1. In the template designer, when selecting an element in the result view, the element tree list automatically scrolls so that the selected element is shown.
2. For table elements: Issues with incorrect number of cells being displayed when using both if and repeat expressions (dynamic rows and columns) on the same table column.
3.  In document templates, the additional XPath properties on the text element now include bold, italic and underline.
4. Text elements within a row-direction container will now show a warning when you try to change the horizontal alignment.
5. It is now again possible to delete "if" and "repeat" expressions on table rows and columns.
6. It is now possible to set a short description on a select element.
7. The dialog for the design element, Print settings  now validates that the tray number is in the valid range 0-255.
8. In the template designer, the spooled file editor now has "auto" page as a checkbox, so it is possible to select data from any page while using the auto page functionality.
9. Additional options on the template designer sample data page "remove all data files" and "remove non-existing files". This is covered under '1. Left view' in the section, Introduction to the designer.
10. In the template designer, the "you are changing a component" warning will now display the full library path of the affected component.
11. In the template designer it is now possible to set a "minimum width" on the dimensions of a text element.
12. The default margin on document templates has been changed to 6.1mm as this is the minimum valid value for PCL output. This is to avoid the warning message: PCL X position below zero.
13. Fixed EAN-128 (GS1-128), datamatrix and QR_GS1 barcode types giving a validation error in the designer.

1. Changed the maximum upload limit on the workflow component, To SharePoint document library from 4MB to 250MB.
2. Correction on the Multicast and merge workflow component for the "Interleave pages and loop shortest document" method. In the scenario where the documents are the same length it is now working as intended.
3. Correction to the workflow component, Database Stored  Procedure call. The output XML will now continue to be usable in the workflow even after the payload has been changed.
4. Correction for the workflow component, Database Stored Procedure call now also work with database column names containing spaces and special characters, in the returned result set.
5. Correction for the Split spool workflow components that would fail if a group expression was specified but no key variable was set.
6. Added validation on Email details workflow component to validate that the required "to" address and subject has been set.
7. When non-XML output is produced by a transformation workflow component, the previous XML will remain available for use with XPath expressions.
8. In the workflow editor it is now possible to add a comment to the workflow components: Choice and Choice and Join on the branches: “When”, “Otherwise” and “Join”.
9. A file conflict resolution has been added to the workflow components: From attachment to file, From variable to file and From resource to file.
10. Correction for First in, First out queue workflow component not preserving workflow properties.
11. Correction to the workflow components for variable names, which would sometimes show a $ sign outside an XPath function.
12. In the workflow editor, variable value fields are now defaulting to XPath input as in the designer.
13. When expanding one or all groups on the workflow list, the expansion will now be remembered the next time you return to the list (on user level).
14. In the HTTP workflow components (HTTP Get Request, HTTP Post Multipart Request and HTTP Post Request), additional headers and parameters can now be added separately. Previously they could only be added as a set.
15. The delete icon is now properly aligned in workflow components with key-value fields.
16. Fixed issue with sending to ActiveMQ from a workflow.
17. A new option, "Preload input file" has been added to the Read from file workflow input type. As default this is enabled, which cause the complete input file to be loaded initially. Disabling preloading will reduce the workflow's memory usage, which can be beneficial when processing large files.
18. The workflow component, PDF to SPLF has been improved: The default SPLF format has now been changed to  version 2.0, and the description "vertical CPI" has been changed into "vertical LPI" 
    

1. The library search function now also returns folders with matching names. Files within matching folders are no longer returned unless the file name matches.
   
2. Correction for the header bar on the library file viewer which would overlap the displayed content when scrolling.
   
3. Fixed an issue that would occasionally cause requests from frontend to backend to fail with a 403 error, for instance when uploading multiple files at the same time in the library.
   
4. When uploading files to the library with names that already exist, the overwrite option is now more clearly displayed. When uploading multiple files at the same time it is now also possible to choose to overwrite all.
5. Correction to the "new folder" dialog in the library so text entry is no longer lagging when creating a new folder within a folder with a lot of resources.
   
6. When importing a template archive while versioning is enabled, but approval is disabled, it is now possible to publish all checked out resources at the end of the import.

1. The spooled file upload dialog now remembers the last queue and library that was entered.
2. Set the values on the predefined spooled file workflow variables when a workflow is initiated with a pre-converted SPLF resource.
   
