Real Time Font Preview The Font dialog in Designer now includes a preview of the font that is displayed in the drop down. (TFS#25867, 18643)

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1 ACCESSVIA 3131 Western Avenue #530 Seattle WA AccessVia Release Notes Version April 23, 2012 New Features AccessVia Publishing Engine Frames and Layers Support in PostScript Publishing Frames and Layers on a template (including rotation and scaling of those Frames and Layers) is now supported when publishing using PostScript from Designer, portable SignShop and Direct URL publishing. (TFS#25796, 25798, 25801) Scale to Fit Support in PostScript Previously the scale to fit size option was not supported when printing PostScript, so all scale to fit elements would print the same size. Now these elements are scaled appropriately when printing PostScript. (TFS#25966) Optimized PostScript Printing PostScript rendering now has the capability to cache repeated fonts and graphics in a print job. This dramatically reduces the size of the output file. The cache size is dependent upon the printer model and defaults to 64MB. The minimum is 4MB. If the graphic is not repeated it will not be cached and the most used graphics and fonts will be cached first. Printing with the new model named Generic PS Optimized will cache fonts and graphics. Caching for printing with any other PS model can be initialized via the INI file and controlled in the Print Control s Advanced Job Control tab. The options are: CACHEGRAPHICS: Cache only repeated graphics until hit max virtual memory size, inline all non-repeated graphics, and don t download/cache any fonts as part of a job. CACHEFONTS: Cache only used fonts and inline all graphics as part of a job. CACHEFONTSANDGRAPHICS: Cache repeated graphics until the max virtual memory size is hit, inline all non-repeated graphics, and cache only used fonts as part of a job, and caching fonts should take precedence over graphics. NODOWNLOAD: Don t download/cache fonts and inline all graphics as part of a job. (TFS#25984, 25983) AccessVia Designer Real Time Font Preview The Font dialog in Designer now includes a preview of the font that is displayed in the drop down. (TFS#25867, 18643) Enhance Portfolio Explorer to Preserve Folder Structure The Portfolio Explorer has five major nodes - templates, layers, rules, tables, and queries. Previously, when the Portfolio Explorer was refreshed, some nodes that had been expanded would get collapsed, and some that were collapsed would get expanded. Now the state of those five major nodes is preserved, so that any expanded ones will stay expanded and any collapsed ones will stay collapsed on a refresh. Note that this does not apply to any sub-nodes (those will all get collapsed on a refresh). (TFS#2587, , 26110) Show Templates Related to Layers in Portfolio Explorer In the Portfolio Explorer Layers can be expanded to show "Layer View" and "Used by". When Layer View is expanded it shows all of the elements on that Layer. When Used by is expanded it displays all of the templates that use that Layer. (TFS#26040, 26113) 1 of 10

2 Active Template Focus Double clicking on the name of an open template in the Portfolio Explorer will give that template focus on the drawing board. (TFS#26027) Custom Color Creation From either the Fill dialog or the Outline dialog the user can double click in the first row of the Custom Color grid and define a custom color. (TFS#26044, 19792) Graphics Paths Usability Improvements A checkbox was added to the System Folders dialog that will set the Graphics Path to the defined CustImages$ path. Graphics Paths settings were reorganized for ease of use in the Graphic Special Properties dialog. (TFS#26129, 26100) Template and Layer Icon Updates The Template and layer icons in the Standard Toolbar and Portfolio Explorer were updated. In addition the tab colors for Templates and Layers changed. Open Templates have blue tabs and open Layers have yellow tabs. (TFS#26187) AccessVia Print Control and Server Selectable Cache Location The cache location path in Advanced Network Setup Graphic and font cache is now selectable so that the user can easily copy and paste it into Windows Explorer. (TFS#25939) HTTP and AV Print Stream Block Headers Cleanup and Encoding The custom HTTP request headers, X-Forwarded-For, X-Client-IP, and X-AccessViaPrintControl-Version, were removed from the Print Control and AccessViaPrintControlVersion and ClientIP added to HTTP POST Body. The custom HTTP headers, X-Powered-By, and X-AccessViaPublishingServer-Version, were removed from the Print Server. The HTTP Connection is now explicitly closed after completing the print request response in HTTP 1.1 and sending Cookie information via Print Control.poc request is disabled. (TFS#26193, 26192) Web dsignshop Sidebar and Template Images The current template image in the sidebar used to be defined as SBThumbImg in the portfolio. In this release it is now pulled from TplThmbImg which is the same location as the template thumbnails on the selection screens. The 150 x 150 image referenced in TplThmbImg is squished down to a height of 88 and placed in a white box stacked onto the red background. (TFS#25938, 26136) Clear Filter Button When a filter is applied on the View All batches screen or the View Batch items screen an "X" button appears to the right of the search box which can be used to explicitly clear the search. (TFS#26142, 26143, 26211) Log Sign-In Error to Event Viewer If authentication fails then an event is logged in the server s application log saying the name, password and IP address from where the attempt originated. For example Web dsignshop sign-in attempt failed for login 'SM' with password 'baddpasswordd' on server (TFS#26024) Edit Screen Changes for Multi-Item Edit The Multi-item control box was improved by adding a double line outline and the controls within it were correctly aligned. In addition the highlight color for the current sub-item was changed from light blue to yellow. The Add From Library sidebar button now prompts to save if the sign has unsaved changes (includes new sign). The New button was renamed to New Sign and the Delete button was renamed to Delete Sign. This lets the user know that the whole sign will be deleted versus just a sub-item. When 2 of 10

