FormsAssistant 1.9 has just been released. This new version adds compatibility with Office 2010 and also has a better install and uninstall support on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
I have been testing this new version on a combination of Windows XP, Vista and 7 with Office versions 2003, 2007 and 2010 and it …
Read MoreSeptember 29, 2010 Category: forms, news No Comments
As I have mentioned before, I was intending to replicate the look and feel of the ribbon interface in previous versions of Word and PowerPoint.
It’s official now. I can implement ribbons on Office 2003
After working on this idea, I think I have got a good solution to implement the idea …
Read MoreSeptember 12, 2009 Category: forms, general, powerpoint 1 Comment
I have uploaded a new version of FormsAssistant that includes the following three changes to the product:
Removed the auto-update system: The auto-update feature has been removed from the product. Process and replace fields on headers and footers: A new option has been added to enable …
Read MoreAugust 6, 2009 Category: forms, news No Comments
The preliminary specification for forms libraries is beginning to take shape. On this post I will present some ideas that .
1. The three different modes of access
FormsAssistant will handle three types of libraries:
Personal libraries are stored on a user’s computer and are not meant to …
Read MoreI have just uploaded a new version of FormsAssistant that solves a problem reported by one user. Apparently, on 1.7.5 the multiline editor of the Main window was causing an error.
Please download the new version and install it over your current version of FormsAssistant. It is not necessary to …
Read MoreJune 3, 2009 Category: forms, news No Comments
PowerTOC 2.2.4 and FormsAssistant 1.7.5 have been released today. These minor upgrades just solve a minor issue with the Check Install utility that was reporting a security error on Microsoft Office 2007 systems.
(The setup check utility …
Read MoreApril 20, 2009 Category: forms, news, tocs No Comments
I have been busy this past week preparing a series of posts regarding our ideas with respect to the next generation of FormsAssistant.
One thing has lead to another, and, at the end the quick and dirty PowerPoint presentation that I used, in an effort to organize logically my ideas, has …
Read MoreFebruary 15, 2009 Category: forms No Comments
My previous experience with Control Runner of publishing on the blog the plans for the future release of an application has been very satisfactory. For that reason, I plan to do the same with FormsAssistant on a series of posts, starting with this one.
As an aside note: Control Runner 4 is going …
Read MoreWe have released version 1.7.4 of FormsAssistant. As usual, to upgrade to the latest version, download it from our download page and reinstall it over your current installation.
This version addresses two different issues:
Remove an error caused when entering very long values (greater than 255 characters).
Adds an option to ‘Process unchanged fields’.
The …
Read MoreOctober 26, 2008 Category: forms, news No Comments
I have just uploaded a minor upgrade to FormsAssistant. This version solves a problem that has been recently been brought to our attention; FormsAssistant would give an error if entering an empty string as the value of any field. The new version does not cause an error. As usual, you can get the …
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