What's new in this release?

The Open Client 4.0.1 release incorporates the following features:

Validation of the user's "Add Folder" rights when adding a folder to a CS library

CS user rights are validated based on the value of the “Add Folder” property for the user when attempting to add a folder in the CS library. CS user rights are validated only after installing CS 5.4 HFP 2 (both at the server and client side). An error message is displayed in case a user does not have appropriate rights. An Admin user can add a folder in CS library even if there are no rights assigned to this user for adding a folder.

.NET Framework 1.1 SP1 and .NET Framework 2.0 Collocation Support

You can use Open Client with .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 and some other application with .NET Framework 2.0 on the same server. This collocation configuration will not affect the working of Open Client. Open Client continues to work properly on the same machine if it is configured to use .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 using IIS management console. For more information regarding configuring Open Client with .NET Framework 1.1 SP1, refer to Configure .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 and .NET Framework 2.0 Collocation Support section on the Install Open Client page.

Level 1 Integration with FileNet System Manager to gather system details of Open Client

System Manager allows FileNet to provide real-time and standards-compliant monitoring of all your FileNet servers. Level 1 System Manager integration with Open Client provides information such as Product Name, Version number, and static environmental data about Open Client. For capturing this information, the System Manager uses two major components: a Listener, which gathers data from applications, and a Manager, which provides users with the ability to view, save and export that data. You can view the system details of the FileNet Open Client server. For more information regarding System Manager Integration with Open Client, refer to Configuring System Manager Listener and Setting System Manager Integration site preferences.

Java Viewer Quick Start Feature

The Java Viewer Quick Start feature provides a mechanism for initializing a Web browser, Java, and Java Viewer session. The background task required to initialize a Java Viewer session is done at the time when the Web browser is initialized, prior to the time when Java Viewer is actually required. This reduces the startup time of Java Viewer. This feature is supported on various Operating Systems, such as Microsoft 2000 Professional and XP. The only Web browser supported for this feature is Internet Explorer; future versions of Java Viewer may support additional Web browsers. The Quick Start feature is not enabled by default, you need to manually enable it. For more information regarding configuring the Java Viewer Quick Start feature, refer to Configure the Java Viewer Quick Start Feature.

Robust Error Handling

The error page format is similar to rest of Open Client pages. Earlier, for any unforseen exception a .NET error page was being displayed. An application level exception handler has been introduced to handle all the unforeseen exceptions. The user is given maximum amount of information about the error/exception that has occurred.