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These are the detailed release notes for the parts of MarvelClient that live in databases, such as the Config DB and the Analyze DB.


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For a high-level overview of all changes, please take a look the main document for this release: MarvelClient 12.0



Releases in reverse chronological order:

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Release 2023-01-11 - 20230111200500
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Analyze DB

ENHANCEMENT"View Desktop(s) in web browser" now uses high-color icons when available
FIXFixed a problem where "View Desktop(s) in web browser" did not work for some desktops, and returned an error "Length of Base64 encoded input string is not a multiple of 4."
FIXFixed a problem where the revision dates in the files table of an Upload document could be incorrect for some documents at a specific revision level. Now if this happens, the actual revision date for the file is shown in the table instead of the "Updated" text.


Release 2022-12-13 - 20221213143300
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ENHANCEMENTAdded 256 AES encryption as an option for Application and Cleanup actions (new option in Notes 12.0.2 client, requires MC binary 12.0.58)
ENHANCEMENTAdded "dark" and "image" as options for Workspace Background action (new options in Notes 12.0.2 client, requires MC binary 12.0.58)
ENHANCEMENTAdded "chicklet transparency" and "tile transparency, bold font" , and navigator width as options for Desktop/Workspace action (new options in Notes 12.0.2 client)
ENHANCEMENT

Added a "Windows/64" option for Mailbased Install/Mailbox PostopenScript

CHANGENomad Roaming action now has Background Initial runtype selected by default
FIXFixed a problem where the Nomad Roaming action did not have the proper conditions to prevent it from running on rich clients (existing actions must be resaved to get the fix)
FIXThe "X. Advanced – Create a stub actions.xml" agent now adjusts timestamps of exported actions, to ensure that the latest actions are always downloaded

Config DB - MC Upgrade UI

ENHANCEMENT

New options and fixes for the Windows 64-bit client:

  • MCUpgrade now includes nice64
  • Fixed problems publishing an upgrade or importing installers when using a 64-bit client
  • Cinema Slide conversion to HTML now works with 64-bit clients
FIXFixed option text for "Static Lower Progress Bar Text"

Analyze DB

NEW

Added new views for Nomad Roaming backups, by Nomad Client, and by Nomad Device.

Nomad Web clients 1.0.6 and higher will also now report the browser and OS version in the Analyze DB.

ENHANCEMENTBetter error handling for HW Inventory agent
FIXFixed a problem where the Analyze DB would sometimes open to the Nomad Roaming view instead of the Uploads view


Release 2022-11-07 - 20221107165700
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FIXThe "Search for Replica" button on the Run Agent action was not working for Win64 clients

Config DB - MC Upgrade UI

FIXThe MCUpgrade Config Wizard was not publishing splash images

Analyze DB

FIXThe Cleanup agent option to remove old attachments was not working, old attachments were not removed


Release 2022-09-30 - 20220930091500
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NEWBeginning with HCL Nomad Web 1.0.5, MarvelClient has Roaming functionality available for the Nomad Web platform, for customers with a valid Roaming license.

This allows you to backup and restore your Recent Apps and workspace settings across some or all of your Nomad clients. Please see the Nomad Roaming Overview and related documents in the knowledgebase for more information.

NEWNew Nomad Defaults action, to easily set some Nomad-specific MarvelClient settings
ENHANCEMENTNew example actions for: Nomad Roaming INI Filters, Notes 11 and 12 bookmark icons, run MCShutdown.exe
FIXThe Smart Downloader action will now automatically create chunks for files larger than 2GB.
FIXAdjusted the condition on the Win64 DLL document to properly detect the OS bitness
FIXINI Filter regular expressions were not escaping ^ or $ properly
FIXFixed a regression error where no runtypes could be selected on a new System Replicator Page action
FIXFixed a regression error where clicking the link on the "Type" column of action views would cause an "Entry not found in index" error instead of opening the By Type view

Config DB - MC Upgrade UI

ENHANCEMENTThe MCUpgrade Wizard now supports the new HCL Notes cascaded installer
ENHANCEMENTAdd support for Win64 fixpack/hotfix installers
ENHANCEMENTAdd support for Win64 (p)mc.dll
ENHANCEMENTPerformance improvements and changes when previewing MCUpgrade.ini
FIXThe MCUpgrade Wizard will now automatically create chunks for files larger than 2GB.
FIXFixed a problem in the MC_Install script that could cause the script to fail if the user accessed the database using View - GoTo

Analyze DB

NEWNew example agent (Get MailDB Template Name) to compute the user's mail template name and store it in <notes:userdetails_mailtemplate>
ENHANCEMENTAdded an option on the Cleanup form to remove attachments older than a certain age from upload documents
ENHANCEMENTAdded support for Nomad Roaming uploads. These documents are not currently visible in the normal upload views; a way to view and manage the Nomad Roaming documents will be added to a future template.


