FileNet Forms Manager 4.2.0 Release Notes

This document contains the following major topics:

• Revision Log

• What's New

• Known Issues

• Resolved Known Issues
• Documentation

The Revision Log lists the latest changes made to the Release Notes.

The What's New topic describes new features in this version of the product.

The Known Issues topic lists the current FileNet Forms Manager, Forms Designer, and Desktop eForms software and associated documentation issues. Later revisions of this document may also discuss workarounds and/or fixes for some of the listed issues.

The Resolved Known Issues topic contains the fixed problems that have been reported since the previous release of the product. Later revisions of this document may also discuss workarounds and/or fixes for some of the listed issues.

Hotfix packs for some of these problems may become available prior to the next release of the product. For hotfix packs, go to the FileNet Worldwide Customer Support web site. Click the FileNet Products link under Download Patches in the Service Window. Click eForms Products, and then navigate to the appropriate folder and product release number. Select the hotfix pack you want to download.

The Documentation topic provides information about how and where to download the Forms Manager, Forms Designer, and Desktop eForms documentation files.

Revision Log

What's New

FileNet Forms Manager (formerly Informed Quadra) has been upgraded with new features for this release. Use this topic to review summary information on features and changes made for this release.

• Component Name Changes
• File Name Changes
• Forms Manager Server
• eForms Central Manager
• HTML eForms
• eForms Central Library
• Forms Designer
• Desktop eForms
• Documentation

Component Name Changes

The names have changed for the following components.

File Name Changes

Forms Manager Server

• Forms Manager Server is the new name for the product previously known as Informed Quadra Server. The installation folder names that appear under your Program Files have changed, including "FileNet" (replaces "Shana"), "Forms Manager" (replaces "Quadra"), and "Libraries" (replaces "Workplaces").

eForms Central Manager

• eForms Central Manager is the new name for the product previously known as Workplace Manager. In addition to the name change, the icon for the application and the appearance of the application window have changed.
• On the Desktop Clients page, the URL for the Desktop eForms Installer has changed to Common/Installers/DesktopeForms.exe.
• On the General Page, HTTP protocol is the default that is set for all requests and the I-Sign signature service. HTTPS can now be specified for all requests or only for I-Sign signatures.
• In the Domain Entry dialog box, the 'Domain' drop-down list pre-populates with available domains. If you have credentials for a domain that is not available in the drop-down list, you can now enter the name of the domain in the 'Domain' drop-down list.
• Tool tip and context sensitive help are available. If a user presses the F1 key while the mouse is pointed at an empty spot on the panel, the help topic for that panel appears. If the user presses F1 while the mouse is hovered over a button or clicked in a field, a tooltip message appears for the button, field, or checkbox.
• In the Installation Guide, the four user roles are described: user, form author, form administrator, and account administrator. These roles are also defined throughout the rest of the documentation.
• There are new customization features available for customizing the Library.config file. See the Forms Manager Installation Guide for details.

HTML eForms

• For forms that open in a browser, the buttons on the toolbar have new images.
• Tooltips have been removed to improve performance issues.
• The Print HTML button has been removed to eliminate confusion with the PDF button.
• For boolean data 0 and 1, HTTP data submits display those values as True or False, respectively.

eForms Central Library

• FileNet eForms Central Library is the new name for the product previously known as Informed Quadra eForms Workplace. In addition to the name change, the banner, navigation bar, buttons, and other interface elements have changed.
• The name of the current user and the current date now appear in the banner.
• Color and font settings for the eForms Central library are no longer specified in the Quadra.config file. Instead, the default cascading stylesheet or your own stylesheet is used for color and font settings for toolbars, dialog boxes, and for the navigation bar.
• The Help, Home, Software, Account Information, and Personal Information buttons are now links that appear in the top right corner.

Forms Designer

• Forms Designer is the new name for the product previously known as Informed Designer. In addition to the name change, icons for the application, the file types, and the preferences have changed.
• The ITX Form Template (.itx) format is now a native format for Forms Designer 4.2.0. When you create an ITX Form Template with this version of the product, you can later open and modify it in Forms Designer.