3 adding items from the library to a multi item edit, the Add Selected buttons reads Add To Batch. (TFS#26115) Print Status on Batch Properties Screen Dropdowns containing all the values and descriptions for Print Status and Central Status have been added to the Batch Properties screen. In a production deployment the Central Status would not be displayed on this screen and the options in the Print Status dropdown would be limited. (TFS#26137) Changed Print Server Connection Test Response Changed successful connection message from Connection Alive! to Response OK. (TFS#26244) Close Button Added to Selections Dialog A Close button was added to the list of options in the checkbox Selections dialog. (TFS#26157) Profile Override Batch Templates Two new keys may be used in SGSYSTEM, UITemplate_BatchCreate and UITemplate_BatchEdit. If they are not set, the base UI templates are used. If UITemplate_BatchCreate is set, it will override the UI template used on BCreate.asp. If UITemplate_BatchEdit is set, it will override the UI template used on BChange.asp. (TFS#26172) Support For Single Entrymode Parameter Web dsignshop edit screen definitions only used the second character in SGEDIT.ENTRYMODE. Since there is no longer a need for double ENTRYMODE parameters, Web dsignshop will now support a single ENTRYMODE parameter. For backwards compatibility, if there are two parameters Web dsignshop will correctly use the second parameter. (TFS#26207) Add From Planogram Prototype A prototype was completed that allows Web dsignshop to be configured with an Add from Planogram button on the View Batch page. When Dialog_URL and AddFromPlano_Enabled are set in SGSYSTEM, the button becomes available. When clicked, it pops up a modal dialog displaying an ASP.NET grid served from the PPM. The grid displays data that has been configured in the AVPlano and AVPlanoItem tables. The user may select a row and add it. When the dialog is closed, they are returned to the batch and will see the added items. (TFS#25902, 26007, 26228, 26229, 26230) AccessVia Export Utility Component Upgrade The InstallShield project for the stand-alone Winform Template Export Utility has been updated to include the latest DevExpress assemblies. (TFS#26070) Data Integrity Check Added When the 'Export Selected' button is pressed, several queries are run to detect orphaned Frame, Rule and Layer data in the source and target databases and if any orphans are found an error is logged in the Event Viewer. The user is prompted to resolve the errors, and pressing 'OK' will delete the orphaned records. The source and target templates are checked again for orphans and if orphans are still present, a message is displayed and the export is canceled. If no orphans are found the export is run. This check is only in the Winform Export Utility. (TFS#26037, 26114) Publishing Platform Manager Manage File Assets The File Manager link on the Maintenance menu allows the PPM user to upload, rename, move and delete images in a specified graphics path. (TFS#26271) Printing From Central SignShop The Print Operator page in the PPM allows users to print selected batches. The selected batches are 3 of 10

