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judym598
Certified Senior Developer
over 7 years ago
We have several forms that were created using the legacy Forms Designer which is no longer supported in certain browser (e.g., Chrome). Is Forms Designer going away completely? Should we be replacing those forms with an equivalent SAIL form or will we still have access to Forms Designer in future versions of Appian. Note that we will soon be upgrading to 17.1.
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sparshs
over 7 years ago
I think you should migrate to SAIL forms now because going forward i do not think they will support Forms Designer but lets see what other practitioners say about this.
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judym598
Certified Senior Developer
over 7 years ago
I asked this question because I saw this in the new documentation
"If this process model was created before 17.1, ensure that a legacy forms designer form is not being used as a start form. If it is, replace it with an equivalent SAIL form."
It was on this page:
docs.appian.com/.../Testing_and_Debugging_Problems_with_Process_Models.html
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Poorna Guduri
A Score Level 1
over 7 years ago
Hi Judy, check out the below post in which Paul was suggesting to open the existing portal forms in latest version of Appian through IE11:
forum.appian.com/.../e-261181
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judym598
Certified Senior Developer
over 7 years ago
Thanks - this information helps. I would still like to hear from Appian as to whether or not the Forms Designer will continue to be available from IE for existing forms created with it. In the meantime, it makes sense to update...
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sparshs
over 7 years ago
judym598 Yeah i understand your point completely and i think according to documentation you should change the code for your start form to SAIL code to avoid any future errors.
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Poorna Guduri
A Score Level 1
over 7 years ago
@Judy, Please keep posted on this thread with Appian's response when you get a chance.
Thanks :)
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ChristineH
Certified Lead Developer
over 7 years ago
Please check this out:
forum.appian.com/.../Deprecated_Features.html
It shows the forms designer, and other related features, as deprecated.
Hope that helps. Thanks
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judym598
Certified Senior Developer
over 7 years ago
Thank you Christine!
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Jonathan Katora
Appian Employee
over 7 years ago
Thanks for the question! Also, I'm glad to hear that you're planning on upgrading to 17.1 soon. The forms designer was deprecated in 16.3 (
forum.appian.com/.../Appian_Release_Notes.html
To answer your questions specifically, yes the forms designer will continue for existing forms created with it (in IE). However, new forms should be created using SAIL forms. The new interface designer integration to the process modeler should help a lot (
docs.appian.com/.../Appian_Release_Notes.html
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There is also a playbook article providing some guidance in converting portal UIs to Tempo:
forum.appian.com/.../How_to_Convert_Portal_User_Interfaces_to_Tempo.html
The page that you brought up that has the forms designer reference should be viewed in the context of Application Design in Tempo. If someone want to use a start form while kicking off a related action from a record, they should be using a SAIL form for their start form.
Please let me know if you need any more details. Thanks!
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judym598
Certified Senior Developer
over 7 years ago
Thanks for the additional info!
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