Here is a summary of the Orbeon Forms developments for April/May 2009:
1. Orbeon Forms release
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3.7.1 is out. That's right, we have released Orbeon Forms 3.7.1!
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New Orbeon Forms flyer. Check the PDF here.
2. Form Builder and Form Runner
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Improved Form Builder layout. Form Builder now uses a top/left/bottom/center layout and has better WYSIWYG support.
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Form Builder toolbox. Controls are now grouped better and their configuration in groups is more flexible.
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Form Runner summary page improvements. The summary page includes checkboxes for document selection. You simply click on a document to open it.
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Form Runner TYPO3 extension. The TYPO3 extension for Form Runner is now available on typo3.org.
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Documentation. We are actively working on the Form Builder User Guide!
3. XForms engine improvements
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HTML area control. It now does server-side HTML cleanup which improves security and avoids tag soup HTML.
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Date control. The date parsing algorithm to convert a two-digits year into a full year is improved. There is now a property to setup the date picker to show two months at a time. Finally,
<xforms:input>
bound to anxs:date
orxs:dateTime
now supports entering dates in the European format. -
Sorting.
exforms:sort()
now properly supports XForms XPath functions and variables within the sorting expression. -
"In-place input" XBL component. This new XBL component can be used like a regular input simply by writing
<fr:inplace-input>
instead of<xforms:input>
. See how the component is written. -
XBL support. We added
xbl:handler
,xbl:implementation
, fixed bugs, and improved the documentation.
4. XForms tips from our scratchpad
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Master-detail. Simple example of master-detail view working with latest builds.
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Password strength checker. Simple example of a password strength checker. It looks like this.
5. Testing
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Client-side tests. See all the client-side unit tests run in this screencast. It uses the great YUI Test framework.
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More and better tests. We have more client- and server-side unit tests, and all client-side unit tests are running on IE6 as well!
That's it for today. Enjoy!
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