4 ordered by template and presented to the user in a grid. The requests in the print job can be submitted sequentially with the print control prompting for the next request as soon as the previous one is finished or the user can choose to select and print single requests. The grid can be ordered by any of its columns, the print status is updated from Ready to Printed after each request is sent and the grid will auto scroll as the print prompting moves through the list. A manifest for each print job can be generated to either an Excel spreadsheet or PDF file. After installation, PrintControl_PublishingServer and ImageLibrary_TemplatePreview must be configured in the appsettings.sqlserver.config file. (TFS#25806, 25783, 25787, 26273) Batch Status States Batches have two different state types, the store state and the central state, that are updated based on where printing occurs. For example, when a batch is printed centrally, the store print status is updated to reflect that the batch was printed in a central facility and the central print status is updated to reflect that the batch was either partially or fully printed. Store state is shown to the Web dsignshop user in the status column on the View All Batches page. The central state is shown to the print operator in Central SignShop. Every time a state change occurs the date is captured and also presented to the user in the appropriate UI. (TFS#26132, 26133, 26134, 26138) Script Manager On the Maintenance menu the Script Manager page provides access to the data cleanup tasks that are included in the build. There is an explanation of each script and a button to execute it. The page is easily extendible for additional scripts. There is no logging of execution history in this release. (TFS# 25804, 26147) Rename Paper Type A user may now rename a Paper Type on the Configure and Manage Paper Types screen. A warning will pop up to inform them that the name change will be propagated throughout the portfolio. (TFS#25945, 25979) Region Added to Batch Distribution Region ID and Region Name were added to the Batches and Stores grids in Batch Distribution so that users may filter by their Region ID or Region Name. Stores are assigned a Region ID in the Store table and sample data was added to the Region table and to the Store table. (TFS#26021, 26118, 26148) Sample Reports Added to the Reporting Menu The Store Operations Reporting page now has links to sample report pdfs that show Batch Status By Event, Recent Publishing Activity and Print Quantities By Category. The Visual Merchandising Reporting page now has links to sample report pdfs that show a Template Use Summary. (TFS#26094, 26097, 26125, 26034, 26033) Incremental Filtering of Template List Under Portfolio on the Template List page, the Template Name drop-down now allows incremental filtering. When a PPM user is adding a new template and they type in the first few letters of the template name, the list will filter by those letters and jump to matching values. (TFS#25975) Allow Multi-Select on Batch Status Under Maintenance on the Batch Status page a user may now select multiple rows to remove multiple batch statuses at once. (TFS#25976, 25879) Column Picker Added to Template List Under Portfolio on the Template List page, the Column Picker is available in the top, right corner so that the user can customize their view of the Template List. (TFS#25978) User Interface Improvements Headings, titles and messages throughout the PPM user interface were updated to increase understanding and usability of the menus and screens. 4 of 10

5 AccessVia Publishing Platform Installation New Sample Data The AVPUBLISH.mdf now includes five new sample market segments Grocery, Electronics, Pharmacy, General and Hardware. For each market segment, there are sample members, batches, templates and graphics. An updated AVSignShop_NoRows_TemplateSchema_V8.5.mdb is also included. (TFS#25937, 25780, 26006, 26148) Removal of Obsolete AVVB Configuration Settings and Data All HQ and STORE settings were removed from the SGSystem table. All obsolete AVVB schema and data was removed from the SQL Server and Oracle databases. And the SGMenu and SGTree editor pages were removed from the PPM. (TFS#26206, 26258, 26259) Portuguese Translations Portuguese translations were added to the Pt_Pt column in SGLANGWEB. (TFS#26266) AccessVia Schema Changes from 260 to 264 Tables Added [AVJobRequest] [AVPlano] [AVPlanoItem] Tables Removed [HQMENU] [SGLANGVB] [SGMENU] [SGTREE] [STORMENU] Tables Updated ALTER TABLE [dbo].[sgportflio] WITH NOCHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_SGPORTFLIO_SGPAPER] FOREIGN KEY ([PaperName]) REFERENCES [dbo].[sgpaper] ([PaperName]) ON UPDATE CASCADE Columns Added [AVJob].[Server] [nvarchar] (254) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL [AVJob].[Username] [nvarchar] (254) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL [AVJob].[Session] [nvarchar] (254) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL [AVJob].[Status] [nvarchar] (254) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL [AVJobState].[Server] [nvarchar] (254) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL [AVJobState].[Username] [nvarchar] (254) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL [AVJobState].[Session] [nvarchar] (254) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL [AVStateType].[Comments] [nvarchar] (254) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL [AVStoreGroup].[Comments] [nvarchar] (254) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL [Member].[DepartmentID] [nvarchar] (10) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL [StoreListHeader].[ModifiedBy] [nvarchar] (50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL [StoreListHeader].[ListHeaderDesc][nvarchar] (254) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL Stored Procedures Added [AV_AddPlanoToBatch] Stored Procedures Updated [AV_Import_ItemsByImportBatchID] [ChangeStatusOfAssignedBatches] 5 of 10