Release 2022-07-01 - 20220701145300
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NEWBeginning with HCL Nomad Web 1.0.4, MarvelClient has Restrict functionality available for the Nomad Web platform, for customers with a valid Realtime license.

This allows you to prevent Nomad Web users from accessing, replicating, or deleting specific databases either locally or on a server. The most common use-case is if you have databases on your server that you don't want Nomad Web users to open (maybe because they use Java or clientside XPages), you can easily prevent them from being used by Nomad Web users with a simple MarvelClient action.

NEW

Beginning with HCL Nomad Web 1.0.4, select MarvelClient actions can run in the background after the client has started.

This can be used to optimize the startup time for Nomad Web, potentially reducing the amount of time between when a user logs in and when their workspace is ready to use.

CHANGEAdded a warning to the Application/Mailfile action that "remaining free space" is not supported on Nomad Web
CHANGERemoved the Bookmark option for the Recent Apps action
CHANGEMake sure roaming actions cannot accidentally be enabled for Nomad Web (they won't currently work even if they were enabled)
CHANGEAdded a link to a panagenda Knowledgebase article on the Web Migration action document, for more information on how to properly set up that action
FIXFixed a problem where the action condition regex could be incorrect if only some platforms were selected, and the selection included Nomad Web
FIXFixed a problem where the action condition regex could become incorrect if only Nomad platforms were selected, and you used the En/Disable menu in the actions view to toggle the enabled or disabled state of the action
FIXFixed a problem where the Recent Apps options were not available on the Application/Mailfile action if Nomad Web was the only platform selected
FIXFixed a problem where a local mail database could incorrectly display that it was open on the server the first time the PostOpen install script ran
FIXThe "Modify Device & Platform" agent now includes Nomad Web as a selectable option
FIXFixed a problem where the Smart File Downloader action did not display properly when Japanese language was selected

Config DB - MC Upgrade UI

FIXFixed a problem where the MCUpgrade.zip file creation could fail or produce an incomplete file

Analyze DB

FIXFixed a problem where some cleanup options were missing from the configuration document if a lookup view was empty
FIXFixed a problem where the revision.xml file was incorrectly removed when the Cleanup agent ran against outdated documents


Release 2022-05-19 - 20220519164700 
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NEWThe Nomad Application Restrictions action has a new "Clipboard" app restriction that prevents users from copying text to the clipboard inside of Nomad and pasting it to applications outside of Nomad. Requires HCL Nomad Web 1.0.4, iOS 1.0.20, or Android 1.0.30 or higher.
NEWYou can now set the workspace background color in Notes 12 and higher clients using the Desktop/Workspace Configuration action.
ENHANCEMENTAdded a new example action for roaming unread marks.
FIXFixed a problem where GeoLocation conditions were not properly added to the actions.xml.
FIXFixed a problem where Nomad Application Restrictions might be ignored on iOS or Android platforms.
FIXFixed a problem where a low resolution database icon was not stored in the Application action if a high resolution icon did not exist.

Config DB - MC Upgrade UI

ENHANCEMENTInternal MCUpgrade script enhancement to use new license upgrade documents.
ENHANCEMENTMCUpgrade script now presents a warning message if you attempt to issue a MarvelClient release that doesn't support the Notes client version you are using (e.g. you issue (p)mc.dll 10 to a Notes 12 client).
FIXFixed a problem where the mail server specified in the "When" field of the MCUpgrade Wizard was not transferred to the resulting actions created by the wizard.
FIXFixed a problem where ExtMgr_Addins might not be updated properly by the MarvelClient install scripts if a Notes 12 client is automatically provisioned with pmc.dll using the Domino Directory profile option to auto-install MarvelClient.