  NOTES

  • ITX Form Templates that were created using previous versions of Informed Designer cannot be opened in Forms Designer.
  • For Desktop Form Templates designed in previous versions of Informed Designer and deployed as ITX Form Templates, you should open the ITP file in the latest version of Forms Designer, save it, and then redeploy it again as an ITX Form Template. This will correct an error that occurs with older templates and overflow printing.
• Template preferences are now handled differently in Forms Designer. When you save a template, a preferences file is created and stored in your Preferences folder. A template preferences file stores information such as graphic defaults (e.g., values that you set for fonts, cell alignment, etc.) and test data. For an ITX Form Template (.itx), the preferences file has the file extension .prx. For an eForms Template (.itp), the preferences file has the file extension .prn.
• New elements have been added to the Page Settings dialog box. A 'Page ID' field holds a unique ID number that is automatically assigned when you create a page in your template. A 'Description' field allows you to enter identifying information about a page.

  NOTE In Forms Designer 4.2.0, when you open a template that was created in an earlier version of the software, page ID numbers are automatically assigned to each page in the template.

• The following changes have been made to the Cell Settings dialog box:
  • A 'Display name' field has been added. This allows you to enter the name that you want displayed in the cell title area on the form.
  • The name you enter in the 'Cell name' field must be a valid XML element name. This means that spaces are no longer allowed in cell names.

    NOTE Cell names in existing templates may contain spaces. These names continue to be supported in version 4.2.0 of the product. However, if you change the name of a cell or create a new cell on an existing template, you cannot include spaces in the cell name.

  • A 'Publish cell' checkbox has been added to the Data Options section. If a cell is of interest to external systems, this option allows you to include the cell in a list of published cells.
  • The 'Quick tab' checkbox no longer appears in the Data Options section. The Quick tab feature has been removed from Forms Designer.

    NOTE For backward compatibility, Quick tab settings in existing templates continue to be supported in Desktop eForms.

• The following enhancements have been made to extend internationalization functionality in Forms Designer:
  • Improvements have been made to text calculation functions to allow for multi-byte characters.
  • For the Character cell type, character formats now allow the full range of ASCII and multi-byte characters. For more information see "Character Cell Type" in the Forms Designer Help.
  • The Spell Checking feature now skips over ranges of multi-byte characters rather than flagging them as misspelled text.
• The mail cells MailSendTo, MailSubject, MailComment, and MailEnclosure no longer contain spaces. Forms that use these cell names will still work, but if the cell properties are edited using the Cell dialog, the user must remove the spaces before pressing OK.This is documented in the Forms Designer Help in the "Using Mail Cells" and "Routing for ITX Form Templates" topics.
• There are two new topics in the Forms Designer Help "Configuring Lookups for text/xml" and "Configuring Lookups for AppleScript" topics. These two topics as well as the "Configuring HTTP Lookups Text/plain," "Configuring HTTP Lookups JavaScript," and "Configuring HTTP Lookups html" now contain examples.
• The Template Reports feature has been added for Forms Designer for Macintosh.
• Forms Designer for Macintosh now supports the Entrust signing service. The Entrust plug-in is automatically installed when you install Forms Designer.
• For Macintosh, preferences are no longer stored in the "Informed Preferences" files. When you upgrade to Forms Designer 4.2.0, the information in the Informed Preferences files is transferred to the Macintosh preferences system and then the Informed Preferences files are deleted.

Desktop eForms

• Desktop eForms has been updated with new icons for the application, the file types, and the preferences.

Documentation

Forms Manager

• All Forms Manager documentation has been updated to reflect the product's name change from Informed Quadra to FileNet Forms Manager.
• The information in the Account Administrator's Manual and some information in the eForms Designer's Manual is now included in the new Help file called Forms Manager Administrator Help.
• The information in the HTML eForms User's Manual and the Workplace User's Manual is now included in the new Help file called eForms User Help.
• The Account Administrator's Manual, the eForms Designer's Manual, the HTML eForms User's Manual, and the Workplace User's Manual are no longer supplied in PDF format.
• Forms Manager Administrator Help and eForms User Help present as html pages that open in a browser window.
• Information in the Getting Started Guide is now included in the Forms Manager Installation Guide and in the Forms Manager Platform Requirements.
• Information in the API Syntax guide has been updated. Please see this guide for revised examples, parameters, and functionality.