6 [ChangeStatusOfSignsInBatch] [Import_SignItem] Known Limitations AccessVia Publishing Engine In a central print environment that uses GDI or GDI+ for rendering, AccessVia recommends using Windows Server 2008 R2 for the print server(s). AccessVia Designer When Designer is run on a 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7 machine it must be run as an administrator. Designer drawing board and preview use GDI for rendering, therefore functionality specific to GDI+ will not be visible on the drawing board. Please print to PDF or a printer to validate GDI+ features from Designer. AccessVia Print Control and Server If you choose to print to a PDF driver, we recommend PDFCreator. Printing Frames and Layers using PostScript from the Print Control in Web dsignshop is not supported in this release. Publishing Platform Manager Oracle is not supported in this release. When the Publishing Platform Manager is run on a 64-bit machine, the Export will not function unless a 32-bit application pool is created for the PPM. Web dsignshop Oracle is not supported in this release. Notable Bug Fixes by Product AccessVia Designer Random First Chance Exception when dragging/dropping a frame Cannot create/edit a rule exactly 512 characters long Remaining Spanish translations for Graphics Special dialog Undo should remove a newly drawn element Changes to Recordset Viewer columns do not persist when linked to a query Should not allow the creation of a rule with no rule text or rule name Long expressions not getting copied in SGRULE after a Save As Mass rule deletion issue after deleting more than one long expression at once Orphaned records in SGELEM Orphaned long expressions in SGRULE when a template is deleted Template setup calculation is wrong when gutters are used and the ruler is set to inches or cm Template Setup calculation is wrong when gutters are used and the paper is landscape Undo after deleting a long expression and saving brings back the element linked to a non-existent RuleID Change default price text entry from $99.99 to Fix cancel behavior when saving a template with an existing name xml files in Designer data path Bullet character (alt ) doesn't display in the Data Sources dialog Designer crashes when you save a frame with no layer specified Set Default PS Printer/Type to "Generic PS" in Print Control 6 of 10

7 26055 Element Placement Not Working When 'View Active Elements' turned on/off Array index should be range checked *before* the index is used Font validation is broken Correct icons not showing on template/layer tabs Duplicated icons in Portfolio Explorer Drawing board should refresh after changes to show no data / error text in Preferences Too many options on rules right click menu in Portfolio Explorer Bold and Italic buttons not working as expected on English OS Undo is deleting frames Right click menus pop up when they shouldn't Portfolio Explorer Frames are ending up with identical SpecIDs after a Save As Viewers are refreshing with the wong data after resizing Update System Folders dialog for Spanish Drag and drop is broken for frames AccessVia Publishing Engine Remove old unused code that generated the Status Report Remove Preview code from the engine Rotated graphics shifting when printing Windows_Direct GDIPLUS Shifting graphics when printing Windows GDIPLUS EPS graphics inline rendering is not working RGDPS - PrintAs1UP should not include any PageSize or Orientation values in PS output Numlines() fails when inlinehtml is enabled EPS Background graphics on Layer does not print if it's inlined Circle/Ellipse element on Layer breaks printing Rotated/Scaled/Translated frames on Template Issues with frames shifting when printing PS Cannot print template with layers using DB2 database when logged in as non-schema owner Landscape orientation fails when printing non-generic PS All graphics are shifting when printing Windows GDIPLUS AccessVia Print Control and Server Initialize class variables in constructors Print Control shows as Not verified in IE add ons Error when printing with "Protected Mode" on in certain circumstances EventPrint() call constructs bad URL and causes graphics embedding into emf stream/file Sometimes WebdSS Print Control dialog attaches to wrong parent window and causes IE to crash CACHEFONTSANDGRAPHICS should be populated in the dropdown when Gen PS Opt is selected CACHEFONTS is getting set back to CACHEFONTSANDGRAPHICS CACHEFONTSANDGRAPHICS option is not working as expected for graphics CACHEFONTSANDGRAPHICS option failing for graphics when the template contains more than one font Response chunk format is invalid when using Server 2008 R After printing iexplore process is not unloaded Test button cut off when IE is set to Spanish Error when clicking on Control de trabajo when IE is set to Spanish Web dsignshop Issues with sample Info Signs batch Display Demo logs error to event viewer 7 of 10

