edev Technologies SmartWord4TFS Release Notes edev Technologies 3/14/2017
Table of Contents 1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS... 2 2. APPLICATION SETUP... 4 3. NEW FEATURES... 5 4. ENHANCED FEATURES... 5 5. KNOWN ISSUES... 6 6. BUG FIXES... 6 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 1 of 16
1. Introduction This document contains the release notes for SmartWord4TFS release. It describes recently added, changed, or deleted features of SmartWord4TFS Application. All users are encouraged to consult the release errata before installing application. The errata document is updated with late-breaking information discovered late in the release cycle or after the release. Typically, it contains information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections to documentation. 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 2 of 16
2. System Requirements Supported Operating Systems Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Software Dependencies 1. Windows 10 /8.1/ 8 / 7 2. Microsoft Word* 2016/2013/2010/2007/365 ProPlus 3. Microsoft Team Explorer* 2017/2015/ 2013/2012/2010 4. Microsoft.Net Framework 4.5 5. Internet Explorer 9 or higher Microsoft Word*: 1. Microsoft Word 2016 a. If there exists any other Service pack provided by Microsoft, user must have that SP installed OR 2. Microsoft Word 2013 a. Service Pack 1 b. If there exists any other Service pack provided by Microsoft, user must have that SP installed OR 2. Microsoft Word 2010 a. Service Pack 1 (must be installed before SP2) b. Service Pack 2 (must be installed after SP1) c. If there exists any other Service pack provided by Microsoft, user must have that SP installed d. Microsoft Office 2010 Primary Interop Assemblies OR 3. Microsoft Word 2007 a. Service Pack 1 (must be installed before SP2) b. Service Pack 2 (must be installed before SP3) c. Service Pack 3 d. If there exists any other Service pack provided by Microsoft, user must have that SP installed patch office-kb976477-fullfile-x86-glb.exe o This patch must be installed to install SmartWord4TFS for everyone (all users), to enable the above patch user might need to follow the instruction provided in the KB 976811 Microsoft Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 3 of 16
Microsoft Team Explorer*: a. Visual Studio 2017, Team Explorer 2017 Or b. Visual Studio 2015, Team Explorer 2015 Or c. Visual Studio 2013, Team Explorer 2013, TFS 2013 Object Model, Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 must be installed Or d. Visual Studio 2012, Team Explorer 2012, TFS 2012 Object Model, Visual Studio 2012 Update 5 must be installed Or e. Visual Studio 2010, Team Explorer 2010, TFS 2010 Object Model, Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack Note: If all prerequisites are installed and even Smart Word 4 TFS doesn t get load, then uninstall SmartWord4TFS, PIA and VSTO respectively, and then install all again in the following sequence. 1. PIA 2. VSTO 3. Smart Word 4 TFS *This case happens mostly in Office 2007, make sure above mentioned patch is installed. *It is highly recommended to use same or higher version of Team Explorer/Visual Studio as of Team Foundation Server. SmartOffice doesn't support "standalone TFS client for 2013" or Team Explorer Supported Team Foundation Server o VSTS - Visual Studio Online o TFS 2017 o TFS 2015 o TFS 2013 o TFS 2012 o TFS 2010 Supported Team Foundation Server Languages o o o o English Chinese Deutsch (German) French 3. Application Setup Refer to SmartWord4TFSInstallationGuide.docx for installing the application. 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 4 of 16
4. New Features VS 2017 Support: Now SmartWord4TFS supports Visual Studio 2017 latest release. Team Project Compatibility: Now user can connect single document with any team project or multiple team projects created on different templates. TFS Team Support: Now SmartWord4TS supports Team functionality. DISCOVER: New guided help has been introduced for novice users. SmartOffice Offline Help: Help and Discover contents have a separate offline installer for all user who have closed environment (do not have internet access). Proxy Support: Proxy Support is given in configuration to bypass License info in strictly closed environment. Team Project Enumerated Field Configuration: Enumerated fields value limit is configurable now. 5. Enhanced Features Installation: Installation time has been improved further and due to which performance is increased. Discover: Discover content is available for both environments i.e. closed environments (without access of internet) and environments where users have internet access. Refresh with Publish Feature: In case of Description rich text field containing Bullets or tables, Data would be auto refresh on Publish. This is only special case for it. SmartWord4TFS Query Window: UI has been improved and classified in to separate actions for user to select Reporting functionality OR Bi Directional Reporting. SmartWord4TFS Loading Time: Starting time for SmartWord4TFS has been improved. SmartPart: SmartPart name should be similar to name of section in wizard. SharePoint Access: Accessing with SharePoint has some major issues which are resolved now. SmartWord2016 Performance: SmartWord4TFS performance has been improved when used with MS Word2016 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 5 of 16
