Orbeon Forms 4.0 M11

Today we released Orbeon Forms 4.0 M11 (Milestone 11). Like 4.0 M10 and the previous milestones this is not a final release.

We have addressed the following issues in this build:

• Form Builder
• Can't reset max repeat to None (#433)
• Don't generate type="xs:string|xf:string" on binds (#445)
• Form Runner
• Oracle flat view incorrectly contains null values (#427)
• Calling a service on load fails (#435)
• Service to return the XML Schema for a given form (documentation)
• Fix PDF templates output of textarea (c4ca6cdf9f)
• XForms engine
• Added radio buttons in repeats don't reflect changes to the instance with IE (#430)
• Controls with missing required binding are not marked non-relevant (72e55177d7)
• Refactor XForms events and support client-side event properties (158b1ca4c5)
• Support for properties in `dispatchEvent` API (60165aa888)
• XForms inspector shows its own model (#429)
• Support XForms 2.0 xforms:property child element (9f6bf048a3)
• Security and authentication
• Authorization for pages and services (#75)
• Not found page doesn't send 404 code (#334, #441)
• Don't run PFC handlers for services (#440)
• Blank page after authentication (#338)
• Other
• PEVersion hides exceptions in some cases (#428)
• Examples: search field at the top right of the page not showing up anymore (#446)
• Update YUI Compressor to latest version
• Processor override does not work (#447)
• More client-side refactoring

With M10, services (in particular Form Runner services) could no longer be accessed externally at all due to the new security. In this build we have implemented a delegation strategy for the authorization of PFC pages and services. The approach is documented here. Feedback on this approach is greatly appreciated!

More information is available in the in-progress release notes for 4.0.

You can download the builds using these links:

• PE version: orbeon-4.0.0.M11.201210030639-PE.zip
• CE version: orbeon-4.0.0.M11.201210030654-CE.zip

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

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