We are wrapping up primary development for FusionDox 2009 edition. This new version will be the first to be offered in both "Essentials" and "Enterprise" flavors. Upgrades will be available for all customers with an active support plan.

FusionDox Essentials is for managing a library of files and is designed to be low cost and meet the needs of small and medium sized businesses (SMB).

The Enterprise (IDM or Integrated Document Management) product will continue to meet the needs of the organizations using it while adding powerful new functionality and optimizations making it the most flexible document management platform available today.

Here is the current list of features scheduled to be included in the 2009 edition (although this is subject to change):

• Basic and Advanced User Types - Set non-technical users to have a more simplified and easier experience
• Workflow chains - link multiple workflows together
• Workflow Code Modules - create code snippets to run as part of a workflow for automating tasks
• Categorize and assign workflows to specific document types for quick workflow selection
• Enhanced search interface - search results (keyword, attribute and archive) are now all more accurately ranked and presented with a brand new look and feel, built in Adobe Flex.
• Active Directory/LDAP Integration - for authentication
• Developer friendly database views - so developers can easily integrate with your FusionForm data directly at the SQL level
• All new form controls
  • Embed forms within forms - for a dynamic parent-child data structure
  • Tab Navigator for forms - when you design your FusionForms, assign individual controls to different tabs
• New configurable retention schedules per document type
• And many more features!

We will keep the blog updated as we get close to a release date, and we will also upload screen caps and tutorials as we finalize the key features.

FusionDox IDM Enterprise is now available as a hosted solution for SMB, who can take advantage of business forms and advanced workflow tools.

Click here for more information.

We are pleased to announce that we are in late stage development of an updated FusionDox client, which will be compatible with FireFox 3 and Internet Explorer 5.5+ (including 7, and the upcoming version 8).

For those of you who are new to FusionDox, the FusionDox client is a browser component which automates large file transfer between a FusionDox repository and your local PC. Using the client, users can click a single button in their web browser, and have large files transferred from the server to their PC, and automatically opened in their default application. When you save and close the document, the client also handles the upload back to the server and removes the old file from your local PC. This patent-pending technology is revolutionary and completely streamlines the user experience between desktop and remove web server.

This update means a lot of good things for FusionDox users: a) Easier installation process, b) no more browser security configuration, and c) a universal javascript API for both IE and FireFox.

This feature is scheduled to be included in the upcoming FusionDox 2009 edition.

We are wrapping up development for a new feature for workflow called "code modules."

The workflow engine in FusionDox IDM allows users and groups to be arranged in ordered or unordered sequences, but with this addition, you can also add CFML code snippets, or code modules, to your workflow. Code modules can contain any valid CFML code, and a FusionDox API document object is automatically created in the scope of the module for easy access to the document in the workflow.

The addition of code modules drastically enhances the capability of FusionDox' workflow engine, allowing automated code to run either as part of an interactive workflow (along with people/groups), or as a stand-alone automated process.

As with all other workflows, all the steps are tracked and logged, so you can go back to see when a module ran, and its results.

This feature is scheduled to be included in the upcoming FusionDox 2009 edition.