Orbeon Forms 2023.1.6

Sunday, December 15, 2024

Today we released Orbeon Forms 2023.1.6 PE! This maintenance release contains bug-fixes and new features and is recommended for all users of:

• Orbeon Forms 2023.1.5 PE

• Orbeon Forms 2023.1.4 PE

• Orbeon Forms 2023.1.3 PE

• Orbeon Forms 2023.1.2 PE

• Orbeon Forms 2023.1.2 PE

• Orbeon Forms 2023.1.1 PE

• Orbeon Forms 2023.1 PE

Compatibility notes

You need to make sure that your main Orbeon Forms configuration file, properties-local.xml, features xmlns:fr and xmlns:xxf attributes at the top. Your existing file might start with:

<properties
    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    xmlns:oxf="http://www.orbeon.com/oxf/processors"
>
    ... content of the configuration file here ...

Make sure to include the xmlns:fr and xmlns:xxf attributes as well, for example:

<properties
    xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
    xmlns:oxf="http://www.orbeon.com/oxf/processors"
    xmlns:fr="http://orbeon.org/oxf/xml/form-runner"
    xmlns:xxf="http://orbeon.org/oxf/xml/xforms"
>
    ... content of the configuration file here ...

Failing to have these configuration attributes might prevent Orbeon Forms from starting. These attributes are present on the template file, properties-local.xml.template, provided with Orbeon Forms.

Issues addressed

This release addresses the following issues since Orbeon Forms 2023.1.5 PE:

• Form Builder

  • FB: Revision History says that data was "saved with no changes detected." (#6618)

  • Merge section template fails (#6541)

  • Property to disable the keyboard shortcuts hints (#6605)

  • Bookshelf form: "Control Settings" don't open on "Language" control (#6615)

  • Form Builder Export: consider not saving before (#6562)

  • Allow custom model variables references in formulas (#6145)

  • Using a variable in Custom CSS classes AVT crashes Form Builder (#6648)

  • Can't send the focus inside the fields of the Insert/Edit Link opened from the Messages dialog (#6665)

  • Inserting section template doesn't immediately show content of the section (#5856)

• Form Runner

  • Dynamic Dropdown (fr:databound-select1, databound-select1.xbl) shows empty (#6667)

  • File upload progress bar not showing progress with large files (#6666)

  • "Process failed with error for property: oxf.fr.detail.process.after-controls.background.new" (#6669)

  • No success or error message when encountering issue saving with custom provider (#6639)

  • Lost "+" (Add another line to the repeated grid) for multiline repeats (#6622)

  • ConnectionContextProvider not called in some cases (#6523)

  • Possible NPE with legacy actions (#6528)

  • List form data attachments API to return control name instead of _ (#6530)

  • Can't add row to empty repeated grid with multiple lines (#6535)

  • oxf.fr.detail.button.$button.visible doesn't support fr:control-string-value() (#6542)

  • Legacy action causes error with $fr-mode variable (#6544)

  • fr-internal-authorized-operations appearing twice (#6549)

  • Summary: can no longer click on columns other than Created/Modified (#6550)

  • JCache implementation to create a cache if one doesn't already exist (#6553)

  • Datepicker missing resources for Czech and Turkish (#6560)

  • Hint as tooltip not showing for datetime control (#6563)

  • xxf:get-session-attribute() to support returning a Java object (#6564)

  • Modal loading indicator not showing anymore for process buttons (#6578)

  • newToEdit() can fail in the JavaScript environment (#6593)

  • Form Runner Summary page reset the language to English (#6582)

  • Exception "form not found for target id" with dispatchEvent and no form provided (#6595)

  • "Required item type of first operand of '/' is node(); supplied value has item type xs:string" when dynamic dropdown in section template, used in form, loading the view page (#6596)

  • Dynamic Dropdown with Search: usability issues (#6597)

  • Landing: fix book.jpg image (#6585)

  • Max aggregate file size not enforced when uploading multiple files (#6606)

  • PDF: long filename can overflow over other form controls (#6598)

  • Summary: crashes when some fields are marked as "Show on Summary" (#6604)

  • Plain textarea can be resized to overlap other controls (#6612)

  • Remove section bottom padding when following section has no title (#6616)

  • Revision History: button to add older revisions (#6623)

  • Screen readers announce Font Awesome's Unicode characters (#6624)

  • Help message shows in place of help icon for buttons (#6626)

  • Button label can overflow grid cell (#6627)

  • Better Accept headers in requests by the proxy to implementations of the persistence API (#6651)

  • Summary: fr-table-no-form-data CSS class remains on table (#6653)

  • List permission should not show for owner/group member (#5864)

  • Formatted Text Area toolbar shows over the text when page zoomed in or zoomed out (#6662)

  • Offline: element lang is not correctly serialized/deserialized (#6670)

  • Bulk apply: no user error message if process fails (#6672)

  • Controls form: repeated grid "+" doesn't work (#6677)

  • Save operation completes before all files are uploaded in Multiple File Attachments control (#6548)

You can download the latest version of Orbeon Forms from the downloads page.

Don't forget to grab a trial license for the PE version.

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We hope you enjoy this release!