Forms Designer

• All Forms Designer documentation has been updated to reflect the product's name change from Informed Designer to Forms Designer.
• Forms Designer Help has been revised and updated to include information about designing ITX Form Templates (formerly contained in the eForms Designer's Manual). The information in the Forms Automation and Design and Graphics manuals is now included in the Forms Designer Help. These manuals are no longer supplied in PDF format.
• Forms Designer Help now presents as html pages that open in a browser window instead of in a compiled format.
• The Forms Designer Tutorial now includes a section on deploying ITX Form Templates.
• The Entrust third party signing service is now supported for Macintosh. Previously, it was supported only for Windows.
• The following documents are now automatically installed with Forms Designer:AppleScript Reference.pdf (Macintosh only), Forms Designer Tutorial, and the Forms Designer Advanced Tutorial.

Desktop eForms

• eForms User Help (formerly Desktop eForms Help) has been revised and updated to include information formerly contained in the Informed Quadra HTML eForms User's Guide and the Informed Quadra Workplace User's Guide.
• eForms User Help now presents as html pages that open in a browser window instead of in a compiled format.
• The Desktop eForms User's Manual, the HTML eForms User's Guide, and the Workplace User's Guide are no longer supplied in PDF format. The information in these manuals is now available in the eForms User Help.
• There are shortcut keys available for changing pages on a form. See the "Change Pages" topic in the eForms User Help for details.

Known Issues

The following notes describe known issues and critical information for this release. Where applicable, each note includes the associated Defect Tracking System (DTS) number for reference and tracking purposes.

HTML eForms

• Template verification is not available for ITX Form Templates.
• In some Netscape and Internet Explorer browsers, when the user selects a choice from a dynamic choice list, a horizontal scroll bar appears below the choice list.
• If a form contains a field that is set up to convert a number to ASCII, the PDF is not generated. (DTS 24598)
• Rule lines are displayed on a form in a browser as part of the background image and are obscured by the white default fill color of the cell. As a workaround for this, if you configure a cell with rule lines, set the fill color of the cell to transparent. (DTS 46828)
• With versions of Internet Explorer other than 6.0 SP1, users may not see the titles of some dialog boxes, including I-Sign, Signature Verification, Insert Picture, and Remove Picture.
• When cell data is right-aligned, the last line preceding a hard return is not aligned. When cell data is justified, the periods and commas are not properly justified. In PDFs generated from an HTML eForm, cell data is not justified. If it's set to be justified, vertical alignment (center or bottom) does not work and hard carriage returns (press Enter before text is at the end of a line) are deleted. (DTS 121172)
• The Tracking icon does not appear on forms but the Tracking button does. (DTS 121419)
• A script and Application Object do not open a Microsoft Office application. (DTS 121530)
• For a localized product, the Japanese currency symbol displays as "$" instead of "\" symbol. (DTS 121717)
• Number constants are not rounded to the correct number of decimal places. (DTS 121772)
• The AddHours, AddMinutes, AddSeconds, and MakeTime functions do not display the seconds. (DTS 121781)
• When 0 or -1 are the parameters for an ACos function, the function returns an incorrect result. (DTS 121783)
• ODBC data lookups and submits that contain character or date and time formatted fields are not working as expected with SQL databases. However, if a character formatted field is change to text, the submit and lookup works as expected. (DTS 137496)
• The Acos, Alog, Exp, and LN1 functions do not display accurate values. (DTS 137741)
• Saving a picture from a picture cell does not work. Saving a picture from a picture cell does not work. (Resolved with the following exception: This is still a known issue on a Mac 10.2 operating system using Internet Explorer 5.2.) (DTS 165134)