3. A notification will now be created if the creation of an IBM i data queue fails for monitoring an output queue.
   
4. Adds a job log warning when a workflow gets an IBM i data queue entry for a spooled file that is created with schedule *IMMED.
5. Extended IBM i connection test with an attempt to get a list of all output queues. This captures some authorization issues.
   
6. New property for IBM i that can be set in application-default.properties: ibmi.iasp. This should be set to the name of the IASP that InterFormNG2 should use.
   
7. Added a socket timeout on IBM i data queue connections to make them time out and close in case of connectivity issues such as during IPL (Initial Program Load).
   

1. Improved performance of e-mail log on embedded database. Note that on existing e-mail logs it will take some time before the effect is seen, as it only affects new entries to the log.
   
2. In the e-mail log it is now possible to resend e-mails.
   
3. It is now validated, that the "to" address has been entered on the email workflow components: Create PDF email and Send an HTML email. If the receiver is missing a warning is shown in the workflow editor.

1. Correction to the license screen validation of platform information. All non-matching values are now shown as errors in red.
   
2. The JSON that is copied to the clipboard when using the "copy system information" button will now also include InterFormNG2 version information.
   
3. Change the loop of the "copy system information" button on the license screen, so it is more visible.
   

1. When moving one or multiple printers to a group in the printer settings, the "Move to here" icon in the top is now disabled until a group has been selected.
   
2. The option 'Use printer queue' is activated as default when you create a new printer, that is connected via direct socket as this is highly recommended.
   
3. The option 'Preview printer' option is now locked and is only activated for preview printers.
   
4. Media darkness and print speed set in the printer settings are now being applied correctly for ZPL.
   
5. Added printer groups, description and location to the external printer APIs.
   
6. The built-in function, ng:serializationData (for efficient ZPL printing) has been improved to also support a negative step value and the description has been improved. 
   
7. A “line break” issue when using long ng:serializationData texts has been solved.
   
8. A new built-in function, ng:barcodeSerialization has been added for efficient ZPL output. This is similar to the ng:serializationData function - except ng:barcodeSerialization is for barcodes.

1. A solution has been added for verifying characters in texts, which could cause the PDF renderer to stop with an error for some fonts.
   
2. Added functionality for prefilled values of a drop down list in PDF form fields. A suggested value can now be set by preceding the value with !*.
3. The PDF Protect/restrict workflow component now use the stronger AES-128 encryption.

1. The manage users menu item is no longer displayed when using third-party authorization (such as Entra ID).
   
2. The notification bell on the dashboard will now only display the count of unread notifications (unread by the logged in user). A notification is considered read after being clicked on.
   

1. Correction to the vertical alignment of job log messages.
   
2. On the job log advanced search, a scrollbar will now appear when more than two search criteria are added (to allow more space for the log list).
   
3. Correction to job log line writing, hopefully fixing (or at least recovering from) the issue where log lines are sometimes missing from the job log.

1. General workflow memory usage reduction by avoiding unnecessary copying of internal XML.
   
2. Correction to ensure that the remote output client keeps updating InterFormNG2 with system printer information, even when there has been no other activity on the client for more than an hour. The "last update" column on the remote output status screen will update each time the system printer information is received.
3. When using an external database for resources and creating a new tenant, the creation procedure will now½ check that tenant DB has been created and otherwise show an error.
4. Extended SharePoint connection test, to also attempt to read something from SharePoint, thereby testing the authorization configuration.
5. Correction to the resource locations wizard (repositories) on the tenant management screen. The "file" protocol now works correctly.
6. When downloading a tenant export, the filename now contains the correct date as well as the tenant name.

Performance

Job log

Library

1. In the Library grid view, the large gap between folders and files has been reduced.
   
2. In the Library resource browsers, the full resource name is now always displayed as a tool tip, so it is possible to see the full name even if it has been cut short due to limited column width.
   
3. The library search functionality will now search sub-folders as well.
   
4. Corrected a visual misalignment in the SPLF upload dialog, when the library name was not found.
   
5. Removed the double scrollbar from the SPLF viewer in the library.
   
6. When moving or deleting multiple resources at once, the confirmation message will now also show the number of resources for which the operation failed (if any).

