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Version 2021.12

Released: December 2021

New Features

  • Security Logging: Added feature to keep records of login attempts in the database.
  • Web Applications: Added a new field to enter additional features when opening a new browser.
  • Database Query: Provided multiple SQL line entries in the Execute Query method of the database component.
  • Image Processing: Added partial blurring of given coordinates feature to the image processing blur component.
  • reCAPTCHA: Added ability to solve reCAPTCHA V2 captchas.
  • Mail Forward: Added support for changing the mail subject to the Mail Forward component.
  • Design Studio: Added auto-save capability to Design Studio to prevent data loss during design.
  • Dataset Remove: Added "delete by filter" feature to Dataset Remove Row component.
  • Credential Manager: Added Get Credential method to retrieve Generic Credentials information.
  • MS Outlook: Added Send component to MS Outlook.
  • Mail Search: Added support for case-sensitive search in the subject field of the Mail Search activity.
  • Text File: Added Write to Text File component to write variables to a file.
  • Scheduler Actions: Added feature for collective action on multiple processes in the same state on the Scheduled Processes screen.
  • Modeler Recording: Added Browser Recording feature to Modeler, accessible via the Processes screen, supporting Chrome and Edge browsers.
  • Security: Introduced Set Secure Value feature and random password generation based on criteria.
  • HTTP Task: Added feature to catch errors in REST/SOAP operations with HTTP Task.
  • HTML Table: Developed a new component that creates HTML tables from datasets to a given path.
  • Design Studio: Added ability to search and colorize components in Design Studio screen.
  • Schedule Process: Added worker name field to Schedule Process component to send processes to a desired worker.
  • Mail Folders: Added ability to create subfolders to the Mail Create Folder component.
  • Dataset JSON: Added Dataset Get Rows as JSON component for multiple rows.
  • Script Task: Added feature to catch Script Task component errors using a specific error code.
  • Community Edition: Added "Forgot Password" to login screen and "Change Password" to Design Studio for Community Edition users.
  • Process Management: Added feature to detect and automatically terminate long-running processes.
  • Debugging Tool: Developed a tool to facilitate obtaining dump (heap/thread) files from the client environment.
  • Application Open: Added MSWINDOWS type to Applications Open component for more stable Windows application handling.
  • XML Update: Added Update XML method to update XPath values in the XML component.
  • Image Processing: Added Brighten and Deskew methods to the image processing service.
  • MS Excel: Added Open, Create, Save, Save As, Close, Read Excel to Dataset, Write Dataset to Excel components to MS Excel.
  • Command Line: Added new feature for screen outputs and error messages of command-line applications or scripts.
  • OCR Component: Added a new OCR component that reads documents word by word.
  • Orchestrator Logging: Made Orchestrator application log level changeable via RPA Admin.
  • Image Analysis: Added new feature showing black and white dispersion ratio of image files.
  • Process Management: Added feature to detect and automatically terminate processes with long-running activities (excluding subprocess, callActivity).
  • Image Processing: Added Erode and Dilate methods to the image processing service.
  • Image Analysis: Added new method to get the color distribution of image files.
  • Keyboard Service: Added new feature to keyboard service to use the last defined keyboard layout if current layout cannot be detected.
  • MS Outlook: Added download attachments feature to MS Outlook component.
  • Scheduler Query: Provided querying for TIMED_OUT status on Scheduled Processes screen for jobs not completed within time.
  • Database Support: Added DB2 database support to the database component.
  • Database Support: Added Sybase database support to the database component.
  • MS Excel: Added new component for performing Excel file operations by MS Excel.
  • Database Support: Added PostgreSQL database support to the database component.
  • Scheduler Filter: Added filtering feature to Scheduler to list only processes with running jobs.
  • Keyboard Support: Added US keyboard layout support to Keyboard service.

Performance Improvements

  • Barcode Reader: Improved performance of Barcode Reader component for documents with multi-barcodes.
  • Performance: Improved performance in the HTML conversion of PDF files.
  • Performance: Achieved performance improvement by reviewing threads related to scheduled tasks.

Bug Fixes

  • Mail Attachments: Fixed download error when mail attachment file names contain unsupported Windows characters.
  • RPA Admin: Fixed RPA Admin warning message about remaining license time.
  • PDF Reading: Resolved headless error during PDF reading.
  • Security Fix: Fixed Log4J vulnerability by upgrading the version.
  • ICU Match: Fixed occasional "Screen capture failed" error when taking screenshots in ICU Match Image method.
  • Excel Copy: Fixed error for copying data from formula cells in Excel Copy component.
  • Scheduler Display: Fixed date display problem in Scheduled Processes list.
  • Scheduled Process: Fixed error occurring with back-slash character in Parameters field of Scheduled Process component.

Version 2021.08

Released: August 2021

New Features

  • SAP Activities: Added various activities specific to the SAP application.
  • Password Security: Password information used in DB, LDAP and in-application communication can be retrieved from the vault.
  • Modeler Apps: Applications in Modeler can now be grouped.
  • Application Grouping: Added application grouping feature and made visual adjustments in Modeler and Scheduler applications.
  • Periodic Cleanup: Added periodic deletion of process log records.
  • Historical Records: Added automatic deletion of historical records at regular intervals.
  • RPA Admin: Added ability to store audit trails of transactions performed in the RPA Admin module in the database.
  • Method Calls: Fixed problems occurring when calling Java, Python, DLL methods.
  • HTTP Task: Request body can now be added to DELETE requests made via HTTP Task.
  • Deployment: Added ability to generate an independent deployment package including JRE and web drivers.
  • Call External Method: Made Call External method working and improved.

Performance Improvements

  • Process Search: Fixed performance problem in the process search and listing screen.

Bug Fixes

  • SAP UI: Fixed click and double-click problems in SAP GuiCTextField, GuiTextField fields.
  • RDP Text Input: Fixed problem in writing text to active screen opened with RDP connection on Windows Server 2016.
  • Mail Definitions: Fixed error where "Mail Definitions" screen did not appear in UI after update.
  • RDP Character Input: Fixed character problem during RDP in Windows Server 2016 environments.