IT Hit Edit Any Document for SharePoint Release History

v6.0.4634.0

December 13, 2024
  • On Windows the document opener protocol application failed to open file path longer than 256 characters. Now this bug is fixed.
  • Incorrect protocol inserted in JavaScript referenced in builds referenced since October 23, 2024. Protocol application did not detect. Now this bug is fixed.

v6.0.4627.0

February 14, 2024
  • “The document could not be opened. You do not have permission” error is displayed on macOS Monterey 12.7+, Ventura 13.6+. Now this bug is fixed.

v6.0.4623.0

January 17, 2024
  • “The document could not be opened. You do not have permission” error is displayed on macOS Sonoma. Now this bug is fixed.

v6.0.4616.0

January 11, 2024
  • Chrome and Edge is unable to open documents from a valid UNC/network path on Windows machines. If a document is associated with a Chrome or Edge web browser (typically PDF or HTML documents) the blank web browser page opened. Now the protocol application automatically detects document association with a web browser and opens the document directly in a web browser.

v6.0.4582.0

June 30, 2022
  • Protocol application installer signing certificate updated.

v6.0.4518.0

April 19, 2022
  • Can not download the protocol application .msi installer from webdavsystem.com. "The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable." error is displayed. This bug is now fixed.
  • Protocol application did not pass authentication cookie for domains with port. Now this bug is fixed.

v6.0.4456.0

March 27, 2022
  • Protocol application installer did not set Web Client Windows service to auto start if the Web Client was running during installation and a manual start was configured for Web Client service. Now the auto start is properly set regardless of the Web Client Windows service start mode during installation.

v6.0.4432.0

December 21, 2021
  • Windows Server detection fixed in protocol application.
  • Microsoft Office 2016 failed to open xlsx files using protocol application. This bug is now fixed.

v6.0.4410.0

October 28, 2021
  • If "C:\User\\" folder contained non-English characters the protocol application failed to detect by the web browser, the protocol app installation callback was called. "Unchecked runtime.lastError: Error when communicating with the native messaging host." or "The scheme does not have a registered handler" errors were logged. Now, this bug is fixed.

v6.0.4346.0

October 22, 2021
  • License validation failed with "The license is obsolete..." message. Now this bug is fixed.

v6.0.4342.0

October 15, 2021
  • "Unchecked runtime.lastError: Error when communicating with the native messaging host." or "The scheme does not have a registered handler" exceptions are thrown by the protocol application if the user folder name contains non-English characters. Now, this bug is fixed.
  • "Function MicrosoftOfficeEDitDocument() does not support errorCallback parameter" message is being logged to the JavaScript console in the web browser. Now this message is removed.
  • Protocol application not detected on macOS High Sierra and Catalina. The protocol installation dialog is dispalyed even if the protocol application is installed. Now, this bug is fixed.
  • In Firefox 68-81 the protocol application is not detected, displaying the protocol application download message. Now, this bug is fixed.

v6.0.4090.0

March 22, 2021
  • Protocol application did not install on Mac OS Big Sur. Now Mac OS Big Sur is supported.
  • Protocol application can not mount URLs longer than 250 chars on macOS. Now, this bug is fixed.
  • The 'Open' verb was used on Windows to open documents. If an 'Open' verb was not defined, opening failed with error. Now the default verb is used.
  • Firefox did not detect the protocol application. Now, this bug is fixed.
  • Protocol application now uses Python 3 on Linux.
  • Mounting on Linux refactored. Documents with URLs longer than ~200 characters failed to open on Ubuntu. Now the document URL could be of any length.

v6.0.4059.0

December 22, 2020
  • Edit Any Document SDK is provided. SharePointEditDocument() JavaScript function that opens a SharePoint document for editing is provided with SDK. Now you can add document editing functionality to your custom SharePoint web part or SharePoint add-in.
  • Web part sample is provided with SDK with Edit button in documents list for non-MS Office documents for editing.
  • List View sample is provided with SDK with Edit button on the ribbon bar.
  • Web browser extensions appeared as disabled if the protocol application was installed before web browser extensions via GPO. Protocol application can now be installed without installing web browser extensions. The INSTALLWEBBROWSEREXTENSIONS parameter is provided in the protocol application.
  • On some Windows 10 machines, the protocol application did not open documents because Web Client Windows service was stopped. The Web Client Windows service status is now always verified when installing the protocol application on Windows 10 as well as when opening documents. 

