Release Notes for Laserfiche Forms 10.2.1

October 16, 2017 | KB: 1013851
Forms 10.2.1

Summary

Laserfiche Forms is a Web application that allows organizations to collect, process, and route information. Users can create Web forms to collect or work with information, as well as business processes to define how that information is routed, interacted with, and managed. Laserfiche Forms 10.2.1 is a maintenance update that features licensing updates. For a more detailed listing of changes, please see Knowledge Base article 1013852.

Laserfiche Forms Server System Requirements

  • CPU: 4-core or more CPU
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended)
  • Operating system:
    • Windows 7
    • Windows 8
    • Windows 8.1
    • Windows 10
    • Windows Server 2008 (SP 2+)
    • Windows Server 2008 R2
    • Windows Server 2012
    • Windows Server 2012 R2
    • Windows Server 2016

Note: Hardware requirements may fluctuate based on the number of users logged in to the server. If you expect to have many simultaneous connections to your Laserfiche Forms server, we encourage you to configure it with a faster CPU and/or add more RAM.

Note: Server operating systems (Windows Server 2008 R2, etc.) are preferred.

Database Server

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2012
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2014
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2016

Laserfiche Forms Software Requirements

Laserfiche Server

Laserfiche Forms requires version 9.0 or later of the Laserfiche Server. Forms is not compatible with standalone editions of Laserfiche (Executive, Desktop, etc.).

Web Server

  • Internet Information Services (IIS):
    • IIS 7 (Windows 7, Windows Server 2008)
    • IIS 7.5 (Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2)
    • IIS 8 (Windows 8, Windows Server 2012)
    • IIS 8.5 (Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2)
    • IIS 10

      ASP.NET 4.x must be enabled.

Client Workstation

  • Users can fill out forms that start a process in Chrome (latest version), Safari(Mac only), Firefox (latest version), Internet Explorer 11 and later, Edge, Opera.
  • The Laserfiche Forms inbox, Form Designer, Process Designer, Administrative pages, etc. must be viewed in Internet Explorer 11, Edge, Firefox (latest version), or Chrome (latest version).
  • Laserfiche Forms also supports mobile browsing (Chrome, Firefox, and Safari recommended).

