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Orbeon Forms 3.7 beta 1 is available

We have just made Orbeon Forms 3.7 beta 1 available for download. This release contains about 200 issues addressed since Orbeon Forms 3.6.

There are still a few blockers to address before we can release 3.7 final. Here are useful links to see what’s left to do:

Issues by highest priority

Recently open issues

Recently closed issues

Enjoy!

Announcing Orbeon Form Builder

It is with great pleasure that we are announcing Orbeon Form Builder. Form Builder allows you to build forms right from your browser and aims at taking the pain out of building forms. It is 100% open source, standards-based, and built on top of the Orbeon Forms XForms implementation, which we have been refining for [...]

XForms plays key role in financial services application from 1st Software

Vertex Financial Services, parent group of leading technology suppliers, 1st - The Exchange, recently announced that Wesleyan Assurance Society has become the first organisation to go live with the new Adviser Evolution technology, a financial services application that makes extensive use of XForms.

See You Next Year, JavaOne!

That’s it, JavaOne 2008 is over! We were on the OW2 booth for three days last week, busy demoing the latest in Orbeon Forms.

We got a few good contacts during the conference, which also provided us with the opportunity of knowing the rest of OW2 guys better. Go check out the web site, you will [...]

Orbeon on Twitter

Orbeon is now on Twitter, under the username orbeon. We have started providing regular updates about Orbeon Forms there.

If you don’t know what Twitter is, or if you are thinking “Why would I join another social network?”, think again: Twitter is different. Maybe this blog entry by Mark McGuinness will help you understand what it’s [...]

Details of security fixes in OpenOffice 2.4 - Current IT news from heise online



Details of security fixes in OpenOffice 2.4
Current IT news from heise online, UK - 13 minutes ago
All OpenOffice versions before 2.4 can come unstuck while processing manipulated ODF files with XForms, as a result of which injected code can be executed. ...

Orbeon at JavaOne 2008

We are glad to announce that we will be present at JavaOne 2008 on the OW2 Consortium stand. This year, JavaOne will take place May 6-9.

We have some great Orbeon Forms demos in the works so be sure to stop by!

Thunderhead Strengthens Lead in Interactive, Real-Time Communications - Centre Daily Times



Thunderhead Strengthens Lead in Interactive, Real-Time Communications
Centre Daily Times, PA - Mar 31, 2008
In keeping with Thunderhead's XML heritage, Interview Now is based on XForms, an XML-based standard for the specification of user interfaces and processing ...

Manchester City Council: Delivering 'best local council web site ... - PublicTechnology.net



Manchester City Council: Delivering 'best local council web site ...
PublicTechnology.net, UK - 1 hour ago
This has been enabled by the Jadu XForms Professional platform, which is fully integrated with Jadu CMS and provides more streamlined processing of forms. ...

Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World - SYS-CON Media


SYS-CON Media


Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World
SYS-CON Media, NJ - 16 hours ago
He regularly blogs at xml.com and his own metaphoricalweb.org, and is the webmaster for XForms.org and XQuery.org. He lives in Victoria , BC . ...

Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World - SYS-CON Media


SYS-CON Media


Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World
SYS-CON Media, NJ - 18 hours ago
He regularly blogs at xml.com and his own metaphoricalweb.org, and is the webmaster for XForms.org and XQuery.org. He lives in Victoria , BC . ...

Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World - SYS-CON Brasil (Assinatura)


SYS-CON Brasil (Assinatura)


Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World
SYS-CON Brasil (Assinatura), NJ - Mar 5, 2008
He regularly blogs at xml.com and his own metaphoricalweb.org, and is the webmaster for XForms.org and XQuery.org. He lives in Victoria , BC . ...

Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World - SYS-CON Media


SYS-CON Media


Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World
SYS-CON Media, NJ - 22 hours ago
He regularly blogs at xml.com and his own metaphoricalweb.org, and is the webmaster for XForms.org and XQuery.org. He lives in Victoria , BC . ...

Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World - SYS-CON Media


SYS-CON Media


Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World
SYS-CON Media, NJ - Mar 5, 2008
He regularly blogs at xml.com and his own metaphoricalweb.org, and is the webmaster for XForms.org and XQuery.org. He lives in Victoria , BC . ...

Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World - SYS-CON Media


SYS-CON Media


Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World
SYS-CON Media, NJ - Mar 5, 2008
He regularly blogs at xml.com and his own metaphoricalweb.org, and is the webmaster for XForms.org and XQuery.org. He lives in Victoria , BC . ...

Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World - SYS-CON Media


SYS-CON Media


Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World
SYS-CON Media, NJ - 28 minutes ago
He regularly blogs at xml.com and his own metaphoricalweb.org, and is the webmaster for XForms.org and XQuery.org. He lives in Victoria , BC . ...

Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World - SYS-CON Media


SYS-CON Media


Data and Syndicated Oriented Architecture (SynOA) at AJAX World
SYS-CON Media, NJ - Mar 5, 2008
He regularly blogs at xml.com and his own metaphoricalweb.org, and is the webmaster for XForms.org and XQuery.org. He lives in Victoria , BC . ...

Three RIA Tools Examined: JSF, Flex, and JavaFX - SYS-CON Media


SYS-CON Media


Three RIA Tools Examined: JSF, Flex, and JavaFX
SYS-CON Media, NJ - Feb 28, 2008
DW wrote: What about XHTML and XForms Offline? By Stanimir Stanev; Rob Bartlett Web Services are becoming the chosen way of exposing interoperable units of ...

Three RIA Tools Examined: JSF, Flex, and JavaFX - SYS-CON Media


SYS-CON Media


Three RIA Tools Examined: JSF, Flex, and JavaFX
SYS-CON Media, NJ - Feb 28, 2008
DW wrote: What about XHTML and XForms Offline? By Stanimir Stanev; Rob Bartlett Web Services are becoming the chosen way of exposing interoperable units of ...

Three RIA Tools Examined: JSF, Flex, and JavaFX - SYS-CON Media


SYS-CON Media


Three RIA Tools Examined: JSF, Flex, and JavaFX
SYS-CON Media, NJ - 41 minutes ago
DW wrote: What about XHTML and XForms Offline? By Stanimir Stanev; Rob Bartlett Web Services are becoming the chosen way of exposing interoperable units of ...