Service Release 23.3 (23.3.23200.11503)

New Patch Release – Please see release notes in Dashboard Update Utility

Headlines:

Scanbarcode() Will now accept a search orientation to speed up barcode detection

Dashboard now shows Subscription license checks in Activation Tab if Subscription License in use

Various minor bug fixes

Just another day…Exchange Online

We continue to have customers experiencing issues with using Formate and O365. As a snapshot, today (18.07.2023) this is the service status for Exchange online

8 advisories, some of which notify of attachments not attached, delivery delays etc but this is nothing special.

Is it now at the point, that it may pay to consider using Mailgun or Sendgrid type services?

Service Release 23.2 (23.2.23165.11006)

New Patch Release – Please see release notes in Dashboard Update Utility

Headlines:

Change to Import/Export Format – (not backwards compatible)

Provision of utility to convert between v2 and v3 Import/export file formats

Zip() command removed

Various minor bug fixes

Export Format (.t3exp2) to be replaced

The current import\export format .t3exp2 is going to be changing to .t3exp3. This is to support future developments, and because of an ongoing program to slim the number of 3rd party development libraries used in Formate eVo.

When will it occur? By mid July 2023

How will older .t3exp2 format exports be supported? Rather than support multiple formats concurrently, an external conversion utility will ship with updates to Formate to allow the conversion of .t3exp2, to t3exp3 formats.

Are the 2 version compatible? No, but they contain 100% the same content, and as above t3exp2 can be converted to .t3exp3 with the provided utility.

Can you go from .t3exp3 to .t3exp2? Yes utility will also convert the other way

Service Release 23.1 (23.1.23111.11029)

New Patch Release – Please see release notes in Dashboard Update Utility

Inline auto retry of failed email sends (with 6 Second delay) and other new features.

Various minor bug fixes, including removal of errors raised by calling non-existent Shared Value, and attempting to write blank or null string via EdPdfAdOpText().

Online activation of Formate eVo 9.xx and before being retired in 2023.

With the retirement of Formate eVo 9.7 in 2023, the last of the version’s authored by Trilogic Ltd will no longer have active support. It has therefore been decided to also retire the online license activation endpoint used by Formate eVo in version 9.7 and before.

Unfortunately we cannot say precisely when this will cease, as it is not managed by ourselves, but activation will continue to be available via email to our Helpdesk*$

Going forward a number of options are available;

  1. Update your Formate eVo installations to eVo 21 or higher – if you do this please take note of the release notes about the steps necessary as you will need to go to version 21 and then update to a later version if required. if in doubt please contact the helpdesk
  2. Contact the Helpdesk for guidance on how to manually amend the activation URLs held in the settings database.
  3. Use the alternate “Activate by Email” option available*

*UK Office Hours $ An un-activated eVo (9.7) instance will run for 48 hours before function will be restricted. v21 and above this period is extended to 14 days.