eForms Central Library

• Duplicate folder names and document names are allowed.
• Errors occur when the Forms Manager writes to the event log. (DTS 24589)
• For a localized product, when you use non-English characters in the Title field of the Search dialog box, the search does not find the form. (DTS 62820)
• For a localized product, there is no horizontal scroll bar in the window. (DTS 64476)
• For a localized product, the side bar is not wide enough to display all translated characters. (DTS 120523)
• You cannot log in to an eForms Central library using Netscape 6.2.X with a supported Windows operating system. (DTS 121776)
• Template names in the library were not rebranded. In the 'Type' column, ITX Form Templates display with the old name "eForms XML Template" instead of "ITX Form Template" and Desktop Form Templates display as "eForms Template" instead of "Desktop Form Template." (DTS 121816)
• For the French product, you cannot create a new account using extended characters. (DTS 123352)
• For the French product, on the Accounts page, the text of the column headings and the text in the rows below the headings are not aligned. (DTS 123374)
• For the French product, a tracking error message is not localized. (DTS 123386)
• For the French product, when you change a form's Status property, some text on the form does not display properly. (DTS 123393)
• For the French product, on the Accounts page, a string on the title bar is not localized. (DTS 123466)
• For the French product, a string in the Resolve Recipient dialog box is not localized. (DTS 123559)
• For the French product, when you close a form, extended characters do not display correctly in the confirmation message. (DTS 123574/135176)
• For the French product, a string on the Tracking Status results page is not localized. (DTS 123583)
• For the French product, in the Move dialog box, extended characters do not display correctly. (DTS 123675)
• For the French product, an error message on the Blank Forms page spells "qu'un" incorrectly. (DTS 133826)
• For the French product, information in the error message for the Add Account dialog box is not localized. (DTS 133926)
• For the French product, the drop-down list in the Update Permissions and Search Accounts dialog boxes is not wide enough to display localized strings. (DTS 133938)
• For the French product, on the form toolbar, the tooltip for the Submit button does not show the shortcut key combination. (DTS 134029)
• For the French product, on the Accounts page and in the Account Information dialog box, "user" and "default" are not localized. (DTS 134037)
• For the French product, on the search results page, all the text for the search criteria (displayed above the toolbar) may not be visible. (DTS 134111)
• For the French product, the currency symbol on a form is displayed before the number. (DTS 134442)
• For the French product, on the Home Page, the word order for the translation of "Click the help link" is incorrect. (DTS 135033)
• On all pages of the French product, the long date format is incorrect. (DTS 135036)
• For the French product, a string is not localized in the error message for the Save icon of a picture cell. (DTS 135050)
• When creating user accounts, while a user can be set up with a long password, the user cannot login if the password exceeds 20 characters. (DTS 137498)
• In the Banner area, First and Last names with longer character strings do not wrap text, causing the Home, Help, Software, Account Info, and Personal Info links to move outside of the web page. (DTS 137499)
• The "exact phrase" option in the Search action does not perform as expected. (DTS 147224)
• When a document is added to the library without a title, the filename of the document becomes the default title. However, no results are returned when the user clicks Search to locate the document by its filename. (DTS 147321)

Forms Designer

• Template authorization and verification (Form > Authorization > Authorize Template and Verify Template) are not available for ITX Form Templates.
• If you send an ITX Form Template to another form author, any graphic defaults you have set or test data that you have created for the template will be lost. This is because the preferences information is not stored in the template.
• When Form package documents are open (.ipk), duplicate template names are created. (DTS 24266)
• On Macintosh, you cannot save files that contain Japanese characters in the file name on a non-Japanese system. With eForms Designer for Macintosh OS X, when a file is saved with a name consisting of multi-byte characters (e.g., Japanese), that filename overwrites its parent directory name. This has been documented in the "Designing International Language Forms" topics in the Forms Designer Help. (DTS 72390)
• On all browsers and platforms, the LN and LN1 functions produce the same results. (DTS 91842)
• On all browsers and platforms, the EXP and EXP1 functions produce the same results. (DTS 91854)
• When the 'Print on Overflow Pages' cell setting is selected, overflow pages print only if the 'Include scroll bar' checkbox is selected in the Field Setting dialog box for the cell. (DTS 103860)
• When text is viewed in an enlarged view, it is not evenly aligned. (DTS 104119)
• The Part function is supported only for printing templates while in test mode in Forms Designer. For an HMTL eForm, users cannot see or print multipart pages or the labels that you specify for each part. (DTS 118284)
• On Macintosh, Forms Designer "Preference" dialog corrupts extended characters. (118395)
• HTTP lookups require a forward slash at the end of the host name or the beginning of the CGI query. (DTS 118633)
• The Japanese date mask format is not working. (DTS 120819)
• On Macintosh, the Arabic locale is not supported. (DTS 120924)
• Forms Designer does not display Arabic date format. (DTS 120968/121154/121208)
• If you select the Complete installation option (which installs all plug-ins), or if you select the Custom option and specify that the Entrust plug-in is to be installed, error messages will appear during the installation if the software does not exist on your system. You can ignore the errors and install the Entrust software later, or you can install it before you install Forms Designer. (DTS 121353)
• When a form is generated as a PDF and contains multi-byte text in a static text object with one or more style changes applied to the text (e.g., bold and red text) or contains two or more lines of text, the PDF does not display properly. To generate a PDF that contains multi-byte text in a static text object, copy and paste single lines of text into separate text boxes. (DTS 134699)
• The choice list setting "Auto Display Palette" is incorrectly turned off when you select multiple cells on the form template, change the data color, and then click OK. (DTS 142092)
• The following documentation is missing in the Forms Designer help topic "Document Methods" topic: For the export method, the whichCells argument is ignored when exporting to XML format. (DTS 148990)
• The online help for ODBC Lookup refers to submitting data rather than the lookup function. (DTS 154095)
• When an ODBC auto-increment is configured according the example given in the eForms Designer documentation, it causes the multiple matches dialog to come up. If the user cancels without selecting a match, a runtime error occurs. (156923)
• Closing a template in FD then dragging and dropping a template causes a second window menu to appear. (DTS 167325)
• With the document window maximized, closing one template then opening another template will cause a second window menu, and the minimize, resize, and close corner buttons to be added again. (DTS 167325)
• Mouse scroll wheel does not work after switching to test mode and back. (197203)

