IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, Version 3.0.8.0 Interim Fix 3 Readme

This readme document contains information about installation and removal of the interim fix and about known problems, restrictions, and solutions in support of IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, Version 3.0.8.0.

Readme file for:
IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office
Product or component release:
Version 3.0.8.0
Update name:
Interim Fix 3
Fix ID:
3.0.8.0-NMO-IF003-WIN
Publication date:
November 6, 2020
Last modified date:
November 6, 2020
Additional documentation for IBM Content Navigator 3.0.8.0 can be found at : https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEUEX_3.0.8/KC_ditamaps/contentnavigator.htm

Prerequisites for Version 3.0.8.0 Interim Fix 3

The official statements for hardware and software support for IBM Content Navigator are provided as part of the hardware and software requirements for IBM Content Navigator, Version 3.0.8.0.

For complete details about the hardware and software requirements for IBM Content Navigator, see https://www.ibm.com/software/reports/compatibility/clarity/softwareReqsForProduct.html .

Installing the Interim Fix for IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office

Follow the instructions for deploying IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office in Planning, Installing, and Configuring IBM Content Navigator.

If you are installing the fix pack on top of another version of IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, the installation program detects your current installation and upgrades your installation. The upgrade uses all of the settings that you specified when you installed IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office.

For more information, see https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEUEX_3.0.8/com.ibm.installingeuc.doc/eucco044.htm.

Removing the Interim Fix

When you uninstall the interim fix, you also uninstall IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office.

The interim fix for IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office uninstallation programs remove the program and all applied fixes. You cannot remove only the interim fix.

Fixes included in IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, Version 3.0.8.0 Interim Fix 3

The fixes that were provided in previous IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office Version 3.0.8 Interim Fixes are combined in this fix.

APAR Description
IO27999 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users)  In IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, when the Windows display setting is set to 150%, when the add document dialog is opened, the document property controls are cut off preventing drop down buttons to display on properties with a choice list. With this fix, document property controls will be displayed correctly when the display settings are set to 150%.
IO28076
(IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users)  In IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office with Outlook, adding an email attachment using drag and drop or the context menu fails from the Outlook reading pane.  The attachment is not added to the repository. With this fix, adding email attachments from the Outlook reading pane will succeed.
IO28086 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users) In IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office in Outlook, using drag and drop to add an email attachment causes Outlook to stop working when the attachment is dropped on a repository folder.  This happens only on certain versions of Office. With this fix, drag and drop of email attachments successfully adds the attachment to the specified repository.
IO28109 (IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users)  In IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office in Outlook, if adding an item fails because of a custom validation error response or some other server error, after correcting the errors and clicking on add again, the add fails.  It appears that the add succeeds, but no item is actually added. With this fix, if adding an item in Outlook fails from a custom validation error, adding after correcting the validation error will succeed.

Fixes included in IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, Version 3.0.8.0 Interim Fix 2

APAR Description
IO28020
(IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users)  In IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, when set to Hebrew language, the browse pane horizontal scroll bar defaults its position to the left-most position instead of the right. With this fix, when using Navigator for Microsoft Office set to Hebrew language, the browse pane horizontal scroll bar will default scrolled to the right.
IO28024
(IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users)  In IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, when set to Hebrew language, the "Save in" setting when adding a document with an entry template has the folder name partially covered up by the folder icon when the entry template has the "hide save in" setting enabled. With this fix, the folder name is not covered up when using an entry template with the "hide save in" setting enabled when used with the Hebrew language.
IO28025
(IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users)  In IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, when set to Hebrew language, the add document dialog is displaying oriented left to right instead of right to left. With this fix, when using Navigator for Microsoft Office set to Hebrew language, the add document dialog is displayed right to left.
IO28026
(IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office admins) The IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office addin installed on Outlook is sometimes disabled by Outlook because of slow loading times.  With this fix, an installation parameter (OUTLOOK_LOAD_ON_DEMAND=true) is available to set the Outlook addin to be loaded on demand instead of on startup.
IO28053
(IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users) An error or warning is displayed when using Send file as Link action in IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office when MS Outlook is configured to restrict programmatic access. With this fix, Send file as Link action succeeds when MS Outlook is configured to restrict programmatic access.

Fixes included in IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office, Version 3.0.8.0 Interim Fix 1

APAR Description
IO27965
(IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users) EDS is not being called when adding with an entry template in IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office. With this fix, EDS will be called and this issue does not occur.
IO27879
(IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office users) When using IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office to add documents to a teamspace, if the desktop has the "Delete local files when users add documents" setting enabled, the local file is not deleted.  With this fix the local file will be deleted after adding the document to a teamspace.
IO27902
(IBM Content Navigator for Microsoft Office admins)  When Onedrive file sync is enabled on the default Office directory, Navigator for Microsoft Office is unable to track opened files, so the checkout and checkin button states are not updated.  With this fix, a different document directory can be specified so that Naviator for Office can track the opened files and the checkout/checkin buttons will reflect the current status of the document.  A new Configuration.ini setting is added: DocumentPath, which can be set to a predefined path, or use %HOME% for the home directory, %MYDOCUMENTS% for the documents directory, or use an environment variable %env var%.
Example:

DocumentPath=C:\Temp
DocumentPath=%HOME%
DocumentPath=%MYDOCUMENTS%
DocumentPath=C:\Temp\%USERNAME%

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