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Limitations

Please note the following limitations:

IDEA version 13.1

New feature available as of IDEA version 13.1
New functions	See corresponding topic
The new version of SmartAnalyzer App SDK has been adapted to work with IDEA version 13.1.

IDEA version 13.0

New feature available as of IDEA version 13.0
New functions	See corresponding topic
The version of SmartAnalyzer App SDK has now been adjusted to reflect the version number of the corresponding IDEA version. The new SmartAnalyzer App SDK has version 13.0 corresponding to IDEA.

IDEA version 12.3

New feature available as of IDEA version 12.3
New functions	See corresponding topic
You can integrate various features into the IDEA or SmartAnalyzer ribbon or into the workflow. This can be a macro, an .exe file, a .dll or a document.	Custom Action
By default, a content item only has the language English. Now you can add another language to this content item, e. g. French.	Content item language

IDEA version 12.2

New feature available as of IDEA version 12.2
New functions	See corresponding topic
You can change the path of the file MSBuild.exe. By default the path to the highest version of Visual Studio is set.	Options
You can create a new content object type Custom Preparation Routine. These routines are used to prepare already imported data accordingly. The import of the data is previously done manually by the user. The Preparation routine's root folder can be specified in the Options dialog box.	Custom Preparation Routine
Previously, when an app was deleted, only the entries from the SmartAnalyzer content database were removed. All additional files remained on the user’s hard disk. With SDK 5.0, you can now determine which files will be removed or retained when the app is uninstalled, because it is possible that additional files are also used by other apps.	Additional Files

IDEA version 12.0

New feature available as of IDEA version 12.0
New functions	See corresponding topic
You can use the command TriggerImport in a pre-macro if you want to create a Standard Import Routine which does not use a default data structure.	Trigger Import
SmartAnalyzer enables you to automate audit tests and call workflows from an IDEAScript. You can call the app using the command Get Automation IDs from the Miscellaneous tab.	Miscellaneous
You have the possibility to list the meta data of a selected app. Then you can save the meta data as text or as CSV file.	Miscellaneous
SDK now supports SQLite databases instead of SQL Compact DBs.
Prepare for Marketplace supports FIPS compliancy by default	Prepare for Marketplace
Now it is possible to add additional files to an app.	Additional files
The SmartAnalyzer command UniqueFileName("Name", 0) works correctly again with IDEA 12.0 and returns a valid file name.	UniqueFileName

IDEA version 11.3

New feature available as of IDEA version 11.3
New functions	See corresponding topic
The Caseware root certificate will expire in early 2022 and needs to be renewed. This root certificate is used to create developer licenses. Based on this developer licenses the apps are created. The SDK 4.1 version therefore includes two developer licenses. Which of the developer licenses you can use depends on the IDEA version for which you want to create an app. You need one license to create apps for IDEA 11.3 or higher, while you can use the other one to create apps for IDEA 11.2 or previous versions. Select the proper developer license in the status bar of the SDK by clicking on Active License.	Using the different licenses
It is possible to add the action Perform Tagging to a workflow.	Workflow Actions

IDEA version 10.4

New features available as of IDEA version 10.4
New functions	See corresponding topic
With the current SDK version you can edit content items created with an SDK version based on older IDEA versions (i. e. from IDEA 10.1 to 10.3).	Audit Test, App Definition, Standard Import Routine
SDK version 3.3 supports Visual Studio 2017.
Dialog projects developed in Visual Studio will only be saved together with the project if the dialog project has been created within the content item project folder. If a project contains such an external dialog project, a message will be displayed to notify you.
Due to an error expiry dates containing a day (or month) value less than 10 could not be used. This error has been fixed.

IDEA version 10.3

New features available as of IDEA version 10.3
New functions	See corresponding topic
Runtime filter	Runtime filter
Two new types of licenses are available: Cloud license and Pay per use.	Create app
You can create a graphical result type.	Graphical result
It is now possible to create apps using the FIPS compliance.	Create app
Tag a result file of an audit test as a source file for another audit test	To tag a result file as a source file
SmartContent Objects	AddExpression AddSecondaryStatisticField AddStatisticField AddStatisticFieldWithColor AppWorkflowID ColognePhonetics CreateExpression CreateExpressionGroup CreateFilter DeleteFilter GetActiveFilter GetFilter GetFilters GetPredefinedFilter IsAppWorkflowExecution oSCIdeaVersion oSCSmartAnalyzerVersion oSCTryCompareVersion PersistFilter SaveFilter SetActiveFilter ShowIdeaMainWindow

IDEA version 10.2

New features available as of IDEA version 10.2
New functions	See corresponding topic
Extending Standard Import Routines	Standard Import Routine extension
Supports Unicode	Audit Test, Standard Import Routine, Workflow
Supports batch execution	Audit Test
Compatibility indicator	Workflow
Report Plug-in	Report Plug-in
Original SmartExporter Data Requests	Data Request Definition
Changing the folder for user related data	Options
SmartContent Objects	GetKnownLocationPath RegisterDatabase SharedTempUserData SharedUserData TempUserData UseDefaultLocale

IDEA version 10.1

New features available as of IDEA version 10.1
New functions	See corresponding topic
Embedded dialogs for debugging	Audit Test, Standard Import Routine, Workflow
Support of IDEA Server	Enumerate server-side audit folders Global Parameters
Global Parameter	Global Parameters (extended with strongly typed methods)
Description for Standard Import Routines	Standard Import Routines
Specify the main/starting form of a Visual Studio project	Custom attribute
specific property	CreateStandardTableTaskFactory (function was extended)
Toggle between tag names and tag IDs	Manage Tags, Select Tags
Show all content items and toggle between content item names and file names	Select Content Items
Create app based on opened items	App Definition
SmartContent Objects	EmumerateAuditFolders GetLibraryFullPath NewCalendarTableCreator (function was extended) ServerProjectName
SmartControls	All Smart Input Controls have been updated with the property .

IDEA version 10.0

New features available as of IDEA version 10.0
New functions	See corresponding topic
Embedded Dialogs	In all Content Items
Labeled Import Routine	Labeled Import Routine
Create a workflow	App Workflow
Create an update package	Update package
Possibility to create and open a macro directly from audit test and Standard Import Routine.	Audit Test, Standard Import Routine
SmartContent Objects	AppendField AssociatingTagging AssociatePrimary AssociateSecondary CreateActionFieldForScript CreateUniqueFileInProjectLibrary DeleteDatabase DeleteField EnumerateAuditFolders GetAuditFolderData GetAuditFolders GetFieldName GetMaxLength GetMaxValue GetMinValue GetServiceById GetTag NewCalendarTableCreator RenField RenFieldAt Replace Save SaveWithTestFilter SetTag StringList2Array UniqueFileFlatName
SmartControls	CirFromToList CirSimpleList SmartFromToLIst (extended) SmartDataExchanger SmartSingleList (extended) Stratification