Analyze DB

ENHANCEMENTUsers that have been assigned the ACL role [DoNotOpenThisDB] will see the message "You are not allowed to access this database" when they attempt to open the Analyze DB in the Notes client UI, and the database will automatically close. 



Release 2022-03-22 - 20220322145500 
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NEWOnlineUpdate now supports distribution of a Win64 MarvelClient DLL.
ENHANCEMENTAdded an example condition to detect Windows 11.
CHANGE

The "Advanced" section on the Nomad Web Migration Roaming action has been removed.

FIXFixed a problem where the "Update Language Tables" button would fail with an error after the database was updated to version 20211111.
FIXFixed a problem where the OnlineUpdate Config document might not be saved after OnlineUpdate for Multi-tenant database configurations.

Config DB - MC Upgrade UI

ENHANCEMENTOn the Upgrade Wizard Preparation tab, you can now enter the names of services and processes to stop/kill.
FIXFixed a problem where an error would occur if MCUpgrade was launched via the MCUpgradeService, and the public key had not been deployed yet.
FIXFixed some issues where MCUpgrade Cinema Slideshow would not work properly with older versions of IE.

Analyze DB

ENHANCEMENT

Made formulas in the web migration lookup view more efficient.

ENHANCEMENTThe "Count number of unique monitored users" button now shows how many user documents have been updated in the past 90 days, to avoid overcounting users who are no longer active.
CHANGESoft deleted documents are now excluded from several of the "Users" views where they were previously visible.
CHANGEEnhanced roaming DXLExport/Import now restricts the number of URL documents that are roamed to bookmark.nsf.
CHANGE / FIXEnhanced roaming DXLExport/Import now includes additional "HomePages and links" documents to allow custom homepages to roam properly and avoid an "Unable to load frame's content" error at startup.
CHANGE / FIXThe Cleanup action now tries to keep at least one desktop backup and one backup for each backup key, if they are within the "outdated" time frame. Previously the cleanup was based only on username and backup date.
CHANGE / FIXChanged a few translated messages in the Cleanup agent.
FIXFixed a rare condition that could cause the Cleanup agent to display a "Field is too large (32K) or View's column & selection formulas are too large" error.


Release 2021-11-11 - 20211111123000 
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NEW

Nomad Web Migration action. This action can be used to enable a one-time desktop migration on a first-time setup of Nomad Web.

Requires HCL Nomad Web 1.0.2 or higher (available in December 2021).

ENHANCEMENTNew example ini action for roaming DXLExport agent
ENHANCEMENTAnalyze DB path now defaults to <ini:MC_UploadDB=panagenda\mc_analyze.nsf> on Backup, Roaming/Rollback, ID-File, and Application Usage actions (previously the default value was simply "panagenda\mc_analyze.nsf")
ENHANCEMENTOnline Update now works for 64-bit Notes clients
CHANGE / FIX

Platform selector on Generic action form now enabled for all platforms

CHANGE / FIXFixed some translation issues in JP and RU
CHANGE / FIXChanged example action "Configure HW and SW Inventory" to exclude Nomad Web
FIXFixed OnlineUpdate Error (ESCAPEHANDLELOCATION) 184 in Line 66: Variant does not contain a container 
FIXSMTP Test in Upgrade wizard creates "could not get file handle" errors
FIXFix for OnlineUpdate in multi-tenant mode, when using the same license key for the tenant DB and the base Config DB
FIXFixed a problem where Online Update sometimes did not remove all deselected languages, if multiple languages were chosen to be removed after the update 
FIXExclude MCUpgradeConfig docs from the SI sync view, to prevent MYRESOLVEGROUPSFROMSI errors in the SI sync logs

Analyze DB

NEW

New view for notes.ini Preferences by User. This also allowed us to add a new Preferences tab to the user upload doc.

