

ning on the Meridian server. The reason is Windows API sorting functions that support National Language

Support (NLS) change between each Windows version (including Windows XP, Windows Server 2000,

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Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 at a minimum). Technical

information about this issue can be found in this MSDN article: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib-

rary/dd464640%28VS.85%29.aspx.

Vaults created by newer versions of Meridian (version 2008a SP1 and later) are also affected by this issue

but the operating system version and NLS version information are stored in the vault and a check of this

information is performed in the software that will prevent the vault from opening on a different operating

system unless the vault is properly upgraded as described below. A vault restored from a backup that was

created on one Windows version to a server running a different Windows version will be invisible and an

error added to the Application event log.

WarningThe only way to safely transfer an existing vault from a computer running one Windows

version to another version is to import the vault from the computer running the first operating system

into a new vault on a computer running the second operating system. After import, no further action

is necessary. For information on "Access denied" errors that can occur when importing vaults

between servers running different versions of Windows, see http://www.-

cyco.com/extranet/Meridianknowledgebase.nsf/DBUI/NT0000A8CE. For information on the vault

corruption that can occur if a vault is not upgraded properly, see http://www.blue-

cieloecm.com/extranet/Meridianknowledgebase.nsf/DBUI/NT0000A91E

NoteWindows Vista and Windows 7 are not supported by BlueCielo as a production quality server

platforms and should be used for evaluation and demonstration purposes only.

The following table lists the most common scenarios involving Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008

where compatibility problems can occur and the corresponding solutions.

Scenario

InnoCielo

Version

Solution

Upgrade server

operating system

Any Import existing vaults into new vaults.

Upgrade InnoCielo To 2008a

SP1 or

later

Existing vaults must be modified with a tool available from

BlueCielo in the Meridian knowledge base article "Vault

incompatibility between Windows operating system versions."

Upgrade server

operating system and

Meridian at the same

time

To 2008a

SP1 or

later

Import existing vaults into new vaults.

Create a new vault On 2008a

SP1 or

None required, but vaults will not be downward compatible to

previous Windows versions. Downgrade the vaults by importing

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InnoCielo

Version

Solution

later existing vaults into new vaults after installing the software

downgrade.

WarningWhen importing vaults in these scenarios, the source vault must be hosted on the Win-

dows version under which it was created and the target vault must be hosted on the target Windows

version. Therefore, it is not possible to upgrade a server operating system in-place (on the same

computer) and two computers must be used.

9.4.12 Content indexing vaults with non-Western character names

Creating a content indexing catalog for a vault with a name containing non-western characters, for example

Russian, causes the Indexing Service to stop responding with 100% CPU usage. The only known work-

around at this time is to use only western characters for the vault name.

9.4.13 Revision number cut off

When using a VBScript expression to calculate the revision numbers on a transition in a workflow definition,

the revision number can be lost on the next revision of the document. This can happen when the revision

number contains the same separator character as the version numbering scheme of the document type. To

work around this problem, make sure that the separator character in the expression is different from the

separator used in the document type's version numbering scheme.

9.4.14 Some privileges do not work in workflow definition states

The following privileges do not work when a document is in a workflow definition state:

Document

Attach Hybrid Parts

Draft Print

Add to briefcase

Workflow

Change Manager

9.5 Setup

9.5.1 Windows restart required after server installation changes

Windows might show the error Please wait while the current program is finished uninstalling

or being changed after you change an installation of Meridian Enterprise on a server with the Repair or

Change commands in the Programs and Features applet in Windows Control Panel. This is because

the Meridian installation package starts the 32-bit version of Meridian Application Integration (

AMHookTrayU.exe) and 64-bit (AMHookTray.exe) after installation has completed and Windows Con-

trol Panel is waiting for them to terminate, which they are not designed to do.

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This only occurs:

With versions prior to 2016

If the Meridian installation package is started from Windows Control Panel, not from Windows

Explorer.

If the Meridian Application Integration processes were started by a previous running of the install-

ation package from Windows Control Panel and not during Windows startup. That is, you are run-

ning the installation package multiple times in the same Windows session.

This does not occur in recent versions of Meridian installed on client PCs.

You can avoid restarting Windows by manually stopping the Meridian Application Integration processes:

Right-click the Meridian Application Integration icons in the system tray and then click Close in the

shortcut menu that appears. If the error persists, open Windows Task Manager and look for other

Meridian processes that may have been started by the installation package and stop them also.

