Explanation

 

  • The green rows are describing what happened in the past, that means a description of the features implemented
  • The grey rows are the plan for the
    future. The release dates give an
    indication when this feature will be implemented by development.
    There will be a gap between this date and actual reintegration build for the time needed for QA approval and reintegration of the master.
  • The red rows gives an indication where we are behind our original plan

Snapform Timetable & Release History

This table gives an overview of planned and recently completed
enhancements for the Snapform suite of products.

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Product/ Service Category Description Release date
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Snapform
Version		 Status
Snapform Website Web Relaunch of the Website 30 July 2010 n/a work in progress
Form Server Snapform CRM & Forms Management System Complete, server based form management system 30 July 2010   work in progress
Designer Various

- "Send form by Email"- Option
- Propose names while sending or saving a form.
- Build form chapters
- Tool to integrate context sensitive and multilingual help on form, page and field level
- Improved Error checker
- Updated PDF-2-QDF converter
- Optimized tooltipp feature supporting HTML
- Better visualization of field statuses in design time
- E-file read-only copies of a QDF file
- New printing option "number of copies"
- New function "FormatDate" to format date values
- Enhanced duplex printing properties
- "Start viewer" button to open forms directly in Snapform Viewer
- various other improvements

 22 June 2010 5.3.x released
Viewer Various

- New, intuitive design
- Thumbnails/Page preview
- Improved error checker
- Send forms by email (11 mail-clients supported)
- Context sensitive help section
- Various performance improvements
- Better visualization of attachments

 22 June 2010 1.7.x released
Viewer Security

Form-Checker, automatically checks form for missing entries and displays a list of such fields.

 09 June 2009 1.6.x released
Viewer/Designer e-Filing

- Option to skip the e-Filing wizzard.
- Import PDF within Snapform Designer
- exchange QDF form backgrounds by re-importing a PDF file

26 March 2009 1.6.x released
Viewer/Designer New functions

Function "getAllData()"  retrieves whole form data in XML format without the need to specify each field.

Function "checkVersion()"  provides reliable comparison of Viewer versions.

 26 March 2009 1.6.x released
Viewer Error Checker

Automatic list view for missing fields and errors

 26 March 2009 1.6.x released
Viewer Browser Interface

Browser applet and plugin for online form filling for iExplorer and Mozilla Browsers (see our Applet implementation ...)

26 March 2009 1.6.x released
Viewer & Designer Improvements Various improvements according to customer requests and smaller bug fixes June 2008
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February 2008		 1.5.33 -
1.5.36		 released
Viewer & Designer Functionality
(Print-out)		 Enhanced QDF/A format
QDF/A exposes additional field property information for better integration with external DMS		 June 2008 1.5.32A released
Viewer & Designer Functionality
(Print-out)		 Enhancements in the stylesheet options (e.g. option to print background and border of every control)

Print on original forms: Print form values only on pre-printed form templates: Interface to adjust/shift values in order to match the field positions in the original form print-out.

e-Filing Option for PDF: Automatically convert QDF form to PDF and submit it electronically

Various UI optimizations for Mac Leopard and Microsoft Vista

Support for unlimited document attachments in QDF-file

UI optimization in formula editor

 Controls which contain formulas will be marked with a red corner in edit mode

Minor bug fixes
 April 7 2008 1.5.32 released
Viewer/Designer Functionality

Introduction of new functions:
- SetFieldRequired() will set a certain field as "required", depending on certain other conditions
- Num() turns a string into a number

 November 2007 1.5.30 release on 20th of November
Viewer/Designer Functionality

IBAN-banking number checker

 November 2007 1.5.29 released
Viewer/Designer Functionality

Fit-to-space functionality for 1D-barcodes: The size of the barcode remains always the same, regardless of its dynamic content

 November 2007 1.5.28 released
Viewer/Designer Functionality

Set GUID as a default value:

Label, Text, Multiline text and Barcode (in text mode) controls accept a string [createGUID()] as a default value. When form is opened for the first time in a Viewer a GUID string is generated and saved as a value of corresponding control.

 September 2007 1.5.27 released
Viewer Interface

Silent printing:

It is now possible to print or export to PDF a Snapform file from a command line or batch file without showing Viewer]s UI. [Snapform Viewer.exe] recognizes now following command line parameters:

  • /pt "form path""printer name"
    This command prints the Snapform specified as [form path] to a printer with name [printer name]. If parameter [printer name] is omitted it prints to a default printer. Printer name should be the same as declared in "Printers and Faxesâ".

    pdf "form path""pdf file path"
    This command exports the Snapform specified as [form path] to a PDF file specified as [pdf file path].

    /help and /?
    Show a description message.
     Checkboxes can draw not only cross but a check mark as well.
 September 2007 1.5.26 released
Viewer & Designer Functionality Enhanced support for eastern Asian languages: Style sheet can use now not only fixed system fonts but one of 4 logical fonts that are supported by JRE ([Serif], [SansSerif], [Dialog], [Monospaced]). These allow to mix different kinds of fonts (Latin, Chinese, Arabic, etc) in the same input field.
 

UIs of both Viewer and Designer have been improved for running on Asian operating systems.

Checkboxes can draw not only cross but a check mark as well.

 April 2007 1.5.25 released
Designer Functionality Compile QDF-A with exposed data structure (for integrators) April 2007 1.5.24 released
Designer Functionality Improved handling of boxed input controls April 2007 1.5.24 released
Viewer & Designer Functionality Populate content of labels and info-points from external resources (URL) April 2007 1.5.24 released
Viewer & Designer Functionality Regular expression support for string operations April 2007 1.5.24 released
Viewer & Designer Functionality HTML based post requests for sending QDF-form data to a web server Feb 2007 1.5.23 released
Viewer Language support Support for japanese, korean and chinese (simplified & traditional)  Jan 2007 1.5.22A released
Viewer Language support Support for thai, vietnamese and indonesean languages  Jan 2007 1.5.22 released
Designer Usability Possibility of grouping and locking form objects  Jan 2007 5.1.7 released
Server/ Toolkit Workflow/ Forms Management Novell GroupWise DMS Integration through ODMA2.0/ODMJNI; ODMA aware Snapform Viewer  Jan 2007 n/a released
Viewer &
Designer		 Accessibility Enhancements for compliance with Section 508 (accessibility)  Nov 2007 1.5.21A/
5.1.6C		 released
Viewer &
Designer		 Functionality New set of formulas for extensive time calculations (totals, conversions, etc.)  Sep 2006 1.5.21/
5.1.6B		 released
Viewer &
Designer		 QDF-T
Format		 Support for QDF-T templates  Aug 2006 1.5.20/
5.1.6A		 released
Designer Usability Search & replace functionality  Jul 2006 5.1.6 released
Designer Functionality Support for function library  Jul 2006 1.5.20 released
Designer Functionality Stylesheet import/export, default & read-only stylesheets  Jul 2006 5.1.6 released
Viewer &
Designer		 Functionality Infopoint control: mouse-over will show a customizable info window  Jul 2006 1.5.19 released
Viewer &
Designer		 Functionality Dynamically hide/show pages  Jul 2006 1.5.19 released
Viewer &
Designer		 Functionality Status of required fields can be defined by background color instead of symbol  Jun 2006 1.5.19 released
Viewer &
Designer		 Functionality Support for QR-Barcode  Jun 2006 1.5.19 released
 Viewer eSignature Support for PKCS#7 (soft certificates), including security settings in Designer     Jun 2006 1.5.18 released
 Viewer Usability Additional language support for arabic and hebrew   May 2006 1.5.18 released