Process Template Fields: Identification of Team Project s PT have been improved and given support for heavy populated field values.(configurable) 6. Known Issues TFS API throws error on unidentified scenario on Publishing: On simple document saving and publishing, object reference issue is displayed on screen it is however occurring from TFS API but it is unpredictable, not occurring continuously. Removing space or data from rich text control causes data not fetching from server: If rich text control is left empty between two WorkItems on document or space is removed between two WorkItems type and data is unable to fetch from TFS. Template based document does not fetch query on Scrum Template: User cannot get results from Get Work Items and Query on document created from VSTS Scrum template. However, in some cases before fetching query results if Update Process Template is used. It would work fine. Progress Bar would be displayed after some processing: On Get Work Item, some operations are performed without displaying progress bar, those activities when performed on On-Prem TFS servers does not take much time so it is negligible for users but on VSTS it would be prominent. For updated Help in SmartWord4TFS, User has to perform Auto-update: User has to perform check for updates once to get updated help. For larger set of Users List in Process Template, Connectivity Time needs optimization: Process Template containing larger set of Users List would feel some time delay in connectivity with TFS Server from SmartWord4TFS. On Read-Only report Getting Data in Table Format data is not fetching properly: User On Read only report could face an issue of not getting data properly on specific scenarios. 7. Bug Fixes Control Alignment disturb when creating work item in center position, this issue has been Extra space shows after getting WI's from get WI panel, this issue has Exception occurs at test case steps fields in edit work item window, this issue has been 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 6 of 16
Improper behavior of specific document containing Test Case WI with custom table on save, this issue has Improper behavior on publish selected/publish & refresh afterwards when applying Unsub on published hierarchical WIs, this issue has Steps table is lost before connection when a specific template based document is opened, this issue has Auto tag and send smile buttons are appearing disabled, this issue has Data from rich text is lost on specific steps, this issue has Deleted fields are appears when Get / Fetch work item on document, this issue has been Yes and No buttons are provided without specifying the action on dialog box, this issue has Hierarchal Work item does not delete from smart parts on update process template, this issue has Whole smart parts does not get deleted on update PT if selection base smart parts created, this issue has Query is fetch able without applying update team project leading to html population in rich text control in specific scenario, this issue has Description control is lost in specific scenario, this issue has Root level queries are not being displayed and folders having sub folders are not being displayed either under queries option in ribbon bar on connection with library, this issue has Validation error appears for title control on publishing even title is already present, this issue has Edit WI/ web access for the published WI is being opened while the control is not in selection, this issue has Outcome is not being refreshed, this issue has 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 7 of 16
Changed by field is appearing as text field when applied from wizard using VSTS, this issue has Data is not fetch able in presence of table in rich text if fetched in table layout, this issue has Parent id should update on update process template if work item deleted, this issue has Pasting of controls are being done in invalid range, this issue has Deleted control is still smart control after performing update team project, this issue has Unnecessary implicit call to auto create smart part is done on update team project after reconnection, this issue has Fields does not get delete from wizard on update process template if deleted from team project, this issue has Section heading becomes enable even when no WI has been selected from the dropdown, this issue has Priority field is appearing as plain text field after changing default dropdown limit, this issue has Values for integer drop downs are not appearing on get and query in specific scenario, this issue has Get Work item and Refresh not working in Word 2010, this issue has Deleted smart control of targeted Team Project is not being removed from Insert Smart Part tab, this issue has Unable to fetch any query in specific scenario of update process template, this issue has Deleted smart control of the Team Project becomes child of some other control in given scenario, this issue has Default value of id control is updated and default value of title control is deleted on specific steps, this issue has Process template is being updated on clicking X on dialogue box, this issue has 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 8 of 16
Renamed field has not become non smart, this issue has Renamed/removed field is being displayed in wizard after update team project, this issue has Control without group id is appearing and value is interchanged when a custom user field is renamed, this issue has No information regarding connected team in project information window, this issue has been Default values of team connected not being published, this issue has Query is not being refreshed to new default value of the team, this issue has All my changes to the text in the tables were lost but the comments stayed, this issue has Smart part is not followed and table is not appearing in steps control after update team process on specific steps, this issue has Fetched query is showing no records in given scenario, this issue has The Connecting dialog box disappears after some time and nothing happens, this issue has Data being lost in different scenarios of indentation, this issue has Non smart control is not appearing while getting the WI; smart part is not followed, this issue has Default values of team not being published in hierarchy of different work items, this issue has Team Filter option hides behind information message of Query Window, this issue has been Id of child WI does not get updated on document if parent WI is non-smart, this issue has Control properties of smart part changes while creating smart part again after clearing, this issue has Rich control lost if we publish bulleted text in rich control through online SharePoint, this issue has 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 9 of 16