v5.2.3926.0

October 16, 2020
  • Document library view in Internet Explorer failed to load with the "Minified React Error#31 ... " error. Now, this bug is fixed.

v5.2.3912.0

August 25, 2020
  • Protocol application installation dialog is always displayed in IE. This bug is now fixed.

v5.2.3890.0

August 17, 2020
  • Documents opening in Microsoft Edge on Mac OS is now supported.
  • Protocol application did not open documents on Mac OS via OneDrive in some OneDrive configurations. Now this bug is fixed.

v5.1.3761.0

July 23, 2020
  • Opening documents on Mac OS is now fully supported. Protocol application on Mac OS is now using OneDrive to open documents.
  • Edit button does not show in the list when the Columns add-in is used inside a web part. This bug is now fixed.

v5.0.3601.0

May 21, 2020
  • A new SharePoint add-in is provided that installs column with Edit buttons to the document view. A user can now start editing with a single click, without selecting a document first. A new add-in can be installed separately from the existing toolbar ribbon add-in.

v4.5.3552.0

April 30, 2020
  • Classic Edge Web browser extension is now installed by the protocol application only in case Microsoft Edge Chromium is not found on the client machine. If Microsoft Edge Chromium is detected, only the Microsoft Edge Chromium web browser extension is installed.
  • In case Microsoft Edge Chromium is detected on the client machine by protocol application installer, no administrative privileges are requested any more to install the protocol application in the 'Only for me' mode.
  • Protocol application uninstallation does not remove the web browser extensions by default anymore. A dialog requesting web browser extensions uninstallation is displayed now during uninstallation via the user interface. The REMOVEWEBBROWSEREXTENSIONS parameter is provided for unattended uninstallations.
  • Protocol application .deb package did not install on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. "Could not import setuptools which is required to install from a source distribution. Please install setuptools." error is displayed. The incorrect version of pip was used in the installer. Now pip is upgraded to 20.1.
  • Dialog with protocol application installation and web browser extension installation instructions did not detect OS. Now this bug is fixed.
  • Informational message is now displayed if web browser extension is installed but protocol application is not installed on the client machine.

v4.5.3532.0

April 8, 2020
  • Document opening failed with 'Uncaught reference error' in the web browser console. Ctrl-F5 required to refresh the web page and open the document. Now, this bug is fixed.

v4.5.3517.0

April 2, 2020
  • Protocol application fails to open documents on macOS 10.15 Catalina. This bug is now fixed.
  • Dialog with info about protocol application installation and web browser extension activation redesigned.
  • The trial license was acting as a Site license. Now trial license is acting as a Tenant/Server license.
  • SharePoint add-in/extension toolbar 'Edit' and 'Edit With' icons updated.

v4.5.3502.0

March 25, 2020
  • SharePoint 2019 On-Premises with NTLM/Kerberos authentication, Basic authentication, and mixed NTLM/Kerberos/Basic + FBA authentication is now supported.
  • Protocol application fails in Internet Explorer, with the following message: "Failed to load cookies. Authentication cookie(s): Cookie1, Cookie2 was not found.". Now, this bug is fixed.
  • Protocol application is not detected in Chrome and Edge Chromium after upgrading from the previous version. Now, this bug is fixed.

v4.4.3423.0

March 19, 2020
  • SharePoint extension per-site deployment failed to deploy to SharePoint 2019 On-Premises. Now, this bug is fixed. A separate.sppkg package is provided for SharePoint On-Premises. 
  • The protocol application log may fail to create in some SharePoint configurations. Now, this bug is fixed.
  • If the protocol application failed to open a document and non-SSL connection is used, the message with recommendations is displayed. 

