Overview
Our release notes offer brief descriptions of the product enhancements and bug fixes included in the 7.4 release of our Mobile Forms App for iOS.
Please contact our
Support Team with any questions or feedback about any of these updates.
Highlighted Features
Single Sign-On (SSSO) has been available in the Field2Base Portal for over a year and we have now added the ability to sign in to the Mobile Forms app using SSO.
This is only available for companies with SSO enabled. If you are interested in enabling SSO for your company, please contact the Field2Base Professional Services team at
f2bps@field2base.com for assistance.
Product Enhancements
The following Quick Copy options are no longer displayed in the Sent Forms section when the Form Template has the "Disable Quick Copy for the entire form" Setting enabled:
- Quick Copy shortcut icon
- Quick Copy option in the long press menu
- Quick Copy option in the upper right-hand options menu
We added a Close button to Pen Region Options so it is clearer how to save and close the pop-up window.
Added a Cancel Option to the Save Draft Pop-Up Window (SB-3142)
We added a Cancel button to the Save Draft pop-up window that appears if you tap the Back button when filling out Forms.
You can now easily send Diagnostics to our Support Team from the About Mobile Forms screen using the Send Diagnostic option.
We updated buttons to display the pressed event when filling out Forms so that Users can clearly see that they have tapped on a button.
The Form Viewer now aligns Forms to the top of the screen while filling out Forms in Portrait Mode for iPhones.
Updated the Datasource Region Drop-Down List Display based on its Location on the Screen (SB-3286)
The currently selected Datasource Region is now always highlighted and the drop-down lists are better positioned based on the zoom level and the location of the Datasource Region.
Added Show/Hide Indicator to the Password Fields and Updated Labels when Changing Passwords (SB-3326)
Show/Hide Password indicators are now available for the password fields on the Change Password screen when a User is forced to change their password due to the company's password policy.
Implemented Close Parent Draft Functionality When Using Claim Workflow (SB-3429)
In order to prevent unnecessary Form Drafts from being created, the Field2Base.closeDraft() script call now closes the parent Form Draft when another Form is claimed from Workflow.
Bug Fixes
Fixed Initializing Drafts Taking Longer to Load when Datasource Regions are Present (SB-2982)
We overhauled Form Draft loading to fix performance issues related to initializing and loading Form Drafts when there are Datasource Regions in the Form Template.
Fixed Issues with Main Menu Section Visibility Configs (SB-3054)
The Blank, Drafts, My Work and Sent sections of the Main Menu are once again shown or hidden based on the visibility configurations set in the Company Profile > Configurations.
Added Animation to the Sync Icon when Background Sync Occurs (SB-3188)
We updated the Last Sync icon to animate when background syncs occur (and not just when a sync is forced).
Fixed Work Orders Not Loading Prefilled Data Correctly (SB-3237)
We fixed an issue with Work Orders not properly loading Drafts and prefilling the appropriate Regions.
We fixed an issue with the Cancel button not working in the built-in Camera app when taking photos.
Fixed the Work Order Names Not Wrapping in the My Work Section (SB-3239)
We fixed an issue with the Work Order Name not always wrapping the text to a new line in the My Work section on iPads.
We fixed an issue with the Form View being reset to the top of the screen after entering text in using a keyboard while filling out Forms,
Fixed the Keyboard Not Auto-Capitalizing the First Letter when Entering Values in Text Regions (SB-3257)
We fixed issues with the keyboard not auto-capitalizing the first letter when the iOS General Keyboard Setting is enabled when entering values into Text-based Regions.
We fixed issues where the app was crashing and Users were getting stuck on a loading indicator when Drafts based on Cancelled Work Orders were submitted.
Fixed REST Web Service Calls Returning Errors (SB-3278)
We fixed an issue with GET REST Web Service calls returning an empty response object if there were new lines characters present in the result.
Added URL Validation and Error Message to the View.openURL Script Call (SB-3279)
We added validation to the View.openURL script call so an that an error message is now displayed if the URL provided is not valid when filling out Forms.
Fixed the Default Start Screen Setting Not Being Used (SB-3300)
We fixed an issue where the start screen defined in the Settings > Default Start Screen of the app was not being respected every time the app was started.