Smart parts does not insert work item at cursor position, this issue has Section dividing text (Collaboration) not shows clearly on ribbon bar (Japanese + Chinese word 2013 specific), this issue has Smart panel becomes blank when Refresh within query option of ribbon bar is selected, this issue has Control Properties smart panel blank, appear on again click from ribbon bar, this issue has Improper smart part creation in specific scenario, this issue has Smart parts cannot be inserts if cursor set right after the control in table at custom template, this issue has Improper smart part creation in specific scenario, this issue has Miscellaneous issues occurs due to Update process template is appears enable before connection, this issue has The prompt to user for unavailability of server is appearing after more than a minute, this issue has Work Item does not get when get with cursor position in specific scenario, this issue has Titles of WIs interchange with each other and ID of second WI doesn't get updated on document, this issue has Invalid values shows against the field in wizard at following scenario, this issue has been ID of published WI doesn't get updated on document in given scenario, this issue has been Extra link is being created while publishing WIs in hierarchy in given scenario, this issue has Work item published successfully window appears even though nothing has been published, this issue has Unable to publish WIs in specific document, this issue has 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 10 of 16
Smart part modifies to the updated value of rich text field, this issue has Validation dialogue appears if we publish other team project Work item, this issue has been WI is fetched within table when cursor position is checked in Get WI, this issue has been Image size is not same on get as it is stored on TFS when connected to VSTS, this issue has Image is not refreshed/get in actual size as on TFS when resized using IE 11, this issue has Image resizing does not reflect in smart word, this issue has Image size is being altered when we reopen any saved document having image inserted through Web Access/Edit WI window, this issue has Placeholder of already present WI disappears on getting other WI, this issue has Details of child WI disappears on document data in given scenario, this issue has Process template language and TFS server does not detect when send smile / frown through TFS library, this issue has TFS Update URL utility displaying crash/unhandled exception on some specific environments, this issue has Focus is going outside after hitting enter in feedback text area, this issue has Focus is going outside from the content control when we click on create bullet at ribbon, this issue has Data does not fetched in Assigned to control when it getting from TFS, this issue has been We cannot add new row in table through tab key or Add new row button (occurring on specific scenarios), this issue has License information should not appear at about dialogue when we open from reviewer mode, this issue has Highlighting and font coloring lost on getting WIs again and again, this issue has Extra space add above and below the bulleted text in Rich Text field, this issue has been 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 11 of 16
Some font style lost on doc if copy pasted on TFS, this issue has When MSWord is closed after using it for 30 minutes or less, it take Word 20-30 sec to close, this issue has Dialogue appears for Keeping default values in smart parts while creating smart parts if steps control is present at document, this issue has Word crash when containing Test Case WIs. Query is fetched a couple of times on the same word instance, this issue has The image resolution problem still persists, this issue has Bullet lost in rich text control while creating smart parts with not keeping values, this issue has Word instance not properly closed. Have to End task, this issue has Document is refreshed even when doc and TFS data are identical, this issue has SmartWord Tab gets delay when opening saved document. (German specific), this issue has Formatting of blank line is converted to times new roman and size decreased to 12, removing any other formatting applied, this issue has Hyperlink does not get tagged at specific documents, this issue has Multiline extra space appears at rich text control when publish work item, this issue has Formatting lost and smart parts are not properly created after document is auto tagged causing crash sometimes [Auto Tag], this issue has First letter of next line which is not in selection is lost after auto tag, this issue has been Heading of WI is not coming when insert smart part is done after using wizard twice, this issue has Confirmation message do not appear after successful submission of feedback using smiley/frown option, this issue has New control doesn't fetch data on first refresh within query block despite of correct references, this issue has Plain text control lost if read only id control is adjacent to it without any character in between, this issue has Tables lost on auto tagging in specific client document, this issue has 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 12 of 16
Place holder text is not removed after tagging resulting in data lost on publishing on specific client document, this issue has Partial multiline text tagged with drop down control, this issue has MS word gets slower at the time of opening, it takes time approx. 1min 46sec for load word with Smartword4TFSupdate1 on 32 bit environment, this issue has Selection is blocked, unless user selects one by one again, till he reaches the desired heading, this issue has WI/fields selection is changed on mouse click in auto tag window in multiple table/form scenarios, this issue has Unable to cancel auto tagging using cancel button, this issue has Hidden value of child WIs is not published if Parent WI doesn t have hidden value, this issue has Rich data and comments lost on publishing when comments have any image, this issue has Client documents gets buggy, content controls mixed & objects removed after auto tag and publish, this issue has Id controls are appearing on read only selection. Add row brings all other controls as well, this issue has Paste as child is not retaining hidden values on pasted WI, this issue has Parent WI is not published in case of Child WI do not have complete info, this issue has Inconsistent behavior of auto tagging in additional column of table, this issue has been Edit window does not close when click on save at following scenario, this issue has been Unable to tag if document contains hidden values in smart parts, this issue has Document data is taking more than double time in loading than fetching queries itself, this issue has Doc panel does not remain closed, this issue has Incorrect URL is appearing in all types of suites when test plan name has spaces, this issue has 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 13 of 16
