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Enhancements

• Grammar checking option is enabled by default for WProofreader.
• WProofreader version has been changed to v2.2.
• Windows Installer. Updated “Configure Service SSL Certificate” in the Windows wizard. Add a checkbox that allows the client to skip this step and use the SSL certificate installed on your Web or Java Application Server. If selected, the connection with the service will be configured via the FastGCI protocol.

Bug Fixes

WProofreader

• [WP-2950]: WProofreader: XSS vulnerability in the Dictionary tab
  [WP-2938]: WProofreader: Lost accessibility to the badge using ‘Tab’ and ‘Enter’
  GitHub #1: [CKEditor 4] WProofreader is active in source mode highlighting HTML tags [CKEditor 4]
• GitHub #8: [CKEditor 5] Word correction doesn’t work after list item indentation
• GitHub #7: [CKEditor 5] Crash after correcting a word
• GitHub #10: [CKEditor 5] Modifier keys close WProofreader balloon
• GitHub #12: [CKEditor 5] WProofreader balloon opens while dropdown is opened
• GitHub #14: [CKEditor 5] Correcting a word doesn’t work well with markers
• GitHub #17: [CKEditor 5] No need for a workaround to assign the editor instance to a HTMLElement

Enhancements

• [WP-2888]: UserDictHost parameter renamed to UserDictServerAddress in AppServerX.xml 
• Change the priority of the suggestions for spellings such as ‘hte’ and ‘teh with ‘the’.

Bug Fixes

• [WP-2933]: WProofreader: getBoundingClientRect problem on the element which isn’t added to the document in IE11

Enhancements

• The medical dictionary for Americal and Brishish English has been enlarged with 3,314 new medical terms.

WProofreader v2.1

• Extended and improved WEBSPELLCHECKER.init() method for editable control creation. This method can be used for manual auto-start of WProofreader in any type of editable control including WYSIWYG editors.

Bug Fixes

• [WP-2874]: WProofreader: Problem corrections are shown for all clicked problems
• [WP-2823]: SCAYT plugin for CKEditor 4: scayt_elementsToIgnore CKEDITOR config’s parameter doesn’t work.

Enhancements

• WebSpellChecker Server installation is compatible with Windows Server 2019 and Ubuntu 19.04.
• Updated the version of the grammar engine, LanguageTool to 4.6 as for June 26, 2019.
• The Ukrainian language is added to the list of default languages and shipped with the standard package. Both spelling and grammar checking is available for Ukrainian. Check the demo with Ukrainian here.
• The name of JavaEE servlet is changed from ‘spellcheck.war’ to ‘wscservice.war’.

Installers

Updated Windows and Linux installation wizards. The following steps and changes are introduced:

• Step with the Components selection is replaced with the Products selection. 
• Step to specify the protocol selection (HTTP or HTTP).
• Step to specify the path to the SSL certificate and SSL password if SSL connection is selected.
• Step to confirm the port that will be used to communicate with AppServer service (by default: 2880 port).
• Step to verify if the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is detected for the grammar engine self-check. If the JVM is not detected automatically, the installer will send a notification that the JVM is not found and ask to provide a path.
• All the confirmation messages are redone to be consistent in the Linux wizard, e.g. Enter ‘y’ or ‘n’. [y]:
• Default virtual directory for the WebSpellChecker service is changed from ‘spellcheck’ to ‘wscservice’.
• Improved and clarified text messages in the Linux wizard.
• Removed ‘wscservice.war’ from the installation procedure if the connection is configured directly with AppServer (not via FastCGI protocol using SSRV.CGI component).

Refer to the up-to-date setup guides for WebSpellChecker Server on Windows and Linux-based environments.

Guidelines

The following guidelines have been updated and added:

• Installation guidelines of WebSpellChecker Server on Windows-based environments under IIS, Apache HTTP Server and Apache Tomcat
• Installation guidelines of WebSpellChecker Server on Linux-based environments under Apache HTTP Server, Nginx and Apache Tomcat
• WebSpellChecker Server Architecture Diagram 
• WebSpellChecker Server Hardware Requirements
• WebSpellChecker Server System Requirements
• Main AppServer Commands
• Excluding Words from the Language Dictionary
• Configuring Server Global Custom Dictionary
• Configuring Server Personal User Dictionaries

Bug Fixes

AppServer

• [WP-2879]: AppServerX.xml: Duplicated EnableUserDictServer in the AppServerX.xml file

WProofreader

• [WP-2831]: WProofreader: After pressing ‘Ctrl+Z’ problem markup is not refreshed
• [WP-2881]: WProofreader: Incorrect problem markup for CKEditor 5 with multi-cursor

Enhancements

• [WP-2868]: Improved performance. Changed the default requestSentencesCount and requestWordsCount values to 10 and 100 accordingly. The maximum number of sentences per request has been increased to 10 and number of words per request changed from 10 to 100.