9.5.2 AMFS not certified by Microsoft

As one requirement for its Microsoft Gold Partner certification, BlueCielo ECM Solutions submits each

release of Meridian Enterprise for rigorous testing by an independent third party to ensure that it conforms

to industry-standard best practices. One of the requirements for that testing is that hardware device drivers

must be tested by the Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs or be documented as untested. The

BlueCielo File System Server (AMFS)service is one such device driver.

The AMFS service is thoroughly tested by BlueCielo ECM Solutions prior to each release and it has been

proven in production usage by thousands of customers for many years. However, as of this release, the

AMFS service has not yet been submitted for testing by the Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs and

is therefore not certified by Microsoft.

9.5.3 File information missing

Following is a list of executable files that are included with Meridian Enterprise for which the software man-

ufacturer did not provide Publisher, Product, or Version file property values. All Meridian Enterprise

executable files developed by BlueCielo ECM Solutions contain this information. The file paths may differ

depending on the location of these files on your computer.

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Autodesk

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\acgixclipper16.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\acgixhiddenline16.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk

Shared\acgixviewdefinition16.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\acgixwhipview16.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\axdb16.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\dboleutl16.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\RealDWG\AdImaging.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\RealDWG\AdImagingRes.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\RealDWG\dboleutl18.dll

Contex

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\CTX_AS32.DLL

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\HLSI.DLL

Oracle

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\libpng.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\UninstAv.dll

Microsoft

C:\Windows\REGTLIB.EXE

9.5.4 Unsigned executables

Following is a list of executable files that are included with Meridian Enterprise that are either unsigned by

the software manufacturer or the files have been signed with a test certificate. All Meridian Enterprise

executable files developed by BlueCielo ECM Solutions have been signed by BlueCielo ECM Solutions. The

file paths may differ depending on the location of these files on your computer.

AccuSoft

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\GEAR32SD.DLL

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\acgiclipengine16.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\acgix16.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\acgixclipper16.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\acgixhiddenline16.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk

Shared\acgixviewdefinition16.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\acgixwhipview16.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\axdb16.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\dboleutl16.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\RealDWG\AdImaging.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\RealDWG\AdImagingRes.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.Igmap.Common.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.Igmap.Common.Localization.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.Igmap.Common.Platform.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.Igmap.Common.SolverAPI.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.Igmap.Common.XmlBasedParser.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.Igmap.Core.Compressors.CompressorTest.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.Igmap.Core.Compressors.TileCompressor3D.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.Igmap.Core.Compressors.Wavelet.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.Igmap.Core.GISCore.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.Igmap.Core.Sde.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.Igmap.Core.SdeBridge.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.Igmap.Core.SpatialAPI.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.ImportExport.ExportAsciiDelimite

dCore.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.ImportExport.ExportESRIAscii.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.ImportExport.ExportLAS.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

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Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.ImportExport.ExportTIFF.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.ImportExport.ImportESRI.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.ImportExport.ImportLAStoPointCor

e.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.ImportExport.ImportLiDARCore.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.ImportExport.ImportSDTS.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.ImportExport.ImportTiffCore.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.ImportExport.ImportUSGS.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.PluginGeneral.PrjConvertors.ArcC

onvertor.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.PluginGeneral.PrjConvertors.Base

TiffConvertor.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.PluginGeneral.PrjConvertors.EPSG

Convertor.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.PluginGeneral.PrjConvertors.Exte

rnalTiffInformationPrjConvertor.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.PluginGeneral.PrjConvertors.GeoT

iffConvertor.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.PluginGeneral.PrjConvertors.MapI

nfoConvertor.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.Solvers.GapFillerBase.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.Solvers.LasPointConversion.Base.

dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.Solvers.LidarGridGeneratorBaseCo

re.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.Solvers.MergeLayers.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

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Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.Solvers.MergeLayersDefinitions.d

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IgmapPlus.PlugIns.Solvers.SGridSplicer.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IsdCodecAPI.Common.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.IsdCodecAPI.Core.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\RealDWG\AmberCore.LidarAccessAPI.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\RealDWG\dboleutl18.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\RealDWG\libtiff.dll

