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Say you have a form that contains 2 fields, a and b, and you want users to provide a value for a or for b; it is ok if they provide values for both a and b, but it isn't ok if they leave both a and b empty. A... More

Today we released Orbeon Forms 2020.1.3 PE! For details, see the release notes.You can download the latest version of Orbeon Forms from the downloads page.We hope you enjoy this release! More

The Orbeon Forms date field allows users to type a date, but also to select a date using a date picker. While most people are used to interacting with date pickers using a mouse, touchpad, or a touch interface, the Orbeon Forms date picker also supports doing so with the... More

Today we released the Orbeon Forms 2019.2.3 PE maintenance release! For details, see the release notes.You can download the latest version of Orbeon Forms from the downloads page.We hope you enjoy this release! More

Today we released Orbeon Forms 2020.1.1 PE and Orbeon Forms 2020.1.1 CE! For details, see the release notes.You can download the latest version of Orbeon Forms from the downloads page.We hope you enjoy this release! More

When you attach a file to a form, as you might expect, the browser sends the content of the file to Orbeon Forms, but it also sends information about the file, including the file name, file size, and a description of the type of file it is sending called media... More

We believe that it is important for us to make Form Builder as easy as possible to use with a keyboard, this to improve: accessibility, the user experience for power users. In Orbeon Forms 2020.1, we've started adding support for a few keyboard shortcuts for cut/copy/paste, save, undo/redo. As you... More

Orbeon Forms 2020.1 introduces a number of tools that make it easier to handle situations where you have a workflow around a form that involves multiple people who may be able to do different things, at different times, depending on a number of conditions. Let's illustrate this with the example... More

Today we released Orbeon Forms 2020.1 PE and Orbeon Forms 2020.1 CE! This release includes improvements to attachment controls, Form Builder keyboard shortcuts and other usability improvements, and much more! We closed over 180 issues since Orbeon Forms 2019.2. For details, see the complete release notes. You can download the... More

Say you are overriding built-in resources: because you'd like a button to be named differently, or because you are localizing Form Runner in a new language, or for some other reason want to change resources. Then you might have noticed that your changes are not immediately taken into account, and... More