Storage of projects in Alfresco. This is a significant change to the way Inforama projects are stored. By storing Inforama project files in Alfresco, project editors can access the same projects from the central repository.
CMIS interface - In the same way as generated documents are stored via the JSR 170 interface, they can also be stored using the new CMIS interface. This will open up integrations with a wider range of CMS systems including Sharepoint.
1.6
Studio
Addition of UI component for CSV datasources
New XML Datasource allowing datasources to be defined from xml and schema files
Change data frame table to a tree to allow heirarchy of XML and Hibernate datasources to be expanded and selected
New reference functionality which allows long expressions to be referred to throughout a project using shorter expressions within documents
1.5
Studio
New installer for the Studio
Launcher to run Studio from executable
Google Docs plug-in which will allow documents to be generated from the contents of a Google Docs spreadsheet
Enterprise
JConsole addition to monitor Inforama Enterprise - remotely monitor jobs as they are processed and how memory and other metrics are behaving.
New Rest API as an alternative to the SOAP API
Improved error reporting
1.4
Studio
Ability to merge OpenOffice documents on the server and export to multiple formats including .pdf and .doc
Addition of a CSV datasource similar to the spreadsheet datasource
Enterprise
More advanced user rights management using Spring
Change to Ajax browser interface using the Spring DWR library
New mailshot dialog which makes it easier to select datasets to be iterated and email fields to be used
Ability to save mailshots as scripts which can be rerun again
Mailshot events which can be triggered before and after documents and packs are emailed or printed
Enhancements to the plug-in architecture to allow for more integrations with the Studio
Early version of the Salesforce plug-in allowing documents to be generated from Salesforce contact data
Enterprise
Improved font handling. Addition of a page on the Enterprise version which will allow Fonts to be added to the FOP engine. Click here for more on this feature.
Excel integration. Similar to the Hibernate integration, ability to create bindings from a spreadsheet. Particularly useful for mailshots where lists of users with names and email addresses have been stored or exported to a spreadsheet. Click here for more information on this feature
Refactoring of codebase to allow documents to be created in a more generic way.
Localisation support. Languages supported out of the box are English and Polish. Other language can be added easily
New projects structure that allows easier document migration between projects as well as overriding document properties in web service calls. Click here for more information
Enterprise
Extended document generation formats. Ability to deploy a project with an OpenOffice document, request that document and return it as a modified OpenOffice document. The returned document will be populated with the bound data with any tables created. This does not require OpenOffice to be installed on the server. Click here for more information on this feature.
Localisation support. Languages supported out of the box are English and Polish. Other language can be added easily
1.1
Studio
Update to work with both OpenOffice 2.x and 3.x.
Improvements to the UI. Trees to categorise document types for larger projects.
More advanced table creation. Ability to create tables with dynamic row and column counts. Customise table content and styles through custom Java classes. Table templates to help with reuse. Click here for more on this feature.
Introduction of the Office2fO transformation project to help create more accurate XSL-FO documents from the OpenOffice ODF formats.