Browser Issues

• Rule lines are not supported in browser forms. (DTS 46828)
• When using an eForms Central library, pop-up blocking software should be disabled or some features in the eForms Central library might not work. For more information, see the topics "Deploying Templates" and "About Deployment and Distribution" in the Forms Designer Help. (DTS 103062)
• In Macintosh 9.2.2 and Netscape Navigator 6.2.3:
  • The Sin function does not correctly round numbers. (DTS 25583)
  • The delete text function does not work. (DTS 25617)
  • The browser determines the horizontal and vertical alignment of the text in a cell. (DTS 25625)

Desktop eForms

• When using Microsoft Outlook to send emails using the special MailSendTo cell, an error occurs if more than one email address is entered in the MailSendTo cell. (DTS 24570)
• Arabic text cannot be right aligned. (DTS 47122)
• If you select multiple documents to print, only the first one prints. (DTS 101026)
• Right-justified numeric values are not properly aligned. (DTS 120679)
• For a localized product on Macintosh, Latin characters appear as Japanese characters in the Open dialog box. (DTS 120824)
• For a localized product on Macintosh, the Arabic locale is not supported. (DTS 120969)
• For a localized product on Macintosh, the date, time, number, and currency formats display in US formats only. (DTS 121354)
• When you use an English version of Desktop eForms on a French operating system and you double-click a saved data document, the application opens and then closes without opening the form. (DTS 122370)
• For the French product, when you open the New Data Document dialog box, click Add Other Template, and then expand the Files of type drop-down list, the name for Desktop Form Template is incorrect. (DTS 123476)
• For the French product, extended characters in the Description field in the New Data Document > Services > Local Templates Folder dialog box do not display correctly. This occurs also in the Open dialog box that is accessed from the File menu as well as in the local form path that is created when you open a form from an eForms Central library. (DTS 123477)
• Floating palette windows in Desktop eForms are incorrectly reset to their default positions after the user moves the window, closes the form, and then re-opens it. (DTS 132889)
• For the French product, incorrect icons appear in the Preferences dialog box. (DTS 133827)
• For the French product, extended characters in the Auto-increment error message do not display correctly. (DTS 133944)
• For the French product, in the Page Setup dialog box, a string is not localized. (DTS 134022)
• For the French product, in the Add dialog box that is accessed from Preferences > Mail > Suggested Routes, some text is cut off. (DTS 134024)
• For the French product, extended characters in the Export dialog box do not display correctly. (DTS 134098)
• For the French product, extended characters do not display correctly when you import a .txt file. Extended characters do not display correctly on the Cell menu for the Memorize command. (DTS 134114)
• For the French product, some of the dialog boxes that are accessed from the File menu use "Type du Fichier" while others use "Type." (DTS 134116)
• For the French product, a string in the About dialog box is incorrectly localized. (DTS 134171)
• For the French product, when you right-click a template, two menu options are not localized. (DTS 134183)
• For the French product, when you print a multi-page form, part of the print status message is cut off. (DTS 134298)
• For the French product, in the Set Password dialog box that is accessed from the Preferences dialog box, the text "Confirmer le mot de" is cut off. (DTS 134304)
• For the French product, duplicate hot keys exist in the File, Edit, and Help menus. (DTS 134320)
• For the French product, an extended character in the tooltip for the Underline button does not display correctly. (DTS 134441)
• For the French product, an incorrect "A" character appears in the Send dialog box. (DTS 135439)
• The French spelling plug-in is not installed by default. (DTS 136311)
• The conditional tabbing calculation does not work when tabbing out of a cell contained in a single row table. (DTS 140519)
• When redirecting folder paths, such as "My Documents," the path does not resolve correctly as Desktop eForms tries to separate the volume and directory strings and filename of the path, rather than treating it as a single path. (DTS 141013)
• When a delimited text file is imported with picture and signature data, Desktop eForms ignores the values and an error message appears. Documentation about unsupported formats has been added to the limitations section of the "Delimited text files" topic. (DTS 147101)
• When you configure the Script menu in Forms Designer, the menus in Desktop eForms revert to English. (DTS 135584)
• Closing a form, then dragging and dropping a form, causes a second window menu to appear. (DTS 167329)
• HTTP autoincrement fires and hangs application when trying to import a text file with multiple records. (DTS 171465)
• Data in an expandable table row is truncated when printed. (DTS 207515)

