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What's new

This topic describes the features and enhancements introduced in Kofax Import Connector 2.11.0.

Import files from the cloud

Kofax Import Connector supports file import from cloud locations, such as Azure File Share and Azure Blob Storage.

Leave messages unread

The new Leave messages unread option is available in the MS Graph mailbox settings.

  • When selected, leaves the messages unread.
  • When clear (default), sets the status of the processed emails as read before deleting or moving them to the configured processed folder.

OAuth 2.0 authorization for IMAP and POP3

The IMAP and POP3 mailboxes support OAuth 2.0 authorization to connect with Gmail.

OAuth 2.0 support for SMTP

SMTP supports OAuth 2.0 authentication to send emails.

Certificate-based authorization

A new authorization mode, Certificate Based, is added to OAuth settings in MS Graph mailbox settings.

Certificate-based authentication only applies to Authorization Code and Client Credentials grant types.

Advanced conversion settings

You can configure the following new conversion settings. For more information on these parameters, see Advanced conversion parameters in Kofax Import Connector Help.

Concatenate PDFs

You can do the following during PDF concatenation:

  • Generate bookmarks using the EnableBookMarks parameter.

  • Activate page numbers using the EnablePageNumber parameter.

Extract hidden text

You can extract the hidden text from MS Word while converting it to PDF or PDF/A using the ExtractHiddenText parameter.

Remove blank page

You can remove blank pages from the converted PDF using the RemoveBlankPages parameter.

Retain PDF form state

You can retain the content of form fields during PDF flattening using the RetainPDFFormState parameter.

Retain original date format

You can retain the original date format (as displayed in the source file) in the output file using the PreserveOriginalDate parameter.

Modify width of table cells

You can modify the width of all the table cells to be equal using the ProcessHTMLTable parameter.

Support for German umlauts

You can enable the conversion of German umlauts using the following parameters:

  • EnableLegacyConversion: Enables the old conversion method if set to True and the new conversion method if set to False (default).

  • FontType: The default value of this parameter is changed to Microsoft JhengHei.

To switch to the old or legacy conversion method, set "EnableLegacyConversion" to True and "FontType" to Arial Unicode MS.

Include Excel sheet name in the converted document

You can include the Excel sheet name in the converted document using the IncludeSheetName parameter.

Files and folders with longer names are supported

ZIP files that contain folders and files with names longer than 250 characters can be imported.

New import settings

The following settings are added to the Destination configuration:

  • Scale to: To set the image scaling range.

  • Auto select page orientation: To automatically set the page orientation depending on the image imported.

  • Keep aspect ratio: To maintain the aspect ratio during conversion.

For more information, see Import settings tab in Kofax Import Connector Help.

Email notification for skipped documents

A new KfxMessageRemovedAttachmentList message field is added to the Destination configuration to include the list of all the filenames skipped from import. You can use this metadata in the subject or the body of a notification email.

Support for empty attachments

Messages with empty attachments are imported.

MS Graph email import

The oldest emails are picked first for import, followed by the latest ones using MS Graph.

Document conversion passwords

Document Conversion passwords support more than 350 characters.

MS Office formats for conversion

The following Microsoft Office file formats are supported for PDF conversion:

  • .mpp (Microsoft Project)
  • .one (Microsoft OneNote)
  • .vsd (Microsoft Visio)

The .mpp files created using Microsoft Project 98 or earlier are not supported by the Aspose engine.

MSG files converted to EML files

While importing messages into Kofax Capture, the .msg files are converted to .eml files and then imported into Kofax Capture.

MIME messages tracing

Tracing of MIME messages received via EWS and MS Graph input sources is supported.

Conversion of OXPS files

The OXPS to PDF conversion is supported.

Archive folder path length

While archiving, the folder path and file name are shortened if they exceed the maximum characters allowed by Windows.

Conversion of CSV or TSV files

Excel files with comma-separated values (CSV) or tab-separated values (TSV) formats are supported for conversion.

Conversion of VCF file

Conversion of a VCF file is supported. The content in the converted PDF or TIFF file appears the same as the content in the input VCF file when viewed using Microsoft Outlook.