Release Notes

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Items requiring attention
  • Print Debug Output
    8.2.0
    The menu item setting "Print debug output" used to show debug output for both admins and end users. The setting now has three alternatives: "None", "Admin only", and "All users". If previously enabled consider changing from "All users" to "Admin only" if end users were never intended to see the debug output.
  • SQL Server
    8.2.0
    This version requires at minimum SQL Server 2017, and a compatibility level of at least 140.
Changed functionality
  • Azure Service Bus
    8.2.0
    Queue Name and Topic Name now support strings up to 260 characters.
  • Enterprise Search
    8.2.0
    Enterprise search will now omit words carrying little context from the search text, when searching for 5 or more words.
  • InfoSQL
    8.2.0
    BreakOn<N>Columns can now be used without a subsequent box, to align boxes into one column.
  • Node Graph
    8.2.0
    A new component mode, "Auto layout", has been introduced, allowing for automatic positioning of nodes.
  • Path to menu item
    8.2.0
    "Path to menu item" has been renamed to "Paths to menu item". Additionally, it has received an improved design, and now displays multiple paths to the destination.
  • Performance Center
    8.2.0
    The event performance log do no longer log individual event executions but rather an average over a couple of minutes.
    This is to avoid creating too much data when millions of events are triggered.
New functionality
  • BankID log-in
    8.2.0
    There is now a language phrase (111388) that can be used to show a custom text under the heading "My intent" in the BankID app when logging in.
  • Database Designer
    8.2.0
    The designer can now import function blocks from the dbo schema in Softadmin® Tool.
  • Database Designer
    8.2.0
    The designer can now collapse, expand and auto layout all tables in a function block.
  • Date Range
    8.2.0
    A new control to select date ranges that has both start and end date has been added.
  • Enterprise Search
    8.2.0
    It is now possible to display icons in the search result cells.
  • Enterprise Search
    8.2.0
    Enterprise search entities can now select a column to be used for sorting on rows with the same weight.
  • Guides
    8.2.0
    A new menu item guide for the Multipart component has been added together with a procedure that creates a procedure for a Multipart.
  • Guides
    8.2.0
    A new menu item guide for Treeview has been added together with procedures that creates procedures for a Treeview.
  • Guides
    8.2.0
    A new menu item guide for the Calendar component has been added together with procedures that creates procedures for a Calendar.
  • Inline Document
    8.2.0
    A new component for viewing documents (provided the user's browser can preview the file type) has been added.
  • Link List
    8.2.0
    It is now possible to add a description to the boxes in "Menu group" mode.
  • Link List
    8.2.0
    It is now possible to feature specific items in "Menu group" mode.
  • Link List
    8.2.0
    A new column "BadgeCount" has been introducted for all modes.
  • Link List
    8.2.0
    A new size option "small" has been introduced for the "Link Cards" mode.
  • Radio Cards
    8.2.0
    You can now make your own pills (tags) that can be displayed next to the label for radio cards.
  • Search object
    8.2.0
    You can now choose whether or not you want to search in the comments generated by Autocomment.
  • Web Service Publishing
    8.2.0
    Support for Windows authentication has been added but is not recommended.
Bug fixes
  • Announcement banners
    8.2.0
    SoftadminApi.AnnouncementBanner_Delete will now throw an error if @AnnouncementBannerId is NULL, as it is not supported.
  • BankID
    7.38.0.17
    BankID would not work in Safari on iOS.
  • Chrome for iOS
    8.1.0.5
    Chrome for iOS was blocked even when AllowLoginChrome was enabled.
  • Database Designer
    8.1.0.1
    Database Designer content would break upgrade to 8.1.
  • Date range
    8.2.0.2
    Date range would crash on save when used on a parameter page.
  • Date range
    8.2.0.6
    The date range control returned a string representation of its JavaScript object instead of the object itself.
  • Date Range
    8.2.0.6
    The date range control returned undefined when it did not have a value in both its fields. It now returns null.
  • Date range
    8.2.0.6
    The year picker in the Date Range picker would not take up all available space.
  • Deploy
    8.1.0.3
    Having an old Softadmin® Tool installation in stage or production could break the deploy.
  • Enterprise Search
    8.3.0
    Columns that could have icons would always reserve space for them, even when no rows displayed an icon.
  • Grid
    8.1.0.6
    The column picker could not be saved if two consecutive columns were hidden by default.
  • Inline Document
    8.2.0.5
    It was not possible to enter field tables for Inline Document menu items.
  • Inline Document
    8.2.0.5
    The Inline Document component did not remember the currently selected document when reloading the menu item or going back to it.
  • Javascript button
    8.1.0.3
    Having multiple JavaScript buttons on a field in NewEdit could cause the labels to overlap in small screen mode.
  • Listbox
    8.1.0.3
    The Listbox control with labels above would get wrong layout in tab view.
  • Maintenance warnings
    8.1.0.4
    Maintenance warnings force logout would incorrectly log out the admin user.
  • Maintenance warnings
    8.1.0.4
    Maintenance warnings would cause a big amount of null pointer exceptions to be thrown and logged for logged out users.
  • Mobile devices and Softadmin® app
    8.2.0
    Mobile devices would zoom in when editing text areas.
  • Multi-Autosearch
    8.1.0.3
    The Multi-autosearch control with labels above would get wrong layout in tab view.
  • Node Graph
    8.2.0
    "Edit link" showed "Depends on column", for "Graph links" but the setting is not applicable.
  • Node Graph
    8.2.0
    "Edit link" showed "Depends on column" and "Show only in navigator" for "Graph node group links" but the setting is not applicable.
  • Node Graph
    8.2.0
    Node groups could end up outside of the screen.
  • Performance Center
    8.2.0
    The time taken fields in the recent executions grid were sorted as string values, resulting in incorrect sorting.
  • Performance center
    8.2.0.6
    The job Archive aggregated performance log data" would crash after deploy if asynchronous events were used.
  • Pivot Grid
    8.1.0.3
    Users without proper permissions could attempt to edit column links, resulting in a crash.
  • Web service publishing (legacy)
    8.1.0.3
    Web service publishing (legacy) methods could not be saved.
  • Web service publishing raw mode
    8.1.0.2
    Web service publishing raw mode could not start due to missing DLLs.
  • Web service publishing raw mode
    8.2.0
    Web service publishing raw mode logs displayed a duplicate query string.
  • Web service publishing raw mode
    8.2.0
    Web service publishing raw mode would incorrectly flag methods with query string parameters as undocumented.
  • Web service publishing raw mode
    8.2.0.3
    Improved error message for windows authentication.
  • Web service publishing raw mode
    8.2.0.4
    Web service publishing raw mode could not use windows authentication in Kerberos mode on some servers.
  • Web Snippets
    8.2.0
    Adding a web snippet with an existing name within the same site would result in an unhandled exception.