OpenText ApplicationXtender 16.6 is now available
On 7/1/20, OpenText released ApplicationXtender 20.3. See the latest!
We are excited to announce that OpenText and its re-seller channel teamed up for the latest version of ApplicationXtender version 16.6. After listening to user feedback and months of testing, the latest version of the document management system is ready for prime time.
Access the user guides for ApplicationXtender 16.6 here
New features in ApplicationXtender 16.6
Integration with Oracle Outside In
Integration with Microsoft Office Online Server (OOS)
Support for Microsoft Azure Core Services
Support OpenText Directory Services (OTDS)
Document Manager Enhancements
Web Access Enhancements
Administrator Enhancements
Integration with Oracle Outside In Technology
KeyView was replaced by Outside In 8.5.4 in AX Document Manager, AX Index Server, and AX Render Server.
Integration with Microsoft Office Online Server (OOS)
Office Online Server (OOS) is the next version of Office Web Apps Server. OOS enables viewing and editing Microsoft Office Documents within an embedded viewer.
To install OOS, visit https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeonlineserver/deploy-office-online-server.
Note: A Windows Server operating system is required to install OOS. The target host machine should be added in a domain. Refer to the Microsoft documentation for more information.
Added Edit in Browser and Save to AX buttons to the toolbar on the OOS view page.
Users can view Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files.
Users can edit only OpenXML format documents (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.), but not binary format document (.doc, .xls, .ppt, etc.).
Support for Microsoft Azure Core Services
ApplicationXtender 16.6 supports Microsoft Azure Active Directory, Azure Database, and Azure Files.
Support OpenText Directory Services (OTDS)
OpenText Directory Services (OTDS) manages the users for single sign on (SSO) to the OpenText Enterprise Information Management products.
Document Manager Enhancements
When the user imports files via Index Image Import or Reports Management, the creation date and local time are displayed
Web Access Enhancements
Added the Last Index Document button to the batch index page
Added the Last Modified Indexes control, which appears after attaching pages from a batch to an existing document
Display user’s full name instead of user ID in batch list
Allow scanned images to be saved as TIFF, JPEG, PDF, or PNG format
Added options for insert before, insert after, and append when importing files to create a new page
Added Pages, Document ID, and Full-Text Hits fields to Customize Query Results settings page
Added smart filtering for UDL fields, which displays all values containing the word entered
Added Previous and Next page buttons to the result set preview popup window
Enable column filtering of the result set
To enable filtering, click the Open/Close Filter icon and enter the conditions. The default filter operation is equal (=). Supported operators are: =, !=, >, >=, and wildcard (*) at beginning and/or end of a string.
Note: The filtering applies only to the results displayed.
Enhanced multiple document export by packaging the export file as a zip file that is structured as follows: Zip Zip\AppID AppID AppID\DocIDDocID DocID \FileNameFileName FileName FileName
Added Subfolder column to index file export that combines AppID and DocID to match the documents exported
Allow the Auto-Index data to populate in the index if a match is found
Added the ability to insert a new page with clipboard paste when using Chrome or Firefox browser
Administrator Enhancements
Added the ability to sort a batch list with added WX user settings and save between sessions
The settings appear under the Batch node of the Web Access User Settings page in ApplicationXtender Administrator
Added the ability to delete all values in the Data Values List on the Document Level Security tab in ApplicationXtender Administrator
Allow users to configure hidden fields that are only visible to users with administrator privilege
A warning message is displayed when an item is removed from a user-defined list
Upgrade to ApplicationXtender 16.6
Contact us to schedule an upgrade to the latest version of ApplicationXtender.