Known Issues

  • The Business Process Library may incorrectly report that a process is only available for Forms Professional even though you are licensed for Forms Professional. This issue can occur when you access the Business Process Library by clicking the Manage tab and clicking New Process. As a workaround, access the Business Process Library by clicking Design in the top navigation. (27878)
  • Validation for a Workflow Service Task can fail if the workflow name contains special characters even though the workflow is valid. (157037)
  • The new validation options in Forms 10.2.x may not be backwards compatible with existing custom validation implementations.
  • Single line, drop-down, date, time, email, number, and currency fields have a fixed height of 26px. (153515)
  • You cannot use Chinese variable names when dynamically assign tasks to a team using a team filter. (153135)
  • Active Directory user accounts added with Directory Server synchronization through a Active Directory Group within a Directory Server group will be marked as invalid in the Named Users tab on the system Security page. Please also add the invalid Active Directory user accounts to a Directory Server group that is authorized to sign in to Forms. (150390)
  • If Forms is not configured for HTTPS, you will receive a "Geolocation permissions denied" error message when using the "Use Current Location" option for Geolocation fields in Google Chrome. (147718)
  • You may receive a "The operation cannot be performed on database "SampleFormsDatabase" because it is involved in a database mirroring session or an availability group." error message when the Forms Configuration site is attempting to update the Forms database if the "Always On Availability Groups" feature is enabled for your Microsoft SQL server 2012 or Microsoft SQL Server 2016 instance. As a temporary workaround, please disable the feature during the update process. (152844)
  • Number values in Forms formula functions have a precision of 15 significant digits. (143208)
  • The sample URL displayed on the configuration page when connecting for Laserfiche Discussions uses Discussions 10.1 URL format. When connecting to Discussions 10, be aware that the Discussions Site URL may be in the format //servername/SocialBPM. (142735)
  • On iOS devices, you will not receive a confirmation prompt when browsing away from a process diagram and there are unsaved changes. If you are on an iOS device, be sure to save changes to the diagram before leaving the page. (137533)
  • Custom styles applied on the CSS and JavaScript page may be overridden when changes are made on the Themes page. (117442)
  • In Firefox and Internet Explorer, if you print a long form from the Inbox, the form will not auto-resize and thus will not print all its content. (122917)
  • In Chrome, if a user modifies a lookup field by typing a few characters, then uses the mouse to select the actual value from the suggestion list, and then gives focus to another field, the selection list may appear again and the website may crash. This is a bug in Chrome that's fixed in v36 and higher. (115565)
  • If Firefox has touch events enabled, then Laserfiche Forms will behave as if it's running on a touch screen device (i.e, the signature box will not allow typing, etc.). To disable touch events, navigate to "about:config" in Firefox, reset the dom.w3c_touch_events.enabled preference (using the Reset context menu item), and restart Firefox. Learn more.
  • When removing the "System Administrator" role from a group, the change in permissions will occur immediately and, if the current user inherited the System Administrator role from only that group, will prevent them from making further administrative changes. (117426)
  • If you encounter an error while updating your Forms database during migration it could be due to a network timeout. Increase the maximum timeouts and try again. (119660)
  • In Forms 9.1, logos added to forms were constrained to 400px wide. In Forms 9.2, logos' sizes are no longer constrained. When forms created in Forms 9.1 are migrated or imported into Forms 9.2, and their logos are larger than 400px, they will revert to their true size. You can limit their width in the logo section of the Themes page. (116636)
  • Forms 9.2 treats Laserfiche users linked to Windows Accounts as one account. In 9.0, these accounts were treated as separate accounts and, as a result, may have been assigned different security roles in Laserfiche Forms. (110530)
  • On machines running IIS 8, if you specify a Windows account in the Laserfiche Forms System Settings step of the installation process, the following error message can occur after opening Forms: "Laserfiche Forms has encountered a problem. The forms license fingerprint does not match this computer. This error may occur when ASP.NET Impersonation is enabled on the Forms site in IIS." To solve this problem, manually restart IIS. (108766)
  • Oracle data sources do not work if the Forms Server machine is running Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8. (103901)
  • Laserfiche Forms does not support multiple databases with the same repository. If you change the database used by Laserfiche Forms in the Configuration page, you will have to re-enter the login credentials for the Laserfiche repository. (89720)
  • If a new row is added to a collection or table, and then the first row in the table or collection is deleted, you cannot upload a file inside the table or collection. (117706)
  • When a form is saved to the repository as a PDF or TIF, logo and background images that come from an external URLs won't appear in the PDF or TIF. Download the image from the URL and then upload the file as logo instead. (112375)
  • On the Database tab on the Forms Configuration page, the SQL Server suggestion list may exclude valid servers when the server information is being retrieved from Active Directory. See http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sushilc/archive/2004/10/14/242395.aspx. (117096)
  • When importing a Forms 9.0.x form with a default theme, the default theme will not be loaded in Forms 9.2. Reselect the theme after the process has been imported. (119427)
  • If the Laserfiche Server and the Forms Server are not located within the same domain, users will not be able to log in to Forms with domain accounts. (89247)
  • If the domain account which the server uses does not have local administrative rights to the server, the Laserfiche Forms Routing Service will be unable to start. (87639)
  • If you use a field variable from a repeatable collection in the "Assign to" setting of a user task, only the first field variable value is used. (96043)
  • In Firefox and Chrome, when configuring fields for a new form, clicking on the UI component of the field (button, drop-down, etc.) does not select the field. Click near the UI component to select the field instead. (117652)
  • When the 'Use SSL connection" is checked for a database but the settings in the two web.config files don't match, clicking Save on Forms Server tab will update the two web.config files accordingly. (113152)
  • When using Laserfiche Forms in Safari, certain minor layout issues may occur. (95777, 95783)
  • If an error is encountered during the Save to Laserfiche process, the temp PDF, TIF, and XML files the process created remain Temp folder. (93509)
  • When the "Instance Start Time" and "Task Complete Time" variables are used in an email notification they will follow the time zone of the business process instead of the user. (105923)
  • When configuring Save to Laserfiche, the specified folder in the repository must have a default volume assigned to it.
  • Direct approval (via email) is not supported if the account that's running the Laserfiche Forms Routing Service's region is set to Arabic (Saudi Arabia). (123256)
  • The Process Name and Process ID variables are no longer available in and are not supported in the Forms Designer. These variables are supported in the Process Modeler in the instance name, task notifications, thank page, save to repository service task, and email service task. (123547)
  • Checkbox variables inside tables and collections can have the same name as checkbox variables outside of tables and collections. If those variables are passed to Workflow with a Workflow service task, only one of the variable values will be available in Workflow. (123066, 123332).
  • HTML is not escaped in field labels, the text below fields, or the text above fields. (118320)