Contex

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\CTX_AS32.DLL

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\CTX_SN32.DLL

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\HLSI.DLL

InstallShield

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\engine\6\Intel

32\ctor.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\engine\6\Intel

32\iuser.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\engine\6\Intel

32\objectps.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\InstallShield\IScript\iscript.dll

MicroQuill

C:\Program Files (x86) folder\BC-Meridian\Program\SHW32.DLL

Microsoft

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\atl70.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mfc70.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\mfc70u.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSBIND.DLL

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msstdfmt.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msvci70.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msvcp70.dll

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msvcr70.dll

C:\Windows\REGTLIB.EXE

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\GdiPlus.dll

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Oracle

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco

Shared\AutoVue\InstallPdfPrintDriver.exe (the execution level tag of this

file is also not set)

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\2dentity.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\acfpdf.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\acfpdfu.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\acfpdfui.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\apputils.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\attdll.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\at_gpstest.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\at_info.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\at_outtext.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\at_pfc.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\AutoVueX.ocx

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\AvCompareX.ocx

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\avlink.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\avmapi.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\AVMrkpX.ocx

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\AvPrintX.ocx

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\AvTree.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\BCGCBPRO955.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\BCGCBProResDE.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\BCGCBProResFR.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\BCGCBProResJA.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\BCGCBProResKO.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\BCGCBProResTW.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\BCGCBProResZH.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\bcgext.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\bmpfill.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\comm_png.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\csichart2.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\csicore.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\csifonteng.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\csigdi.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\csigdiplus.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\csipdf.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\csireg.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\csitbar.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\csitree.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\csiwin.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\csiwingdi.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\cvtcore.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\dibapi.dll

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\doctbl.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_acis.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_dc.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_dc2.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_dcf.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_dcf2.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_dcic.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_dcic2.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_dct.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_dcw.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_fbmp.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_fbmp2.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_fwmf.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_fwmf2.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_rsm.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_ss2.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\drv_ssdb.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ecadsymb.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\edat.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\eschers.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\eschersxml.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\fonteng.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\fontserver.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\freetype.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ftfonteng.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ftype.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\gpscadex.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\graphics.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\graphics3d.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\h3d.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\iges3d.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\image.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\imageop.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\infodll.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\int_pngo.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\jpeg2000.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\libpng.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\listdll.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\markup.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\mrkcvt.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\mtfmngr.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\m_note.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ole2wmf.dll

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\oleclnt.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\outtext.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\packagefile.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\packngo.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pafsutil.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\panbrep.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pancore.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pandib.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\panexp.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pangl.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\panio.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\panlib.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\panmesh.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\panose.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\panpmi.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pantext.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\panver.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pcrs_bmp.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pcrs_eps.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pcrs_gp4.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pcrs_pcl.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pcrs_pcx.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pcrs_rlc.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pcrs_tif.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pctl.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pctlbase.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pctlp.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pctl_3d.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pctl_ar.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pctl_db.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pctl_dc.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pctl_rs.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pctl_ss.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pcvc_pdf.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfar_ar.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfar_gzip.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfar_lzh.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfar_tar.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfdc_asc.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfdc_exe.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfdc_hex.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfdc_msg.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfdc_rtf.dll

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfdc_txt.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfdc_word.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfdc_wordxml.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfdc_ww.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfdc_ww6.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfdc_xls.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_a11.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_bmp.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_gif.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_hprs.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_hrf.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_ico.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_itg.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_j2k.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_jpg.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_mod.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_nrf.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_pcx.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_pic.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_png.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_ppm.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_pr.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_rif.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_rlc.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_rle.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_tga.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_tif.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfrs_xwd.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfss_xls.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfss_xlsxml.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_cgm.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_dg8.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_dgn.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_dst.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_dwf.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_dwg.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_dwg13.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_dxb.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_fmt.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_fmt2.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_igr.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_igs.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_mi.dll

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_msp.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_p95.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_p97.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_pdf.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_pptxml.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_pr3.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_prn.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_prt.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_ps.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_se.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_shp.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_slb.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_sld.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_sw2.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_vis.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pfvc_wmf.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\pmi.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\privilege.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\qviewav.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\regdll.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\regex.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\rtf.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\shxfonteng.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\sldworks.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\smodeler.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\sm_buildbody.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\sysfonteng.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\thread.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\thumb.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\translay.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ude_angd.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ude_arcd.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ude_area.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ude_cdis.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ude_clud.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ude_dist.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ude_dm.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ude_grop.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ude_lder.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ude_ole.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ude_signoff.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ude_sym.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\ufffonteng.dll

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\UninstAv.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\vbcsi.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\vcetutils.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\vueLicense.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\xerces-c_2_8.dll

C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Cyco Shared\AutoVue\xmlsax.dll

9.5.5 AutoVue setup

If AutoVue has already been installed on a computer by a setup program other than Meridian Enterprise,

the Meridian Enterprise setup program cannot detect it and errors might occur during Meridian installation.

