Composer

4.5.0

Transact Composer 4.5 is a Major release of Composer. The changes are predominately performance and UI enhancements. There is no change to the service packs in this release so users do not need to upgrade their organization to receive these updates. A service pack release will be scheduled for June 2018.

Major Themes

The main themes in this release are:

• Performance - Improve the performance of the Composer UI and optimize its memory use. As a result, many of the changes in this release are under the covers of Composer. The work completed in this release will lead to a better user experience with faster form loading, improved response times and less frequent crashes of the application (although we are constrained by Flash and how it is used in browsers).
• Support beyond Flash EOL - This release introduces Adobe Air support for Composer, allowing users to access the same environment they were previously using but through Adobe Air rather than via a browser. This addresses the Adobe announcement to stop updating and distributing Flash Player by the end of 2020. The Adobe announcement led to Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, and Apple also announcing that they will also remove the ability to run Adobe Flash across all supported versions of their browsers by the end of 2020.
• Developer Experience - With this version we are introducing Composer Ant support. This will allow developers to access functions that will assist them to export and import artifacts to/from their local file system. The range of functions will be added to over time.

Features and Enhancements

Reference	Summary	Description
TPD-5189	UI Performance  and Memory Usage Optimizations	Change the way types are stored and marshalled. This leads to vastly improved performance and memory usage for form and type registry loading.
TPD-6549	Allow export of a library from the stylesheets pane	For user organizations you can export them from the 'first' pane (ie the projects pane), but if you are working a library or datapack then you can only export them by going to the account level which can be somewhat annoying. We should allow them to be exported from their first pane too, in this case the stylesheets pane.
TPD-5261	Composer - Add Export Account	Add the ability to export all organizations of an account in a single operation.
TPD-5340	Various Script Editor Enhancements	Allow in-place editing of parameter metadata, such as the parameter type, trigger type, etc. This make easier to toggle between dynamic and static triggers or to change a parameter from String to Number say.
TPD-5488	Introduce wireframe page mode	Introduce a page mode to the wireframe and default to using it for faster form loading. By default the wireframe now opens in "Current Section Only" mode which will only show the currently selected section. A toggle has been introduced to return to full form mode if desired.
TPD-5487	Improved wireframe fidelity	Improve how the wireframe draws various widgets: Block and text margins now correctly applied Button margins including outer and external margins now applied Button sizing now matches html button sizing Touch styling now applied to touch styled radio buttons and check boxes Introduced new option to use HTML form sizing instead of PDF form sizing. HTML sizing is now the default
TPD-5339	Add Move to Custom Type panel	Add a move option to the actions on the Organisation Custom Types grid to simplify splitting organistions and data packs.
TPD-5274	Allow viewing of resources in resource selector editor	When editing a property that allows you to select a resource, you can now view the resource.
TPD-5203	Improve ability to 'fix' broken xml in custom types	Added the ability to view and edit the raw xml for a custom type even if the xml is malformed. You do this by going to the Resouces tab (not the Custom Types tab) and selecting 'All Custom Types' from the type filter.
TPD-6552	Allow Palette position to be moved next to structure tree	Add option to move the palette from the right side of the screen to the middle between the structure tree and wireframe. This way it is easier to drop widgets to the structure or the wireframe.
TPD-6553	Introduce Composer Ant support	Full documentation to be published to the KB. Tasks developed in this version:  sfc-export-account will export all organizations of an account to a zip file on the local file system. sfc-export-org will export a single organization or library in the given account to a zip file on the local file system sfc-form-spec will generate the form specification xml file for either all forms in a project or a single form in a project. sfc-import will import a organization zip file from the local filesystem to the given account on a composer server sfc-publish will create a publish zip or far file of a composer form suitable for importing into Avoka Transact Manager sfc-server is used to hold connection information for a composer server.

Resolved Issues

4.4.1

Transact Composer 4.4.1 is a Maintenance release with some minor enhancements. This version includes changes to the Maguire template.