Choose team project button is appeared as drop down after reopening smart document, this issue has Last row of table is tagged with parent child relationship (with above form) if table is tagged first and then form is tagged with select all option of word, this issue has Suite names of requirement based test suites are shown as "invalid" in test outcome this issue has Form table relation after auto tag made on first row of table as well after add row through Tab key, this issue has Alignment of check boxes is slightly disturbed, this issue has Table type auto tag is not working on previous documents is not working, this issue has Warning message for comments/hyperlinks etc. is appearing when auto tag is applied after query is fetched, this issue has WI is tagged with wrong and duplicate group id if a WI is tagged after specific query block is fetched, this issue has Saved document is not auto connected and Connection button appeared enabled and sometime disabled connection dropdown appeared on ribbon bar, this issue has been fixed, this issue has Without edit SW document when document close then confirmation window for save document is appeared[not like MS word behavior] First record of query block along with WI heading is shown as Table heading, this issue has With select all option "invalid selection" message is not appearing in specific scenario, this issue has tagging is done with incorrect control properties when WIs are get and then tagging is done with first cell as rich text, this issue has Table format disturbed after performing Auto tag function in given scenario, this issue has Smart part didn't create and WI didn't get from TFS when use Text box feature of word, this issue has Hidden fields appear on document in specific scenario, this issue has Spelling mistake in Auto tag confirmation message window, this issue has Query/Get /Table type Tagging is not working and word crashes in Office 365 when update is required by the user, this issue has 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 14 of 16
Auto tagging should not be done when any control is already placed in table cell, this issue has Table merged and formatting disturbs when we add new row, this issue has Unable to publish if focus is on id control after a table is tagged when track changes were on document, this issue has Message should be update because it will not allow tagging table without heading, this issue has Data lost and description control does not appear in case of single line text, multi-line brings the control, this issue has "Close word instance" message shows when whole process is not completed, this issue has Duplicate Group ID showing in different workitems, this issue has Smart parts are creating in wrong format and on inserting hierarchy is showing rather than single workitem, this issue has Tagging is not blocked on specific and simple invalid table format there by performing in correct tagging, this issue has Auto tag dialogue appears with blank heading in presence of spaces unlike form tagging resulting in unsuccessful tagging, this issue has Heading below table is lost on tagging, this issue has Values are not updating in creating smart part by keeping values in a given scenario [Automation's Bug] this issue has Bulleted text/table does not get refreshed on publish if Wi is already published, this issue has Description didn't show when get WI from TFS in SmartWord, this issue has been fixed Table type auto tagging failed in Word 2007, this issue has been fixed After remote server error showed connecting thread didn't close, this issue has been fixed Smart part name is not similar with section name of wizard in given scenario, this issue has Previously created docs are displaying section name as smart parts without re applying or creating new, this issue has Previously connected document is not in connected mode, this issue has 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 15 of 16
Unable to upgrade/connect process template on previously/newly created template from VSTS, this issue has In VSTS add some fields to my bug work item. I can't see these fields in the process template smart panel, this issue has Specific query do not refresh on specific document, this issue has Unable to refresh, user has to end task to break the process if query contains WIs across the collection, this issue has Same WI is being allowed on same level and section heading is not appearing in one of the smart part, this issue has All smart part do not have section name in drop down when siblings are present, this issue has Unable to get any WI in presence of specific layout smart part, this issue has Blank line is appearing after date control there by consuming more space on document in presence of default value in smart part, this issue has Query building block becomes empty while click on refresh, this issue has Data lost in query block while we click on refresh from ribbon, this issue has Query does not fetched when execute from queries option, this issue has Extra bullet created while get work item if smart part have date control, this issue has been Progress bar is taking more time to appear than the fetched data, this issue has Giving value in other date control overwrites the default value of first date control, this issue has 2017-2018 edev Technologies Page 16 of 16