License

1. Correction to the license screen which previously failed to display when no licenses were registered (was only a problem on IBM i and Linux platforms).
   

Printers

1. In the printer settings it is now possible to un-group a printer.
   
2. In the printer settings the collapse and expand buttons are only displayed when at least one group has been created.
   
3. Corrected typo on printer queue settings, changed "prints" to "Prints".

Export/Import

1. Correction for an error that occurred when using resource import to import printer settings when no printer settings had been defined.
   
2. Correction to resource export UI where marking one settings group would mark all settings groups.

Workflow

1. In the workflow designer it is now possible to change the order of multicast branches (on the multicast component properties).
2. In the workflow designer it is now possible to change the order of workflow variables on the Set multiple workflow variables component. 
   
3. Correction to MIME types and filename/fileparameter being swapped for HTTP Multipart post request.
   
4. The workflow component, HTTP Get Request from REST API can now set the 'Convert JSON to XML' checkbox and supports the GET / DELETE / HEAD / OPTIONS / TRACE HTTP methods.

Versioning

1. A confirmation dialog has been added when cancelling checkout of a resource (both within the designer and the library).
   
2. When a workflow is locked during approval, it is now possible to use the scrollbars while viewing the locked workflow. Component properties can also be expanded.

Email log

1. Added a search button on the email log screen, replacing the previous automatic search. Also added a busy animation while the search is ongoing.
   

User Interface

1. Changed the sort order of the recent templates/workflows on the dashboard, so the most recently accessed item is now furthest to the left.
   
2. On settings with multiple tabs, it is now validated that each tab has a unique name.
   
3. Correction for password not working on login if it contains certain special characters such as / and #.
   
4. When logging in with a URL that is not allowed by the user's role, the user will now be re-directed to the dashboard.
   
5. Corrected the error message that is displayed when trying to log in with a non-existent username.
   
6. When expanding a workflow group or printer group with no items in it, an information message is now displayed in the list.
   
7. The system admin resource locations wizard now allows defined GitHub settings to be selected from a drop-down when using GitHub repository protocol 

Other

1. Correction for the input form not being displayed when accessing the /forms/form/ page.
   
2. Correction to an error that caused settings import to fail if no existing settings were saved in the imported settings group.

1. Now it is possible to suspend individual workflow components as described in the section, disable individual workflow components.
   
5. New combined group/list view for the workflow list.
   
5. An option to suspend/resume multiple workflows in one go has been added.
   
6. The workflow component, structural split (a split where the document structure is kept) has been added. This component keeps original structure of the XML and includes any nodes outside of the node that is used for splitting. This component is normally recommended over the Split XML component.
   
5. In the workflow component, CSV to XML the escape character \t (tabulator) is now also supported.
   
5. Excel templates can now also be used to generate CSV formatted output. That can be done with the workflow component, Excel template to CSV.
   
5. A new workflow component for removing a named attachment has been added. The new component is called Remove named attachment.
5. A new workflow component named: Loop time-limited store has been added. Similar to the repeat element this component iterates through the stored items of a time-limited store.
   
5. The workflow repeat component now validates that the repeat count is a number. Better warnings from retry-repeat when the retry and delay values are not numbers.
5. Workflows that contains split components with an empty XPath can now be saved (the workflow will still give an error when running).
   
5. In the set workflow variable(s) workflow components, the predefined variable names can now be selected from a list.
   
5. Correction to the Append a PDF workflow component that in some cases failed with an exception.
5. Fix for parameters and headers being switched around in the workflow component: HTTP multipart post component.

XPath

Designer 

1. Support for legacy Windows symbol fonts (Wingdings, Webdings etc) has been added.
   
2. Most barcodes now have a max width option, to auto-scale the module width.
   
3. Images and components can now be uploaded within the designer.
   
4. In the designer the context menu, Insert after (right-click on the element) is now also available on a select element.
   
5. Redesign of the template designer toolbar to prevent squashed controls with small screen size.
   
6. Correction to the designer result view page size when using a dynamically calculated page size.
   
7. In the designer layout sidebar, the horizontal scrollbar is now more visible.
   
8. Correction for the designer result view sometimes displaying the elements of components that have been suspended.
   
5. A new configuration option “file.overwriteChangesOnly=true” is now available for the application-default.properties file. If added files are only saved if they are different on binary level. This makes it possible to change and save changes to referenced template components without saving the main template. This is described on the section, Designer global settings.
   