v4.4.3417.0

March 17, 2020
  • The protocol application now supports Microsoft Edge Chromium. Microsoft Chromium Edge web browser extension is provided and automatically installed during the protocol application installation.
  • SharePoint .sppkg extension failed to install on SharePoint 2019 on-premises version. The extension did not appear on web sites. The SharePoint log contained the following error: "...file '/XXXXXXXX/clientsideinstance.xml', line 3, character 6: The element 'Elements' in namespace 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/' has invalid child element 'ClientSideComponentInstance'...". Now, this bug is fixed.
  • Protocol application did not work with SharePoint on-premises version if the server is accessed via the NetBIOS name (https://server/) and FBA authentication is used. This bug is now fixed.

v4.3.3207.0

February 25, 2020
  • Protocol application fails to open a file if a file name contained '#' or ';' character. This bug is now fixed.

v4.3.3161.0

November 29, 2019
  • Documents opening does not work in FireFox. Now, this bug is fixed.
  • Set License dialog may be shown even if the license was already set. The "Site or Evaluation license can be applied on one site only" error message is displayed if a user attempts to set the license. The license verification mechanism refactored.
  • Edit and Edit With commands are now displayed in the context menu in SharePoint New Experience mode.
  • If the client protocol application is v5.10.XXXX or earlier is installed on the client machine, the latest protocol application is requested to be installed.
  • If Edit Any Document Site license is already used on another SharePoint site, the site URL and site ID are displayed in the error description in Set License dialog.

v4.2.3154.0

November 19, 2019
  • The protocol installer for Max OS is now notarized. MaxOS 10.15 Catalina is supported now.
  • The protocol application download link is broken in SPS Classic Experience mode. Now, this bug is fixed.

v4.1.3149.0

October 23, 2019
  • Files with "," character failed to open. This bug is now fixed.

v4.0.3010.0

September 30, 2019
  • SharePoint Tenant-wide deployment and site-only deployment are supported now. Tenant and Site licenses are provided.
  • If Edge extension is failed to install now error description is shown during installation.
  • URL decoding in protocol application failed for long URLs in Chrome and Safari if DocManager.DavProtocolEditDocument() function is used. This bug is now fixed.
  • URL decoding in protocol application failed if the file name or path contained '+' character. This bug is now fixed.
  • Only the SharePoint New Experience Mode (.sppkg file, SPS Extension) is now supported. The SharePoint Classic Experience Mode (.app file, SPS Add-in) is not supported any more.

v3.1.2732.0

June 25, 2019
  • Document opening on Mac OS failed with "ItemURL must be located under the MountURL" error if domain did not contain dots. This bug is now fixed.
  • Document opening on Windows failed if URL contained following characters: < >  : " / \ | ? *. Now URL is validated and an error message is displayed.

v3.1.2716.0

May 23, 2019
  • Protocol application installer and its components are signed with a new certificate.
  • When opening documents the following JavaScript error has occured: Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ; This bug is now fixed.

v3.1.2671.0

May 15, 2019
  • Protocol application on Linux did not decode URLs. Now URLs are properly decoded on Linux.

v3.1.2667.0

May 13, 2019
  • FireFox web browser extension icon did not show. This bug is now fixed.
  • Chrome extension context processing fixed. Chrome extension error occurred "Unchecked runtime.lastError: The message port closed before a response was received." and "Uncaught Error: Extension context invalidated." that could be found in Chrome web browser log. Now these errors are fixed.
  • Protocol application installation on on Ubuntu 14 failed. Latest version of dbus package was attempted to install, which is not supported by Ubuntu 14. This bug is fixed now.

v3.1.2642.0

March 25, 2019
  • Protocol application content script may crush Chrome v72.0.3626.121. This bug is now fixed.

v3.1.2639.0

January 25, 2019
  • Protocol application installer on Mac OS displayed an error installing Safari extension. This bug is fixed now.

v3.1.2601.0

December 5, 2018
  • Protocol application do not open document during first click in Edge. This bug is now fixed.
  • Protocol application Edge extension do not install in all users mode on some machines. This bug is now fixed.
  • Protocol application Edge extension do not install in current user mode on some machines. This bug is now fixed.