We recommend that you uninstall the previous installation of AutoVue before installing Meridian Enterprise.

9.5.6 Vaults unavailable after installing Meridian Enterprise 64-bit edition

Upgrading an existing Meridian Enterprise server from 32-bit components to 64-bit components on a 64-bit

computer requires extra attention. The 64-bit Meridian Enterprise setup programs do not detect a previous

installation of 32-bit components or upgrade them. The process must be performed manually. For more

information, see the Meridian Enterprise knowledge base.

Related information

Meridian Enterprise 64-bit setup

9.6 Viewers

9.6.1 AutoVue

Following are known problems with the AutoVue viewers in some Meridian Enterprise versions. These prob-

lems are actively being resolved wherever possible. Some of these issues are limited to the BlueCielo imple-

mentation of the viewers and are the responsibility of BlueCielo ECM Solutions. Other issues are native to

the viewers themselves and are the responsibility of Oracle, Inc. Solutions will be provided as hotfixes or in

future Meridian releases.

Generating thumbnail images of 3D models is not supported by AutoVue 21 .

AutoVue 20.2.3 can stop working when viewing some Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx) files.

The Adobe PDF printer driver might not print right-aligned watermark text completely.

Print previews may not show the correct color and position of watermarks.

The error Failed to Initialize JVue applet can occur if all of the following are true in the same

Internet Explorer session:

AutoVue is installed on the local PC as a desktop deployment

A document is viewed in the Meridian Web Client with AutoVue installed as a client/server

deployment and the Use Oracle AutoVue for viewing documents option is enabled

The option is then disabled

Viewing a document with the desktop deployment is attempted

The problem is that the Java virtual machine cannot be reloaded. Restarting the browser reloads

the virtual machine and the other viewer deployment can be used.

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The AutoVue Desktop versions are not supported by the 64-bit Meridian clients. Consider installing

AutoVue in a either a client/server or desktop deployment in such cases. For more information, see

the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Administrator's Guide

No support for object enablers in .dwg files created by the AutoCAD vertical applications and

Autodesk Inventor. The objects are not shown in the viewer.

Right-clicking to display the shortcut menu may execute the Zoom All command.

License file information may be requested when switching between the AutoVue Desktop and

AutoVue Client/Server viewers. Restarting the client application resolves the error.

If AutoVue 3D is installed on a computer where AutoVue 2D was originally installed by a BlueCielo

setup program and the BlueCielo setup program’s Repair option is executed, the original

BlueCielo installation will be restored and the computer will revert to the AutoVue 2D viewer. To

restore AutoVue 3D, uninstall AutoVue 3D before executing the BlueCielo setup program's repair

option and reinstall AutoVue 3D afterward.

The AutoVue Document Converter will fail to install if User Account Control (UAC) is enabled on 64-

bit computers.

The borders drawn around hotspots can appear inaccurate depending on the computer's operating

system. The region that the borders surround can be several pixels too large or too small in height

or width. The location of the borders has no effect on the functionality of the hotspots.The borders

are drawn using the Autodesk RealDWG library that does so with a virtual graphic device so that

the borders can be shown on any hardware graphics device. The screen coordinates of the virtual

device are slightly different on different operating systems and in different versions of

RealDWG.The borders drawn by AutoCAD are accurate because AutoCAD does so with the hard-

ware graphics device.

When used with Java 6, the viewer may retain focus after showing a document when browsing a

navigation view. This can make it difficult to browse the view with the keyboard arrow keys. This

can be resolved by installing a newer version of Java. For information about issues with other ver-

sions of Java, see the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise Supported Software

document.

When used with Java 8, the Print and Print Preview commands might not work. The solution is to

either downgrade to Java 7 or perform the following workaround:

Stop AutoVue Server

Open the file AVS\binallusers.ini in any text editor.