Resolved Known Issues

This topic contains the fixed problems that have been reported since the previous release of the product. Where applicable, each note includes the associated Defect Tracking System (DTS) number for reference and tracking purposes.

eForms Central Manager 4.2.0

• When you create a new library using eForms Central Manager, you cannot get the required trusted domain information added to the quadra.config file to make the foreign security feature work. (DTS 46769)
• When a Macintosh request is made to the Forms Manager server, it passes a full IP server address instead of the DNS name, so the Forms Manager server rejects the request. (DTS 93620)

eForms Central Manager 4.2.0-002

• The Forms Manager Server Migration Utility does not work correctly.

  (DTS 133858)

eForms Central Manager 4.2.0-005

• Migrating a workplace configured with Anonymous authentication from 4.1.1 to 4.2.0 generates an error message. (DTS 154729)

eForms Central Library 4.2.0

• Color choices specified in Quadra.config file are ignored. (DTS 23360)
• Complete instructions for configuring Active Directory authentication are not available.

HTML eForms 4.2.0

• CreateDate function does not work in HTML eForms. (DTS 23887)
• Hard carriage returns (press Enter before text is at the end of a line) are missing in PDF files and there are no spaces between the words. (DTS 24595/97291)
• Problem forcing characters to be upper case after being deployed. (DTS 72297/72298)
• When rendered to PDF, the underlines for checkmark fields extend randomly. (DTS 100930)
• When you view an archived template, the entire form cannot be viewed. (DTS 47197)
• Deployed forms intermittently display without tracking numbers. (DTS 101974)
• Active Directory authentication takes a long time to log in and often fails. (DTS 103018)

HTML eForms 4.2.0-001

• HTTP data submission from a form table to an ASP is not working as expected. The only value submitted is the from the first table row. (DTS 134206)

• ODBC data lookups do not work unless a password is configured. (DTS 134661)
• Special mail cells that contain spaces in their names (as configured in Forms Designer versions prior to 4.2.0) are not supported in this version of Forms Manager. (DTS 134628)
• Calculations that worked in Forms Manager 4.1.x do not function as expected in Forms Manager 4.2.0. (DTS 134668)

HTML eForms 4.2.0-002

• ODBC data lookups do not return the correct values when configured with a system DSN that uses the Computer Associates IDMS ODBC driver version 5.0. (DTS 135760)

HTML eForms 4.2.0-003

• Tool tip functionality does not work when the user hovers their mouse over a cell. (DTS 141869)
• The ASCIICHAR function does not support several characters represented by the numbers between 0 to 31. The documentation has been corrected in the Forms Designer 4.2.0-002 help. (DTS 144602)