Fixed Text Regions Not Getting Unlocked When Using the Region Unlock Script (SB-3301)
We fixed an issue with the Region.unlockValue() script call not unlocking Text Regions if they were initially locked in the Form Template.
We fixed an issue with crashes when viewing Sent Forms were causing crashes after fixes were put in place related to crashes happening after sending a Canceled Work Order (SB-32272).
Fixed Manual Entry for Datasource Regions with No Values in the Drop-Down List (SB-3343)
We fixed an issue with Datasource Regions not allowing values to be entered if there were no items in their drop-down list even though the option to "Allow New Values" was enabled..
We fixed an issue with the Search Filter not using the full Form Title when searching in the Sent Forms section.
Fixed Zoom Gestures Not Always Working (SB-3347)
We fixed an issue where the zoom in and zoom out gestures were not always working on pages with Camera Regions in the iOS 7.3.X Beta App.
Fixed Text-based Region Types Appearing Misaligned (SB-3349)
We fixed alignment issues with Datasource, Date/Time, E-Mail, Numeric, and Text Regions when filling out Forms in the iOS 7.3.2 Beta App.
Fixed Datasource Region Values Being Set Back to the Default Value when Resuming an Existing Draft (SB-3356)
We fixed an issue where the custom values were not being retained in Datasource Regions when using the "Add New Value" option when a Form Draft was saved then resumed.
Fixed Validation Errors Not Automatically Focusing the Region when Tapping on a Specific Error (SB-3364)
We fixed issues where tapping on the errors in the Validation Log when attempting to send a Form were not auto-focusing on each Region in the iOS 7.3.2 Beta App.. The appropriate interaction (open keyboard, show drop-down list, etc.) were also not being activated.
Fixed UI Issues for Datasource Regions with the Allow New Values Setting Enabled (SB-3365)
We fixed display issues with the text entry for Datasource Regions when the "Add a New Value" option was enabled in the iOS 7.3.x Beta App.
We fixed an issue that was causing crashes or causing Sent Forms to not display any visible Pages when trying to view recently Sent Forms in the iOS 7.3.2 Beta App.
We fixed the following display issues in the My Work and Sent Form sections:
- Hide/show detail arrows were skewed
- Indicator icons were shrunk
- Alignment of the detail text
- Text wrapping of the title for each entry
- Fixed the Form Template in the details for Sent Forms to just be the Form Template Name instead of including the Form Title
We fixed an issue with not being able to send Forms with long Form Titles (hundreds of characters) which were causing the App to crash.
Fixed Text Regions Not Saving Values when the Trim Whitespace Region Option was Enabled (SB-3394)
We fixed an issue with Text Region values not being saved if the "Trim Leading and Trailing Whitespace" option was enabled when filling out Forms in the iOS 7.3.4 Beta App.
We fixed an issue with the claimWorkflow script call creating multiple Drafts of the Form claimed from Pending Tablet Edit status in Workflow.
Fixed Issue with Datasource Region Values Being Reset when Resuming Drafts that Use the setDatasourceList Call (SB-3438)
We fixed an issue with Datasource Region Values being reset when the setDatasourceList() Script call was made after a Form Draft was saved and then resumed in the iOS 7.3.5 Beta App.
We fixed an issue where buttons with less than 100% opacity were still displaying the pressed button image after the button was pressed.
We fixed an issue with IF conditionals in Formulas for Calculation Regions not working correctly in the iOS 7.3+ Beta App.
Allowed the Naming of a Script Function to be "closeDraft" (SB-3460)
We now allow functions to be named "closeDraft" in the Form script.
Fixed Not Being Able to Clear Date and Datasource Region Values (SB-3471)
We fixed an issue with not being to erase Region Values for Date/Time and Datasource Regions when filling out Forms in the iOS 7.3.10 Beta App.
We fixed an issue with the Region.setIsRequired() Script call not actually requiring the specified Regions if the script is called in the Form_Sending Event in the iOS 7.3.10 Beta App.
We fixed an issue where Users were not required to select a Folder when beginning a Draft for Companywide Form Templates and therefore could not submit the Form.
Fixed Being Unable to Open Work Orders with Photos Prefilled into Camera Regions (SB-3541)
We fixed an issue with not being able to open Work Orders that contained Photos in Camera Regions.