ENHANCEMENTAdded an "Open HW/SW Inventory" button to the OS/HW tab of the user upload doc, which will automatically search for and attempt to open the user's HW/SW Inventory doc.
CHANGEHide "Collect support data" link on welcome screen for Nomad Web and iOS users
CHANGERemoved "this database uses Java applets" warning when opening the Analyze DB with Nomad Web
CHANGE / FIXEnabled ports displayed for Location documents are now more accurate when "EnabledPorts" is not available
CHANGE / FIXUpdated the Inventory agent so it does not run on Nomad Web
CHANGE / FIXUpdated the Collect LocalNamesDetails agent to better support Nomad Web


Release 2021-09-16 - 20210916084300 
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NEW

The Devices and Platform selector now supports the selection of Nomad Web. The selector for Linux has been removed.

Except for Location and Connection actions, any existing non-restricted action will automatically run on HCL Nomad Web, too.

Any existing Location and Connection actions, and any existing actions that are restricted to any number of devices and/or platforms, must be specifically edited and enabled for Nomad Web.

NOTE: You are advised to not enable existing Location and Connection actions for Nomad Web, but to create new, dedicated actions for Nomad Web. The simple reason is that Nomad Web requires the WSS port, whereas rich clients usually make use of the TCP(IP) port. See below for details regarding the new Nomad Location action.

NEW

A new "Nomad Location" action is now available. This should be used for management of the Location document on Nomad clients instead of the standard Location action.

Note that existing Location actions will not run on the latest Nomad client builds unless you explicitly resave them and specify the Nomad clients they should run on. We strongly encourage you to use the new Nomad Location action instead of activating old Location actions for Nomad.

NEW/CHANGE

Nomad App Restrictions also run on Nomad Web.

The Nomad Web platform only supports a specific subset of App Restrictions. The action form in the Config DB has icons that indicate which App Restrictions are available on the different Nomad platforms.

ENHANCEMENTAdded a high resolution database icon for Notes 12.0.1.
FIXOn the Location document, 'Type-ahead shows server contacts before local' now properly shows the setting in read mode.
FIXFixed an "image cannot be found" error that could happen on Workspace Background action forms.
FIXFixed a problem where high color icons could be missing in the DesktopIcon action.
FIXFixed a "CollectionScheduledAgents" error that could occur in specific versions of Online Update.
FIXAdded a few missing Dutch translation strings.


Release 2021-08-16 - 20210816160000
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CHANGE / FIX

Online Update no longer checks for new versions automatically on Mac. This avoids problems where LotusScript-to-Java calls don't always work properly on MacOS.

Analyze DB

CHANGE / FIX

MCUpgrade\by Summary Latest view was not sorted properly.


Release 2021-08-06 - 20210806114200
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FIXThe desktop icon (application/mailfile) action now properly removes an associated bookmark action after selecting and later de-selecting a bookmark action template on the Bookmark tab.
FIX

The config file XSLT document did not include config_user_* values for GreenLight customers.

ENHANCEMENTCustomers can now also choose the WSS port in Connection actions.

Config DB - MC Upgrade UI

FIXFixed an issue where excluding Admin&|Designer clients did not work due to a wrongly computed condition.
ENHANCEMENT

When downloading the MCUpgradeService files from the upgrade config wizard (Elevation tab with Service type upgrade selected), customers had to merge their public key file into the zip file manually.
Downloading now prompts for a public key file and merges it into the resulting zip file automatically.


Release 2021-07-12 - 20210708163400
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ENHANCEMENT

New languages available! Our templates now have translations for these additional languages:

  • Spanish
  • French
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Russian
  • Japanese

After you run OnlineUpdate to upgrade to the latest template, you can close and reopen the database and run OnlineUpdate again to download one, some, or all of the new languages.

ENHANCEMENTLocation and Connection actions are now disabled for Nomad platforms by default. This also applies to existing actions. Administrators can manually override this, but be aware that some Location and Connection settings can be harmful to your Nomad clients.
CHANGELocation action now has a WSS port option for Nomad/SafeLinx support, and the legacy TCP port has been removed (the TCPIP port is still available, of course).

Config DB - MC Upgrade UI

FIXFixed a "filepath is invalid" error when an Upgrade config with whitelisting is published.

Analyze DB

ENHANCEMENT

New languages available! Our templates now have translations for these additional languages:

  • Spanish
  • French
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • Russian
  • Japanese

You will need to run OnlineUpdate in your Config DB to select and download the new languages.

ENHANCEMENTUpload docs for Nomad mobile devices now display the device type in the "Type of Computer" section of the OS/HW tab, if available (for example: iPad Pro 2nd gen (12.9")).


