Documaker Workstation (AFEMain) AutoSave Timer Recovery Problem

Documaker Workstation is also known by other names: Documaker Desktop; AFEMain; or Policy Production System (PPS). This discussion will simply refer to the application as AFEMain.

AFEMain environments uniquely identifies WIP transactions. This unique identifier is kept in the WIP table and matches the name on files commonly referred to as the NA and POL data files stored in the WIP directory.

The standard identifier utilized by AFEMain on WIP transactions is a GUID comprised of a mix of letters and digits – generally 32 characters in length. This ID method has been in place for many years.

Prior to the use of GUIDs, the AFEMain WIP transactions were uniquely identified by increasing a simple number represented using 8 characters.

Documaker continues to support the legacy unique numbering method if the customer WIP table definition has not been upgraded.

As of this version 13.0.2, it was discovered that the optional Auto-Save functionality only worked with the legacy WIP transaction numbering method. This has been corrected.

Customers that are using AFEMain to manage WIP transactions and using Auto-Save do not have to make any changes to inherit this correction after upgrading. An auto-saved transaction should restore a prior WIP session that terminated improperly whether your setup uses the standard GUID naming method or continues to use the legacy unique numbering method.