3. Add the setting NATIVEJAVAPRINTING=1 to the [PRINTOPTIONS] section like

this:

[PRINTOPTIONS]

NATIVEJAVAPRINTING=1

Save the change.

Restart Autoue Server

Test the Print and Print Preview commands.

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9.6.2 Draft Print doesn't work in NavisWorks Freedom viewer

Using the Draft Print command from the viewer toolbar will result in an error message No viewer

available for this document. The NavisWorks viewer does not support the command.

9.6.3 Watermarks not supported by Adobe Reader X

Printing watermarks is not supported by Adobe ReaderX .

9.7 Web Access

9.7.1 Access denied opening documents in Remote mode

An access denied error can occur when attempting to open documents from a vault with the Meridian Web

Client in Remote mode when electronic signatures are enabled for workflow transitions. There is currently

no know workaround.

9.7.2 Edit Hotspot toolbar button state doesn't change

The Edit Hotspot toolbar button appearance (disabled or enabled) does not change when the

Show/Hide Hotspots option is toggled from the viewer shortcut menu.

9.7.3 Viewer overlays drop-down lists

Under certain conditions in the Meridian Web Client, the viewer window can appear over a drop-down list

that is opened near it instead of the list over the viewer. This can prevent seeing or selecting list values. To

work around this problem, resize the Meridian Web Client window panes or close the viewer pane.

9.7.4 Property pages frame empty if UseFrames enabled

This issue can be resolved by either:

Refreshing the browser

Updating Internet Explorer to build 11.0.9600.17126 or higher.

9.7.5 HTTP Error 404.2 - Not Found

This error can occur after installing Meridian Enterprise Web Access when some of its components are

restricted by IIS.

To prevent this error:

1. In Internet Information Services Manager, at the server level in the configuration tree, in the IIS

group, open ISAPIand CGIRestrictions. The list of installed extensions appears.

2. Ensure that the Restriction value for the ASP.NET v4.0.30319 and BlueCielo Web Access

extensions is set to Allowed.

9.7.6 64-bit support

The following features are not supported by Web Access on 64-bit platforms:

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Document viewing with AutoVue Desktop versions. AutoVue installed as a client/server or as a

desktop deployment may be used instead.

Document download, batch, and hybrid document support

Offline mode

Briefcase metadata stored in Microsoft formats unless the Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010

Redistributables package is installed.

Remote session support

To install 64-bit support, launch the 64-bit .msi package.

9.7.7 Title block field update upon check-in

When checking in a document with Web Access or in Offline mode that contains synchronized title block

properties, the local copy of the document may be different from the version in the vault after the check-in is

completed. This happens only when on the Title Blocks tab of the document type, the Read title block

fields when a document is checked in through Web Access option is set and one or more of the

options under Write title block fields.

The reason this happens is that during the check-in, the title block properties are read from the title block

and copied into the vault. After that, the working copy is submitted, which causes the title block fields in the

checked-in document to be updated according to the new values. The result is that the document in the

vault is newer than the document on the local computer. To resolve this, use the Download Document

command in Web Access to download the updated document.

9.7.8 SharePoint 2003 and WebAccess on one server

To allow SharePoint 2003 and Meridian Web Access to coexist on one server, you must add the Meridian vir-

tual folder as the Excluded Paths option in SharePoint Central administration. To do so, follow these

steps:

Open the Central Administration web page.

2. Select Configure Virtual server settings.

3. Select the site to configure, usually this is Default Web Site.

4. Under Virtual Server Management, choose Define managed paths.

5. If Meridian is not yet in the list of Excluded Paths, enter it in the Path entry field at the bot-

tom, select Excluded path and click OK.

9.8 BlueCielo Publisher

The following are known problems with this Publisher release:

Document properties are not copied to the rendition when print stamps or signature pages are

included in the job. This is an issue with the third party component that Publisher uses to render the

additional text. There is no known workaround at this time and BlueCielo is researching a solution.

Attempting to scan a new cluster node for rendering applications after connecting to a different con-

figuration database can generate the error Execution request ... has no task code. To pre-

vent this error, remove all cluster nodes and select rendering applications first before changing to a

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new configuration database. Re-add the cluster nodes after connection to the new configuration

database.

Rendering profiles configured for SolidWorks to PDF format, Autodesk Revit to BMP format,

Autodesk Inventor 2016 to PDFformat, and MSVisio to PDF format require Meridian Enterprise

Server to be configured to not run as a service as described in the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise

Server Administrator's Guide.