6. In the designer it is now again possible to see the full template path as a tooltip on the template name.
   
7. In the designer, a ZPL preview printer is now selected by default.
   
8. The designer results view now displays a field type hint on form fields.
   
9. In the template designer the bold/italic font settings are now automatically toggled off when switching to a font that does not have those variants.
   
10. Several corrections to generation of HTML output from e-mail templates: Non-Boolean expression in a select now give an appropriate error message. Components placed on the template element are used. Workflow variables now work correctly.
    
5. Fix for form field checkbox rotation when the PDF is in landscape mode.

Logs

1. Added extra information in the system log when the remote output notifier of the remote client is unable to start.
   
5. Prevent stack overflow by limiting recursion when reading job logs.
5. A job log warning is now added for the workflow component, Named property to payload, if the named property is null.
   

Library

1. Improved handling of moving/deleting multiple resources at the same time. Now you will only see a single message when all move/delete is done.
5. In the Templates Library, the export with dependencies action icon is now also available on email and transformation templates.
5. If a folder cannot be created in the library (because of an unsupported name) an error message will now be displayed.
   
5. Improved display of long file names in the library and resource browsers.
   
6. Corrected the search function in the translations editor which sometimes displayed incorrect results.
   
7. The style editor dialog will now displays “justified” and “unwrapped” text styles more accurately.
   
8. Choose file button is now disabled during template import.
   

Printing and printers

1. The pages for printer settings has been redesigned.
2. LPD printing (e.g. via Print on LPD printer or via a normal printer connected via LPD) now correctly reports error in case of connection refused from printer.
   
3. Printer can now report back to a success or a failed workflow (technology and vender implementation dependent support).
   
4. SMB printing now reports back the error in case of authentication failure.
   
5. Passwords in settings for printers using SMB or IPP are now encrypted.
   
6. Passwords for dynamic workflow variable (unregistered) printers now support secure variables.
   
7. The "test connection" button is no longer displayed on remote output printer settings.
8. In the printer queue it is no longer possible to redirect a printer to itself.
   

Administration

1. An option for two factor authentication with the built-in authentication method has been added.
2. New administration options for backup and restore of the embedded database.
   
3. A new administration user interface for defining tenant resource locations/repositories. A wizard have been implemented to help you to setup each reference correctly.
4. Some admin options have been moved to a new Admin group on the application top ribbon instead of being buttons on the settings screen.
   
5. Redesigned license screen layout.
   
6. New tenant settings with logo and color scheme to identify a tenant.
   
7. A new webservice APIs for CRUD operations on resources.
   
8. The "no support link" dialog can now be closed on the X.
   
9. A new property, authentication.login.forceScheme has been added in order to be able to force the scheme of the internal authentication request.
   
10. Correction to an error that caused passwords with parentheses to not work in settings.
    
11. A pop-up notification is now shown when you sign on to the system administration, if the license is 7 days or less from expiring.

IBM i related

1. Memory usage can be reduced when processing large spooled files with the new workflow input component, From IBM i output queue (Stream) that processes the spooled file one page at a time.
2. A new option, Keep processed files option on the workflow input types, From IBM i Output Queue, From IBM i Output Queue (Multiple) and From IBM i Output Queue (Stream) has been added. This can automatically clean up old processed files.
   
3. Added two new options to post-process spooled file workflow component, to both move and hold/release in one go.
   
4. Corrected styling of buttons on the Upload SPLF dialog.

Versioning

1. Correction:  Checked out version is now ignored when versioning is disabled.
2. When changing a component in a template while versioning is enabled, the component is now automatically checked out.
   

Modules

1. Support for OpenId Connect Authentication has been added.
2. A new workflow component, d.velop Documents to attachment can help you to retrieve document(s) from d.velop.
   
3. Dual mode added for remote clients for better stability on faulty VPN connections.
4. Support for multi-value fields in the To Next Archive workflow component has been added.
   
5. In the password fields in settings, the Azure key vault option will now only be available when Azure Key Vault has been configured in the system settings.
   
6. Corrections to classic M3 connection options allowing big-endian and little-endian definition of size.
   
7. Correction to Entra ID authorization where a user that only had ROLE_SYSTEM_ADMIN would be presented with a non-functioning tenant UI when logging in.