HTML eForms 4.2.0-004

• Data lookups do not complete successfully on the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser with larger multipage and multicell forms. (DTS 148116)

HTML eForms 4.2.0-005

• Data submits to ODBC don't work if the submit configuration includes table elements. (DTS 156490)

Forms Designer 4.2.0

• The PrintedPageCount function is not working as expected in an eForms XML template. (DTS 23278/64426)
• Using the Choose function referencing a table column row, HTML eForms fails to return the data from the specified row. (DTS 24593) A note in the "Choose" and "Members" functions topics in the Forms Designer Help says that you cannot use a table column as a parameter. This statement is incorrect.
• If you print a template with a cell that is smaller than the size of the font specified for that cell, Forms Designer for Macintosh prints multiple duplicate pages. (DTS 50192)
• When a cell is copied and then pasted on the form and renamed, the name of cell reverts to the original cell name. (DTS 95053)
• The generated PDF is missing part of the text in a table. This problem will still occur with ITX Form templates that were not created using Forms Designer 4.2.0. (DTS 99035)
• The number format "##,#00.00" does not properly round to the nearest decimal place. (DTS 102456)
• In the Forms Designer Help (version 4.2.0) topic, "Easy configuration for ODBC data submits," there is no information to tell the user that there is a limit of 32,000 tables that can display in the dialog box that appears after the user clicks "Choose Table." (DTS 120651, copy of 120468)

Forms Designer 4.2.0-001

• An error message appears when attempting to open a form template with the file extension *.itp from a read only location. (DTS 98797)
•  If you are using more than 32, 000 database tables in an ODBC lookup, you must use the Custom Configuration method. (DTS 119328)
• Deleting a cell using CRTL-X, then pasting the cell will cause the cell to have no name. (DTS 122843)
• The command key combinations do not display in the Forms Designer menus as expected. (DTS 132701)
• Form templates created in Forms Designer 4.2.x cannot be opened in previous versions of the application. (DTS 133631)
• The gdiplus.dll file that is used to render JPEG images in Forms Designer and Desktop eForms is installed in the root of the eForms directory. As per Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028, the dll must be moved to another folder. (DTS 133955)

Forms Designer 4.2.0-002

• The GoToCell command does not work as expected. (DTS 132410)
• On Macintosh, if a form data document is created from a form template obtained via an FTP distribution center, and then sent via SMTP mail, Desktop eForms closes unexpectedly upon revision checking when the user tries to open the form data document. (DTS 134885)

• On Macintosh, the Form Designer help does not launch when you choose Help > Contents. (DTS 141393, copy of 139833)

• An error occurs when Desktop eForms attempts to expand table rows with heights that are too small to fit form data. (DTS 144367)

Forms Designer 4.2.0-003

• On Macintosh, the installer does not upgrade the existing installation as expected. (DTS 150760)
• On Macintosh, the Forms Designer on-line help cannot be accessed through the Help menu. (DTS 151009)

Forms Designer 4.2.0-004

• On Macintosh, in the Preferences dialog box, the Set Preferences button for I-Sign (POP) is not functioning correctly. (DTS 158075)
• Certain PCL6 and PCL5e printer drivers could cause application instability. (DTS 161120)

Forms Designer 4.2.0-005

• Patch number FD-4.2.0-005 did not include any resolved defects; it was released for synchronization with patch number DTeF-4.2.0-005.
• Saving a picture from a picture cell does not work. (Resolved with the following exception: This is still a known issue on a Mac 10.2 operating system using Internet Explorer 5.2.) (DTS 165134)

Forms Designer 4.2.0-006

• Using a USB mouse scroll-whell with Forms Designer 4.2.0-004 causes the application to shut down when in Designer mode.

