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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:

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:

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.

Please send feedback via Twitter, Bluesky, or the forum.

We hope you enjoy this release!

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