Features and Enhancements

Reference	Summary	Description	Linked Issues
TPD-5051	Review the use of aria-required in Composer	We reviewed the use of the attribute 'aria-required' in our HTML forms. This attribute is not valid against Check Boxes and Radio Buttons and warnings are raised when form are analysed by WCAG validation toots.	AVT-4678
TPD-4797	Expose success/failure handlers for page-change triggered background save	Composer forms sometimes fire a background save event between page changes. There is no visibility if a save has been fired and whether it has finished. Because saves are asynchronous it makes it very difficult to sequence the save with other async calls. Completed in this change 1. a pre-save event with success / failure handlers support 2. new form option config properties to specify success/failure handlers for page-change triggered background save	AVT-4602
TPD-4559	Composer dashboard - left panel expandable	Makes it easier to see full organization names	AVT-4484
TPD-4496	Introduce a new Type Usage Anaysis capability to help with library organisation / design time performance optimizations	This new dialog will show where and how custom types are used as well as sizing information
TPD-4292	Loading enhancements	New loading features These are 1) Fires a postLoad event at the end of the loading cycle (in particular unlike postInit after the loading overlay has gone away) this is a better event place to hook up some onLoad behavior eg focus policies 2) It adds a policy that allows you to suppress the loading screen (see screenshot) 3) It adds hooks that allow user code injection into the loading code. 4) The overlay nodes are created programatically	TPD-4280
TPD-4168	Include a Save button in the top right hand corner of the property editor next to the close button x	Because the property editor dialogs cannot be resized, it would be useful to have the Save option in the top right hand corner next to the X.
TPD-4137	Various Artifacts Pane Enhancements/Fixes and form xml viewing support
TPD-2759	Improve form field Visibility setting - receipt related	On the field properties Visibility tab, could we add another two options to the "Visibility rule" DDL * "Receipt only" > resulting in sfc.isReceipt() script visib rule * "Not on receipt" > resulting in !sfc.isReceipt() script visib rule	TPD-4128
TPD-702	Implement the aria-invalid attribute	Currently, there is no mark-up applied to fields in error state that can be used by assistive technology to inform the user of the error from the field itself. The user will only be informed of errors by the error list or inline error message.	TPD-698

Resolved Issues

4.4.0

Features and Enhancements

The following table contains a detailed list of the enhancements in Transact Composer 4.4.0.

Reference	Summary	Description
TPD-3239	Add support for groups in dropdownlists	Add support for specifying groups in HTML dropdownlists https://community.avoka.com/forums/q-a/f/q-a/2109/drop-down-list-optgroup-support
TPD-3041	Persist Repeating Data Extracts Flag after publish	Introduce a flag in Composer to persist the setting after publish
TPD-3017	Add flag to allow today for past and future date fields	Field-Date/Calendar-Future/Past should have an boolean option that allows today to be selected for the field that is handled in the validation script as well as the calendar picker filter.
TPD-2982	Javascript consolidation
TPD-2981	Introduce Global change event	Change event when any field on the form changes
TPD-2967	Form Data Encryption	Support TM data encryption for pre-pop and submission data.
TPD-2700	Change the standard 'Dropdown List [Titles]' widget to use ${values} in the 'Display' property.
TPD-2432	Composer transition support	Add transition support mainly for wizard page changes.
TPD-2110	Create and include design information xml file in far file and surface on preview	Create a design information xml file and make it available at runtime to design tools (eg the test builder)
TPD-1264	White space is added to form pages when navigating back via form errors	This issue has been noted on at least 2 forms when using Windows 10 - Edge. By opening the form and clicking through to the Submit button (multiple page form), then clicking on the Submit button to generate 'Errors In Form', by clicking on the first issue, when you are returned to the page there is a large white space gap between the last field and the Next button (on that page and subsequent pages as well).
TPD-966	Add a property to allow a field to NOT have the block editability rules applied	There are some circumstances where it is convienient to allow a field's editability rule to override that of a containing block
TPD-589	Shrink generated css by folding multiple duplicate selectors into a single selector	This is the CSS optimization task that Sam attempted and failed to make work in the 3.6 timeframe
TPD-221	Page fade transition breaks when clicking too fast	Progress past the first page, select manual identify verification on page 2 then quickly click through the chevron menu items. When clicking too fast for the transitions to complete the page content never displays, see attached screenshot.

Resolved Issues

4.3.2

Resolved Issues

4.3 SP4

Resolved Issues

4.3 SP3

Resolved Issues

4.3 SP2

Resolved Issues

4.3.1 and 4.3 SP1

Transact Composer 4.3.1 is a Maintenance release with some minor enhancements.

Feature One

Multiple Attachment Widget - This widget extends the attachment widget and allows multiple attachments to be selected and added into the form at once. This is supported on T-Web and TransactField forms.

Features and Enhancements

The following table contains a detailed list of the enhancements in Transact Composer 4.3.1

Reference	Version	Description	Further Information
TPD-1352		Create Multiple Attachment widget	This supports adding multiple attachments from a gallery or file location.
TPD-1015		Display a confirmation message when the 'Delete Field' icon is used or when the 'Delete field' command from the short cut menu is used in Composer's Structure pane.
TPD-777		Add service Versioning Support in Composer

Resolved Issues

4.3.0

Composer 4.3 is a full release. Changes have been made to both the Composer engine as well as the data packs.

All Composer upgrades support compatibility mode where organizations can continue to use previous versions of Composer until they upgrade to the latest release.