Bug Fixes

AppServer

• [WP-2852]: Incorrect path to PathToJavaVirtualMachine is written to AppServerX.xml if Java isn’t installed in the default directory

Installers

• [WP-2854]: Installation doesn’t fail or show warning if incorrect libjvm.so is specified during installation in Linux
• [WP-2816]: Silent installation on Linux: #Comment option doesn’t work properly in the config file and fails the installation

WProofreader

• [WP-2829]: WProofreader: Problem underline is cut off by area of checking
• [WP-2832]: WProofreader: Drag&drop doesn’t remove existing problems underlining 
• [WProofreader]: Incomplete hover of the spelling problem of several words separated by a line break
• [WP-2872]: WProofreader: Problem markup appears in wrong position in <textarea>
• [WP-2288]: WProofreader: ‘Finish checking’ button is blocking the main functionality of ‘Proofread in a dialog’ mode
• [WP-2837]: WProofreader: Sections separation lines on the Dictionary tab are missing in Internet Explorer

This is a hot fix release for the issue discovered in WProofreader when working with right to left languages.

Bug Fixes

WProofreader

• [WP-2850, WP-2855]: WProofreader: Incorrect underlining of spelling and grammar problems when a rich text editor or HTML editable control for right to left languages (such as Arabic, Hebrew, etc.).

Enhancements

WProofreader v1.9

A new virtual mechanism has been introduced for processing and underlying spelling and grammar errors in the wide range of the editable fields (HTML editable elements, and classic rich text editors such as CKEditor 4, Froala Editor, TinyMCE, etc.). With such an approach WProofreader creates a separate virtual layer behind the original element, and doesn’t affect the original content.

Previously, it added extra span elements with styles to wrap incorrect words and phrases. In certain cases those extra elements were saved to a database which resulted in the text pollution with unwanted text unless those elements are cleaned with the additional function. The new mechanism eliminates those issues.

Bug Fixes

WProofreader

• [WP-2859]: WProofreader: Extra spans elements added to the source mode of editors vs saved to a database.

Enhancements

WProofreader v1.8

• The new blocked-based mechanism of processing and underlining spelling and grammar problems is introduced for editors that are based on a custom model such as CKEditor 5, Quill, ProseMirror, etc.

Bug Fixes

WProofreader

• [WP-2796]: WProofreader: The replaced word changes formatting if other formatted word is currently focused.
• [WP-2802]: WProofreader: Underline is not removed for a spelling/grammar problem before a separator symbol.

Enhancements

WProofreader v1.7

• The core and architecture of WProofreader are improved.

Licensing Mechanism

• Added the license expiration warnings in Logs 30 days, 2 weeks, 7 days and 1 day before the license expiration.
• Added a step to the installer wizard that asks if the existing license should be deactivated during the upgrade or uninstallation of the application. The valid license after the deactivation can be reused again.

Bug Fixes

AppServer & Licensing Mechanism

• [WP-2800]: License Mechanism: The automated license activation on Windows Server 2016 causes a restart of the system.
• [WP-2777]: License Mechanism: The license deactivation status is not recorded in Logs.
• [WP-2801]: If the deactivate license window is closed without finishing the process, the license will be broken.
• [WP-2799]: AppServer: Unclear error in browser console when the Grammar engine is unavailable: “Request processing error, code: <…>”.

Enhancements

WProofreader v.1.6

• Title of the dialog “WebSpellChecker Proofreader” is renamed to “WProofreader”.
• Text color of spelling and grammar errors in the corrections section of the Dialog mode is changed to more contrast for accessibility purposes.
• New API method instance.openDialog() is added for opening ‘dialog mode’ of WProofreader on action. This method will come in handy if you prefer to use only proofread in a dialog mode and call WProofreader on a custom action.
• New API options are added:
  • disableDictionariesPreferences – If true, this parameter hides certain features of the personal user dictionaries for end users. End users won’t be able to create, rename, remove or disconnect a dictionary.
  • proofreadAsYouType – If false, this parameter disables the proofread as you type mode of WProofreader. Only proofread in a dialog mode will be available.
  • removeBranding – If true, this parameter removes branding of WProofreader. The branding includes: title of the product, about tab with the logo and copyrights. This option is available only in Cloud Custom and Server plans.
  • disableBadgePulsing – If true, this parameter disables pulsing effect of the orange badge button of WProofreader.
• Added access to a WProofreader instance. Now you can get access to an instance of WProofreader.

