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Starting with version 2023.1, the DataMapper provides performance metrics for each step of the DM flow. Those metrics help you identify the steps that… Read More →
Data Performance
Yes, you read that title right: starting with version 2023.1, you can include your own user-defined JS modules in Workflow so that you no… Read More →
Automation OL Connect 2023.1
We are getting closer to the release date for OL Connect 2023.1, currently scheduled for mid-May 2023, and oh boy! are we ever excited… Read More →
News OL Connect 2023.1 What's New
What do you do when you have a single PDF file that contains multiple variable length documents and the only distinctive mark is a… Read More →
Automation Data
We all know that sound development principles tell us we should develop on one machine, test on a different one that’s an exact replica… Read More →
Automation Installer & Configuration
Get a glimpse at how version 2022.2 extends OL Connect’s versioning feature and allows you to collaborate with colleagues on common projects through online… Read More →
Data Design Security
When your OL Connect template requires many user scripts, it can quickly become hard to maintain. These scripts quite often perform basic find/replace tasks… Read More →
Design
The second release of OL Connect is expected to be available before the end of November 2022. The new version introduces an Upland re-branding… Read More →
Automation Data Design Installer & Configuration News Performance
Objectif Lune’s official statement on the Spring MVC/WebFlux vulnerability (CVE-2022-22965) Read More →
Security
This article explains how to create dummy data using Mockaroo.com, a free online data generator. The resulting data can be processed via the OL… Read More →
Data Design
In many projects the design and content of an OL Connect template starts in a third-party application. A typical starting point is Microsoft Word.… Read More →
OL Connect 2022.1 extends the runtime parameters functionality to Workflow subprocesses, as well as to the DataMapper’s conditions and loops. These new features will… Read More →
At long last, OL Connect allows you to keep track of all the changes you make to your templates and data mapping configurations. You… Read More →
After a bit of a false start last week, the first release of OL Connect for 2022 is now officially available! It comes packed… Read More →
An overview of the new installer for OL Connect that we are introducing with OL Connect 2022.1. This article explains the improvements, what has… Read More →
Installer & Configuration
Wouldn’t you just love to use the contents of a data field as if it were an object, with its own properties and arrays,… Read More →
If you’ve created OL Connect Designer templates for long documents like contracts and insurance policies before you’re undoubtedly familiar with snippets. A snippet is… Read More →
When implementing OL Connect-based products, you often have to deal with inbound http requests to your server. To do this well, you need to… Read More →
Capture OnTheGo is a powerful eForm solution that allows users to work remotely, even when they are offline. A user may sometimes need to… Read More →
Automation
Last time around, we looked at some bad practices commonly found in OL Workflow configurations. Today, we’re taking a look at some of my… Read More →
Admittedly not the most appealing title for an article, but it’s somewhat difficult to find an alluring tag line when it comes to authentication!… Read More →
Automation Security
Some habits are hard to break. But sometimes it’s worth it to put in the effort of learning new ways of doing things more… Read More →
The goal of this blog is to educate our community of users in order to help them achieve more with OL Connect applications. It… Read More →
Feedback
In my previous article about JavaScript, I emphasized how you should always start any JS project by using stuff you’re already familiar with. But… Read More →
Automation Data Design Performance
OL Connect Workflow can only run a single configuration file. This means that if you have multiple solutions or projects that need to run… Read More →
If you’ve implemented any project of relative importance with OL Connect, chances are you had to write scripts at some point, be it in… Read More →
Performance
With the release of version 1.8, OL Connect Send (OLCS) introduced support for Citrix and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS). This means users in… Read More →
Automation OL Connect Send
No, this article isn’t about the famous ELO song! It’s about the magic number, a hardware fingerprint that uniquely identifies a PC or a… Read More →
As part of OL Connect’s security improvement strategy, support for HTTPS connections was introduced in OL Connect Server in the 2021.1 release. In this… Read More →
Over the past few years, one of – if not the – most requested improvement to OL Connect Workflow has been a way to… Read More →
e-Invoicing standards are cropping up everywhere and are increasingly becoming mandatory. A number of those standards are based on PDF/A-3 with an XML attachment.… Read More →
As a general rule, software engineers love to give users of their applications as much flexibility as possible. If you ask them for an… Read More →
Data
Preparing your documents for translation into multiple languages is made easy through the use of state of the art technology. Read More →
When Parallel Processing presets do not perform as expected, you can choose your own custom settings. This article goes over all Parallel Processing settings… Read More →
Objectif Lune’s official statement on the Log4J vulnerability (CVE-2021-4428) Read More →
Just like in the Friday the 13th movie franchise, JSON is everywhere ( :-|). And now, it can be handled natively as a new… Read More →
In this post we’ll show you how to use runtime parameters to effortlessly pass variables to a template. Runtime parameters provide an elegant way… Read More →
Automation Design
Starting with OL Connect 2020.2, OL Connect Server allows role-based authorization and multiple users. In this article, we explore what this looks like for… Read More →
Loops are commonplace in data mapping configurations. Unless all your data is static, you have to use them in order to extract repeating items.… Read More →
The OL Connect Server can handle a lot of requests at the same time. To make it seamless and smooth, it delegates tasks to… Read More →
When developing complex OL Connect templates, User Scripts typically grow in number and complexity. You may encounter situations where they not always do what… Read More →
This series focuses on the various impacts the underlying operating system can have on your OL Connect implementation. This chapter explores some of the… Read More →
Better and Smarter! The second release for 2021, scheduled for mid-November, fixes over 100 issues, from trivial to critical, and introduces many enhancements in… Read More →
News
When creating personalized documents one often needs to make decisions based on data. A common example is showing/hiding one or more paragraphs depending on… Read More →
Whether you like it or not, there’s no denying that the world runs on Windows. And Windows, just like any other application, evolves over… Read More →
The OL Connect Server manages engines that extract data, create web pages, emails and print output, in addition to handling other requests. These operations… Read More →
Creating document variants based on data and a collection of pre-produced designs is a typical variable data printing scenario. These could be brochures with… Read More →
Some types of data are more difficult to handle than others, in particular when each data value is of variable length or isn’t in… Read More →
A classic approach to dynamically switch messages is to enable or disable sections for printing. OL Connect’s Designer contains a basic condition wizard and… Read More →
Thin client support for OL Connect Send, enhanced security, improved efficiency and more! The first release for 2021 includes thin client support for Citrix… Read More →