v3.1.2539.0

October 29, 2018
  • Protocol application in Firefox on Windows 7 shows "Failed to decode cookies." error message. This bug is now fixed.
  • Protocol application installer crushes if maximum file size is specified. This bug is now fixed.
  • Edge web browser extension is not installed by protocol application installer in Current User mode. Installation for Edge now always require require administrative privileges. Message about policies modification and administrative privileges requirement in Current User mode added.

v3.1.2487.0

October 2, 2018
  • User can now specify maximum file size for editing during protocol application installation via installer user interface.
  • Protocol application installer now supports advanced and standard mode.
  • Protocol application show "ItemURL must be located under the MountURL" on non-root SharePoint website on Mac OS X. Now this bug is fixed.
  • Protocol application show "Can not pass cookies." error on Windows 7. Now this bug is fixed.
  • Protocol application documents opening failed with "Invalid Literal for float" error on Windows 2012 Server R2 and Windows Server 2008 R2. This bug is now fixed. 
  • Ubuntu 18.04 and Debian missing packages error displayed. This bug is now fixed.

v3.1.2390.0

August 14, 2018
  • Protocol application Windows installer in per-user mode does not require administrative privileges any more. In per-user mode the protocol application can now be installed by an account with ‘Standard User’ permissions.
  • Protocol application Windows installer installer now verifies that Web Client Windows service is running (in case of Windows 7) and offers to start Web Client if required.
  • Protocol application Windows installer parameters are provided to modify Edge policy and start Web Client Service during installation on Windows 7.
  • Web browser extensions install with incorrect permissions on Ubuntu 16 and Ubuntu 18. Now proper permissions are being configured during installation.

v3.1.2352.0

July 17, 2018
  • Documents opening did not work on some machines in Edge. Edge host, provided with protocol application, security configuration fixed.

v3.1.2349.0

July 16, 2018
  • If Web Client Windows service is not running on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 machines a warning is displayed by the protocol application offering to start Web Client service.
  • All Users/Current user option added to the protocol application installer. To install Edge extension the installer now prompts to allow local computer policy modification.
  • On Ubuntu 18.04 gksu package did not installed by protocol application. Now the package is removed from dependency.
  • Chrome 67.0.3396.99 the protocol application did not show “To execute this command the authentication cookie will be saved as permanent …" message in case of a session cookie. This bug is now fixed.

v3.0.2152.0 Beta

June 21, 2018
  • Document did not open if Edit Any Document is installed or root website. Now this bug is fixed.
  • Debug console is displayed if document is opened in Edge. Now this bug is fixed.

v3.0.2148.0 Beta

June 20, 2018
  • SharePoint New Experience mode is now supported.
  • Opening documents on Max OS X is now supported.
  • Protocol application now supports latest Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari and IE updates on Windows, Mac OS X and several Linux flavors.
  • The product is now using the latest build of IT Hit WebDAV Ajax Library. 

v2.6.1926.0

October 25, 2016
  • In case of SharePoint Online, on root website, the following message appeared when adding license to website: "Request failed. Access denied. You do not have permissions to perform this action or access this resource. undefined.". Now this issue is fixed.

v2.6.1905.0

August 3, 2016
  • Linux in now supported. The protocol application can now be installed and open documents on a Linux machine.
  • "Open With..." command added. A user can now select which application to use when opening a document.
  • Unicode characters did not show correctly on Windows machines. This bug is now fixed.

v2.5.1824.0

July 6, 2016
  • HttpException: Unknown server tag 'WebPartPages:AllowFraming'. Is thrown in case of SharePoint 2013. Now this bug is fixed.
  • "Exception from HRESULT: 0x81070964" is thrown in case of SharePoint 2013. Now this bug is fixed.
  • Window (Basic/Digest/NTLM/Kerberos) authentication is now supported.
  • Forms-based authentication is now supported for SharePoint 2013.
  • Settings page with license upload and permissions configuration added.
  • Protocol application performance improved.

v2.5.1810.0

June 22, 2016
  • Edit Any Document for Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft SharePoint 2013 released.