Release Notes

March 31, 2023 - v3.0.1

New Features

The following new features have been added to this version of Quark Publishing Platform NextGen:

Web Application

  • Quark Publishing Platform NextGen now allows third-party services to create or open a document available on the server based on the metadata inputs that can be updated at runtime.

Enhancements

The following enhancements have been made in this version of Quark Publishing Platform NextGen:

Web Application

  • When a component was not assigned to a user individually but to a group, the user was part of, Quark Publishing Platform NextGen did not allow the user to check out the component, if the user did not have the privileges Check out Assets Assigned to Other Users and Override Another Users' Checkout.

  • The following enhancements have been made related to licensing:

    • The ability to add a user without assigning a license. 

    • The ability to revoke a license from a user. 

Resolved Issues

The following issues have been fixed in this version of Quark Publishing Platform NextGen:

  • Several stability issues have been fixed in this version of Quark Publishing Platform NextGen.

Known Issues

The following issues are known in this version of Quark Publishing Platform NextGen:

Web Application

  • Quark Author does not open a Quark Publishing Platform NextGen Adapter for Quark XML Author document when the document contains a region from the server.

  • Quark Author incorrectly displays the cross-references of a Quark Publishing Platform NextGen Adapter for Quark XML Author document.

  • Quark Author does not retain the branch references of a Quark Publishing Platform NextGen Adapter for Quark XML Author document.

Adapters

Microsoft Office and Quark XML Author

  • The adapter applications incorrectly allow users without appropriate branching privileges to view and switch branches. 

Quark XML Author

  • When you do not assign the Navigation Title to a topic reference in a DITA Map, the adapter application does not allow you to perform any action on the topic reference on reopening the DITA Map. 

  • When you open a Quark Author document that contains a Microsoft Office Excel table or chart, the adapter application displays the table as missing. 

  • When you cut-paste any element while editing a section inline, the adapter application incorrectly changes the ID of the section, which can lead to content loss if an element within the section is referred separately to any other document.

  • The adapter application does not display the table notes, endnotes, and footnotes in the HTML preview.

  • The adapter application does not display or retain the size of images, charts, tables, and citations from the server in Quark Author documents. 

  • The adapter application does not allow you to add a Smart Citation to Smart Content document. 

  • The adapter application incorrectly changes the enumeration notation (numbers to roman numerals) of citations in Quark Author documents. 

  • The adapter application stops working when you try to copy something from Quark Author through the clipboard.

  • The Replace from Server dialog incorrectly lists all the content types instead of the content type of the component you want to replace.

  • When you create a document based on a content model that is a second-level child node of another content model (with three levels of child nodes), the adapter application does not allow you to perform any action on the items based on the third-level child node. 

  • The adapter application does not display the default title and body text as specified in the corresponding content model. 

  • The adapter application incorrectly allows you to edit table notes and endnotes of a section reference inline. 

  • The adapter application fails to launch with dynamic configuration when the number of content models is 12 or more.

  • The HTML preview of a Quark Publishing Platform NextGen Adapter for Quark XML Author (BusDoc) document incorrectly displays the document-level attributes, even when not configured.

QuarkXPress

  • The adapter application incorrectly allows you to check-in documents without workflow status even when setting a workflow status is mandatory.

  • The adapter application does not allow you to insert a previous version of an asset even when the property enableVersionSelectOnAssetPicker is set to true.

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