Desktop eForms 4.2.0

• The PrintedPageCount function is not working as expected in an eForms XML template. (DTS 23278/64426)
• Table rows expand when expansion is not required. (DTS 23884)
• If you print a form with a field that is smaller than the size of the font specified for that field, Desktop eForms for Macintosh prints multiple duplicate pages. (DTS 50192)
• When you associate a data document with a new template and then reopen the data document, Desktop eForms does not automatically use the new template. (DTS 64791)
• The Page and PageCount functions do not support multipage forms. (DTS 72987)
• Right-aligned text is not aligned correctly in Desktop eForms. (DTS 73085)
•  HTTP lookup choice lists are missing some of the choices in the query. (DTS 90929)
• If a calculation uses the PrintedPageCount function and only a few pages are selected, the correct page number is not returned. (DTS 93458)
• The Submit button does not work. (DTS 96518)
• Revisions of distributed templates are not updated properly and are not available from the distribution centers that the templates have been deployed to. (DTS 97412)
• The temporary files in Desktop eForms cause errors. (DTS 100924)
• Menus appear in English in the French software when it is a custom menu. (DTS 101486)
• An invalid JavaScript parameter causes Macintosh Desktop eForms to close unexpectedly. (DTS 119878)
• JavaScript "FileIO.ioDelete" doesn't work on Macintosh OS 10.2.8 and above. (DTS 122078)
• For the French product, when you use Forms Designer to configure the Script menu, the menu that appears in Desktop eForms is in English. This feature functions as designed. (DTS 135584)

Desktop eForms 4.2.0-001

• JavaScript does not clear a cell configured with a choice list. (DTS 121725)
• The gdiplus.dll file that is used to render JPEG images in Forms Designer and Desktop eForms is installed in the root of the eForms directory. As per Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028, the dll must be moved to another folder. (DTS 133960)
• The dBase plug-in now allows DBF data exceeding 512 characters to be imported into any form cell in Desktop eForms. (DTS 134591)
• Data entered in date cells formatted as "YYYY/MM/DD " does not display correctly. (DTS 135130)

Desktop eForms 4.2.0-002

• The GoToCell command does not work as expected. (DTS 132410)
• On Macintosh, if a form data document is created from a form template obtained via an FTP distribution center, and then sent via SMTP mail, Desktop eForms closes unexpectedly upon revision checking when the user tries to open the form data document. (DTS 134885)
• An error occurs when Desktop eForms attempts to expand table rows with heights that are too small to fit form data. (DTS 144367)

Desktop eForms 4.2.0-003

• On Macintosh, the installer does not upgrade the existing installation as expected. (DTS 150988)

Desktop eForms 4.2.0-004

• Exception violation in ASINTPCC.DLL on application start. (DTS 134501)
• Desktop eForms for Mac OS X (4.2.2238) unexpectedly quits when I-Sign (IMAP) plug-in is used. (DTS 154593)
• When a form is opened and submitted, and then another form is opened, the application crashes. (DTS 156703)
• Desktop eForms unexpectedly quits during a submit when a particular template is opened and submitted twice. (DTS 157341)
• Memory reference error: The instruction at 0x77f51baa referenced memory at 0x3d035010. The memory could not be read. (DTS 159914)
• Desktop eForms crashes when you create a PDF from thePprint dialog using Adobe Acrobat 7 professional. (DTS 159915)
• Memory errors occur when opening a form. The application closes. (DTS 159985)
• Table with expandable rows expands even when there is little data in the input field. (DTS 164214)
• On Macintosh, the application crashes when you add a new record to a form that has an auto-increment cell after the form has been sent. (DTS 166716)

Desktop eForms 4.2.0-005

• On multiple page forms, if you click the divider line under the tab instead of the tab, the program crashes. (DTS 168161)

Desktop eForms 4.2.0-006

• Windows Print dialog box does not display when printing. (DTS 193959)

Documentation

NOTE The context-sensitive component of the Forms Designer Help and the eForms User Help is available only when users run the Help from the associated application. This component will not work if users run the Help from the library Help page or if they download it from the Help page and run it outside the application.

Downloading Documentation Files and Updates

You can access the documentation from the product CDs, from the FileNet Worldwide Support web site, and from the Help page in the eForms Central library.

Documentation updates may be made available before the next release. These updates will be posted regularly to the Support web site location and are identified with a revision date.

To download documentation files

1. Go to the FileNet Worldwide Support web site.
2. For documentation for Forms Manager, Forms Designer, and Desktop eForms, navigate to Product Tech Info > Forms Manager (FM) > Product Documentation > Forms Manager 4.2.0.

   For Platform Requirements for Forms Manager, navigate to Product Tech Info > Forms Manager > Release Information > 4.2.0.

3. Download the files to your preferred location.