Version 4.0.0

Important: InterformNG2 now runs on Java 17. So you need to install Java 17 on Linux and the IBM i platform, if you want to InterformNG2 on either of these platforms. Java 17 is embedded in InterformNG2 on the Windows platform. External jar files e.g. for database drivers should be copied to a special libext folder.

Important: For the IBM i platform: Java 17 does not include fonts like e.g. in Java 8, so you need to ensure, that at least one font is available for Java. This is solved by installing fontconfig as described in the section, Java 17 font issue.

User interface

1. New color theme and overall design for the front-end. The color theme and overall design has been changed for improved user experience. An introduction to the new interface is included in this section.
2. New dashboard design with user-configurable widgets.
   
3. The dashboard list of recent templates and workflows are now related to the logged in user account (was previously stored in the browser).
   
4. The output counters on the dashboard have been replaced by job counters that count every workflow instance. The old total value is added to the total job counter. The weekly counter is reset to 0.
   
5. New dashboard statistics for workflow health has been added.
   
6. The library folder is not longer deleted when you attempt to rename it to the same name with different character case.

Printing

1. PCL6 (enhanced) format is now an option for laser print output. This has been tested on a limited range of printers, so it is highly recommended to test the output thoroughly before moving to production. Alternatively PCL5 can  PCL6 can be selected as the mime type of a printer and it can also be generated with the Create PCL6 document workflow component.
2. The predefined variable, interformng.zpl.includeLabelWidth which can trigger the ZPL label width in the ZPL output now also works for non-custom page sizes.
   
3. The predefined variable, interformng.zpl.includeLabelWidth which can trigger the ZPL label width in the ZPL output now also works correctly for standard page sizes.
   
4. In PCL5 output, positions below 0 (e.g. closer than about 6 mm from the left edge of the paper) is now force-moved to 0 and causes a warning to prevent strange locations of graphical elements.
   

Workflow

1. A new workflow component has been added for calling a stored procedure in a relational database.
   
2. A new workflow component for sending and a new workflow input type for receiving messages on Azure Service Bus has been added. A related configuration has also been added in the tenant workflow settings.
3. New workflow components for storing/reading the payload from a time-limited persistent store, as an alternative to using file system or resource library for temporary storage.
   
4. New workflow component, SharePoint to attachment.
5. The XPath wizard introduced in v3.5.0 is now available for use in more places, including the workflow editor.
   
6. Some deprecated workflow components have been removed from the selection list when inserting a new workflow component.
   
7. For the workflow components, To FileSystem and To Windows-share, a warning has been added if file conflict resolution is “Append version” and the number of files in directory is above 1000.
   
8. The workflow component, Multicast and merge now works again (was broken in v3.5.0).
   
9. Correction so the codepage setting on the workflow component, From IBM i output queues (multiple) will actually be used.
   
10. Correction to JavaScript workflow component to ensure that string values returned by XPath lookups are compatible with JavaScript string type.
    
11. Correction to on error workflow not working in workflows with certain special components such as First in, first out queue.
    
12. Change to how compiled workflow files are updated, hopefully preventing them from being locked in a disk-full scenario.
    
13. Correction to a newly created workflow starting as suspended if a previously deleted workflow with the same name was suspended at the time of deletion.
    
14. Correction for ActiveMQ input component failing if the workflow name contains certain special characters.
    
15. Webservice input can now return other status codes than 200 and custom http headers.
    
16. Added support for minimum age for input files (Using file lock technique) when reading from a folder.

Designer

1. It is now possible to do a printout directly from the template designer.
   
2. Option for horizontal alignment of dynamically positioned elements in table cells.
   
3. TIFF images used in a template are now visible in the designer result view and can also be viewed in the library.
   
4. Base64 image URLs containing spaces and newlines no longer cause an error when used in document templates.
   
5. In the template designer it is no longer possible to drag-drop move a table row/column that is below a row/column expression or to delete a row/column that is below a row/column expression. These invalid actions could cause the template to become corrupted.
   
6. When changing the unit of template page margins, the values are now re-calculated to the selected unit.
   
7. Correction to Excel designer showing a warning "reference to unbound variable" even though the variable is defined.
   
8. Correction to the language setting on template defaults which previously always showed "en" even when something else was selected.
   

