Known issues

The following are known problems with this Publisher release:

• The World Wide Web Publishing Service (IIS) is stopped and must be restarted manually after an installation of Publisher is repaired using the Windows Control Panel.
• Rendering to PDF with the AutoVue rendering module in the landscape orientation does not work correctly for .doc and .txt files.
• The quantity of file extensions that is shown in the Input extensions field of an AutoVue rendering profile is not updated if different AutoVue components (2D or 3D) are installed after the rendering profile was created. You can resolve this by clicking Configure to open the INPUT EXTENSIONS dialog box and then close the dialog box and save the configureation. The quantity should then reflect the currently configured file extensions.
• Rendering to PDF with the AutoVue rendering module on Windows Server 2012 does not work.
• In Meridian Enterprise Server Configurator, some rendering module option pages might not display correctly in Internet Explorer 10 and lower. This does not affect usability, however.
• On an AutoCAD 2014 rendering node, the Meridian Enterprise Server program folder (by default, C:\Program Files\BC-Meridian Enterprise Server) should be added to the TRUSTEDPATHS system variable in AutoCAD by clicking Tools>Options>Files>Trusted Location.
• If the SharePoint library Require Check Out option is enabled and a feedback property is configured, updates of the feedback property will fail. Also, if the Document Version History option is enabled, publishing documents will create new revisions of the source documents.
• The first revision number of documents published to SharePoint is always 2 if the library is configured to use major revision numbers. If the library is configured to use minor revision numbers, the revision is number 1.0.
• The AutoCAD rendering module has the following limitations:
  • PDF renditions could have a portrait orientation after rendering.
  • The EXPORT command cannot be used in an AutoLISP expression.
  • If the module loads an old Autodesk Mechanical Desktop drawing, the AutoCAD session might display a dialog stating “You cannot edit Autodesk Mechanical Desktop drawings in AutoCAD Mechanical. All AutoCAD Mechanical commands, including SAVE, are now disabled.” Rendering will not proceed until a user clicks the Close button in this dialog. If the button is not clicked, rendering will terminate when the publishing job’s configured timeout period has elapsed. This is a technical problem with AutoCAD. Such drawings should be upgraded or not rendered.
• The Oracle AutoVue rendering module has the following limitations:
  • Filled black rectangles can appear around shaded models in the PDF output of Autodesk Inventor .idw and .dwg files. This can be prevented by enabling the AutoVue Document Converter option Spool print documents so program finishes printing faster.
• Printer drivers that display dialog boxes during printing are not supported. This issue may be resolved in a future release.
• If the Keep Modification Information option is enabled for a BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise destination vault, it is possible to produce inconsistencies between the source and destination systems. This can occur if the document is modified without updating the Modified file attribute and published again. An example of this is when title block properties are updated by the Meridian Enterprise PowerUser client.
• If Publisher is installed on a computer where the Meridian Enterprise server components are also installed and then the Publisher is uninstalled, an error can occur with the EDM Server service. To prevent the error, run the Meridian Enterprise setup wizard and select the Repair option.
• If the Add comment when document has been published option is enabled in the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise system link, then publishing a batch of documents might fail and report an error stating "The object is currently being edited by another session." Disabling the option or using VBScript batch support will prevent the error.