8 18427 Error Messaging Enhancements for Improved Diagnostics: DB unavailable Error Messaging Enhancements for Improved Diagnostics: SQT not available Digital sign demo should be updated to fit standard screen size and resolutions MGAdd.asp: Print should display an error when there is no data entered Batch Name not getting truncated Remove SQT2StoredProc.exe and all associated files from build Invalid file references in WDSS marketing pages EditHtml.INC: 'fldname.name' is null or not an object View Item Library selections options box pops up in wrong location Homenav.xml needs to reference resource strings for all tabs FooterNav.xml needs to reference a resource string for Conditions of Use Multi-item movement functions missing intbatchid token to query Searching for terms with spaces can cause problems with search behavior Issues with search term persistence Select All after a search selects all items outside the results of the search Add selected from library is not adding the price data to SignItem Add default document to AccessViaWeb virtual directory Change Template button requires Spanish translation Batch filter not applied to select all Using Chinese characters as a user name or password causes login to fail Item Not Found popup does not have focus Font information displaying on several Webdss pages Unable to enter a batch: ASP error Include file not found Change Template feature causes website user to lose place in UI screen Add RCS_ChangeCopies to SGLANGWEB with translations Change Copies and Change Template return user to page Copy Selected results in strange page refresh Spanish translation of "Preview Selected" button label too long QuickBuildSticky setting is broken Creating a new multi-item sign while creating a new batch fails French "Chnager" regarding WDSS password Update fr_fr with data from fr_ca in SGLANGWEB, SGLANGEDIT and SGLANGCUST Batches with 40,000 signs fail to print Page numbers wrap if the IE window is too narrow on the Select Template page Not all SGSystem keys act alike with True, Yes, On Sign counts over crash WDSS Remove Clear Filter button from EditItem.asp WDSS sidebar template preview text linewraps with long template descriptions Select All and Clear All not working on Batches.asp and ViewItems.asp Long batch names overflow and overlap adjacent columns in Batches.asp grid Creating or editing a batch name trims the name too short Overlap when long template descriptions, tplgroup name/desc and paper name/desc Resetting print status on Bchange.asp should not update Central Status Print State R setting Central State BChange.asp Central Print Status not updating Webdss UI BChange.asp Central Status not updated after Central Print Spanish sign-in instructional message in WDSS is wrong PubPlatMngrEnterprise.html is missing the AV Publishing Web dsignshop link 8 of 10

9 Publishing Platform Manager PrintCtrl_ServerSideCheckBox_Checked property should be available Copy edit screen fails SkinName Property should be in the Store Group class not the Role Class Edit screen editor has extra space above grid when viewed in IE Calendar pop up doesn't function in IE Need to have RegionID field in Store Edit screen in PPM Batch Distribution - Issues when modifying filter via popup dialog PPM Winform references broken Add all available fields into Template Group List grid Add all available fields into Paper Type List grid Edit Screen Control Source cannot be set to none Server error on Export Edit Database Connections Server error on Export Template Export Server error on Batch Distribution Batches Server error on Batch Distribution Store Lists Server error on Reporting Store Operations Server error on Reporting Visual Merchandising Unable to edit or create member data Server Error on Portfolio Paper Types Extra character on Data Sources Batch Types Update the PrintControl CAB in PPM's PrintControl folder Remove UI Config SignShop Menus and Trees page Pages based on tab/sub-html pages fail to save updates when using IE9 in native mode Pages with iframes in tabs don't autofit when changing browser window size "Field Chooser" still shows up in places rather than "Columns" Choose Properties for this Profile dialog is broken Maintenance File Manager throws error No row is highlighted when switching to an edit form with fewer rows PPM Sign-in page missing nice title and instead shows full URL as the title Export Utility Export Utility does not show frame/layer information when SNAC 10 is used Rules are failing to export in several scenarios Test Environments Operating Systems Windows XP SP3 Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2 (32-bit) Windows 7 Professional (32-bit) Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) Windows Server 2008 Standard SP1 (32-bit) Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (64-bit) Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard SP1 (64-bit) 9 of 10

10 Databases SQL Server 2005 SQL Server 2008 Oracle Database 10g Enterprise bit Oracle Database 11g Enterprise bit Database Drivers SQL Native Client v SQL Native Client v SQL Native Client v SQL Native Client v SQL Native Client v Oracle 10g driver v Oracle 11g driver v of 10