Accompanying the release are new versions of the Maguire template and the BizPacks data pack.

Composer UI Productivity Improvements

This is the main theme of this release. There are many productivity improvements such as better drag and drop functionality, the introduction of non-modal property dialogs and indication where form overrides have been set in the property dialog. Added to this several bugs have been fixed and performance has been improved.

Highlight Two - Password Reset Facility

Composer now supports a password reset feature. Users can now request a password reset that is sent to their email. Selecting the email link will direct them to a new password page.

New Features

New Features in Composer are:

Reference	Version	Description	Further Information
TPD-646	4.3.0	Change Composer form to stop Form background saves at the confirmation page
TPD-555	4.3.0	Add Application Bundle Share Submission Extract Data Support	Support added for two additional flags in data extract properties The flags are pushed through to the sfmconfig file in the FAR file
TPD-288	4.3.0	Form Search Dialog improvement	The Form Search dialog launched from the welcome pane now sorts the account list and the organisation list to assist in finding the required account/organisation.
TPD-262	4.3.0	Add Submission Data Extract Encryption Support	A new encrypt checkbox has been added under the Data Extract Option section in The Transaction Manager Data Integration Panel.
TPD-252	4.3.0	Most Recently Used List Improvements	General Improvements to the MRU list including handling session expired better and improved error handling.
TPD-248	4.3.0	Form parts to support custom properties	A form part designer can now optionally specify an additional type defining a set of properties to configure the part with.
TPD-244	4.3.0	Workaround for Chrome autocomplete bug	Google makes a subtle distinction between autocomplete and autofill, so we should make sure we use the right word in the release notes and/or jira.
TPD-153	4.3.0	Extra choice for Gender Widget	Aligned current gender widget with Australian Government guidelines when collecting sex and gender information for the purposes of data.
TPD-61	4.3.0	Drag & Drop Structure Re-arrangement	Drag and Dropping items around the Composer UI structure has been improved by using more informative icons and better placement controls.
TPD-58	4.3.0	Wrap Field in Block should support more types	Wrap in Block functionality now supports the following block types: Conditional, Mandatory, FieldSet
TPD-56	4.3.0	Add ability to localize and/or customize hard-coded strings in our javascript libraries
TPD-54	4.3.0	Structure pane / Search box: Can take 3 seconds or more for typed input to appear.
TPD-53	4.3.0	Add Support for opaque modules.	Unlike regular blocks, the internal details of an Opaque modules are hidden, making them especially useful for developers when they want to black box their modules. The other advantage of using them is to reduce Organizational load times because they do not add significantly to the type registry.
TPD-52	4.3.0	Support for saving custom types to libraries and other enhancements to the Create Custom Type From Field dialog
TPD-51	4.3.0	User driven password reset on Composer	The "Request Password Reset" link in the Composer login screen will now send an email to the specified user with a reset password link. Selecting the email link will display a password reset dialog.
TPD-50	4.3.0	Make Field import use latest findLabelProperty() method to get accurate label from different field types
TPD-49	4.3.0	Composer now alerts user to dependency breaking changes	Warning to alert a user that deletion of the field will break rules defined in other fields is now shown.
TPD-48	4.3.0	Add the option to use names on the structure tree instead of labels	This can be set in the "Options" dialog under the Designer tab. When set the name of the field will be shown instead of the label which is the default.
TPD-47	4.3.0	Handling of numbers in labels for automatic name generation
TPD-46	4.3.0	Add the ability to update broken dependencies in the script editor	In previous versions the process was to delete and recreate the dependency.
TPD-45	4.3.0	Add search facility in XML viewer	Saves the trouble of copying to an editor just to find a field.
TPD-44	4.3.0	Improve Composer Properties Dialog Tabs	Properties Dialog tabs now display an ‘*’ if settings have changed in the form. This allows developers to easily see where property changes have been made without having to view each tab.
TPD-43	4.3.0	Make the property editor non-modal so more than one can be open at a time	Multiple property editor windows can now be opened
TPD-42	4.3.0	Access "Send us Feedback" window from "Forms" page	The "Feedback" action is now available on the form actions list from the forms list page.
TPD-41	4.3.0	Added Auto-detect of field changes in localized Forms. This will now prompt for a regenerate.
TPD-39	4.3.0	Add a "Edit Properties" checkbox to the field creation dialog box
TPD-38	4.3.0	Standardize Date format in Composer UI
TPD-37	4.3.0	Improved error reporting for forms with missing templates	The project forms view now shows the template name and error messages. Publish and open form actions now disabled on forms with errors
TPD-17	4.3.0	Property dialog indicates the property categories that have been changed in the form	An '*' is used to indicate where form overrides exist in the property dialog.

Resolved Issues