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Forms Builder
Version 6.7 SP2
Release Notes
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Table of Contents
Forms are a means of enabling end users to view and modify repository data from their web browsers.
Forms Builder is an interactive tool that allows you to create and modify form definitions, called
templates, and store them in a repository. Forms Builder functions as a layout tool for TaskSpace.
Templates define relationships between the following elements:
• The user interface (UI) model, which specifies the items users see on the form and how they look.
• The data model, which defines the types and interrelationships of the data items that store the
information that the form accepts or displays.
Forms Builder provides a graphical user interface to enable you to define the relationships between
the UI and data models. Once you have installed a template, web development kit (WDK)-based
applications, such as Webtop or TaskSpace, can use the form.
The forms runtime, a component of the WDK, enables WDK-based applications to create form
instances based on your templates. Form users use these instances to view or modify repository data.
More information about the forms runtime is available in the WDK documentation.
The EMC Documentum Forms Builder 6.7 SP2 Release Notes contains customer-reported bug fixes
and platform compatibility updates. This document also includes a list of fixed problems, known
problems and limitations.
Resources
For the latest product documentation and support materials, including White Papers and Technical
Advisories, refer to EMC Online Support (https://support.emc.com). Check regularly for new and
updated documentation to ensure that you have the latest system information.
Note: Documentation installed, or packaged with the product on the download center, is current at
the time of release. Documentation updates made after a release are available for download from
EMC Online Support (https://support.emc.com).
This section highlights the major functionality changes included in this release. Refer to the product
documentation for complete information about these features.
that connects to Content Server. Content Server periodically generates basic reports to indicate
usage. These reports are available to the Content Server administrator. In addition, EMC provides
a complimentary virtual appliance, EMC Asset Management and Planning (AMP), that can
produce more detailed reports about EMC software usage. The EMC Documentum Content Server
Administration and Configuration Guide contains more information about usage tracking reports.
Number Formatting
Forms Builder now allows you to specify a currency symbol, thousands separator, and decimal
symbol for numerical column data in a form instance.
This feature is documented in the "Editing Templates” chapter in the Documentum Forms Builder
User Guide.
The EMC Documentum 6.7 SP2 Environment and System Requirements Guide contains the hardware
requirements and software versions for your product supported with this release. This documentation
is available at EMC Online Support (https://support.emc.com).
Before beginning installation, ensure that your system meets the requirements listed in Chapter 3,
System Requirements.
The instructions for installing the product and language pack are provided in the EMC Documentum
Forms Builder Installation Guide.
This section identifies issues that have been resolved in this release.
Service Packs are cumulative. The current release contains fixes from all previous Service Packs
and Patches.
Cannot instantiate form using the template for selected business process.
FRM-914 We fixed the problem that caused Forms Builder to incorrectly version a
form template created by selecting Copy UI from existing form and Share
the same data model. The problem occurred for the following scenario:
• Template B is created by selecting Copy UI from existing form, selecting
template A, and selecting Share the same data model.
This section identifies known product issues and limitations that may affect your use of the product.
Workaround:
To ensure that forms display controls properly, in Internet Explorer 9.0, set
the Document Mode option to Quirks.
• Internet Explorer 7
• Firefox 2.0.0.12
Firefox displays scroll bars always on the right, regardless of whether the
form template layout is set to right-to-left. Therefore, Firefox cannot support
the scroll bars in a right-to-left layout.
FRM-4046 The Forms Builder User Guide incorrectly lists the Rich Text control as a
supported control for Execute adaptor after input value changes. You
cannot use the control to execute an adaptor after an input value for the
control changes.
Forms Builder User Guide does not accurately describe the behavior of
calculation formulas (FRM-4018), page 30 provides more information on
the behavior of calculation formulas.
FRM-4010 When you create a high fidelity form template or electronic form template, if
you select Copy the date model to copy default input values from another
high fidelity form template or electronic form template, Forms Builder does
not copy the input values to the new template.
FRM-3932 If you enter data in a text field on a task form instance that contains an
embedded folder contents instance and folder information instance, the data
is not saved after you close or finish an activity. To avoid this problem,
create an electronic form template based on the dm_folder object type and
embedded it in the task view.
FRM-3760 If you configure a search template to hide a horizontal box at runtime if the
form user selects a check box, a blank pane appears under the search results
when the user clicks the check box.
FRM-3595 Forms Builder does not allow form users to version instances of electronic
forms even though the users have "version” permission.
FRM-3290 If you configure Forms Builder to use a 64-bit Java Runtime Environment
(JRE) on a 64-bit operating system, high fidelity form templates do not
appear in the design canvas.
FRM-1935 The TaskSpace viewer for Open Document Format (ODF) files cannot
enforce validation rules. If you configure a high fidelity form template to
have required fields, TaskSpace allows users to save high fidelity form
instances if they do not provide values for the required fields.
FRM-1916 Data loss occurs if the number of internationalization characters entered in a
high fidelity form instance exceeds string length. If a user enters more than
32 internationalization characters in a text field or list box on a high fidelity
form instance, Forms Builder does not update the attribute values for the
text field or list box.
FRM-1561 Forms Builder does not allow users to open the default process template
list form template.
FRM-1552 Users who do not have write permission for a process variable are able to
modify the process variable in a task form instance in TaskSpace. The user is
able to finish the task form and an error message does not appear.
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FRM-1045 In a document view template with a keywords field, if you enter more than
50 characters in the keywords field, a DfException message appears.
FRM-615 If you use a lightweight type to create a document view template, you
are not able to update the attributes when document view is opened in
TaskSpace. To correct the problem, remove the dm_sysobject attributes for
keywords, authors, subject, and title from the form.
FRM-613 When a search template searches for a time attribute and uses a date control
as the display, if the application server is in a different time zone than the
content server, the search does not work properly. To correct the problem,
ensure the application server is in the same time zone as the content server.
FRM-125 When you assign hot keys to a rich text control inside a tab, the form user
cannot edit the control at runtime.
FRM-1860 Forms Builder does not refresh the actions listed in the Action list box for an
invoke button after adding a configurable action in TaskSpace. The Action
list box lists the action after restarting Forms Builder.
FRM-1771 If you design a folder contents template or search template with large
horizontal and vertical values, the TaskSpace form instance does not allow
users to view the entire form by horizontally and vertically scrolling.
FRM-1639 64-bit browsers do not display high fidelity form instances.
FRM-1481 When querying an object based on one of its repeating attributes, Forms
Builder returns the same object twice. Forms Builder returns one object if
the query is run in another DQL editor. To resolve the issue, use the distinct
keyword in the query; for example:
This chapter provides configuration and usability notes for current product features.