Flare 2020 r3 Release Notes

Article #: GEN1065F

Product: Flare

Version: 2020 r3

Summary:

Build 16.2.7685

Release Date: 1/25/2021

The following is a list of customer-reported issues that are fixed in Flare 2020 r3 build 7685.

166514 - Issue with launching and closing Flare projects, with web targets, on some machines

166542 - Unable to download PDF file from topic preview window

166547 - Changes are not displayed in PDF topic preview

166671 - Problems adding a new table stylesheet

Build 16.2.7661

Release Date: 12/29/2020

New Features

• Chromium Integration for Browser Displays

• Central Account Element Enhancements

Structural Changes for HTML5 Output

The structure in HTML5 output has changed slightly for this release to support the Central Account Element enhancements.

In earlier releases, the Central Account element was represented using a div with style class central-dropdown for Side Navigation, Top Navigation, and Tripane HTML5 output. This div is still included in the output for in this release. However, it is now wrapped inside a new div with class central-account-wrapper. This new div is now the main container for the Central Account element for private output hosted on MadCap Central. Just like previous Flare releases, this element will not be visible in HTML5 output until it is made a private output while hosted on MadCap Central.

• For Side Navigation output, the Central Account element was previously under the nav-search-wrapper div. In Flare 2020 r3, it is now moved up a level to be a child of the header div with class title-bar-layout outer-row in the web layout. The Central Account element has not moved for tablet and mobile layouts; it is wrapped in a div with class central-account-wrapper, and is included in the menu-icon-container div.

• For Top Navigation output, the Central Account element was previously added to the navigation-wrapper div. In Flare 2020 r3, it is now moved up one level to be a child of the header div with class title-bar-layout outer-row. The Central Account element has not moved for tablet and mobile layouts; it is wrapped in a div with class central-account-wrapper, and is included in the menu-icon-container div.

• For Tripane output, the Central Account element has not moved. The new container div with class central-account-wrapper is included in the search-account-container div in web layout and included in the responsiveHeader div in tablet and mobile layouts.

The Central Account component, created in the output when a Central Account proxy is used, also had a small structural change. In previous releases, the Central Account component was contained in a div with class central-dropdown-proxy. In Flare 2020 r3, this div is now wrapped in a new div with class central-dropdown-proxy-wrapper.

Also in this release, the header for both Side Navigation and Top Navigation HTML5 output has improved for accessibility with the addition of the banner role attribute. The Top Navigation menu now has an attribute to signify a navigation role.

Note: Please note that with the above changes, there might be slight changes in the position of the Central Account element when an output is rebuilt with the new release. Please reach out to our technical support team for guidance of any adjustments needed if there are undesirable changes in your output.

Bug Fixes

The following is a list of customer-reported issues that are fixed in Flare 2020 r3. This release we focused on improving browser display functionality with integration of the Chromium browser. To read more about the new features, please visit our What's New topic.

Code Snippet Fixes

161858 - Glossary term used in code snippet results in glossary term markup in the code snippet output.

164300 - Keyword from auto-Index, when used in code snippet, results in unwanted markup in the code snippet output.

164502 - Extra spacing appears between lines of code snippets in Clean XHTML and HTML Help output.

164512 - Build fails when code snippet includes an auto-converted glossary term.

164533 - Empty code snippet caption tags added in XML Editor after saving and switching to Text Editor.

164835 - Code snippet line numbers display incorrectly in PDF output when the code snippet is inside a table.

165429 - Code snippet is duplicated when it breaks across the page in print layout.

HTML5 Output Fixes

164244 - Header in Side Navigation output is assigned a navigation role.

164660 - JavaScript included within the <head> tag on a master page is duplicated in the output.

164704 - Searching with special characters in HTML5 output changes the character to its ASCII encoding.

MadCap Connect for Zendesk® Fixes

165077 - Re-publishing to Zendesk fails due to change in Zendesk handling for deletion of attachments.

165493 - Blank screen in Zendesk login after entering the subdomain.

PDF Output Fixes

164773 - Page-break-after: avoid and column-break-after: avoid incorrectly prevents a frame break.

165035 - Page-break-inside: avoid on body tag causes blank pages in PDF output.

Variable Fixes

164333 - Use of any variable appears as undefined style in analysis scans.

165451 - Creating a variable class results in a broken link to Global.flvar as well as an undefined variable.

Miscellaneous Fixes

160858 - Out of memory error when importing a DITA file that includes a resized SVG image.

162722 - Topic Preview window freezes or crashes when the project is too large.

164460 - Error when previewing CHM target when there is a breadcrumb in the master page.

164483 - Connection mode drop-down is missing from the Destination Editor for FTP destination types.

164566 - View Output > Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge opens page with unnecessary double quotes at the end of the URL.

164610 - Pressing Enter between list item paragraphs creates nested paragraphs.

165355 - Word Import Editor shows swapped labels for paragraph and character styles.

Attribution:

Last updated: 1/25/2021

Author: Marvin Mallari

Contributions by: MadCap QA