Release 2021-06-29 - 20210629112700
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ENHANCEMENTAdded Android as an option for App Restrictions action (requires Nomad version 1.0.20 or higher on Android)
ENHANCEMENTBetter "What's New" release notes links for newly downloaded templates and binaries
ENHANCEMENTThe splash screen preview has been improved for faster and flicker-free display, now also allowing a preview of any custom splash screen
CHANGESuccess dialog after Online Update now lists the names (like MCUpgrade) of components that were downloaded, not the file names (like MCUpgrade_xxx.zip)
FIXLocation action wasn't setting some of the hidden fields to "onlynew" if you used the option to set all fields to "onlynew"
FIXFixed a potential "Type mismatch" error in Online Update if only MCUpgrade was being updated
FIXFixed a problem where the Japanese language translation option could become unchecked on the OnlineUpdate form when the form was refreshed

Config DB - MC Upgrade UI

ENHANCEMENT

Improvements to the Upgrade Wizard:

  • Now allows for filepaths with spaces
  • Easier shortcut icon selection
  • Deploying MarvelClient Essentials will now consistently use pmc.dll as the deployed filename
ENHANCEMENTAdded CREATE_R12_Databases to coptim notes.ini
ENHANCEMENTUpdated nice.exe for Notes 12
ENHANCEMENTUpgrade packages are now published to publish\packagename (instead of just the publish folder) to make sure older packages don't get overwritten, and to make sure packages are easier to identify
ENHANCEMENTThe MCUpgradeService executable and DLL files available for download from the config database have been updated with an EV certificate
FIXFixed the Spanish translation for ProgressSuffix
FIXFixed a problem where the whitelist parameters from the wizard might not be published properly if they weren't in quotes

Analyze DB

ENHANCEMENT / FIX

Workaround for a problem where the Audit agent would not fully process large batches of upload documents, but it would set all the upload documents to processed anyway. This is due to a Java bug specific to Domino 11.0.1FP3 and Domino 12. Some details are in this HCL technote: https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article_view&sys_kb_id=a614d6191bf0f010a67e9759bc4bcbe6 

ENHANCEMENTIf the Audit agent fails to process files correctly, the log now has better information about which files failed to process and why
CHANGEThe config.xsl file will now clear the notes_userdetails_mailfile_local_is_managed_replica field if it hasn't been set by the config.xml file in an upload document, for more accurate reporting on clients with and without managed mail replicas
FIXFixed the computed link to the Config database in the navigator, if the Analyze database is from a MarvelClient Essentials install
FIXFixed a potential "Error 165 External function not found" when using the "Run Cleanup/Automailer once now" button on the Cleanup document


Release 2021-05-25 - 20210525132900
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ENHANCEMENTNew section in the Sametime Autostatus action form for meetings found in calendar. Requires Plugin version 12.0.0 or higher.
ENHANCEMENT / FIX

Better calculation of release notes links for new dlls, plugins, and templates downloaded by OnlineUpdate (some of the new MC 12 links were being calculated incorrectly).

FIXFixed a problem where setting all fields in a Location action to "only if new" still left a few fields set to "always". This didn't cause any reported problems, but it shouldn't have happened.

Config DB - MC Upgrade UI

ENHANCEMENTMCUpgrade now supports 64-bit installers.
ENHANCEMENTAdded a confirmation prompt if someone tries to delete an upgrade configuration.
FIXFixed a problem where MCUpgrade emails were sometimes delivered in a different order than expected.
FIXFixed a problem where the Upgrade Config Wizard could fail silently if there are multiple installers with the same name.

Analyze DB

ENHANCEMENT / FIX

Better processing of documents in the Cleanup handler, to avoid problems where usernames have been modified by the Admin process. This includes:

  • new option to remove documents that have been renamed by the Admin process and now have obsolete upload keys
  • new option to remove documents that are not the latest version of Notes on that computer (i.e. if there are multiple upload documents for a single machine representing multiple Notes client versions, only keep the upload document for the highest version found)
  • fixed a problem where Cleanup didn't work properly for users who had multiple shortnames defined
FIXBetter logging for situations where the Audit agent fails to process an upload document because it has missing required fields.