<script>
window.WEBSPELLCHECKER_CONFIG = {
	autoSearch: true,
	enableGrammar: true,
	...
	onLoad: function(instance) {
		var element = instance.getContainerNode();
		element.instance = instance;
	}
};
</script>

Language Dictionaries

• Swedish language dictionary has been extended with over 300K new words.

SCAYT/WSC Plugins for CKEditor 4

• SCAYT/WSC plugins for CKEditor 4 are compatible with a new version of CKEditor 4.11.3.

New License Mechanism in AppServer

• In general the Licensing flow of a self-hosted version of WebSpellChecker on both Windows and Linux-based operating systems is simplified. With the Internet connection, the license can be activated in two steps.
• The license activation process can be automated, and used in a silent installation mode.
• Even though a license is still hardware-based, the license can be easily reactivated and migrated to another machine.
• Warnings, errors and statuses about the license are more clear and self-explanatory in Logs.

Visit the updated license activation guides for more details.

Bug Fixes

WProofreader v1.6

• [WP-2513] WProofreader for Froala Editor: Image caption is broken after Paste action with misspelled text
• [WP-2674] WProofreader: Issue with CSS styles inside of all.css for the pulse effect. CSS styles of pulse effect is not protected.
• [WP-2675] WProofreader: enableBadgeButton doesn’t work with the autoSearch mode
• [WP-2706] WProofreader: Shifted markup in element in any browser on Windows OS

SCAYT/WSC Dialog Plugins for CKEditor 4

• [WP-2497] SCAYT plugin for CKEditor & SharedSpace Plugin: Absent languages in the Languages tab
• [WP-2348] SCAYT plugin for CKEditor: End of support of multi-language plugin of CKEditor by SCAYT
• GitHub #166: SCAYT plugin for CKEditor 4: Use CKEDITOR.getUrl when referencing style sheets
• GitHub #55: WSC plugin for CKEditor 4: Use CKEDITOR.getUrl when referencing style sheets
• GitHub #56: SCAYT/WSC plugin for CKEditor 4: Bug found in wsc.js when inside chrome extension

AppServer

• [WP-2684] WSC Installer on Windows: Installer doesn’t modify applicationHost.config if IIS version less than 7.5
• [WP-2673] AppServer: JMV auto-detection doesn’t work properly with OpenJDK
• [WP-2688] AppServerX.xml: Incorrect default value for IgnoreAllCapsWord

Enhancements

WProofreader v1.5

• Change wavy red and green lines that underlines spelling and grammar errors accordingly to straight ones.

SCAYT Plugins for CKEditor 4

• SCAYT plugin for CKEditor 4 is compatible with a new version of CKEditor 4.11.2.

Language Dictionaries

• German language dictionary has been extended with over 600K new words.
• Grammar support is added for Australian and New Zealand English, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Austrian languages.

AppServer

• Security enhancements based on the results of MSVS static code analysis.
• 3rd party grammar engine LanguageTool has been updated to 4.4.1.
• Updated branding with a new own logo.
• Added Status “cmd=status” command to check status of Spell Check, Grammar Check and Thesaurus Engines.

{
    "Spell Check Engine": {
        "active": true
    },
    "Grammar Check Engine": {
        "active": true
    },
    "Thesaurus Engine": {
        "active": true
    }
}

Bug Fixes

• [WP-2405] WProofreader: The suggestion box has wrong position in <iframe> on touch devices with zoom
• [WP-2423] WProofreader: Elements are incorrectly positioned if one from the parents of main container is scrollable
• [WP-2424] WProofreader: Empty space is underlined before a word with <a> link
• [WP-2440] WProofreader: Grammar problems separated by a new line are processed incorrectly in <textarea> elements
• [WP-2528] WProofreader: WordPress styles is broken when editing media
• [WP-2441] wscbundle.js: Quotes with code #8217 shouldn’t be considered as separators & [WP-2541] SCAYT doesn’t ignore ‘Right single quotation mark U+2019’.
• [WP-2571] WProofreader: Incorrect position of badge button if the body has relative position and padding
• [WP-2633] SCAYT plugin for CKEditor: Wrong formatting of a error message when service ID is invalid

Bug Fixes

• [WP-2569] WProofreader: Changes made in the Dialog mode are not saved to the CKEditor5 body.