For Autodesk Inventor 2016 specifically, Inventor must run in inter-

active mode when publishing to DWF format in Express mode with the Create 2D snapshot

option enabled.

Rendering vector drawings to raster formats (BMP, TIFF) at 100% scale with the AutoVue ren-

dering module can fail if the output image is very large. A workaround is to apply a smaller scale

factor, for example, 50%.

The AutoVue rendering module does not support filenames that contain commas. Rendering such

files will cause errors that contain The requested operation cannot be performed on a

file with a user-mapped section open and the publishing job will fail. To work around this

issue, remove all commas from the filenames before submitting them for rendering.

Errors can appear in the publishing log that read [BC Publisher Writing] ERROR:

System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document when pub-

lishing TIFfiles to SharePoint. The issue is caused by invalid EXIFmetadata in the files that

SharePoint cannot extract.

Rendering to PDFwith the AutoVue rendering module in the landscape orientation does not work

correctly for .doc and .txt files.

The quantity of file extensions that is shown in the Input extensions field of an AutoVue ren-

dering profile is not updated if different AutoVue components (2D or 3D)are installed after the ren-

dering profile was created. You can resolve this by clicking Configure to open the

INPUTEXTENSIONSdialog box and then close the dialog box and save the configuration. The

quantity should then reflect the currently configured file extensions.

In Meridian Enterprise Server Configurator, some rendering module option pages might not display

correctly in Internet Explorer 10 and lower. This does not affect usability, however.

On an AutoCAD 2014 or later rendering node:

The Meridian Enterprise Server program folder (by default, C:\Program Files\BC-

Meridian Enterprise Server) and the Meridian Enterprise program folder (by default,

C:\Program Files\BC-Meridian\Program) should be added to the

TRUSTEDPATHS system variable in AutoCAD by clicking Tools>Options>Files>Trusted

Location.

Set the InfoCenterOn value to 0 (zero) in the registry. Otherwise, an extra AutoCAD process

will be started during rendering that can cause rendering jobs to fail.

AutoCAD rendering jobs that use the AutoCAD DWG To PDF.pc3 plotter option should

have the setting Show result in viewer disabled. Otherwise, if Acrobat Reader is not

installed, the rendering job might fail because of a Windows dialog.

If the SharePoint library Require Check Out option is enabled and a feedback property is con-

figured, updates of the feedback property will fail. Also, if the Document Version History

option is enabled, publishing documents will create new revisions of the source documents.

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The first revision number of documents published to SharePoint is always 2 if the library is con-

figured to use major revision numbers. If the library is configured to use minor revision numbers,

the revision is number 1.0.

The has the following limitations:

If the AutoCAD rendering module loads an old Autodesk Mechanical Desktop drawing, the

AutoCAD session might display a dialog stating “You cannot edit Autodesk Mechanical

Desktop drawings in AutoCAD Mechanical. All AutoCAD Mechanical commands,

including SAVE, are now disabled.” Rendering will not proceed until a user clicks the Close

button in this dialog. If the button is not clicked, rendering will terminate when the publishing job’s

configured timeout period has elapsed. This is a technical problem with AutoCAD. Such drawings

should be upgraded or not rendered.

The Oracle AutoVue rendering module can produce filled black rectangles around shaded models

in the PDF output of Autodesk Inventor .idw and .dwg files. This can be prevented by enabling

the AutoVue Document Converter option Spool print documents so program finishes

printing faster.

Printer drivers are not supported for creating renditions.

If the Keep Modification Information option is enabled for a BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise

destination vault, it is possible to produce inconsistencies between the source and destination sys-

tems. This can occur if the document is modified without updating the Modified file attribute and

published again. An example of this is when title block properties are updated by the Meridian Enter-

prise PowerUser client.

If the Add comment when document has been published option is enabled in the

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise system link, then publishing a batch of documents might fail and

report an error stating "The object is currently being edited by another session." Dis-

abling the option or using VBScript batch support will prevent the error.

The AutoVue rendering module may fail to render files with names that contain characters that are

not supported by the current Windows locale.

The AutoVue rendering module does not support output of redlines in renditions. Use the AutoVue

Desktop Deployment rendering module instead, which does support them but supports fewer ren-

dering options.