2018.1

Windows Server 2016 now officially supported
As of PlanetPress Connect 2018.1, Connect is now officially supported under Windows Server
2016.
NOTE:The Objectif Lune Inc. Update Client application might be blocked by enhanced
security settings in Windows Server 2016. To fix this, add http://updates.ca.objectiflune.com to
the list of trusted web sites on that machine, or lower the internet access rules.
Improved Previews
The Preview now smooths text, images and line art when rasterizing a page. This improves the
quality of the resulting image, especially when rasterizing a page with lower resolutions. This
applies to both Designer and DataMapper Previews. (SHARED-59724)
Localization improvements
Improved localization and translations throughout PlanetPress Connect and Workflow.
Improved Data handling:
l Improvements to the internal handling of data field names to support data fields that do
not conform to a standard SQL query syntax. This means that fields with characters such
as #, $, % and ^ can now be processed. (SHARED-59126)
l Performance improvements made to the Connect MySQL back-end database, through
changes made to internal database indexing. (SHARED-59393)
Improved support for Microsoft SQLServer back-end
A number of enhancements have been made to improve the performance and support for
Microsoft SQLServer (MS-SQL) as the Connect back-end database. These include:
l Database Table Partitioning, which significantly speeds up the clean-up service.
(SHARED-59589)
l Internal Connect SQLstatements re-factored to work more efficiently with MS-SQL. This
particularly improves support for large jobs. (SHARED-57575)
l MS-SQL driver updated. (SHARED-60464)
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