Date: March 6, 2024
Stability: Beta
Compatibility: PHP 8.0, 8.1 or 8.2
System Requirements: Joomla 5, Visforms Base Package 5.0.1 or higher
Note: This is a feature release with significant new functionality. Please always test the beta version thoroughly before using it on a production system.
New Feature
- Administration: View PDF’s: Listbox to fast switch between forms
- Administration: View PDF’s Listbox to fast switch between the views
- Administration: View Fields: Add ‘Batch Process’ to set the following field options simultaneously on multiple fields:
- ‘Show Label’,
- ‘Required’,
- ‘Readonly’,
- ‘Edit Only Field’,
- ‘Data View Frontend Access Level’
- Field Configuration: Add option ‘Readonly’ to all Subscription field types except ‘location’ and ‘signature’
- Frontend Dataview Search Tools: New field option: Exclude field from search
- Frontend Dataview Search Tools: New field option: If a listbox or radio field (including sql field types) is used as search filter: allow multi selection in filter listbox
- Frontend Dataview Search Tools: Multi select filter: Set filter condition (and/or)
- Frontend Dataview Search Tools: Search Text: Support search in named fields (like ID:)
- Field type Selectsql: Reload trigger field types: Add all field types as possible reload trigger fields, except ‘file’, ‘location’, ‘signature and the buttons
- Calculation: Allow use of selectsql and radiosql field type in calculation
- Multi Page Forms: Page change: Allow to set a scroll-to behavior
Bugfixes
Improvements
- Multi Page Forms: Focus first field with error after click on ‘next’ and ‘summary’ button
- Accordion Forms: Focus first field with error after click on ‘next’ and ‘summary’ button. If that field is in a closed accordion tab, focus the main error message above the accordion.
Removed Feature
Release Notes
Feature release for Joomla 5
Today we released Visforms and Visforms Subscription 5.0.1. We are pleased that we were able to implement numerous feature requests and improvements that were requested via the forum.
The feature release had a particular focus on Increasing effectiveness when working with Visforms.
New features always mean extensive changes to the existing code. We test all changes very thoroughly. But despite everything, it’s only us who are testing. That’s why feature releases with many new features are always released as beta versions.
If you are interested in one or more of the new features and want to use this Visforms version, please test thoroughly before using it on a productive system!
We endeavor to resolve any reported errors as quickly as possible.
List of new features in Visforms and Visforms Subscription
Administration - increasing effectiveness when working with Visforms
- In the Fields, PDFs, Data views: Listbox for switching directly between the forms
- Always show menu entries for fields, PDFs and data
- New listbox for quick switching between views (forms, fields, PDFs and data views)
- List view fields: enable multiple selection in the search filters ‘field type’ and ‘frontend display’
- List view fields: Set selected field options for several fields at the same time using the batch function.
Selectable options are: Show Label, Required, Readonly, Edit-Only field and access level for the frontend data view of the field
Frontend - Search filters in data views
- New field option: Exclude field from search
- New field option: Allow multiple selection in filter field (with AND and OR condition)
- Allow text searches in named fields, such as searching for the record with ID 1 (ID:1)
Frontend - New field options
- Provide the Read-Only option for all field types (except Buttons, File, Location and Signature)
- Select-SQL fields: Additional field types as reload triggers: All field types except Buttons, File, Location and Signature are available for selection as trigger fields
- Calculation: Enable the use of Select-SQL and Radio-SQL field types in calculations
Frontend - Multi-page forms layout
- Make scrolling behavior configurable when switching between pages
- Automatically focus on first error field
Visforms placeholder
- Redirect URL: Enable use of wildcards in redirect URL
- Placeholders in the redirect URL can be used for very individual redirects, such as a redirect to the data view of the data record that has just been transmitted
- Overhead placeholder: support uniformly everywhere
- Overhead placeholder: add form ID