PDF

1. Limited support for creating PDF documents that are PDF/UA-1 compliant.
   
2. Embedded and attached files inside a PDF can now be extracted as attachments.
   
3. The workflow component, PJL wrap PDF now also works for existing PDF files without setting the workflow variable, render.page.last to an integer value.

Export and import

1. New option to import/export translation properties files to Excel or XLIFF format.
   
2. New option for selective import of workflows (only import some of the workflows in the zip file).
   
3. To export workflows you now first need to select the workflow(s) and then click the export icon on the upper right.
   
4. Translation resources used in variable elements or transformation templates are now included in the template export with dependencies.
   
5. Correction to selection of resources in resource export UI to prevent all folders with the same name being selected across all resource types.

Email output

1. It is now possible to use plain text as the body of e-mail messages (previously only HTML was possible). The is illustrated in the section, email input.
2. New workflow input component, Read from email server has been added. This can be used for monitoring an email inbox for incoming emails.

License key

1. Missing license module errors will now show which license module that it needs.
   
2. License modules now show Valid from and Valid to (dates copied from the license).
   
3. License information for Windows can now also be obtained through PowerShell3 (and not just WMIC command).

Windows share

1. Windows share connection settings can now be defined in tenant settings.
   
2. Massive improvements and changes to Windows share, making it more like “normal” OS file system access. This includes a lot of new workflow components, additional built-in functions and a URL extension, which makes it possible to refer to files found via a Windows Share via a simpel URL. All the additions are listed in this section.
3. Windows Share (SMB Protocol 2/3)
   

Storage improvements

1. New setting for automatic daily database maintenance, reducing database growth and improving long-term performance (Only when using the default setup with embedded database).
   
2. New job log setting for reduced job log content. This will reduce the amount of storage space used by the job log.
   
3. A new printer queue setting on the tenant settings has been added. If enabled the payload is deleted once the print job is successfully completed, thereby conserving storage space.
   
4. A new option, Include in e-mail log has been added on the on the email workflow components: Create PDF email, To email server and Send an HTML email to only log the email sending event without logging the entire email message, thereby conserving storage space.
   

Performance improvements

1. Reduced memory usage when creating documents from templates.
   
2. Performance improvement when using translations with a locale that has no matching translation resource.

IBM i

1. The Upload Spooled file dialog will now suggest library names once the queue name is entered. In the From IBM i output queue workflow component, the library name is now optional if the queue name only exists in one library.
   
2. When IBM i connection settings are changed, restart all workflows that reads from a data queue so they use the new connection settings.
   
3. Spooled files of *USERASCII type are now ignored without error when read by the From IBM i output queue workflow component.
   
4. Automatic cleanup of temporary fonts in the folder /iformng2/tmp/tempFontFiles is no longer done. That is no longer needed as Java 17 removes old temporary fonts.
5. It is highly recommended to stop scheduling jobs, that run the command, IFORMNG2/NG2CLEAN. This deletes old unused fonts, but might even delete temporary fonts, that are still used.

Modules

1. The eSignAnyWhere integration components now also support the new version 6 of the eSignAnyWhere API (requires new envelope format).
   
2. New setting for the remote output client to use chunked download. Chunked download is useful if there is a bad connection between InterformNG2 and the remote client. This can e.g. be the case if InterformNG2 is running in the cloud.
3. Correction to remote output which now also works when using an external database with the custom InterformNG2 connection pool.

Other

1. A new section in the manual, Backup and Replication has been added. This includes details and recommendations for backup and configuration of replication/mirroring of the IFormNG2 folder.
2. New option for high-availability setups where a primary InterformNG2 instance holds the master resources and replica InterformNG2 instances synchronize resources from the primary.
   
3. Added delete and update operations to the printer APIs.
   
4. It is now possible to use secrets from Azure Key Vault for password/secret fields in settings and workflows.
   
5. Database column name with unusual characters (like #) are now transformed to valid XML names when using SQL select.
   
6. Correction to job log warning being created for a missing barcode text even when barcode error handling is set to ignore.
   
7. The fonts used by the front-end are now embedded in the application.
   
8. Using ng:resourceExist to check the existence of a resource will no longer update the "last used" time.