Changes that require changes to the configuration and administrative settings

Functionality	After	Before	Result of changes
Display of information.	If a message to a user contains characters incompatible with XML format (in thick or thin client), the error XML text contains invalid characters in X position is generated. This change is not implemented in version 8.3.1 compatibility mode.	If a message to a user contained characters incompatible with XML format, the thick and thin clients did not display any error message.	Uniform system behavior for handling characters incompatible with XML format.
Applied objects.	If you explicitly specify the Encoding property of the InternetMailAttachment object, the outgoing email message is generated with explicitly specified attachment encoding. This change is not implemented in version 8.2.16 compatibility mode.	The Encoding property of the InternetMailAttachment object was ignored during the generation of outgoing email message.	Explicitly specified attachment encoding ensures that the email client displays the attachment name and content correctly whenever email message encoding is different from the attachment encoding.
Spreadsheet document.	The algorithm for calculating horizontal cell positions is changed. If the total width of several adjacent cells is identical for different rows, such blocks of adjacent cells have equal width in all rows and therefore have common vertical borders. This change is not implemented in version 8.2.16 compatibility mode.	If the total width of several adjacent cells was identical for different rows, the cells might have different width in different rows, and therefore might not have common vertical borders.	Improved usability of spreadsheet documents.

Functionality

After

Before

Result of changes

Display of information.

If a message to a user contains characters incompatible with XML format (in thick or thin client), the error XML text contains invalid characters in X position is generated.

This change is not implemented in version 8.3.1 compatibility mode.

If a message to a user contained characters incompatible with XML format, the thick and thin clients did not display any error message.

Uniform system behavior for handling characters incompatible with XML format.

Applied objects.

If you explicitly specify the Encoding property of the InternetMailAttachment object, the outgoing email message is generated with explicitly specified attachment encoding.

This change is not implemented in version 8.2.16 compatibility mode.

The Encoding property of the InternetMailAttachment object was ignored during the generation of outgoing email message.

Explicitly specified attachment encoding ensures that the email client displays the attachment name and content correctly whenever email message encoding is different from the attachment encoding.

Spreadsheet document.

The algorithm for calculating horizontal cell positions is changed. If the total width of several adjacent cells is identical for different rows, such blocks of adjacent cells have equal width in all rows and therefore have common vertical borders.

This change is not implemented in version 8.2.16 compatibility mode.

If the total width of several adjacent cells was identical for different rows, the cells might have different width in different rows, and therefore might not have common vertical borders.

Improved usability of spreadsheet documents.

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